Thèse (Ph. D.)--Université Laval, 2007. / Titre de l'écran-titre (visionné le 18 sept. 2007). Bibliogr.

La fumée de tabac contient plusieurs substances carcinogènes qui mènent à la formation constante de petites quantités de dommages à l'ADN dans les poumons des fumeurs ainsi que des non-fumeurs exposés à la fumée environnementale de tabac. La 4-(méthylnitrosamino)-1-(3-pyridyl)-1-butanone (NNK) est l'une de ces substances et elle semble plus particulièrement associée avec le développement des adénocarcinomes, la forme de cancer pulmonaire dont l'incidence progresse le plus rapidement ces dernières années. Dans les cellules pulmonaires, la NNK est bioactivée via des cytochromes P450 en intermédiaires réactifs capables de méthyler ou de pyridyloxobutyler l'ADN. Les dommages résultant de ces deux modes d'activation de la NNK peuvent être investigués séparément en utilisant des analogues qui génèrent sélectivement l'un ou l'autre type d'intermédiaires réactifs. Le test des comètes est une technique simple, très sensible et couramment utilisée pour étudier au niveau cellulaire les dommages à l'ADN qui sont peu fréquents. Les travaux présentés dans cette thèse montrent que certains des dommages résultant de l'activation de la NNK peuvent être investigués de manière spécifique à l'aide de cette technique, et ce à des fréquences de dommages qui se rapprochent de celles correspondant à une exposition réelle à la fumée de tabac. Parmi ces dommages, un type d'adduits encore inconnu associé à la pyridyloxobutylation de l'ADN a pu être mis indirectement en évidence. Il s'agit vraisemblablement de la forme formamidopyrimidine (fapy) d'une lésion primaire formée dans les cellules. La vitesse de réparation d'un type de dommage influe sur le risque qu'il a d'être impliqué dans la transformation maligne des cellules. La disparition des dommages dans le temps a pu être suivie avec le test des comètes afin d'investiguer la réparation dans des cellules capables ou pas de bioactiver la NNK. Le suivi post-traitement des dérivés fapy associés à la pyridyloxobutylation de l'ADN, a montré un phénotype ne dépendant pas du type cellulaire mais plutôt du statut de p53 dans les cellules. En effet, au lieu de diminuer après la fin du traitement, la fréquence des adduits fapy dans les fibroblastes augmente dans un premier temps et ce, seulement dans les cellules ayant une protéine p53 fonctionnelle. La nature de ce phénotype particulier n'est pas clairement identifiée, mais elle est vraisemblablement liée à la réparation des dommages à l'ADN. / Tobacco smoke contains several carcinogens that lead to the frequent formation of rare DNA damage in lungs of smokers. 4-(Methylnitrosamino)-1-(3-pyridyl)-1-butanone (NNK) is one of these substances that seems more particularly associated with the development of adenocarcinoma. During the last 30 years, the frequency of this lung cancer type has increased significantly. In lung cells, cytochromes P450 can bioactivate NNK into reactive species capable of either methylating or pyridyloxobutylating DNA. The use of analogs capable of generating only one type of NNK-associated reactive species allows to investigate methylation and pyridyloxobutylation separately. The comet assay is a simple and sensitive technique that is commonly used to investigate low frequency DNA damage at the cellular level. The work presented here show how some of the NNK-related DNA damage can be investigated specifically with this technique at damage frequencies that are relevant to a real exposure to cigarette smoke. One of the adduct type resulting of DNA pyridyloxobutylation that we studied here had never been demonstrated before. It corresponds likely to the formamidopyrimidine (fapy) form of a lesion primarily formed in cells. The repair rate of a damage type influences the probability that it has to be implicated in mutagenesis. The time course of different damage types was documented with the comet assay in order to investigate the repair of NNK-related damage in different cell types that can either bioactivate NNK or not. When the fapy adducts associated with pyridyloxobutylation were investigated post-treatment, their time course did not depend on the cell type but showed a p53-dependant phenotype. In fact, instead of decreasing because of repair, the frequency of these fapy adducts in fibroblasts first increased post-treatment and this increase seemed associated with p53 proficiency. The cause of this phenotype is not clearly elucidated but it should be related to DNA damage repair.

