2-Amino-9H-pyrido[2,3-b]indole (A?C) Adducts and Thiol Oxidation of Serum Albumin as Potential Biomarkers of Tobacco Smoke.
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ABSTRACT: 2-Amino-9H-pyrido[2,3-b]indole (A?C) is a carcinogenic heterocyclic aromatic amine formed during the combustion of tobacco. A?C undergoes bioactivation to form electrophilic N-oxidized metabolites that react with DNA to form adducts, which can lead to mutations. Many genotoxicants and toxic electrophiles react with human serum albumin (albumin); however, the chemistry of reactivity of A?C with proteins has not been studied. The genotoxic metabolites, 2-hydroxyamino-9H-pyrido[2,3-b]indole (HONH-A?C), 2-nitroso-9H-pyrido[2,3-b]indole (NO-A?C), N-acetyloxy-2-amino-9H-pyrido[2,3-b]indole (N-acetoxy-A?C), and their [(13)C6]A?C-labeled homologues were reacted with albumin. Sites of adduction of A?C to albumin were identified by data-dependent scanning and targeted bottom-up proteomics approaches employing ion trap and Orbitrap MS. A?C-albumin adducts were formed at Cys(34), Tyr(140), and Tyr(150) residues when albumin was reacted with HONH-A?C or NO-A?C. Sulfenamide, sulfinamide, and sulfonamide adduct formation occurred at Cys(34) (A?C-Cys(34)). N-Acetoxy-A?C also formed an adduct at Tyr(332). Albumin-A?C adducts were characterized in human plasma treated with N-oxidized metabolites of A?C and human hepatocytes exposed to A?C. High levels of N-(deoxyguanosin-8-yl)-A?C (dG-C8-A?C) DNA adducts were formed in hepatocytes. The Cys(34) was the sole amino acid of albumin to form adducts with A?C. Albumin also served as an antioxidant and scavenged reactive oxygen species generated by metabolites of A?C in hepatocytes; there was a strong decrease in reduced Cys(34), whereas the levels of Cys(34) sulfinic acid (Cys-SO2H), Cys(34)-sulfonic acid (Cys-SO3H), and Met(329) sulfoxide were greatly increased. Cys(34) adduction products and Cys-SO2H, Cys-SO3H, and Met(329) sulfoxide may be potential biomarkers to assess exposure and oxidative stress associated with A?C and other arylamine toxicants present in tobacco smoke.
SUBMITTER: Pathak KV
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4481229 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
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