Mechlorethamine-Induced DNA-Protein Cross-Linking in Human Fibrosarcoma (HT1080) Cells

作者：Michaelson Richie Erin D; Ming Xun; Codreanu Simona G; Loeber Rachel L; Liebler Daniel C; Campbell Colin; Tretyakova Natalia Y^*

来源：Journal of Proteome Research, 2011, 10(6): 2785-2796.

DOI：10.1021/pr200042u

• mass spectrometry
• DNA-protein cross-links
• nitrogen mustards
• western blot
• DNA repair

Antitumor nitrogen mustards, such as bis(2-chloroethyl)methylamine (mechlorethamine), are useful chemotherapeutic agents with a long history of clinical application. The antitumor effects of nitrogen mustards are attributed to their ability to induce DNA-DNA and DNA-protein cross-links (DPCs) that block DNA replication. In the present work, a mass spectrometry-based methodology was employed to characterize in vivo DNA-protein cross-linking following treatment of human fibrosarcoma (HT1080) cells with cytotoxic concentrations of mechlorethamine. A combination of mass spectrometry-based proteomics and immunological detection was used to identify 38 nuclear proteins that were covalently cross-linked to chromosomal DNA following treatment with mechlorethamine. Isotope dilution HPLC-ESI+-MS/MS analysis of total proteolytic digests revealed a concentration-dependent formation of N-[2-(S-cysteinyl)ethyl]-N-[2-(guan-7-yl)ethyl]methylamine (Cys-N7G-EMA) conjugates, indicating that mechlorethamine cross-links cysteine thiols within proteins to N-7 positions of guanine in DNA.

• 出版日期2011-6