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Rajczewski A, Ndreu L, Vryonidis E, Hurben AK, Jamshidi S, Griffin TJ, Törnqvist MÅ, Tretyakova NY, Karlsson I. Mass Spectrometry-Based Strategies for Assessing Human Exposure Using Hemoglobin Adductomics. Chem Res Toxicol 2023; 36:2019-2030. [PMID: 37963067 PMCID: PMC10731639 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrestox.3c00294] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2023] [Revised: 10/23/2023] [Accepted: 10/30/2023] [Indexed: 11/16/2023]
Abstract
Hemoglobin (Hb) adducts are widely used in human biomonitoring due to the high abundance of hemoglobin in human blood, its reactivity toward electrophiles, and adducted protein stability for up to 120 days. In the present paper, we compared three methods of analysis of hemoglobin adducts: mass spectrometry of derivatized N-terminal Val adducts, mass spectrometry of N-terminal adducted hemoglobin peptides, and limited proteolysis mass spectrometry . Blood from human donors was incubated with a selection of contact allergens and other electrophiles, after which hemoglobin was isolated and subjected to three analysis methods. We found that the FIRE method was able to detect and reliably quantify N-terminal adducts of acrylamide, acrylic acid, glycidic acid, and 2,3-epoxypropyl phenyl ether (PGE), but it was less efficient for 2-methyleneglutaronitrile (2-MGN) and failed to detect 1-chloro-2,4-dinitrobenzene (DNCB). By contrast, bottom-up proteomics was able to determine the presence of adducts from all six electrophiles at both the N-terminus and reactive hemoglobin side chains. Limited proteolysis mass spectrometry, studied for four contact allergens (three electrophiles and a metal salt), was able to determine the presence of covalent hemoglobin adducts with one of the three electrophiles (DNCB) and coordination complexation with the nickel salt. Together, these approaches represent complementary tools in the study of the hemoglobin adductome.
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- Andrew
T. Rajczewski
- Department
of Biochemistry, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota55455, United States
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- Department
of Environmental Science, Stockholm University, SE-10691Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department
of Environmental Science, Stockholm University, SE-10691Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department
of Medicinal Chemistry and the Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota55455, United States
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- Department
of Environmental Science, Stockholm University, SE-10691Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department
of Biochemistry, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota55455, United States
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- Department
of Medicinal Chemistry and the Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota55455, United States
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- Department
of Environmental Science, Stockholm University, SE-10691Stockholm, Sweden
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Pedersen M, Vryonidis E, Joensen A, Törnqvist M. Hemoglobin adducts of acrylamide in human blood - What has been done and what is next? Food Chem Toxicol 2022; 161:112799. [PMID: 34995709 DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2021.112799] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2021] [Revised: 12/21/2021] [Accepted: 12/24/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Acrylamide forms in many commonly consumed foods. In animals, acrylamide causes tumors, neurotoxicity, developmental and reproductive effects. Acrylamide crosses the placenta and has been associated with restriction of intrauterine growth and certain cancers. The impact on human health is poorly understood and it is impossible to say what level of dietary exposure to acrylamide can be deemed safe as the assessment of exposure is uncertain. The determination of hemoglobin (Hb) adducts from acrylamide is increasingly being used to improve the exposure assessment of acrylamide. We aim to outline the literature on Hb adduct levels from acrylamide in humans and discuss methodological issues and research gaps. A total of 86 studies of 27,966 individuals from 19 countries were reviewed. Adduct levels were highest in occupationally exposed individuals and smokers. Levels ranged widely from 3 to 210 pmol/g Hb in non-smokers and this wide range suggests that dietary exposure to acrylamide varies largely. Non-smokers from the US and Canada had slightly higher levels as compared with non-smokers from elsewhere, but differences within studies were larger than between studies. Large studies with exposure assessment of acrylamide and related adduct forming compounds from diet during early-life are encouraged for the evaluation of health effects.
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- Marie Pedersen
- Department of Public Health, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
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- Department of Public Health, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Environmental Science, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
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Cantrell MS, McDougal OM. Biomedical rationale for acrylamide regulation and methods of detection. Compr Rev Food Sci Food Saf 2021; 20:2176-2205. [PMID: 33484492 PMCID: PMC8394876 DOI: 10.1111/1541-4337.12696] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2020] [Revised: 11/12/2020] [Accepted: 11/30/2020] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
Abstract
Acrylamide is the product of the Maillard reaction, which occurs when starchy, asparagine-rich foods including potato or grain products and coffee are fried, baked, roasted, or heated. Studies in rodents provide evidence that acrylamide is carcinogenic and a male reproductive harmful agent when administered in exceedingly high levels. A 2002 study identified acrylamide in popular consumer food and beverage products, stimulating the European Union (EU) and California to legislate public notice of acrylamide presence in fried and baked foods, and coffee products. The regulatory legislation enacted in the EU and California has scientists working to develop foods and processes aimed at reducing acrylamide formation and advancing rapid and accurate analytical methods for the quantitative and qualitative determination of acrylamide in food and beverage products. The purpose of this review is to survey the studies performed on rodents and humans that identified the potential health impact of acrylamide in the human diet, and provide insight into established and emerging analytical methods used to detect acrylamide in blood, aqueous samples, and food.
