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Effect of γ-radiation on adenine dissolved in distilled water, saline solutions and artificial seawater resembling that of 4.0 billion years ago

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 November 2019

João Paulo T. Baú ,
Sául A. Villafañe-Barajas ,
Alicia Negrón-Mendoza ,
María Colín-García  and
Dimas A. M. Zaia Open the ORCID record for Dimas A. M. Zaia [Opens in a new window]
João Paulo T. Baú
Affiliation:
Laboratório de Química Prebiótica, Departamento de Química-CCE, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, 86051-990 Londrina, PR, Brasil
Sául A. Villafañe-Barajas
Affiliation:
Instituto de Ciencias Nucleares, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria, 04510Cd. Mx., México
Alicia Negrón-Mendoza
Affiliation:
Posgrado en Ciencias de la Tierra, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria, 04510Cd. Mx., México
María Colín-García*
Affiliation:
Instituto de Geología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria, 04510, Cd. Mx., México
Dimas A. M. Zaia
Affiliation:
Laboratório de Química Prebiótica, Departamento de Química-CCE, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, 86051-990 Londrina, PR, Brasil
*
Author for correspondence: María Colín-García, E-mail: mcolin@geologia.unam.mx and Dimas A. M. Zaia, E-mail: damzaia@uel.br
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Abstract

In this work, the effect of γ-radiation on the decomposition of adenine dissolved in distilled water, saline solutions and artificial seawater was studied. As the composition of the major cations and anions of artificial seawater probably better resembles the composition of seawater on the Earth 4.0 billion years ago, this seawater was named artificial seawater 4.0 Ga. The main finding in this work is that artificial seawater 4.0 Ga demonstrated a better protective effect of adenine against γ-radiation. In addition, artificial seawater 4.0 Ga showed that adenine had no changes in pH after radiation exposure and the minor radiation-chemical yield G. The radiolysis of adenine promoted modifications in Fourier-transform infrared spectra. The deconvolution of some bands demonstrated the formation of a new frequency at 1713 cm−1. High performance liquid chromatography-mass detected a product of decomposition with 151 atomic units. Using the geometry optimization and simulated vibrational spectra it was possible to show that the main species formed are hydroxyl and oxide modified adenine. The data point to the formation of hydroxyl-adenine and adenine Nx-oxide. These products have biological relevance and could be available for chemical evolution.

Keywords

γ-irradiationprebiotic chemistrypurineseawater
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Research Article
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International Journal of Astrobiology , Volume 19 , Issue 3 , June 2020 , pp. 224 - 236
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2019

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