Mechanism of DNA damage induced by bromate differs from general types of oxidative stress.
A representative reactive oxygen species (ROS), hydroxyl radical (*OH), is a highly reactive species and induces DNA backbone breakage. *OH also oxidizes every DNA base. The interaction of *OH with guanine leads to the generation of not only piperidine-resistant 8-oxo-7,8-dihydro-2'-deoxyguanosine (8-oxodG) but also various piperidine-labile products. On the other hand, potassium bromate (KBrO3) induces specific formation of 8-oxodG in the presence of SH compounds, such as glutathione (GSH) and cysteine (Cys). GSH/Cys reduces KBrO3 (BrO3-) to BrO2, which abstracts one electron from guanine. The one-electron oxidation of guanine may yield cation radicals followed by the reaction with a water molecule, leading to 8-oxodG formation. Therefore, mechanism of bromate-induced oxidative DNA damage is different from general types of oxidative stress such as *OH.[1]References
- Mechanism of DNA damage induced by bromate differs from general types of oxidative stress. Kawanishi, S., Murata, M. Toxicology (2006) [Pubmed]
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