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- Maranda S. Cantrell
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Boise State University, Boise, Idaho, USA
- Biomolecular Sciences Ph.D. Program, Boise State University, Boise, Idaho, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Boise State University, Boise, Idaho, USA
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Carlsson H, Rappaport SM, Törnqvist M. Protein Adductomics: Methodologies for Untargeted Screening of Adducts to Serum Albumin and Hemoglobin in Human Blood Samples. High Throughput 2019; 8:E6. [PMID: 30857166 PMCID: PMC6473736 DOI: 10.3390/ht8010006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2019] [Revised: 02/26/2019] [Accepted: 02/27/2019] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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The reaction products of electrophiles in vivo can be measured as adducts to the abundant proteins, hemoglobin (Hb), and human serum albumin (HSA), in human blood samples. During the last decade, methods for untargeted screening of such adducts, called "adductomics", have used liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry to detect large numbers of previously unknown Hb and HSA adducts. This review presents methodologies that were developed and used in our laboratories for Hb and HSA adductomics, respectively. We discuss critical aspects regarding choice of target protein, sample preparation, mass spectrometry, data evaluation, and strategies for identification of detected unknown adducts. With this review we give an overview of these two methodologies used for protein adductomics and the precursor electrophiles that have been elucidated from the adducts.
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- Henrik Carlsson
- Division of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
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- Division of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
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- Department of Environmental Science and Analytical Chemistry, Stockholm University, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden.
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Carlsson H, Aasa J, Kotova N, Vare D, Sousa PFM, Rydberg P, Abramsson-Zetterberg L, Törnqvist M. Adductomic Screening of Hemoglobin Adducts and Monitoring of Micronuclei in School-Age Children. Chem Res Toxicol 2017; 30:1157-1167. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrestox.6b00463] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Henrik Carlsson
- Department
of Environmental Science and Analytical Chemistry, Stockholm University, SE-106
91 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department
of Environmental Science and Analytical Chemistry, Stockholm University, SE-106
91 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Swedish National Food Agency, SE-751
26 Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department
of Environmental Science and Analytical Chemistry, Stockholm University, SE-106
91 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department
of Oncology-Pathology, Karolinska Institute, SE-171 77 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department
of Environmental Science and Analytical Chemistry, Stockholm University, SE-106
91 Stockholm, Sweden
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Carlsson H, Törnqvist M. An Adductomic Approach to Identify Electrophiles In Vivo. Basic Clin Pharmacol Toxicol 2017; 121 Suppl 3:44-54. [DOI: 10.1111/bcpt.12715] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2016] [Accepted: 11/22/2016] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Henrik Carlsson
- Department of Environmental Science and Analytical Chemistry; Stockholm University; Stockholm Sweden
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- Department of Environmental Science and Analytical Chemistry; Stockholm University; Stockholm Sweden
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Kasiappan R, Jutooru I, Karki K, Hedrick E, Safe S. Benzyl Isothiocyanate (BITC) Induces Reactive Oxygen Species-dependent Repression of STAT3 Protein by Down-regulation of Specificity Proteins in Pancreatic Cancer. J Biol Chem 2016; 291:27122-27133. [PMID: 27875298 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m116.746339] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2016] [Revised: 11/08/2016] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
Abstract
The antineoplastic agent benzyl isothiocyanate (BITC) acts by targeting multiple pro-oncogenic pathways/genes, including signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3); however, the mechanism of action is not well known. As reported previously, BITC induced reactive oxygen species (ROS) in Panc1, MiaPaCa2, and L3.6pL pancreatic cancer cells. This was accompanied by induction of apoptosis and inhibition of cell growth and migration, and these responses were attenuated in cells cotreated with BITC plus glutathione (GSH). BITC also decreased expression of specificity proteins (Sp) Sp1, Sp3, and Sp4 transcription factors (TFs) and several pro-oncogenic Sp-regulated genes, including STAT3 and phospho-STAT3 (pSTAT3), and GSH attenuated these responses. Knockdown of Sp TFs by RNA interference also decreased STAT3/pSTAT3 expression. BITC-induced ROS activated a cascade of events that included down-regulation of c-Myc, and it was also demonstrated that c-Myc knockdown decreased expression of Sp TFs and STAT3 These results demonstrate that in pancreatic cancer cells, STAT3 is an Sp-regulated gene that can be targeted by BITC and other ROS inducers, thereby identifying a novel therapeutic approach for targeting STAT3.
