DNA damage induced b
y est
rogens is associated with developing b
reast, ova
ry, and endomet
rial cance
rs.The quinone of 2-h
yd
rox
yest
rogen (2-OHE), a majo
r est
rogen metabolite, p
roduces 2-OHE-de
rived dGand dA adducts in DNA.
N2-[Est
radiol-6(
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r rs/beta2.gif" BORDER=0 ALIGN="middle">)-
yl]-2'-deox
yguanosine [dG-
N2-6(
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r rs/beta2.gif" BORDER=0 ALIGN="middle">)-E
2] lacking a2-OH moiet
y ma
y also be fo
rmed th
rough sulfonation of 6-h
yd
rox
yest
rogen. To explo
re the biologicalp
rope
rties of such est
rogen-DNA adducts, oligodeox
ynucleotides modified b
y est
rogen-de
rived DNAadduct we
re p
repa
red b
y chemical s
ynthesis. Initiall
y, 6
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radiol 17-acetate (6
rs/alpha.gif" BORDER=0>- and6
rs/beta2.gif" BORDER=0 ALIGN="middle">-NH
2-E
2 17Ac) we
re p
repa
red b
y reductive amination of 6-oxo-est
radiol 3,17-diacetate. The DMT-phospho
ramidite de
rivative of
N2-(3,17-diacetox
yest
radiol-6
rs/alpha.gif" BORDER=0>-
yl)-2'-deox
yguanosine and its 6
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rwe
re p
repa
red b
y coupling 5'-
O-(4,4'-dimethox
yt
rit
yl)-2-fluo
ro-
O6-[2-(4-nit
rophen
yl)eth
yl]-2'-deox
yinosinesepa
ratel
y with 6
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rms of NH
2-E
2 17Ac,
respectivel
y, followed b
y selective acet
ylation of theste
roidal 3-h
yd
rox
yl g
roup. The desi
red oligodeox
ynucleotide containing a single dG-
N2-6
rs/alpha.gif" BORDER=0>-E
2 o
r dG-
N2-6
rs/beta2.gif" BORDER=0 ALIGN="middle">-E
2 was p
repa
red efficientl
y b
y an automated DNA s
ynthesize
r. S
ynthesis of these site-specificall
ymodified oligodeox
ynucleotides will benefit fu
rthe
r resea
rch into the biological p
rope
rties and th
ree-dimensional st
ructu
re of 6
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rs/beta2.gif" BORDER=0 ALIGN="middle">-diaste
reoisome
rs of est
rogen-DNA adducts.