ABSTRACT
Photocycloaddition between two adjacent bases in DNA produces a cyclobutane pyrimidine dimer (CPD), which is one of the major UV-induced DNA lesions, with either the cis-syn or trans-syn structure. In this study, we investigated the photosensitized intramolecular cycloaddition of partially-protected thymidylyl-(3'â5')-N(4)-acetyl-2'-deoxy-5-methylcytidine, to clarify the effect of the base modification on the cycloaddition reaction. The reaction resulted in the stereoselective formation of the trans-syn CPD, followed by hydrolysis of the acetylamino group. The same result was obtained for the photocycloaddition of thymidylyl-(3'â5')-N(4)-acetyl-2'-deoxycytidine, whereas both the cis-syn and trans-syn CPDs were formed from thymidylyl-(3'â5')-thymidine. Kinetic analyses revealed that the activation energy of the acid-catalyzed hydrolysis is comparable to that reported for the thymine-cytosine CPD. These findings provided a new strategy for the synthesis of oligonucleotides containing the trans-syn CPD. Using the synthesized oligonucleotide, translesion synthesis by human DNA polymerase η was analyzed.
Subject(s)
Pyrimidine Dimers/chemistry , 5-Methylcytosine/chemistry , DNA-Directed DNA Polymerase/metabolism , Humans , Hydrogen-Ion Concentration , Hydrolysis , Oligonucleotides/biosynthesis , Oligonucleotides/chemistry , Organophosphorus Compounds/chemistry , Photochemical Processes , Pyrimidine Dimers/chemical synthesis , Stereoisomerism , Temperature , Thymine/chemistry , Ultraviolet RaysABSTRACT
The cytosine base in DNA undergoes hydrolytic deamination at a considerable rate when UV radiation induces formation of a cyclobutane pyrimidine dimer (CPD) with an adjacent pyrimidine base. As a part of our study on the synthesis of CPD-containing oligonucleotides, we have prepared properly-protected thymidylyl-(3' 5')-N(4)-acetyl-2'-deoxycytidine, and the solution of this compound was UV-irradiated using acetophenone as a sensitizer. In this reaction, hydrolysis of the acetylamino group occurred, and a trans-syn cyclobutane thymine-uracil dimer with the syn-anti conformation around the glycosidic bonds was formed stereoselectively.