La fumée de tabac contient la nitrosamine 4-(méthylnitrosamino)-1-(3-pyridyl)-1-butanone (NNK) qui serait impliquée dans la cancérogenèse pulmonaire. L'?-hydroxylation de la NNK génère deux métabolites réactifs qui mènent à la méthylation et à la pyridyloxobutylation de l'ADN, et qui peuvent être générés respectivement par la N-acétoxynitrosométhylméthylamine et par la 4-(acétoxyméthylnitrosamino)-1-(3-pyridyl)-1-butanone. Nous avons observé que la fréquence et la distribution des dommages induits à l'ADN par la méthylation et la pyridyloxobutylation au niveau des gènes p53, ras et c-jun ne sont pas identiques. La fréquence et la distribution des dommages par la méthylation de l'ADN varient avec la classe et la structure chimique des agents méthylants. La pyridyloxobutylation de l'ADN induit des cassures monocaténaires caractérisées par un groupement hydroxyle à l'extrémité 5' et par un groupement bloquant à l'extrémité 3'. La formation de dommages causée par la NNK et la fréquence élevée de dommages à certaines positions nucléotidiques qui correspondent à des positions fréquemment mutées dans le cancer pulmonaire chez le fumeur constitueraient des arguments en faveur d'un rôle de la NNK dans la cancérogenèse pulmonaire associée à la fumée de tabac.

Compostos α-aminocarbonilícos como ácido 5-aminolevulínico (ALA) e aminoacetona (AA) apresentam um grande potencial pró-oxidante, pois sofrem reações de enolização e subseqüente oxidação aeróbica, com a formação de espécies radicalares de oxigênio, íons NH4+ e α-oxoaldeídos potencialmente citotóxicos. A α-aminocetona 1,4-diamino-2-butanona (DAB), um análogo da putrescina, é um agente microbicida de vários parasitas incluindo Trypanosoma cruzi. Acredita-se que o mecanismo de morte desencadeado por DAB nos parasitas seja por meio da inibição competitiva da ornitina descarboxilase (ODC), importante enzima do metabolismo de poliaminas, muito embora tenha sido observado de igual forma danos oxidativos nestes parasitas quando tratados com DAB. O objetivo deste trabalho é esclarecer o mecanismo de oxidação química de DAB e sua ação pró-oxidante à cultura de células de mamíferos (LLC-MK2 e RKO), assim como sua atividade microbicida contra tripomastigotas de Trypanosoma cruzi. Demonstramos aqui que DAB, quimicamente similar ao ALA e AA, sofre reação de oxidação catalisada por íons fosfato, e por íons de metais de transição como Fe(II) e Cu(II), resultando na formação de radicais de oxigênio, H2O2, NH4+, 2-oxo-4-aminobutanal como produto principal da oxidação de DAB e de compostos ciclicos de caracter pirrólico. Danos oxidativos observados em ferritina, apotransferrina e liposomos de cardiolipina e fosfatidilcolina (20:80) contribuem para a nossa hipótese de ação pró-oxidante de DAB. O tratamento de células de mamíferos das linhagens LLC-MK2 (IC50 1,5 mM, tratamento de 24 h) e RKO (IC50 0,3 mM, tratamento de 24 h) com DAB levou à alteração do balanço redox celular, à ativação de resposta antioxidante e ao desencadeamento de morte celular via apoptose e parada de ciclo