title: Formation of the spore photoproduct and other dimeric lesions between adjacent pyrimidines in UVC-irradiated dry DNA.
abstract: Far-UV irradiation of DNA leads to the formation of several types of dimeric lesions between adjacent pyrimidine bases including cyclobutane dimers, (6-4) photoproducts and Dewar valence isomers In the dry state, an additional specific thymine lesion, the spore photoproduct, is produced. We designed an HPLC-tandem mass spectrometry assay for the detection of the latter lesion. This technique that does not require radio-labelling of DNA allowed the simultaneous quantification of the spore photoproduct and other pyrimidine dimeric photoproducts. Using this approach, the complete distribution of bipyrimidine lesions within UVC-irradiated dry DNA was determined.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire "Lésions des Acides Nucléiques", Service de Chimie Inorganique et Biologique, FRE 2600, CEA/DSM/Département de Recherche Fondamentale sur la Matière Condensée, CEA-Grenoble, 38054 Grenoble 9, France. tdouki@cea.fr
authors.forename: Thierry
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Douki
authors.forename: Jean
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cadet
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D004247:DNA / Q000528:radiation effects*; D004249:DNA Damage; D019281:Dimerization; D013058:Mass Spectrometry; D011743:Pyrimidines / Q000737:chemistry*; D014466:Ultraviolet Rays
chemical_list: D011743:Pyrimidines; D004247:DNA