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- Ravi Kasiappan
- From the Department of Veterinary Physiology and Pharmacology, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843-4466
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- From the Department of Veterinary Physiology and Pharmacology, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843-4466
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- From the Department of Veterinary Physiology and Pharmacology, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843-4466
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- From the Department of Veterinary Physiology and Pharmacology, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843-4466
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- From the Department of Veterinary Physiology and Pharmacology, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843-4466
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Carlsson H, Motwani HV, Osterman Golkar S, Törnqvist M. Characterization of a Hemoglobin Adduct from Ethyl Vinyl Ketone Detected in Human Blood Samples. Chem Res Toxicol 2015; 28:2120-9. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrestox.5b00287] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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- Henrik Carlsson
- Department of Environmental
Science and Analytical Chemistry, Stockholm University, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Environmental
Science and Analytical Chemistry, Stockholm University, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Environmental
Science and Analytical Chemistry, Stockholm University, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Environmental
Science and Analytical Chemistry, Stockholm University, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
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Carlsson H, von Stedingk H, Nilsson U, Törnqvist M. LC-MS/MS screening strategy for unknown adducts to N-terminal valine in hemoglobin applied to smokers and nonsmokers. Chem Res Toxicol 2014; 27:2062-70. [PMID: 25350717 DOI: 10.1021/tx5002749] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Electrophilically reactive compounds have the ability to form adducts with nucleophilic sites in DNA and proteins, constituting a risk for toxic effects. Mass spectrometric detection of adducts to N-terminal valine in hemoglobin (Hb) after detachment by modified Edman degradation procedures is one approach for in vivo monitoring of exposure to electrophilic compounds/metabolites. So far, applications have been limited to one or a few selected reactive species, such as acrylamide and its metabolite glycidamide. This article presents a novel screening strategy for unknown Hb adducts to be used as a basis for an adductomic approach. The method is based on a modified Edman procedure, FIRE, specifically developed for LC-MS/MS analysis of N-terminal valine adducts in Hb detached as fluorescein thiohydantoin (FTH) derivatives. The aim is to detect and identify a priori unknown Hb adducts in human blood samples. Screening of valine adducts was performed by stepwise scanning of precursor ions in small mass increments, monitoring four fragments common for the FTH derivative of valine with different N-substitutions in the multiple-reaction mode, covering a mass range of 135 Da (m/z 503-638). Samples from six smokers and six nonsmokers were analyzed. Control experiments were performed to compare these results with known adducts and to check for artifactual formation of adducts. In all samples of smokers and nonsmokers, seven adducts were identified, of which six have previously been studied. Nineteen unknown adducts were observed, and 14 of those exhibited fragmentation patterns similar to earlier studied FTH derivatives of adducts to valine. Identification of the unknown adducts will be the focus of future work. The presented methodology is a promising screening tool using Hb adducts to indicate exposure to potentially toxic electrophilic compounds and metabolites.
