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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 May 21.
Published in final edited form as: Chem Res Toxicol. 2012 May 4;25(5):1119–1131. doi: 10.1021/tx3000889

Table 1.

Performance of the Analytical UPLC-ESI/MSn Method to Measure AL-DNA Adducts

Adducts per 109 bases

Target level dA-AL-l Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Overall mean CV(%) within-day CV(%) between-day
3 adducts per 109 bases Mean 3.3 2.6 3.3 ND 3.1 7.8 14.3
SD 0.2 0.3 0.2
RSD(%) 5.5 10.9 7.4
5 adducts per 109 bases Mean 5.6 5.0 4.7 ND 5.1 13.8 15.2
SD 0.6 0.8 0.6
RSD(%) 11.1 16.4 12.9
10 adducts per 109 bases Mean 11.0 8.1 8.8 ND 9.3 14.3 20.5
SD 2.1 0.7 0.6
RSD(%) 19.1 8.9 6.4
50 adducts per 109 bases Mean 50.8 43.5 50.0 48.0 48.0 6.2 8.6
SD 1.3 4.4 1.6 3.4
RSD(%) 2.5 10.2 3.3 7.0
100 adducts per 109 bases Mean 94.5 81.8 79.3 ND 85.2 6.2 11.2
SD 2.9 7.9 3.0
RSD(%) 3.1 9.7 3.8
Adducts per 109 bases

Target level dG-AL-l Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Overall mean CV(%) within-day CV(%) between-day
20 adducts per 109 bases Mean 12.5 12.3 11.0 11.5 11.8 9.4 10.0
SD 0.6 0.2 1.5 0.6
RSD(%) 4.6 12.2 13.4 5.0
40 adducts per 109 bases Mean 26.0 19.0 19.3 ND 19.8 9.8 21.6
SD 2.3 2.2 1.3
RSD(%) 8.9 11.4 6.5

N = 4 analyses per dose

ND, not determined