title: Immunochemical detection of urinary 5-methyl-2'-deoxycytidine as a potential biologic marker for leukemia.
abstract: A monoclonal antibody against 5-methylcytidine was prepared and characterized. This antibody, termed AMC, was reactive with compounds that had 5-methylcytosine structure (i.e. 5-methyl-2'-deoxycytidine, 5-methylcytidine and 5-methylcytosine). AMC had the highest reactivity to 5-methyl-2'-deoxycytidine among reactive compounds and had no or very slight cross-reactivity to cytidine-related compounds and any other compounds. Analysis of immunoreactive materials in urine revealed that 5-methyl-2'-deoxycytidine rather than 5-methylcytidine was, contrary to our expectation, the major component. Then the inhibition ELISA system using AMC was established and urinary levels of 5-methyl-2'-deoxycytidine in healthy individuals and cancer patients were determined. The mean excretion levels of healthy individuals was 0.90 +/- 0.43 nmol/mumol creatinine and the cut-off value was set at the mean + 2 S.D. of healthy individuals (1.76 nmol/mumol creatinine). Among various types of cancer tested, elevated levels of 5-methyl-2'-deoxycytidine were detected in leukemia patients. From these results, urinary 5-methyl-2'-deoxycytidine might be applicable as a biologic marker for leukemia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University Hospital, Sendai, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Itoh
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Aida
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ishiwata
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yamaguchi
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ishida
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mizugaki
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000918:Antibody Specificity; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor / Q000652:urine*; D002846:Chromatography, Affinity; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D003429:Cross Reactions; D003841:Deoxycytidine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000276:immunology / Q000652:urine; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006825:Hybridomas; D007120:Immunochemistry; D007938:Leukemia / Q000652:urine*; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor; D003841:Deoxycytidine; C016569:5-methyldeoxycytidine