Bladder tumor contains higher N7-methylguanine levels in DNA than adjacent normal bladder epithelium

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Schistosoma haematobium - infected patients are more likely to develop bladder cancer and be more exposed to carcinogenic N-nitroso compounds than uninfected patients. As N7-methylguanine is a marker of exposure to methylating agents of this type, we have measured N7-methyldeoxyguanosine 3′-monophosphate (N7-MedGp) by 32P postlabeling. DNA was isolated from 42 paired normal and tumor tissue of Egyptians with bladder cancer. N7-MedGp was detected in DNA from 93% of the tumors and 74% of the normal bladder tissue samples. Adduct levels were highly variable and ranged from 0.04 to 6.4 and from 0.02 to 0.72 μmol/mol deoxyguanosine 3′-monophosphate (dGp) in tumor and normal DNA, respectively. N7-MedGp levels in normal and tumor DNA were highly correlated with one another (P = 0.007). The mean difference (95% confidence interval) in adduct levels between tumor and normal DNA was 0.21 (0.13-0.32) μmol/mol dGp and this was statistically significant (P < 0.001). The adduct ratio (tumor DNA/normal DNA) varied between 0.2 and 136 (median, 4.6). N7-MedGp levels were not associated with gender, age, or the presence of schistosomiasis. However, lower N7-MedGp levels were found in normal DNA from individuals lacking the GSTM1 gene (P = 0.03) but not the GSTT1 gene or in subjects with the Ile105Val GSTP1 polymorphism. These results show that exposure to methylating agents is widespread and suggest that such exposure may play a role both in tumor initiation and progression. Copyright © 2006 American Association for Cancer Research.

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Saad, A. A., O’Connor, P. J., Mostafa, M. H., Metwalli, N. E., Cooper, D. P., Margison, G. P., & Povey, A. C. (2006). Bladder tumor contains higher N7-methylguanine levels in DNA than adjacent normal bladder epithelium. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention, 15(4), 740–743. https://doi.org/10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-05-0813

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