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Nucleic Acids Research, Vol 24, Issue 9 1742-1746, Copyright © 1996 by Oxford University Press

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Reduction of the toxicity and mutagenicity of aziridine in mammalian cells harboring the Escherichia coli fpg gene

C Cussac and F Laval
Unite 347 INSERM, Le Kremlin-Bicetre, France.

Aziridine (ethyleneimine) reacts with DNA in vitro, mainly at the N7 position of guanine and N3 of adenine, then imidazole ring opening of the modified guanine results in formation of formamidopyrimidine (FaPy) residues. The Escherichia coli fpg gene encodes a DNA glycosylase that removes FaPy residues from DNA. To determine whether aziridine produces FaPy lesions in mammalian cells we have expressed the E.coli fpg gene in CHO cells. The transfected cells, expressing high levels of the bacterial protein, are more resistant to the toxic and mutagenic effects of aziridine than the control population. Less DNA damage was measured by quantitative PCR analysis in transfected than in control cells treated with equimolar concentrations of aziridine. The results suggest that aziridine produces in vivo FaPy residues that could account for the deleterious effects of this compound.
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