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- Henrik Carlsson
- Department of Materials and Environmental Chemistry, ‡Department of Analytical Chemistry, Stockholm University , SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
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Zhang D, Liu H, Zhang S, Chen X, Li S, Zhang C, Hu X, Bi K, Chen X, Jiang Y. An effective method for de novo peptide sequencing based on phosphorylation strategy and mass spectrometry. Talanta 2011; 84:614-22. [DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2010.12.035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2010] [Revised: 12/20/2010] [Accepted: 12/21/2010] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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von Stedingk H, Rydberg P, Törnqvist M. A new modified Edman procedure for analysis of N-terminal valine adducts in hemoglobin by LC-MS/MS. J Chromatogr B Analyt Technol Biomed Life Sci 2010; 878:2483-90. [PMID: 20399714 DOI: 10.1016/j.jchromb.2010.03.034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2009] [Revised: 03/04/2010] [Accepted: 03/17/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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A rapid and sensitive method using liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) for simultaneous determination of adducts from acrylamide, glycidamide and ethylene oxide to N-terminal valines in hemoglobin (Hb) was developed. This new procedure is based on the same principles as the N-alkyl Edman procedure for analysis of adducts from electrophilic agents to N-terminal valines in Hb. The N-substituted valines can be detached, enriched and measured selectively as thiohydantoins by the use of an Edman reagent, in this case fluorescein isothiocyanate (FITC). This procedure is denoted as the "adduct FIRE procedure" as the FITC reagent is used for measurement of adducts (R) formed from electrophilic compounds with a modified Edman procedure. In this study, fluorescein thiohydantoin (FTH) analytes of N-substituted valines from acrylamide, glycidamide and ethylene oxide, as well as their corresponding hepta- and tri-deuterium-substituted analogues, were synthesized. These analytes (n=8) were then characterized by LC-MS/MS (ESI, positive ion mode) and obtained product ions were interpreted. A considerable work with optimization of the FIRE procedure™, resulted in a procedure in which low background levels of the studied adducts could be measured from 250 μL lyzed whole blood samples (human non-smokers). The analytes were enriched and purified with solid phase extraction columns and analyzed by LC-MS/MS with LOQ down to 1 pmol adduct/gHb. Compared to other procedures for determination of N-terminal Hb adducts, the introduction of FITC has led to a simplified procedure, where whole blood also can be used, giving new opportunities and reduced hand on time with increased sample throughput.
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- Hans von Stedingk
- Department of Materials and Environmental Chemistry, Arrhenius Laboratory, Stockholm University, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden.
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LC/MS/MS Analysis of N-Terminal Protein Adducts with Improved Sensitivity: A Comparison of Selected Edman Isothiocyanate Reagents. Int J Anal Chem 2009; 2009:153472. [PMID: 20107558 PMCID: PMC2809355 DOI: 10.1155/2009/153472] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2009] [Accepted: 08/01/2009] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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This study provides a basis for a new and straightforward method for LC/MS/MS-based screening of N-terminal protein adducts. This procedure is denoted the “FIRE procedure” as fluorescein isothiocyanate (FITC) gave superior sensitivity by LC/MS/MS when measuring adducts (R) of electrophilic
compounds with a modified Edman procedure. The principles of the FIRE-procedure are that adducts to N-terminal amino acids selectively are detached and measured from of proteins after derivatisation by isothiocyanate Edman reagents. In this study, FITC, 4-N,N-dimethylaminoazobenzene 4′-isothiocyanate
(DABITC) and 4-dimethylamino-1-naphthyl isothiocyanate (DNITC) were used to synthesize
thiohydantoin analytes from valine and N-methylvaline. The sensitivity by LC/MS/MS was enhanced
by up to three orders of magnitude as compared to phenyl isothiocyanate and higher as compared to
pentafluorophenyl isothiocyanate. The FITC reagent will enable measurements of low background
adduct levels. Synthesized analytes were characterised with, for example, 1H NMR, 13C NMR, LC/MS/MS, and UV.
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Rubino FM, Pitton M, Di Fabio D, Colombi A. Toward an "omic" physiopathology of reactive chemicals: thirty years of mass spectrometric study of the protein adducts with endogenous and xenobiotic compounds. MASS SPECTROMETRY REVIEWS 2009; 28:725-84. [PMID: 19127566 DOI: 10.1002/mas.20207] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
Abstract
Cancer and degenerative diseases are major causes of morbidity and death, derived from the permanent modification of key biopolymers such as DNA and regulatory proteins by usually smaller, reactive molecules, present in the environment or generated from endogenous and xenobiotic components by the body's own biochemical mechanisms (molecular adducts). In particular, protein adducts with organic electrophiles have been studied for more than 30 [see, e.g., Calleman et al., 1978] years essentially for three purposes: (a) as passive monitors of the mean level of individual exposure to specific chemicals, either endogenously present in the human body or to which the subject is exposed through food or environmental contamination; (b) as quantitative indicators of the mean extent of the individual metabolic processing which converts a non-reactive chemical substance into its toxic products able to damage DNA (en route to cancer induction through genotoxic mechanisms) or key proteins (as in the case of several drugs, pesticides or otherwise biologically active substances); (c) to relate the extent of protein modification to that of biological function impairment (such as enzyme inhibition) finally causing the specific health damage. This review describes the role that contemporary mass spectrometry-based approaches employed in the qualitative and quantitative study of protein-electrophile adducts play in the discovery of the (bio)chemical mechanisms of toxic substances and highlights the future directions of research in this field. A particular emphasis is given to the measurement of often high levels of the protein adducts of several industrial and environmental pollutants in unexposed human populations, a phenomenon which highlights the possibility that a number of small organic molecules are generated in the human organism through minor metabolic processes, the imbalance of which may be the cause of "spontaneous" cases of cancer and of other degenerative diseases of still uncharacterized etiology. With all this in mind, it is foreseen that a holistic description of cellular functions will take advantage of new analytical methods based on time-integrated metabolomic measurements of a new biological compartment, the "adductome," aimed at better understanding integrated organism response to environmental and endogenous stressors.
