title: O6-alkyldeoxyguanosine detection by 32P-postlabeling and nucleotide chromatographic analysis.
abstract: The 32P-postlabeling procedure, developed originally by Randerath and coworkers, has been modified for the detection and analytical quantitation of O6-alkyl-2'-deoxyguanosine residues in DNA. Chromatographic techniques were developed to resolve individually the normal deoxyribonucleotide-3'-monophosphates and the O6-alkyldeoxyguanosine-3'-monophosphates by high-pressure liquid chromatography. Selective deoxyribonucleotide-3'-monophosphates (e.g., O6-alkyldeoxyguanosine-3'-monophosphates) were then converted to labeled deoxyribonucleotide-[5'-32P]monophosphates by 32P-postlabeling and nuclease P1 treatment and separated by two-dimensional thin layer chromatography. The O6-methyl- and O6-ethyl-2'-deoxyguanosine-3'-monophosphate nucleotides, and the respective 5'-monophosphates, were chemically synthesized for standardization of these quantitative procedures. The quantitation of O6-methl- and O6-ethyl-2'-deoxyguanosine was observed to be analytically accurate between one O6-alkyl-2'-deoxyguanosine residue per 10(4) and 10(7) 2'-deoxyguanosines. The limit of detection was less than one O6-alkyl-2'-deoxyguanosine in 10(7) 2'-deoxyguanosine residues in a sample size of 100 micrograms of DNA, i.e., approximately 10 pg of adduct. The quantitation of O6-methyl-2'-deoxyguanosine in the liver DNAs of rats treated with [14C-Me]N-nitrosodimethylamine compared well with values obtained by both 14C and high-pressure liquid chromatography coupled with fluorescence detection. Thus, these 32P-postlabeling and nucleotide chromatographic procedures should be useful in monitoring human exposure to methylating and ethylating carcinogens.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cancer Etiology, National Cancer Insitute, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland 20892.
authors.forename: V L
authors.initials: VL
authors.lastname: Wilson
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Basu
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Essigmann
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: C C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Harris
mesh_terms: D000478:Alkylation; D000818:Animals; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D004247:DNA / Q000032:analysis; D003849:Deoxyguanosine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000032:analysis; D008099:Liver / Q000032:analysis; D008297:Male; D010761:Phosphorus Radioisotopes; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains
chemical_list: D010761:Phosphorus Radioisotopes; C018534:O(6)-ethyl-2'-deoxyguanosine; D004247:DNA; C015558:O(6)-methyl-2'-deoxyguanosine; D003849:Deoxyguanosine