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Peroxynitrite is a major oxidizing and nitrating biological agent formed at sites of inflammation. Peroxynitrite can cause DNA damage and is thought to contribute to inflammation-related carcinogenesis. This study describes a sensitive and reliable liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) method for the direct determination of peroxynitrite-derived 8-nitroguanine (8-nitroGua) in DNA hydrolysates. This method exhibited a sensitive detection limit of 3 fmol and inter-and intraday imprecision of < 10% and was applied to systemically examine the formation and stability of peroxynitrite-derived 8-nitroGua in different DNA substrates under various conditions. The 8-nitroGua formation was maximal at pH 8. The formation rate of 8-nitroGua in different DNA substrates decreased in the order of monodeoxynucleoside > single-stranded DNA > double-stranded DNA. A stability test revealed that the half-life for the depurination of 8-nitroGua from DNA was short and affected by both the temperature and DNA structure. When present in monodeoxynucleoside, the half-life of 8-nitroGua was estimated to be similar to 6 min at 25 degrees C and 2.3 h at similar to 0 degrees C. In single-stranded DNA, the half-life varied from 1.6 h at 37 degrees C to 533 h at -20 degrees C, whereas the half-life increased from 2.4 h at 37 degrees C to 1115 h at -20 degrees C in double-stranded DNA. We demonstrated that the measurement of 8-nitroGua in isolated DNA is not practicable because 8-nitroGua is unstable and lost during DNA extraction from cell. Therefore, we suggest that directly detecting cellular 8-nitroGua following nuclear membrane lysis is an alternative measure of the nitrative damage of nucleic acids, accounting for both DNA and RNA lesions within cells.
- 出版日期2016-12
- 单位中国医科大学
