PMID: 2121335Nov 15, 1990Paper

Metabolism of diaziquone by NAD(P)H:(quinone acceptor) oxidoreductase (DT-diaphorase): role in diaziquone-induced DNA damage and cytotoxicity in human colon carcinoma cells

Cancer Research
D SiegelD Ross

Abstract

Reduction of 2,5-diaziridinyl-3,6-bis(carboethoxyamino)-1,4-benzoquinone (diaziquone; AZQ) by purified rat hepatic DT-diaphorase was NADH and enzyme dependent and was inhibited by prior boiling of the enzyme or by dicumarol. Under aerobic conditions some of the hydroquinone (AZQH2) formed by reduction oxidized to regenerate AZQ and an approximate 1:1 stoichiometry was observed between AZQH2 reoxidized and oxygen consumed. The steady state kinetics of AZQ reduction were consistent with a ping-pong mechanism and a high Km for AZQ. There was no evidence for saturation in the range of 25-200 microM AZQ at 200 microM NADH. AZQ (0-20 microM) induced dicumarol-inhibitable DNA interstrand cross-linking and cytotoxicity in HT-29 human colon carcinoma cells which have high DT-diaphorase activity but not in BE cells which have low DT-diaphorase activity. Extensive metabolism (greater than 90%) of AZQ (100 microM) in HT-29 cytosol occurred, which was either NADH or NADPH dependent and could be inhibited by dicumarol. Little metabolism of AZQ could be detected in BE cell cytosols. DT-diaphorase was purified from HT-29 cells and metabolism of AZQ by this enzyme was confirmed. These data show that AZQ can be metabolized by purified rat hepati...Continue Reading

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