Comparable DNA and chromosome damage in Chinese hamster ovary cells by chlorohydroxyfuranones.

Chlorinated drinking water contains several chlorohydroxyfuranone (CHF) by-products whose contribution to cancer risk is not presently known. 3,4-Dichloro-5-hydroxy-2(5H)-furanone (MCA), 3-chloro-4-(chloromethyl)-5-hydroxy-2(5H)-furanone (CMCF), and 3- chloro-4-methyl-5-hydroxy-2(5H)-furanone (MCF) were studied for the induction of DNA damage, using the alkaline single-cell gel (SCG)/comet assay, and for chromosome damage, using sister-chromatid exchange (SCE) and chromosome aberration (CA) tests, in Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells. 3-Chloro-4-(dichloromethyl)-5-hydroxy-2(5H)-furanone (MX), the known genotoxic chlorination by-product and a rat carcinogen, was used as a reference chemical. The SCG analyses were done using concentrations that caused little or no cytotoxicity compared to that of the concurrent control cultures. In the cytogenetic tests, the CHFs were tested up to maximum cytotoxicity. MX and MCA were the most cytotoxic of the compounds in CHO cells followed by CMCF and MCF. All of the CHFs induced DNA damage, SCEs and CAs (mainly chromatid-type breaks and exchanges) in a concentration-related manner, with the exception that MCA was a weak inducer of SCEs. There were no significant differences between the lowest concentration of MX, MCA, and CMCF to cause DNA damage (SCG assay). Based on comparisons of the slopes of regression lines, MX was somewhat more potent than either MCA or CMCF, and MCF was clearly less potent than the other three compounds in the assay. The order of potency was MX > CMCF > MCA > MCF in inducing SCEs and MX > MCA > CMCF > MCF in inducing CAs. The data show that there are differences in the potency of genotoxicity among the CHFs tested. In many cases, however, the extent of maximum effect observed was comparable between the compounds. The results suggest that besides MX other CHFs should be considered in the evaluation of genotoxic risks associated with the consumption of chlorinated drinking water.

Mutation spectra of the drinking water mutagen 3-chloro-4-methyl-5-hydroxy-2(5H)-furanone (MCF) in Salmonella TA100 and TA104: comparison to MX.

The chlorinated drinking water mutagen 3-chloro-4-methyl-5-hydroxy-2(5H)-furanone (MCF) occurs at concentrations similar to or greater than that of the related furanone 3-chloro-4-(dichloromethyl)-5-hydroxy-2(5H)-furanone (MX). MCF and MX differ structurally only by replacement of a 3-methyl in MCF with a 3-dichloromethyl in MX; yet, MCF is significantly less mutagenic than MX and produces different adducts when reacted with nucleosides or DNA. To explore further the effects that these structural differences might have on the biological activity of MCF and MX, we determined the mutation spectra of MCF in Salmonella strains TA100 and TA104 and of MX in strain TA104; the spectrum of MX in TA100 had been determined previously. In TA100, which presents only GC targets for mutagenesis, MCF induced primarily (75%) GC --> TA transversions, with most of the remaining revertants (20%) being GC --> AT transitions. This spectrum was not significantly different from that of MX in TA100 (P = 0.07). In TA104, which presents both GC and AT targets, MCF induced a lower percentage (57%) of GC --> TA transversions, with most of the remaining revertants (33%) being AT --> TA transversions. In contrast, MX induced almost only (98%) GC --> TA transversions in TA104, with the remaining revertants (2%) being AT --> TA transversions. Thus, almost all (98%) of the MX mutations were targeted at GC sites in TA104, whereas only 63% of the MCF mutations were so targeted. These results are consistent with the published findings that MX: (1) forms an adduct on guanosine when reacted with guanosine, (2) induces apurinic sites in DNA, and (3) forms a minor adduct on adenosine when reacted with adenosine or DNA. The results are also consistent with evidence that MCF forms adenosine adducts when reacted with adenosine. Our results show that the replacement of the 4-methyl in MCF with a 4-dichloromethyl to form MX not only increases dramatically the mutagenic potency but also shifts significantly the mutagenic specificity from almost equal targeting of GC and AT sites by MCF to almost exclusive targeting of GC sites by MX. Environ. Mol. Mutagen. 35:106-113, 2000 Published 2000 Wiley-Liss, Inc.

Condensation of triformylmethane with guanosine.

