K. Yamanaka, Mutsumi Mizoi, M. Tachikawa
Jul 20, 2003
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Toxicology letters
Abstract
The purpose of the present study was to elucidate the genotoxic mechanism of trivalent dimethylated arsenic, particularly the induction mechanism of oxidative stress in nuclear bases. Cis-thymine glycol was used as a biomarker of DNA oxidation damage. The treatment of thymine with dimethylarsinous iodide (DMI), a model compound of dimethylarsinous acid, induced the formation of cis-thymine glycol. This oxidative damage was induced via the production of dimethylated arsenic peroxide, but not via the production of superoxide anion or hydrogen peroxide. Trivalent dimethylated arsenic may thus play an important role in arsenic carcinogenesis through the induction of oxidative base damage.