APPLICATION OF CAPILLARY LIQUID-CHROMATOGRAPHY COUPLED WITH TANDEM MASS-SPECTROMETRIC METHODS TO THE RAPID SCREENING OF ADDUCTS FORMED BY THE REACTION OF N-ACETOXY-N-ACETYL-2-AMINOFLUORENE WITH CALF THYMUS DNA
Sm. Wolf et P. Vouros, APPLICATION OF CAPILLARY LIQUID-CHROMATOGRAPHY COUPLED WITH TANDEM MASS-SPECTROMETRIC METHODS TO THE RAPID SCREENING OF ADDUCTS FORMED BY THE REACTION OF N-ACETOXY-N-ACETYL-2-AMINOFLUORENE WITH CALF THYMUS DNA, Chemical research in toxicology, 7(1), 1994, pp. 82-88
Capillary liquid chromatography-continuous-flow fast atom bombardment
mass spectrometry is applied to the detection of deoxynucleoside adduc
ts of N-acetoxy-N-acetyl-2-aminofluorene. In such a configuration, nor
mal scan and tandem mass spectrometric techniques are shown to provide
useful structural information for an N-acetyl-N-(deoxyguanosin-8-yl)-
2-aminofluorene adduct standard for low- nanogram (low-picomole) amoun
ts sampled. In addition, multiple reaction monitoring gives limits of
detection below 25 pg (50 fmol) for this adduct, suggesting the potent
ial for routine screening of intact deoxynucleoside adducts formed bel
ow the 1:10(6) level from as little as 1 mg of DNA. When applied to th
e analysis of the products of an in vitro reaction of calf thymus DNA
with N-acetoxy-N-acetyl-2-aminofluorene, these techniques are readily
able to detect and supply structural data for the N-2 and C8 deoxyguan
osine adducts formed.