title: Quantitation of DNA adduct of thymidylyl(3'-5')thymidine methyl phosphotriester by liquid chromatography/negative electrospray tandem mass spectrometry.
abstract: A rapid and selective method based on liquid chromatography/electrospray tandem mass spectrometry (LC/ESI-MS/MS) has been developed for the direct quantitation of a methyl phosphotriester DNA adduct, thymidyl (3'-5') thymidine [dTp(Me)dT] from enzymatic hydrolysates of DNA (either in vitro DNA or in cell culture) treated with MNU (N-methyl-N-nitrosourea) or MMS (methyl methane sulfonate). The lower limit of quantitation was 2 ng/mL. Linearity of the calibration curve was greater than 0.999 from 2 to 1000 ng/mL. Intraday precision for four levels of quality controls ranged from 2.8 to 20.1%, and interday precision ranged from 2.9 to 5.6%. This method was used to quantify the levels of dTp(Me)dT in enzymatic hydrolysates of DNA obtained from a series of incubations of salmon testis DNA or mouse lymphoma cells with either MNU or MMS.
authors.affiliation: Toxicology and Environmental Research & Consulting, The Dow Chemical Company, 1803 Building, Midland, MI 48674, USA. fzzhang@dow.com
authors.forename: Fagen
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Michael J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Bartels
authors.forename: Lynn H
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Pottenger
authors.forename: B Bhaskar
authors.initials: BB
authors.lastname: Gollapudi
authors.forename: Melissa R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Schisler
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D002853:Chromatography, Liquid / Q000379:methods*; D018736:DNA Adducts / Q000032:analysis* / Q000737:chemistry*; D015226:Dinucleoside Phosphates / Q000032:analysis* / Q000737:chemistry*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D021241:Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D018736:DNA Adducts; D015226:Dinucleoside Phosphates; C013303:thymidylyl-(3'-5')-thymidine methyl phosphotriester