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. 1988 Nov;170(11):5257–5262. doi: 10.1128/jb.170.11.5257-5262.1988

Mutagenic nucleoside analog N4-aminocytidine: metabolism, incorporation into DNA, and mutagenesis in Escherichia coli.

K Negishi 1, K Tamanoi 1, M Ishii 1, M Kawakami 1, Y Yamashita 1, H Hayatsu 1
PMCID: PMC211599  PMID: 3053653

Abstract

N4-Aminocytidine, a nucleoside analog, is strongly mutagenic to various organisms including Escherichia coli. Using E. coli WP2 (trp), we measured the incorporation of [5-3H]N4-aminocytidine into DNA and at the same time measured the frequency of reversion of the wild type, thereby attempting to correlate the incorporation with mutation induction. First, we observed that N4-aminocytidine uptake by the E. coli cells was as efficient as cytidine uptake. High-pressure liquid chromatographic analysis of nucleoside mixtures obtained by enzymatic digestion of isolated cellular DNA showed that the DNA contained [3H]N4-aminodeoxycytidine, corresponding to 0.01 to 0.07% of the total nucleoside; the content was dependent on the dose of N4-aminocytidine. There was a linear relationship between the N4-aminocytosine content in DNA and the mutation frequency observed. These results constitute strong evidence for the view that the N4-aminocytidine-induced mutation in E. coli is caused by the incorporation of this agent into DNA as N4-aminodeoxycytidine. We also found that the major portion of radioactivity in DNA of cells that had been treated with [5-3H]N4-aminocytidine was in the deoxycytidine fraction. We propose a metabolic pathway for N4-aminocytidine in cells of E. coli. This pathway involves the formation of both N4-aminodeoxycytidine 5'-triphosphate and deoxycytidine 5'-triphosphate; the deoxycytidine 5'-triphosphate formation is initiated by conversion of N4-aminocytidine into uridine. In support of this proposed scheme, a cytidine deaminase preparation obtained from E. coli catalyzed the decomposition of N4-aminocytidine into uridine and hydrazine.

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