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- Federico Maria Rubino
- Laboratory for Analytical Toxicology and Metabonomics, Department of Medicine, Surgery and Odontology, Università degli Studi di Milano at Ospedale San Paolo, v. Antonio di Rudinì 8, Milano I-20142, Italy.
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Davies R, Hedebrant U, Athanassiadis I, Rydberg P, Törnqvist M. Improved method to measure aldehyde adducts to N-terminal valine in hemoglobin using 5-hydroxymethylfurfural and 2,5-furandialdehyde as model compounds. Food Chem Toxicol 2009; 47:1950-7. [DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2009.05.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2009] [Revised: 05/06/2009] [Accepted: 05/11/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Törnqvist M, Paulsson B, Vikström AC, Granath F. Approach for cancer risk estimation of acrylamide in food on the basis of animal cancer tests and in vivo dosimetry. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 2008; 56:6004-6012. [PMID: 18624431 DOI: 10.1021/jf800490s] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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The question about the contribution from acrylamide (AA) in food to the cancer risk in the general population has not yet had a satisfactory answer. One point of discussion is whether AA constitutes a cancer risk through its genotoxic metabolite, glycidamide (GA), or whether other mechanism(s) could be operating. Using a relative cancer risk model, an improvement of the cancer risk estimate for dietary AA can be obtained by estimation of the genotoxic contribution to the risk. One cornerstone in this model is the in vivo dose of the causative genotoxic agent. This paper presents an evaluation, according to this model, of published AA cancer tests on the basis of in vivo doses of GA in rats exposed in the cancer tests. The present status regarding data with importance for an improved estimation of the contribution from GA to the cancer risk of AA, such as in vivo doses measured in humans, is discussed.
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Pojarlieff IG, Blagoeva IB, Toteva MM, Atay E, Angelova VT, Vassilev NG, Koedjikov AH. Acid catalyzed intramolecular attack of β-phenylthioureido group on amide function. Parallel formation of thiodihydrouracil and 4-iminothiodihydrouracil. Different pathways in the Edman degradation reaction in the formation of six- versus five-membered cy. J PHYS ORG CHEM 2007. [DOI: 10.1002/poc.1269] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Angelova VT, Vassilev NG, Koedjikov AH, Pojarlieff IG. Hydrolysis of 4-imino-imidazolidin-2-ones in acid and the mechanism of cyclization of hydantoic acid amides. Org Biomol Chem 2007; 5:2835-40. [PMID: 17700852 DOI: 10.1039/b708397a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The hydrolysis of iminohydantoins generates the same tetrahedral intermediate as that obtained in the cyclization of hydantoic acid amides to hydantoins. The ratio of the products of imine hydrolysis under kinetic control is determined by the relative height of the barriers of the breakdown of to amide or to hydantoin. Thus the partitioning of products unequivocally proves which is the rate determining step in the cyclization reaction-formation or breakdown of . UV and 1H NMR monitoring of the acid catalyzed hydrolysis of four 5-substituted 4-imino-1-methyl-3-(4-nitrophenyl)imidazolidin-2-ones found hydantoins as the only products. The kinetics of hydrolysis of imines were measured in 0.001-1 M HCl. Contrary to the remaining imines, 1,5-dimethyl-4-imino-3-(4-nitrophenyl)imidazolidin-2-one is readily oxidized as stock solution in THF containing peroxides to 1,5-dimethyl-5-hydroxy-4-imino-3-(4-nitrophenyl)imidazolidin-2-one . In all cases, hydrolysis was found to be zero order with respect to [H+]. As imines are fully protonated under the acidity studied, this is evidence of a transition state of a single positive charge. Comparison of imine hydrolysis rates with previous data on rates of cyclization of the corresponding amides of hydantoic acids allowed conditions (acid concentration, substitution pattern-gem-dimethyl effect) to be found that guaranteed kinetic control of the products obtained. Thus it was unequivocally proven that formation of the tetrahedral intermediate is rate determining in the cyclization of hydantoic acid amides. The small steric effects upon methyl substitution at 5-C and a solvent kinetic isotope effect kH/kD of 1.72 favour a mechanism for imine hydrolysis whereby the rate is limited by water attack on the protonated imine concerted with proton transfer from attacking water to a second water molecule.
