title: Detection and identification of mutagens and carcinogens as their adducts with guanosine derivatives.
abstract: For use in screening for environmental mutagens and carcinogens, a highly fluorescent derivative of guanosine, 2'-deoxy-2'-(2",3"-dihydro-2",4"-diphenyl-2"-hydroxy-3"-oxo-1"-pyrrol yl) guanosine (FG), was synthesized. When incubated with FG in aqueous solution, mutagens form adducts that can be analyzed with an HPLC-fluorescence detector-system. By this method, mutagens such as glyoxal, methylglyoxal, 2-(2-furyl)-3-(5-nitrofuryl) acrylamide and 4-nitroquinoline-N-oxide, used as model compounds, were detected rapidly with high sensitivity. Reaction with isopropylideneguanosine (IPG), followed by isolation and characterization of the mutagen-IPG-adduct was found to be a useful method for identifying unknown mutagens in crude samples. This method was successfully applied in identification of the mutagens in heated glucose (200 degrees C, 20 min); glyoxal-IPG and 8-hydroxy-IPG were identified in the reaction mixture.
mesh_terms: D002273:Carcinogens / Q000032:analysis*; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D004353:Drug Evaluation, Preclinical / Q000379:methods; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes / Q000138:chemical synthesis*; D006151:Guanosine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives*; D009152:Mutagenicity Tests / Q000379:methods; D009153:Mutagens / Q000032:analysis*; D009154:Mutation
chemical_list: D002273:Carcinogens; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; D009153:Mutagens; D006151:Guanosine