celular. Em culturas de tripomastigotas de T. cruzi o tratamento com DAB culminou na redução da motilitidade e viabilidade destes parasitas (IC50 0,2 mM, tratamento de 4 h), assim como depleção do conteúdo tiólico acompanhado pelo aumento da atividade de TcSOD. Além do mais, DAB mostrou-se eficiente em limitar a invasão de tripomastigotas às células hospedeiras (LLC-MK2) e reduzir a proliferação de amastigotas intracelulares, contudo fortemente relacionada à necrose das células hospedeiras infectadas, uma vez que são alvos mais susceptíveis de ação oxidativa. Estes resultados suportam nossa hipótese que DAB exerce ação pró-oxidante e contribui deste modo com o mecanismo já descrito de morte celular associada à inibição da biossíntese de poliaminas em vários microorganismos. / α-Aminocarbonyl componds such as 5-aminolevunilic acid (ALA) and aminoacetone (AA) have been shown to exhibit pro-oxidant properties. These compounds undergo phosphate-catalyzed enolization in physiological pH and subsequent aerobic oxidation, yielding reactive oxygen species, NH4+ ions and an α-oxoaldehyde highly cytotoxic. The &#945-aminoketone 1,4-diamino-2-butanone (DAB) is a putrescine analogue and a microbicidal agent to various parasites including Trypanosoma cruzi. The mechanism of DAB toxicity to these parasites is attributed to DAB competitive inhibition of ornithine decarboxylase (ODC), a key enzyme on polyamine biosynthesis, although it has also been shown DAB isto implicated in oxidative damage to these parasites. Our aim is to clarify the mechanism of DAB aerobic oxidation and of its putative pro-oxidant activity to mammalian cell cultures (LLC-MK2 and RKO cell linages) and to Trypanosoma cruzi trypomastigotes. Here we show that, similar to ALA and AA, DAB undergoes aerobic oxidation in presence of phosphate ions and of transition metal ions such as Fe(II) and Cu(II), yielding oxygen radicals, H2O2, NH4+ and 2-oxo-4-aminobutanal accompanied by its condensation cyclic products displaying pyrrolic characteristics. Oxidative alterations to ferritin, apotransferrin and liposomes of cardiolipin and phosphatidylcholine (20:80) were observed under DAB treatment strongly supporting our hypothesis of DAB pro-oxidative activity. DAB treatment of mammalian cultured cells LLC-MK2 (IC50 1.5 mM, 24 h incubation) and RKO (IC50 0.3 mM, 24 h incubation) resulted in redox imbalance, induction of antioxidant response, activation of apoptosis pathway and cell cycle arrest. DAB is shown here to trigger Trypanosoma cruzi trypomastigotes decreased parasite motility and viability (IC50 0.2 mM, 4 h incubation), as well as redox thiol imbalance parallel to increase TcSOD activity. In addition, DAB efficiently hampered host cell (LLC-MK2) invasion by trypomastigotes. In addition, intracellular amastigotes showed to be susceptible to DAB toxicity, although strongly related to necrosis of infected host cells, which are more vulnerable to oxidative stress. Altogether, these data support our hypothesis that oxidative stress contributes to DAB cytotoxicity.