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Vesper HW, Ospina M, Meyers T, Ingham L, Smith A, Gray JG, Myers GL. Automated method for measuring globin adducts of acrylamide and glycidamide at optimized Edman reaction conditions. RAPID COMMUNICATIONS IN MASS SPECTROMETRY : RCM 2006; 20:959-64. [PMID: 16479554 DOI: 10.1002/rcm.2396] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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The general population is exposed to acrylamide, a potential human carcinogen, through food and cigarette smoke. The assessment of human exposure to acrylamide is important in the evaluation of health risks associated with this chemical. Hemoglobin adducts of acrylamide (AA-Hb) and its primary metabolite glycidamide (GA-Hb) are established biomarkers of acrylamide exposure and methods to measure these biomarkers using modified Edman reaction are described. Only limited information about the optimal Edman reaction conditions such as pH or temperature is available for these adducts and the existing methods do not allow automation needed in biomonitoring studies. In this study, the yield of Edman products of AA-Hb and GA-Hb between pH 3-10 and at 35-55 degrees C at different time intervals, and the applicability of liquid-liquid extraction on diatomaceous earth for analyte extraction, were assessed and results were used in a new optimized method. The applicability of our optimized method was assessed by comparing results obtained with a convenience sample from 96 individuals with a conventional method. Maximum yield of Edman products was obtained between pH 6-7, heating the reaction solution at 55 degrees C for 2 h resulted in the same yields as with conventional conditions, and use of diatomaceous earth was found suitable for automated analyte extraction. Using these conditions, no difference was observed between our optimized and a conventional method. The median globin adduct values in the convenience sample are 129 pmol/g globin (range: 27-453 pmol/g globin) and 97 pmol/g globin (range: 27-240 pmol/g globin) for AA-Hb and GA-Hb, respectively. The GA-Hb/AA-Hb ratio decreases significantly with increasing AA-Hb values indicating that measurement of AA-Hb as well as GA-Hb are needed to appropriately assess human exposure to acrylamide.
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- Hubert W Vesper
- Division of Laboratory Sciences, National Center for Environmental Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4770 Buford Hwy, NE (MS F-25), USA.
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Belov VN, Müller M, Ignatenko O, Hallier E, de Meijere A. Facile Access to Isotopically Labelled Valylleucyl Anilides as Biomarkers for the Quantification of Hemoglobin Adducts to Toxic Electrophiles. European J Org Chem 2005. [DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.200500429] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Ren Y, Li M, Wong NB, Chu SY. Ab initio computational insight into the ion-pair SN2 reaction of lithium isothiocyanate and methyl fluoride in the gas phase and in acetone solution. J Mol Model 2005; 12:182-9. [PMID: 16258740 DOI: 10.1007/s00894-005-0016-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2004] [Accepted: 07/01/2005] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The ion-pair S(N)2 reaction LiNCS + CH3F with two mechanisms, inversion and retention, was investigated at the MP2(full)/6-311+G**//HF/6-311+G** level in the gas phase and in acetone solution. All HF-optimized structures were confirmed by vibrational frequency analysis. Based on IRC analyses, eight possible reaction pathways in the title reaction are proposed. The inversion mechanism through a six-membered-ring transition-state structure is the most favorable. Methyl thiocyanate should form preferentially in the gas phase and the more stable methyl isothiocyanate will be the main product in CH3COCH3. The retardation of the reaction in CH3COCH3 solution was attributed to the differences in the solvation free energies in the separated reactants and transition structures. All of the theoretical results are consistent with the experiment.
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- Yi Ren
- School of Chemistry of Chemical Engineering, Southwest China Normal University, 400715 Chongqing, PR China.
