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. 1979 Jun 25;6(8):2819–2829. doi: 10.1093/nar/6.8.2819

Evidence for removal at different rates of O-ethyl pyrimidines and ethylphosphotriesters in two human fibroblast cell lines.

W J Bodell, B Singer, G H Thomas, J E Cleaver
PMCID: PMC327895  PMID: 223129

Abstract

The potent carcinogen, ethylnitrosourea, has been shown to ethylate oxygens, in preference to nitrogens, in the DNA of cultured cells. We have now studied the removal of seven ethyl derivatives in replicating cells. The following findings are reported. 1) The absolute amounts of 02-EtT, 04-EtT and 02-EtC are decreased in cellular DNA after correction for cell growth. However the rate of decrease diminishes after approximately 20 hr and after more than two cell doublings 20--40% of each derivative persists. This decrease is presumed to be due to enzymes since these derivatives are stable in isolated DNA. 2) The amount of ethyl phosphotriesters remains almost unchanged during 72 hr of cell culture. 3) The unstable purine derivatives, 7-EtG and 3-EtA, are both removed from cellular DNA with a rate faster than can be accounted for by the lability of the glycosyl bond. 4) Both GM 637 fibroblasts and Xeroderma pigmentosum fibroblasts (12-RO) (XP-12) have similar ability to remove ethyl products, except for O6-ethyl G which persists to a greater extent in XP12 cells. 5) The implications of the in vivo persistence of ethylated bases is discussed in regard to recent demonstrations that O2-EtT, O4-ET, O2-EtC and O6-EtG are all mutagenic.

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