title: Quantitation of urinary 7-methyladenine by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry using isotopically labeled internal standards.
abstract: We have developed a procedure for isolating and quantifying 7-methyladenine from rat urine following the administration to the rat of methylating agents, such as dimethylnitrosamine. Urinary 7-methyladenine and its trideutero isomer, added as an internal standard, were precipitated with silver nitrate, the precipitate was extracted with HCl, and the extract was further purified by C18-Sep-Pak chromatography. The recovered 7-methyladenine was then derivatized with pentafluorobenzyl bromide at alkaline pH for analysis by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry, indicating a bis(pentafluorobenzyl) conjugate, m/z 509. The mass spectrum of this derivative shows a major fragmentation ion at m/z 328 (and 331 for the trideutero derivative) resulting from the loss of one pentafluorobenzyl group. Levels of urinary 7-methyladenine above 150 pg could be detected from the ratio of the gas chromatography peak areas for these ions, using selective-ion monitoring. The method was selective for the 7-methyl isomer. The procedures developed for the syntheses of deuterated and tritiated 7-methyladenine, which were required for these studies, are also described.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, George Washington University Medical Center, Washington, DC 20037.
authors.forename: H G
authors.initials: HG
authors.lastname: Mandel
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Kusmierz
authors.forename: B F
authors.initials: BF
authors.lastname: Dickens
authors.forename: L W
authors.initials: LW
authors.lastname: Anderson
mesh_terms: D000225:Adenine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000652:urine; D000818:Animals; D003903:Deuterium; D004128:Dimethylnitrosamine / Q000633:toxicity; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; D007553:Isotope Labeling / Q000379:methods; D051381:Rats; D012015:Reference Standards; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D014316:Tritium
chemical_list: D014316:Tritium; C059225:7-methyladenine; D003903:Deuterium; D000225:Adenine; D004128:Dimethylnitrosamine