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Accumulation of oxidatively induced DNA damage in human breast cancer cell lines following treatment with hydrogen peroxide.

Abstract
Breast cancer is a leading cause of cancer deaths in women. Although the causes of this disease are largely unknown, inefficient repair of oxidatively induced DNA lesions has been thought to play a major role in the transformation of normal breast tissue to malignant breast tissue. Previous studies have revealed higher levels of 8-hydroxyguanine in malignant breast tissue compared to non-malignant breast tissue. Furthermore, some breast cancer cell lines have greatly reduced capacity to repair this lesion suggesting that oxidatively induced DNA lesions may be elevated in breast cancer cells. We used liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry and gas chromatography/mass spectrometry to measure the levels of 8-hydroxy-2'-deoxyadenosine, (5'S)-8,5'-cyclo-2'-deoxyadenosine, 2,6-diamino-4-hydroxy-5-formamidopyrimidine, and 4,6-diamino-5-formamidopyrimidine in MCF-7 and HCC1937 breast cancer cell lines before and after exposure to H(2)O(2) followed by a DNA repair period. We show that H(2)O(2)-treated HCC1937 and MCF-7 cell lines accumulate significantly higher levels of these lesions than the untreated cells despite a 1 h repair period. In contrast, the four lesions did not accumulate to any significant level in H(2)O(2)-treated non-malignant cell lines, AG11134 and HCC1937BL. Furthermore, MCF-7 and HCC1937 cell lines were deficient in the excision repair of all the four lesions studied. These results suggest that oxidatively induced DNA damage and its repair may be critical in the etiology of breast cancer.
AuthorsSimon G Nyaga, Pawel Jaruga, Althaf Lohani, Miral Dizdaroglu, Michele K Evans
JournalCell cycle (Georgetown, Tex.) (Cell Cycle) Vol. 6 Issue 12 Pg. 1472-8 (Jun 15 2007) ISSN: 1551-4005 [Electronic] United States
PMID17568196 (Publication Type: Comparative Study, Journal Article, Research Support, N.I.H., Intramural)
Chemical References
  • 8-hydroxy-2'-deoxyadenosine
  • Cell Extracts
  • Deoxyadenosines
  • Oligonucleotides
  • Pyrimidines
  • 8,5'-cyclo-2'-deoxyadenosine
  • 2,6-diamino-4-hydroxy-5-formamidopyrimidine
  • 4,6-diamino-5-N-formamidopyrimidine
  • Hydrogen Peroxide
Topics
  • Analysis of Variance
  • Breast Neoplasms (etiology, metabolism)
  • Cell Extracts (pharmacology)
  • Cell Line, Tumor
  • Chromatography, Liquid
  • DNA Damage
  • DNA Repair (drug effects)
  • Deoxyadenosines (metabolism)
  • Female
  • Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry
  • Humans
  • Hydrogen Peroxide (toxicity)
  • Molecular Structure
  • Oligonucleotides (genetics)
  • Oxidation-Reduction
  • Pyrimidines (metabolism)

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