The method was applied for the analysis of these two DNA adducts in leukocyte DNA from 20 smokers and 20 non-smokers, in part to test the hypothesis that 7-2′-CEG could be formed by endogenous nitrosation, as previously observed in rats treated with nitrosodihydrouracil and nitrite. Levels of 7-2′-CEG (mean ± S.D.) were 0.6 ± 0.2 pmol/μmol dG in smokers and 0.5 ± 0.2 pmol/μmol dG in non-smokers, while
建立了
液相色谱-纳米电喷雾电离高分辨率串联质谱(LC-NSI-HRMS / MS)方法用于定量DNA加合物7-(2'-羧乙基)
鸟嘌呤(7-2'-C
EG)和N 2的方法-(1'-羧乙基)
鸟嘌呤(N 2 -1'-C
EG),作为它们的甲酯,存在于吸烟者和非吸烟者的人白细胞DNA中。先前已在所有分析的人类肝脏样品中鉴定出7-2'-C
EG,它由未知的羧乙基化剂形成,而N 2-1'-C
EG由晚期糖基化终产物
甲基乙二醛形成。该方法用于分析来自20位吸烟者和20位非吸烟者的白细胞DNA中的这两种DNA加合物,部分目的是为了验证以下假设:如先前在治疗的大鼠中观察到的,内源性亚硝化可形成7-2'-C
EG与亚硝基二氢尿
嘧啶和
亚硝酸盐。吸烟者的7-2'-C
EG水平(平均值±
SD)为0.6±0.2 pmol /μmoldG,非吸烟者为0.5±0.2 pmol /μmoldG,而N 2-1'-C
EG在吸烟者中为4.5±1