Guanosine has been reacted with triformylmethane (TFM) in refluxing pyridine. Four different products, 4-7, were isolated by preparative RP-HPLC, and characterized by 1H and 13C NMR and UV spectroscopy and mass spectrometry. One of the products. the cyclic 1:1 adduct 4, is a stable cyclic carbinolamine formed probably by cyclization of the expected aminomethylene derivative 3. Compound 4 then undergoes reversible dehydration to the fully conjugated adduct 5. The appearance of the additional adducts, 6 and 7, suggests that TFM is prone to transformations resulting in the formation of methylenemalonaldehyde (9) and 1,1,3,3-tetraformylpropane (11).

Scaling properties of adsorption energies for hydrogen-containing molecules on transition-metal surfaces.

Density functional theory calculations are presented for CHx, x=0,1,2,3, NHx, x=0,1,2, OHx, x=0,1, and SHx, x=0,1 adsorption on a range of close-packed and stepped transition-metal surfaces. We find that the adsorption energy of any of the molecules considered scales approximately with the adsorption energy of the central, C, N, O, or S atom, the scaling constant depending only on x. A model is proposed to understand this behavior. The scaling model is developed into a general framework for estimating the reaction energies for hydrogenation and dehydrogenation reactions.

Identification of adducts formed in reaction of adenosine with 3-chloro-4-methyl-5-hydroxy-2(5H)-furanone, a bacterial mutagen present in chloride disinfected drinking water.

3-Chloro-4-methyl-5-hydroxy-2(5h)-furanone, MCF, a genotoxic hydroxyfuranone present in chlorine disinfected drinking water, was reacted with adenosine, guanosine, and cytidine in aqueous solutions. HPLC analyses of the reaction mixtures showed that only in the reaction of MCF and adenosine clearly detectable products were formed. The two major products were isolated by C18 column chromatography and characterized by UV absorbance, 1H and 13C NMR spectroscopy, and mass spectrometry. The products were identified as 4-(N6-adenosinyl)-3-formyl-3-butenoic acid (I) and 5-(N6-adenosinyl)-3-chloro-4-methyl-2(5H)-furanone (II). The yield of I and II in reactions performed at pH 7.4 and 37 degrees C was 0/8% and 0/5%, respectively. Reaction of adenosine with 13C-3-labeled MCF was employed to elucidate the mechanism of formation of I. It was found that the product was formed by a nucleophilic attack of the exocyclic amino group in adenosine on the carbon in the 4-methyl group of MCF. These adducts appear to be novel and not structurally related to those previously identified in the reaction of adenosine with mucochloric acid, another genotoxic hydroxyfuranone.

Identification of an ethenoformyl adduct formed in the reaction of the potent bacterial mutagen 3-chloro-4-(dichloromethyl)-5-hydroxy-2(5H)-furanone with guanosine.

3-Chloro-4-(dichloromethyl)-5-hydroxy-2(5H)-furanone (MX) is a potent direct-acting bacterial mutagen and a rodent carcinogen occurring in chlorine-disinfected drinking water. In this study, we have reacted MX with guanosine, cytidine, thymidine, and calf thymus DNA in aqueous solutions. HPLC analyses of the reaction mixture of MX with guanosine showed that one main product peak was formed. In the reactions of MX with cytidine or thymidine, no product peaks representing base-modified nucleosides could be observed. The product from the MX guanosine reaction mixture was isolated by preparative chromatography on reversed phase C18 columns, and its structure was determined by UV absorbance, 1H and 13C NMR spectroscopy, and mass spectrometry. The product was identified as 3-(beta-D-ribofuranosyl)-7-formylimidazo[1,2-a]purin-9(4H)-one (epsilonfGuo), and the yield for the reaction carried out at pH 7.4 and 37 degrees C was about 0.3 mol %. The adduct could not be observed at the detection limit of five adducts per 10(7) bases in the hydrolysate of the calf thymus DNA reacted with MX. However, this failure does not rule out the possibility that lower amounts of the adduct might be involved in the observed mispairing (adenine incorporated opposite an adducted guanine base) caused by MX in the Salmonella typhimurium strain TA100.

Reaction of mucochloric acid with adenosine: formation of 8-(N6-adenosinyl)ethenoadenosine derivatives.