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Yang XX, Hu ZP, Chan SY, Zhou SF. Monitoring drug-protein interaction. Clin Chim Acta 2005; 365:9-29. [PMID: 16199025 DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2005.08.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2005] [Revised: 08/16/2005] [Accepted: 08/23/2005] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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A variety of therapeutic drugs can undergo biotransformation via Phase I and Phase II enzymes to reactive metabolites that have intrinsic chemical reactivity toward proteins and cause potential organ toxicity. A drug-protein adduct is a protein complex that forms when electrophilic drugs or their reactive metabolite(s) covalently bind to a protein molecule. Formation of such drug-protein adducts eliciting cellular damages and immune responses has been a major hypothesis for the mechanism of toxicity caused by numerous drugs. The monitoring of protein-drug adducts is important in the kinetic and mechanistic studies of drug-protein adducts and establishment of dose-toxicity relationships. The determination of drug-protein adducts can also provide supportive evidence for diagnosis of drug-induced diseases associated with protein-drug adduct formation in patients. The plasma is the most commonly used matrix for monitoring drug-protein adducts due to its convenience and safety. Measurement of circulating antibodies against drug-protein adducts may be used as a useful surrogate marker in the monitoring of drug-protein adducts. The determination of plasma protein adducts and/or relevant antibodies following administration of several drugs including acetaminophen, dapsone, diclofenac and halothane has been conducted in clinical settings for characterizing drug toxicity associated with drug-protein adduct formation. The monitoring of drug-protein adducts often involves multi-step laboratory procedure including sample collection and preliminary preparation, separation to isolate or extract the target compound from a mixture, identification and determination. However, the monitoring of drug-protein adducts is often difficult because of short half-lives of the protein adducts, sampling problem and lack of sensitive analytical techniques for the protein adducts. Currently, chromatographic (e.g. high performance liquid chromatography) and immunological methods (e.g. enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay) are two major techniques used to determine protein adducts of drugs in patients. The present review highlights the importance for clinical monitoring of drug-protein adducts, with an emphasis on methodology and with a further discussion of the application of these techniques to individual drugs and their target proteins.
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- Xiao-Xia Yang
- Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Science, National University of Singapore, Science Drive 4, Singapore 117543, Singapore
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Dybing E, Farmer PB, Andersen M, Fennell TR, Lalljie SPD, Müller DJG, Olin S, Petersen BJ, Schlatter J, Scholz G, Scimeca JA, Slimani N, Törnqvist M, Tuijtelaars S, Verger P. Human exposure and internal dose assessments of acrylamide in food. Food Chem Toxicol 2005; 43:365-410. [PMID: 15680675 DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2004.11.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 280] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2004] [Accepted: 11/09/2004] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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This review provides a framework contributing to the risk assessment of acrylamide in food. It is based on the outcome of the ILSI Europe FOSIE process, a risk assessment framework for chemicals in foods and adds to the overall framework by focusing especially on exposure assessment and internal dose assessment of acrylamide in food. Since the finding that acrylamide is formed in food during heat processing and preparation of food, much effort has been (and still is being) put into understanding its mechanism of formation, on developing analytical methods and determination of levels in food, and on evaluation of its toxicity and potential toxicity and potential human health consequences. Although several exposure estimations have been proposed, a systematic review of key information relevant to exposure assessment is currently lacking. The European and North American branches of the International Life Sciences Institute, ILSI, discussed critical aspects of exposure assessment, parameters influencing the outcome of exposure assessment and summarised data relevant to the acrylamide exposure assessment to aid the risk characterisation process. This paper reviews the data on acrylamide levels in food including its formation and analytical methods, the determination of human consumption patterns, dietary intake of the general population, estimation of maximum intake levels and identification of groups of potentially high intakes. Possible options and consequences of mitigation efforts to reduce exposure are discussed. Furthermore the association of intake levels with biomarkers of exposure and internal dose, considering aspects of bioavailability, is reviewed, and a physiologically-based toxicokinetic (PBTK) model is described that provides a good description of the kinetics of acrylamide in the rat. Each of the sections concludes with a summary of remaining gaps and uncertainties.
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- E Dybing
- Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Division of Environmental Medicine, P.O. Box 4404, Nydalen, NO-0403 Oslo, Norway
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Zhou S. Separation and detection methods for covalent drug–protein adducts. J Chromatogr B Analyt Technol Biomed Life Sci 2003; 797:63-90. [PMID: 14630144 DOI: 10.1016/s1570-0232(03)00399-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Covalent binding of reactive metabolites of drugs to proteins has been a predominant hypothesis for the mechanism of toxicity caused by numerous drugs. The development of efficient and sensitive analytical methods for the separation, identification, quantification of drug-protein adducts have important clinical and toxicological implications. In the last few decades, continuous progress in analytical methodology has been achieved with substantial increase in the number of new, more specific and more sensitive methods for drug-protein adducts. The methods used for drug-protein adduct studies include those for separation and for subsequent detection and identification. Various chromatographic (e.g., affinity chromatography, ion-exchange chromatography, and high-performance liquid chromatography) and electrophoretic techniques [e.g., sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE), two-dimensional SDS-PAGE, and capillary electrophoresis], used alone or in combination, offer an opportunity to purify proteins adducted by reactive drug metabolites. Conventionally, mass spectrometric (MS), nuclear magnetic resonance, and immunological and radioisotope methods are used to detect and identify protein targets for reactive drug metabolites. However, these methods are labor-intensive, and have provided very limited sequence information on the target proteins adducted, and thus the identities of the protein targets are usually unknown. Moreover, the antibody-based methods are limited by the availability, quality, and specificity of antibodies to protein adducts, which greatly hindered the identification of specific protein targets of drugs and their clinical applications. Recently, the use of powerful MS technologies (e.g., matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight) together with analytical proteomics have enabled one to separate, identify unknown protein adducts, and establish the sequence context of specific adducts by offering the opportunity to search for adducts in proteomes containing a large number of proteins with protein adducts and unmodified proteins. The present review highlights the separation and detection technologies for drug-protein adducts, with an emphasis on methodology, advantages and limitations to these techniques. Furthermore, a brief discussion of the application of these techniques to individual drugs and their target proteins will be outlined.
