Yoda K, Sakiyama S, Fujimura S. Interaction of N-ethyl-N'-nitro-n-nitrosoguanidine with nucleic acids and proteins in comparison with N-methyl-N'-nitro-N-nitrosoguanidine.
Chem Biol Interact 1982;
41:49-59. [PMID:
6178522 DOI:
10.1016/0009-2797(82)90016-3]
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Abstract
Reactivity of N-ethyl-N'-nitro-N-nitrosoguanidine (ENNG) was studied in comparison with N-methyl-N'-nitro-N-nitrosoguanidine (MNNG). The radioactivity of [guanidino-14C]-ENNG was incorporated only into the protein fraction and that of [ethyl-14C]ENNG was incorporated into DNA, RNA and protein fractions in ascites hepatoma AH7974 cells, as were those of [guanidino-14C]- and [methyl-14C]MNNG, respectively. The amounts of the binding of ENNG were less than those of MNNG, especially in the corporation of the ethyl moiety of ENNG into nucleic acid fractions. In a non-cellular system, the radioactivity of [guanidino-14C]ENNG was incorporated into proteins, preferentially into basic proteins such as cytochrome c, but was not incorporated into nucleic acids. This behavior is similar to that of [guanidino-14C]MNNG, while the amount of binding of the former was about half of that of the latter. The radioactivity of [ethyl-14C]ENNG was also incorporated into basic proteins to almost the same extent as that of [methyl-14C]MNNG. However, the binding of the ethyl moiety of ENNG to nucleic acids was much lower than that of the methyl moiety of MNNG. Horse heart cytochrome c, bovine pancreatic RNase A and regenerating rat liver chromatin had altered their biological activities to various degrees after modification by ENNG or MNNG.
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