The bacterial mutagen mucochloric acid was reacted with adenosine in aqueous solutions at 37 degrees C. In the HPLC chromatograms of the reaction mixtures two peaks of unidentified products were observed at longer retention times than the previously characterized "etheno" and "ethenocarbaldehyde" adducts. Following isolation and purification with chromatographic methods, the products were characterized by UV absorbance, 1H and 13C NMR spectroscopy, and thermospray mass spectrometry. The products were found to consist of ethenoadenosine derivatives which bonded an additional adenosine unit to C-8 in the etheno bridge. In one of the products a formyl group and in the other an oxalo group was localized at C-7 in the etheno bridge. The yield of the products was about 0.04 mol% (calculated from the original amount of adenosine) in the reaction mixture held for 4 days at pH 7.4. It was concluded that mucochloric acid acts as an oxidative agent during the course of formation of the products.

Reaction of the potent bacterial mutagen 3-chloro-4-(dichloromethyl)-5-hydroxy-2(5H)-furanone (MX) with 2'-deoxyadenosine and calf thymus DNA: identification of fluorescent propenoformyl derivatives.

The potent bacterial mutagen and drinking water disinfection byproduct 3-chloro-4-(dichloromethyl)-5-hydroxy-2(5H)-furanone (MX) was reacted with 2'-deoxyadenosine and calf thymus DNA in aqueous solutions at neutral conditions. HPLC analyses of the 2'-deoxyadenosine reaction mixtures showed that two previously unidentified products were formed. The products were isolated by preparative C18 chromatography, and their structures were characterized by UV absorbance, fluorescence emission, 1H and 13C NMR spectroscopy, and mass spectrometry. It was concluded that in both products a propeno bridge had been incorporated between N-1 and N6 of the adenine unit. In one of the products, the propeno bridge carried a formyl group [3-(2'-deoxy-beta-D-ribofuranosyl)-7H-8-formyl[2,1-i]pyrimidopurine++ + (pfA-dR)], and in the other the substituents consisted of a formyl group and a chlorine atom [3-(2'-deoxy-beta-D-ribofuranosyl)-7H-8-formyl-9-chloro[2,1-i]pyrimid opurine (Cl-pfA-dR)]. These novel adducts exhibited fluorescence in the visible region with emission maxima around 460 nm. The yields of the products in reactions performed at pH 7.4 and 37 degrees C were about 0.03 mol %. In reaction of MX with calf thymus DNA, the adduct pfA-dR was formed and its yield was about 0.6 adduct/10(5) nucleotides.

Identification of adenine adducts formed in reaction of calf thymus DNA with mutagenic chlorohydroxyfuranones found in drinking water.

Calf thymus DNA was reacted with the extremely potent bacterial mutagen 3-chloro-4-(dichloromethyl)-5-hydroxy-2(5H)-furanone (MX) and the structurally related compounds 3,4-dichloro-5-hydroxy-2(5H)-furanone (MCA) and 3-chloro-4-methyl-5-hydroxy-2(5H)-furanone (MCF). The chromatograms of the HPLC analyses of the DNA hydrolysates showed peaks that represented adducted base moieties. It was possible to establish the structures of the adducts by comparing UV spectra and chromatographical properties of the DNA adducts with known adenosine and 2'-deoxyadenosine adducts. The DNA adduct produced by MX was identified as 3-(2'-deoxyribofuranosyl-N6-adenosinyl)propenal (M1A-dR). It was calculated that 1 nucleotide/10(5) nucleotides was converted to M1A-dR. The same adduct was formed also in the reaction of MX with 2'-deoxyadenosine (yield 0.01%). The M1A-dR adduct may play a role in the mutational events induced by MX in Salmonella typhimurium strain TP2428. The adducts produced in the reactions of MCA and MCF with DNA were identified as 3-(2'-deoxyribofuranosyl)-7-formylimidazo[2,1-i]purine (epsilon cA-dR) and 4-(2'-deoxyribofuranosyl-N6-adenosinyl)-3-formyl-3-butenoic acid (fbaA-dR), respectively. The yield of epsilon cA-dR was 5 adducts/ 10(6) nucleotides and of fbaA-dR 4 adducts/10(5) nucleotides. The biological significance of these adducts is unknown.

Identification of adducts formed in reactions of 2-deoxyadenosine and calf thymus DNA with the bacterial mutagen 3-chloro-4-(chloromethyl)-5-hydroxy-2(5H)-furanone.

