title: Determination of 7-methylguanine by immunoassay.
abstract: Antisera to 7-methylguanine (7-meGua) were obtained using a novel analogue of 7-meGua which was bound covalently to methylated bovine serum albumin (mBSA) and was used as an antigen. Rabbit antisera at high dilution (1 in 10(5] recognized 7-meGua-ovalbumin, and the free base itself was detected at low levels (1 pmol/well) in a competitive enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). A number of purines have been screened for cross-reactivity, and only those of closely related structure (e.g., 7-methylxanthine) cross-reacted to any appreciable extent (50% inhibition at 250 pmol/well). The ELISA procedure was used to quantify 7-meGua in DNA following neutral thermal hydrolysis. Currently, the sensitivity of this assay is of the order of 10-100 mumol 7-meGua/mol Gua.
authors.affiliation: International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France.
authors.forename: D E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Shuker
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004247:DNA / Q000032:analysis; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D006147:Guanine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000032:analysis; D007106:Immune Sera / Q000276:immunology; D011817:Rabbits
chemical_list: D007106:Immune Sera; D006147:Guanine; C008450:7-methylguanine; D004247:DNA