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- Shufeng Zhou
- Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Science, National University of Singapore, Science Drive 4, Singapore 117543, Singapore.
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Paulsson B, Kotova N, Grawé J, Henderson A, Granath F, Golding B, Törnqvist M. Induction of micronuclei in mouse and rat by glycidamide, genotoxic metabolite of acrylamide. Mutat Res 2003; 535:15-24. [PMID: 12547279 DOI: 10.1016/s1383-5718(02)00281-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Male CBA mice and male Sprague-Dawley rats were treated by i.p. injection of glycidamide (GA), the presumed genotoxic metabolite of acrylamide (AA). GA was obtained through a new way of synthesis. As an endpoint of chromosome damage, micronucleus (MN) induction in erythrocytes was measured. Hemoglobin (Hb) adducts were used as a measure of in vivo dose of GA. GA induced linear dose-dependent increases in adduct levels in both species. Rats exhibit, compared with mice, 30% higher Hb adduct levels per unit of administered amount of GA. The incremental MN frequencies per administered dose of GA in mice showed a linear-quadratic dose-dependent curve. In the rat no positive dose-response relationship was obtained, probably due to toxic effects to the bone marrow. The main result of this study is the finding that after treatment with synthetic GA the MN frequency per unit of the in vivo dose of GA in the mouse is very similar to that obtained in a previous study, where animals were treated with AA and GA as a metabolite. This equality in potency of GA, whether its in vivo dose is established by injection of synthetic GA or through metabolism of AA, supports the view that GA is the predominant genotoxic factor in AA exposure.
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- Birgit Paulsson
- Department of Environmental Chemistry, Stockholm University, S-10691 Stockholm, Sweden
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Paulsson B, Athanassiadis I, Rydberg P, Törnqvist M. Hemoglobin adducts from glycidamide: acetonization of hydrophilic groups for reproducible gas chromatography/tandem mass spectrometric analysis. RAPID COMMUNICATIONS IN MASS SPECTROMETRY : RCM 2003; 17:1859-1865. [PMID: 12876686 DOI: 10.1002/rcm.1116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Acrylamide (AA) is a reactive compound widely used as an industrial chemical. It is also, as recently shown, present in heated foodstuffs. AA is known to cause tumors in rodents and is classified as probably carcinogenic to humans. The metabolite glycidamide (GA) is assumed to be the predominant genotoxic agent in AA exposure. Therefore, knowledge about in vivo doses of GA is essential for cancer risk assessment of exposure to AA. The in vivo dose of GA could be inferred from the level of the adduct formed by GA with N-terminal valine (GA-Val) in hemoglobin (Hb), detached as a pentafluorophenylthiohydantoin (PFPTH) and measured by gas chromatography/tandem mass spectrometric (GC/MS/MS) analysis. However, due to the highly polar character of the GA-Val-PFPTH derivative, it was found necessary to modify the method through further derivatization. This paper presents an evaluation of acetonization for derivatization of the adjacent bond;OH and bond;NH(2) groups in the adduct formed from GA. Good reproducibility was obtained. Also, acetonization improves the response and thus increases the sensitivity of the GC/MS/MS analysis of the PFPTH derivative of GA-Val. The sensitivity obtained is sufficient for studies of background adduct levels of GA in animals and in humans. Acetonization as a method for derivatization is robust and simple.
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- Birgit Paulsson
- Department of Environmental Chemistry, Stockholm University, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden.
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Törnqvist M, Fred C, Haglund J, Helleberg H, Paulsson B, Rydberg P. Protein adducts: quantitative and qualitative aspects of their formation, analysis and applications. J Chromatogr B Analyt Technol Biomed Life Sci 2002; 778:279-308. [PMID: 12376136 DOI: 10.1016/s1570-0232(02)00172-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 255] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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- M Törnqvist
- Department of Environmental Chemistry, Stockholm University, S-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden.
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