3-Chloro-4-(chloromethyl)-5-hydroxy-2(5H)-furanone (CMCF) is a strong direct acting bacterial mutagen found in chlorine-disinfected drinking water. We studied the reaction of CMCF with 2-deoxyadenosine in buffered aqueous solutions and found that three main adducts were formed. The adducts were isolated and purified by C18 column chromatography and HPLC, and characterized on the basis of their UV absorbance, fluorescence emission, (1)H and (13)C NMR spectroscopic, and mass spectrometric features. The adducts were identified as 3-(2-deoxy-beta-D-ribofuranosyl)-7H-8-formyl[2, 1-i]pyrimidopurine (pfA-dR), 3-(2-deoxy-beta-D-ribofuranosyl)-7H-8-carboxy[2,1-i]pyrimidopurine++ + (pcA-dR), and 4-(N(6)-2-deoxyadenosinyl)-3-formyl-2-hydroxy-3-butenoic acid (OH-fbaA-dR). In the reactions performed at pH 7.4 and 37 degrees C, the yields of pfA-dR, pcA-dR, and OH-fbaA-dR were 1.1, 6.7, and 5.5 mol %, respectively. The adduct pfA-dR was detected also in calf thymus DNA reacted with CMCF. The yield was about six adducts per 10(5) bases. To elucidate the mechanisms of formation of the adducts, (13)C-3-labeled CMCF was reacted with 2'-deoxyadenosine. The adducts are structurally related to the adducts previously identified in the reactions of structurally analogous chlorohydroxyfuranones with 2-deoxyadenosine.

Genotoxic activity of chlorohydroxyfuranones in the microscale micronucleus test on mouse lymphoma cells and the unscheduled DNA synthesis assay in rat hepatocytes.

Chlorohydroxyfuranones (CHFs) are mutagenic disinfection by-products found in chlorine-treated drinking water. In the current study, the genotoxicity of four CHFs, 3,4-dichloro-5-hydroxy-2(5H)-furanone (MCA), 3-chloro-4-methyl-5-hydroxy-2(5H)-furanone (MCF), 3-chloro-4-(chloromethyl)-5-hydroxy-2(5H)-furanone (CMCF) and 3-chloro-4-(dichloromethyl)-5-hydroxy-2(5H)-furanone (MX), was determined. Two in vitro assays, the microscale micronucleus assay on L5178Y mouse lymphoma cells and the unscheduled DNA synthesis assay on a hepatocyte primary culture from Fisher F344 rats, were carried out. All four CHFs demonstrated genotoxic effects in both assays. In the two systems used, CMCF was the most genotoxic compound, followed by MCA, MX and MCF, respectively. This work was the first study of the DNA damaging properties of all four CHFs in two in vitro genotoxicity tests. These new data expand the range of genetic damages induced by this group of compounds.

Formation of a fluorescent adduct in the reaction of 2'-deoxyadenosine with a malonaldehyde-acetaldehyde condensation product.

Malonaldehyde (malondialdehyde, MDA) was reacted with 2'-deoxyadenosine in buffered aqueous solution. HPLC analyses of the reaction mixtures showed that, besides the two previously characterized N6-propenal (M1dA) and N6-oxazocinyl (M3dA) adenine adducts, a third compound eluting at longer retention time was formed. The compound generated a strong peak in the chromatogram recorded by a fluorescence detector. The new compound was isolated by preparative C18 chromatography, and its structure was characterized by UV absorbance, fluorescence emission, 1H and 13C NMR spectroscopy, and mass spectrometry. The product was identified as 9-(2'-deoxyribosyl)-6-(3,5-diformyl-4-methyl-1, 4-dihydro-1-pyridyl)purine (M2AA-dA). The yield of the product was 0.8% following 7 days of reaction at 37 degreesC and pH 4.6. Lower yields were obtained at higher pH conditions. By the addition of acetaldehyde, the yield increased about 10-fold at all studied pH conditions. The adduct was most likely formed by an initial condensation of two molecules of malonaldehyde with one molecule of acetaldehyde followed by reaction of the condensation product with the exocyclic amino group of 2'-deoxyadenosine. The identification of this adduct shows that acetaldehyde may react with DNA bases also through an initially formed malonaldehyde-acetaldehyde condensation product.

Adducts of chlorohydroxyfuranones and of aldehyde conjugates.

The work reported here concerned the structural determination of adducts formed in reactions of nucleosides with chlorohydroxyfuranones and with conjugates of malonaldehyde and acetaldehyde. The chlorohydroxyfuranones are bacterial mutagens produced during chlorine disinfection of drinking-water, malonaldehyde is the major end-product of lipid peroxidation, and acetaldehyde is the major metabolite of ethanol. Exogenous sources of acetaldehyde are, for example, tobacco smoke and automobile emissions. The chlorohydroxyfuranones were found to form substituted and unsubstituted cyclic etheno adducts with adenosine, cytidine and guanosine and substituted cyclic propeno adducts with adenosine. The malonaldehyde-acetaldehyde conjugates reacted with adenosine to produce a strongly fluorescent dihydropyridine purine derivative and a substituted propenoformyl adenosine derivative. Most of the adducts identified in this study are new, and their mutagenic properties are as yet unknown.

