title: Binding efficiency of antibodies to DNA modified with aromatic amines and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons: implications for quantification of carcinogen-DNA adducts in vivo.
abstract: Antibodies raised against the bovine serum albumin conjugates of N-(guanosin-8-yl)-N-2-acetylaminofluorene (Guo-8-AAF), the imidazole ring-opened form of N-(guanosin-8-yl)-2-aminofluorene (roGuo-8-AF) and the methylated bovine serum albumin complex of DNA modified with (+/-)trans-7,8-dihydroxy-anti-9,10-epoxy-7,8,9,10-tetrahydrobenzo[a]pyre ne (BPDE) have been employed in a highly sensitive enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) to determine their affinity for DNA modified with the corresponding carcinogens at various levels of modification. All antibodies recognized highly modified DNA more efficiently than DNA of low modification. This property, which may be common to all antibodies raised against carcinogen-DNA adducts, has to be taken into account when these antibodies are used to quantify carcinogen-DNA adducts in biological samples. Appropriate DNA preparations of low modification have to be used as reference compounds in immunoassays to allow reliable quantification of adduct levels in DNA from animals and human cells.
mesh_terms: D015073:2-Acetylaminofluorene / Q000378:metabolism*; D015123:7,8-Dihydro-7,8-dihydroxybenzo(a)pyrene 9,10-oxide / Q000276:immunology*; D000818:Animals; D000906:Antibodies / Q000276:immunology*; D002274:Carcinogens, Environmental / Q000378:metabolism*; D004247:DNA / Q000276:immunology* / Q000378:metabolism*; D018736:DNA Adducts; D004101:Dihydroxydihydrobenzopyrenes / Q000276:immunology*; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D006801:Humans
chemical_list: D000906:Antibodies; D002274:Carcinogens, Environmental; D018736:DNA Adducts; D004101:Dihydroxydihydrobenzopyrenes; C043931:benzo(a)pyrene-7,8-dihydrodiol-9,10-epoxide-DNA; D015123:7,8-Dihydro-7,8-dihydroxybenzo(a)pyrene 9,10-oxide; D004247:DNA; D015073:2-Acetylaminofluorene