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Mammalian DNA polymerases alpha, beta, gamma, delta, and epsilon incorporate fialuridine (FIAU) monophosphate into DNA and are inhibited competitively by FIAU Triphosphate. 1994

W Lewis, and R R Meyer, and J F Simpson, and J M Colacino, and F W Perrino
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Ohio 45267-0529.

Fialuridine [FIAU, 1-(2'-deoxy-2'-fluoro-beta-D-arabinofuranosyl)-5- iodouridine] was used in clinical trials for chronic hepatitis B virus infection and was extremely toxic. Evidence suggested targets of FIAU toxicity included mitochondria, but toxic mechanisms were unclear. Since FIAU is a thymidine analog, we reasoned that triphosphorylated FIAU (FIAUTP) could be incorporated into mitochondrial DNA by DNA pol-gamma and into genomic DNA by DNA polymerases alpha, beta, delta, and epsilon. All five purified mammalian DNA polymerases incorporated FIAUMP into the nascent DNA chain during in vitro DNA synthesis. When FIAUTP was substituted for dTTP, oligonucleotide products were generated efficiently by DNA pol-gamma and were similar to those generated in the presence of the four normal dNTPs. In contrast, oligonucleotide products generated by the four nuclear DNA polymerases in the presence of FIAUTP were significantly reduced in length relative to those generated in the presence of dTTP. In parallel kinetic assays, FIAUTP competitively inhibited the accumulation of radiolabeled dTTP into DNA by DNA pol-gamma. The Ki with DNA pol-gamma was 0.04 microM, the lowest Ki among the mammalian DNA polymerases. Competition between FIAUTP and dTTP and the relative ease of accumulation of FIAUMP in mitochondrial DNA by DNA pol-gamma in vitro together may relate to clinical FIAU toxicity.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007700 Kinetics The rate dynamics in chemical or physical systems.
D008322 Mammals Warm-blooded vertebrate animals belonging to the class Mammalia, including all that possess hair and suckle their young. Mammalia,Mammal
D008928 Mitochondria Semiautonomous, self-reproducing organelles that occur in the cytoplasm of all cells of most, but not all, eukaryotes. Each mitochondrion is surrounded by a double limiting membrane. The inner membrane is highly invaginated, and its projections are called cristae. Mitochondria are the sites of the reactions of oxidative phosphorylation, which result in the formation of ATP. They contain distinctive RIBOSOMES, transfer RNAs (RNA, TRANSFER); AMINO ACYL T RNA SYNTHETASES; and elongation and termination factors. Mitochondria depend upon genes within the nucleus of the cells in which they reside for many essential messenger RNAs (RNA, MESSENGER). Mitochondria are believed to have arisen from aerobic bacteria that established a symbiotic relationship with primitive protoeukaryotes. (King & Stansfield, A Dictionary of Genetics, 4th ed) Mitochondrial Contraction,Mitochondrion,Contraction, Mitochondrial,Contractions, Mitochondrial,Mitochondrial Contractions
D003856 Deoxyuracil Nucleotides Uracil nucleotides which contain deoxyribose as the sugar moiety. Deoxyuridine Phosphates,Nucleotides, Deoxyuracil,Phosphates, Deoxyuridine
D004247 DNA A deoxyribonucleotide polymer that is the primary genetic material of all cells. Eukaryotic and prokaryotic organisms normally contain DNA in a double-stranded state, yet several important biological processes transiently involve single-stranded regions. DNA, which consists of a polysugar-phosphate backbone possessing projections of purines (adenine and guanine) and pyrimidines (thymine and cytosine), forms a double helix that is held together by hydrogen bonds between these purines and pyrimidines (adenine to thymine and guanine to cytosine). DNA, Double-Stranded,Deoxyribonucleic Acid,ds-DNA,DNA, Double Stranded,Double-Stranded DNA,ds DNA
D004259 DNA-Directed DNA Polymerase DNA-dependent DNA polymerases found in bacteria, animal and plant cells. During the replication process, these enzymes catalyze the addition of deoxyribonucleotide residues to the end of a DNA strand in the presence of DNA as template-primer. They also possess exonuclease activity and therefore function in DNA repair. DNA Polymerase,DNA Polymerases,DNA-Dependent DNA Polymerases,DNA Polymerase N3,DNA Dependent DNA Polymerases,DNA Directed DNA Polymerase,DNA Polymerase, DNA-Directed,DNA Polymerases, DNA-Dependent,Polymerase N3, DNA,Polymerase, DNA,Polymerase, DNA-Directed DNA,Polymerases, DNA,Polymerases, DNA-Dependent DNA
D000818 Animals Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA. Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D001086 Arabinofuranosyluracil A pyrimidine nucleoside formed in the body by the deamination of CYTARABINE. Ara-U,Arabinosyluracil,Arauridine,Sponguridine,Uracil Arabinofuranoside,Uracil Arabinoside,1-beta-D-Arabinofuranosyl Uracil,NSC 68928,1 beta D Arabinofuranosyl Uracil,Ara U,Arabinofuranoside, Uracil,Arabinoside, Uracil,Uracil, 1-beta-D-Arabinofuranosyl
D001667 Binding, Competitive The interaction of two or more substrates or ligands with the same binding site. The displacement of one by the other is used in quantitative and selective affinity measurements. Competitive Binding
D013379 Substrate Specificity A characteristic feature of enzyme activity in relation to the kind of substrate on which the enzyme or catalytic molecule reacts. Specificities, Substrate,Specificity, Substrate,Substrate Specificities

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