Reactions of Water Radiolysis Intermediates with Pyrimidine and Purine Bases in Aqueous BeF2Glasses: An EPR Study
| Autor: | J. Ohlmann, Jürgen Hüttermann |
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| Rok vydání: | 1993 |
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Aqueous solution
Free Radicals Radiological and Ultrasound Technology Pyrimidine Chemistry Adenine Radical Heteroatom Electron Spin Resonance Spectroscopy Water Electrons Protonation Photochemistry law.invention Cytosine Fluorides chemistry.chemical_compound law Radiolysis Hydroxides Molecule Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging Beryllium Glass Electron paramagnetic resonance |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Radiation Biology. 63:427-436 |
| ISSN: | 1362-3095 0955-3002 |
| Popis: | Free radical formation by reaction of water radiolysis intermediates produced by X-irradiation in aqueous glasses containing 7 M BeF2 at 77 K with pyrimidine and purine constituents of DNA (10 mM) was studied by electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopy. Reactions of electrons and .OH radicals were observed; H. form a minority and their contribution was difficult to establish. The electrons form substrate radicals at 77 K, while .OH radicals, stabilized in the matrix at 77 K, become mobile at about 140K and in part react with solute molecules. The radicals formed by both reactions were characterized after isolation of the corresponding components by thermal annealing up to about 190 K and spectra simulation using literature parameters whenever possible. The spectra from cytosine gave strong evidence for heteroatom protonation following electron addition while those from adenine were somewhat less clear. The spectra of uracil and all methylated pyrimidines gave no evidence for the protonation state of the electron adduct. For the .OH radical, the reaction with uracil and cytosine was found to be addition to the 5,6-double bond, in line with studies using aqueous solutions. For all methylated pyrimidines, however, H-abstraction from the methyl group was dominant. .OH addition to adenine was found to take place at C2. |
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