Compostos α-aminocarbonilícos como ácido 5-aminolevulínico (ALA) e aminoacetona (AA) apresentam um grande potencial pró-oxidante, pois sofrem reações de enolização e subseqüente oxidação aeróbica, com a formação de espécies radicalares de oxigênio, íons NH4+ e α-oxoaldeídos potencialmente citotóxicos. A α-aminocetona 1,4-diamino-2-butanona (DAB), um análogo da putrescina, é um agente microbicida de vários parasitas incluindo Trypanosoma cruzi. Acredita-se que o mecanismo de morte desencadeado por DAB nos parasitas seja por meio da inibição competitiva da ornitina descarboxilase (ODC), importante enzima do metabolismo de poliaminas, muito embora tenha sido observado de igual forma danos oxidativos nestes parasitas quando tratados com DAB. O objetivo deste trabalho é esclarecer o mecanismo de oxidação química de DAB e sua ação pró-oxidante à cultura de células de mamíferos (LLC-MK2 e RKO), assim como sua atividade microbicida contra tripomastigotas de Trypanosoma cruzi. Demonstramos aqui que DAB, quimicamente similar ao ALA e AA, sofre reação de oxidação catalisada por íons fosfato, e por íons de metais de transição como Fe(II) e Cu(II), resultando na formação de radicais de oxigênio, H2O2, NH4+, 2-oxo-4-aminobutanal como produto principal da oxidação de DAB e de compostos ciclicos de caracter pirrólico. Danos oxidativos observados em ferritina, apotransferrina e liposomos de cardiolipina e fosfatidilcolina (20:80) contribuem para a nossa hipótese de ação pró-oxidante de DAB. O tratamento de células de mamíferos das linhagens LLC-MK2 (IC50 1,5 mM, tratamento de 24 h) e RKO (IC50 0,3 mM, tratamento de 24 h) com DAB levou à alteração do balanço redox celular, à ativação de resposta antioxidante e ao desencadeamento de morte celular via apoptose e parada de ciclo celular. Em culturas de tripomastigotas de T. cruzi o tratamento com DAB culminou na redução da motilitidade e viabilidade destes parasitas (IC50 0,2 mM, tratamento de 4 h), assim como depleção do conteúdo tiólico acompanhado pelo aumento da atividade de TcSOD. Além do mais, DAB mostrou-se eficiente em limitar a invasão de tripomastigotas às células hospedeiras (LLC-MK2) e reduzir a proliferação de amastigotas intracelulares, contudo fortemente relacionada à necrose das células hospedeiras infectadas, uma vez que são alvos mais susceptíveis de ação oxidativa. Estes resultados suportam nossa hipótese que DAB exerce ação pró-oxidante e contribui deste modo com o mecanismo já descrito de morte celular associada à inibição da biossíntese de poliaminas em vários microorganismos. / α-Aminocarbonyl componds such as 5-aminolevunilic acid (ALA) and aminoacetone (AA) have been shown to exhibit pro-oxidant properties. These compounds undergo phosphate-catalyzed enolization in physiological pH and subsequent aerobic oxidation, yielding reactive oxygen species, NH4+ ions and an α-oxoaldehyde highly cytotoxic. The &#945-aminoketone 1,4-diamino-2-butanone (DAB) is a putrescine analogue and a microbicidal agent to various parasites including Trypanosoma cruzi. The mechanism of DAB toxicity to these parasites is attributed to DAB competitive inhibition of ornithine decarboxylase (ODC), a key enzyme on polyamine biosynthesis, although it has also been shown DAB isto implicated in oxidative damage to these parasites. Our aim is to clarify the mechanism of DAB aerobic oxidation and of its putative pro-oxidant activity to mammalian cell cultures (LLC-MK2 and RKO cell linages) and to Trypanosoma cruzi trypomastigotes. Here we show that, similar to ALA and AA, DAB undergoes aerobic oxidation in presence of phosphate ions and of transition metal ions such as Fe(II) and Cu(II), yielding oxygen radicals, H2O2, NH4+ and 2-oxo-4-aminobutanal accompanied by its condensation cyclic products displaying pyrrolic characteristics. Oxidative alterations to ferritin, apotransferrin and liposomes of cardiolipin and phosphatidylcholine (20:80) were observed under DAB treatment strongly supporting our hypothesis of DAB pro-oxidative activity. DAB treatment of mammalian cultured cells LLC-MK2 (IC50 1.5 mM, 24 h incubation) and RKO (IC50 0.3 mM, 24 h incubation) resulted in redox imbalance, induction of antioxidant response, activation of apoptosis pathway and cell cycle arrest. DAB is shown here to trigger Trypanosoma cruzi trypomastigotes decreased parasite motility and viability (IC50 0.2 mM, 4 h incubation), as well as redox thiol imbalance parallel to increase TcSOD activity. In addition, DAB efficiently hampered host cell (LLC-MK2) invasion by trypomastigotes. In addition, intracellular amastigotes showed to be susceptible to DAB toxicity, although strongly related to necrosis of infected host cells, which are more vulnerable to oxidative stress. Altogether, these data support our hypothesis that oxidative stress contributes to DAB cytotoxicity.