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Rat liver mitoplasts were incubated first with [3H]dGTP, to form DNA labeled in G, and then with [14C]benzene. The DNA was isolated and upon isopycnic density gradient centrifugation in CsCl yielded a single fraction of DNA labeled with both [3H] and [14C]. These data are consistent with the covalent binding of one or more metabolites of benzene to DNA. The DNA was enzymatically hydrolyzed to deoxynucleosides and chromatographed to reveal at least seven deoxyguanosine adducts. Further studies with labeled deoxyadenine revealed one adduct on deoxyadenine. [3H]Deoxyguanosine was reacted with [14C]hydroquinone or benzoquinone. The product was characterized using uv, fluorescence, mass and NMR spectroscopy. A proposed structure is described.
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Dedicated to Professor Dr. med. Herbert Remmer on the occasion of his 65th birthday
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Snyder, R., Jowa, L., Witz, G. et al. Formation of reactive metabolites from benzene. Arch Toxicol 60, 61–64 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00296948
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00296948