The conformation of the crotonaldehyde-derived
N2-[3-oxo-1(
S)-methyl-propyl]-dG adduct in theoligodeoxynucleotide 5'-d(G
1C
2T
3A
4G
5C
6X7A
8G
9T
10C
11C
12)-3'·5'-d(G
13G
14A
15C
16T
17C
18G
19C
20T
21A
22G
23C
24)-3', where X =
N2-[3-oxo-1(
S)-methyl-propyl]-dG, is reported. This adduct arises from opening of thecyclic
N2-(
S-
-CH
3-
-OH-1,
N2-propano-2')-dG adduct when placed opposite dC in duplex DNA. Thisoligodeoxynucleotide contains the 5'-Cp
G-3' sequence in which the
N2-(
R-
-CH
3-
-OH-1,
N2-propano-2')-dG but not the
N2-(
S-
-CH
3-
-OH-1,
N2-propano-2')-dG adduct preferentially formed an interstrandcarbinolamine cross-link [Kozekov, I. D., Nechev, L. V., Moseley, M. S., Harris, C. M., Rizzo, C. J.,Stone, M. P., and Harris, T. M. (2003)
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 125, 50-61; Cho, Y.-J., Wang, H., Kozekov,I. D., Kurtz, A. J.,
Jacob, J., Voehler, M., Smith, J., Harris, T. M., Lloyd, R. S., Rizzo, C. J., and Stone,M. P. (2006)
Chem. Res. Toxicol. 19, 195-208]. Analysis of
1H NOE data, chemical shift perturbations,and deoxyribose pseudorotations and backbone torsion angles suggested the presence of a stable andordered DNA conformation at pH 9.3 and 30
C, with minimal conformational perturbation. The spectralline widths of the adduct protons were comparable to those of the oligodeoxynucleotide, suggesting thatthe correlation times of these protons were similar to those of the overall duplex. The crotonaldehydic-derived methyl protons showed NOEs in the 5'-direction to C
18 H1', G
19 H1', and G
19 H4' in thecomplementary strand of the duplex. The aldehyde proton of the adduct exhibited NOEs in the 3'-directionto A
8 H1' and A
8 H4' in the modified strand. All of these NOEs involved DNA protons facing the minorgroove. Molecular dynamics calculations, restrained by distances and torsion angles derived from theNMR data, revealed that within the minor groove, the aldehyde of the
N2-[3-oxo-1(
S)-methyl-propyl]-dG adduct oriented in the 3'-direction, while the 1(
S) methyl group oriented in the 5'-direction. Thispositioned the aldehyde distal to the G
19 exocyclic amine and provided a rationale as to why the
N2-(
S-
-CH
3-
-OH-1,
N2-propano-2')-dG adduct generated interstrand cross-links less efficiently than did the
N2-(
R-
-CH
3-
-OH-1,
N2-propano-2')-dG adduct.