In vitro metabolism of chloroprene: species differences, epoxide stereochemistry and a de-chlorination pathway.

Chloroprene (1) was metabolized by liver microsomes from Sprague-Dawley rats, Fischer 344 rats, B6C3F1 mice, and humans to the monoepoxides, (1-chloro-ethenyl)oxirane (5a/5b), and 2-chloro-2-ethenyloxirane (4a/4b). The formation of 4a/4b was inferred from the identification of their degradation products. With male Sprague-Dawley and Fischer 344 rat liver microsomes, there was a ca. 3:2 preference for the formation of (R)-(1-chloroethenyl)oxirane (5a) compared to the (S)-enantiomer (5b). A smaller but distinct enantioselectivity in the formation of (S)-(1-chloro-ethenyl)oxirane occurred with liver microsomes from male mouse (R:S, 0.90:1) or male human (R:S, 0.86:1). 2-Chloro-2-ethenyloxirane was very unstable in the presence of the microsomal mixture and was rapidly converted to 1-hydroxybut-3-en-2-one (11) and 1-chlorobut-3-en-2-one (12). An additional rearrangement pathway of 2-chloro-2-ethenyloxirane gave rise to 2-chlorobut-3-en-1-al (14) and 2-chlorobut-2-en-1-al (15). Further reductive metabolism of these metabolites occurred to form 1-hydroxybutan-2-one (17) and 1-chlorobutan-2-one (18). In the absence of an epoxide hydrolase inhibitor, the microsomal incubations converted (1-chloroethenyl)oxirane to 3-chlorobut-3-ene-1,2-diol (21a/21b). When microsomal incubations were supplemented with glutathione, 1-hydroxybut-3-en-2-one was not detected because of its rapid conjugation with this thiol scavenger.

Identification of fluorescent 2'-deoxyadenosine adducts formed in reactions of conjugates of malonaldehyde and acetaldehyde, and of malonaldehyde and formaldehyde.

2'-Deoxyadenosine was reacted with malonaldehyde in the presence of formaldehyde or acetaldehyde. The reactions were carried out at 37 degrees C in aqueous solution at acidic conditions. The reaction mixtures were analyzed by HPLC. In both reactions, two major products were formed. The reaction products were isolated and purified by C18 chromatography, and their structures were characterized by UV absorbance, fluorescence emission, (1)H and (13)C NMR spectroscopy, and mass spectrometry. The reaction products isolated from the mixture containing formaldehyde, malonaldehyde, and deoxyadenosine were identified as 3-(2'-deoxy-beta-D-ribofuranosyl)-7H-8-formyl[2,1-i]pyrimidopurine (M(1)FA-dA) and 9-(2'-deoxy-beta-D-ribofuranosyl)-6-(3,5-diformyl-1, 4-dihydro-1-pyridyl)purine (M(2)FA-dA). In the reaction mixture consisting of acetaldehyde, malonaldehyde, and deoxyadenosine, the identities of the products were determined to be 3-(2'-deoxy-beta-D-ribofuranosyl)-7-methyl-8-formyl[2, 1-i]pyrimidopurine (M(1)AA-dA) and 9-(2'-deoxy-beta-D-ribofuranosyl)-6-(3,5-diformyl-4-methyl-1, 4-dihydro-1-pyridyl)purine (M(2)AA-dA). The yields of the compounds were 1.8 and 0.7% for M(1)FA-dA and M(2)FA-dA, respectively, and 6.8 and 10% for M(1)AA-dA and M(2)AA-dA, respectively. All compounds exhibited marked fluorescent properties. These findings show that in addition to direct reaction of a specific aldehyde with 2'-deoxyadenosine, aldehyde conjugates also may react with the base. Although three of the adducts (M(1)FA-dA, M(2)FA-dA, and M(1)AA-dA) could not be detected in reactions carried out under neutral conditions, the possibility that trace amounts of the adducts may be formed under physiological conditions cannot be ruled out. Therefore, conjugate adducts must be considered in work that aims at clarifying the mechanism of aldehyde genotoxicity.