CANCER RESEARCH, vol.58, no.4, pp.647-653, 1998 (SCI-Expanded)
When alpha-hydroxytamoxifen (alpha-OHTAM) was incubated with rat liver hydroxysteroid (alcohol) sulfotransferase a (STa) and 3'-phosphoadenosine 5'-phosphosulfate, (E)-alpha-OHTAM was found to be a better substrate for STa than (Z)-alpha-OHTAM. To explore the formation of tamoxifen (TAM)-derived DNA adducts, DNA was incubated with STa and either (E)-alpha-OHTAM or (Z)-alpha-OHTAM in the presence of 3'-phosphoadenosine 5'-phosphosulfate, Using P-32-postlabeling analysis, the amount of TAM-DNA adducts resulting from (E)-alpha-OHTAM was 29 times higher than that observed with (E)-alpha-OHTAM alone. Using (Z)-alpha-OHTAM and STa, some TAM-DNA adducts were also detected but at levels 6.5 times lower than that observed with (E)-alpha-OHTAM and STa. When compared with standards of stereoisomers of 2'-deoxyguanosine 3'-monophosphate-N-2-tamoxifen, the major tamoxifen adduct was identified chromatographically as an epimer of the trans form of alpha-(N-2-deoxyguanosinyl)tamoxifen, and the minor adduct was identified as an epimer of the cis form, In the reaction mixture, a conversion from (E)-alpha-OHTAM to (Z)-alpha-OHTAM through the carbocation intermediate was also detected, These results show that sulfation of alpha-OHTAM catalyzed by STa results in the formation of TAM-DNA adducts.