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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Curr Protoc Nucleic Acid Chem. 2016 Sep 1;66:7.24.1–7.24.25. doi: 10.1002/cpnc.12

Table 1.

Human DNA adduct measured by IT-MS in the literature.

Adduct DNA source DNA Isolation Method μg DNA
assayed
Sample cleanup MS LOD/LOQ Adduct level reference
BP-6-N7-Gua Urine IA -- HPLC
fractionation
QIT-MS2 5 to 10 fmol/mL
urine
20 – 50 fmol/mg urine
creatinine
(Bhattacharya et al., 2003)
Acro-dG Hippocampus/parahippocam
pal gyrus from brains
N. R. 10 μg SPE QIT-MS2 5 adducts per 108
nucleotides
2.8 – 5.1 adducts per
106 nucleotides
(Liu et al., 2005)
HNE-dG Hippocampus/parahippocam
pal gyrus and ingerior
parietal lobule regions from
brains
N. R. 10 μg SPE QIT-MS2 4 adducts per 108
nucleotides
2.4 – 5.6 adducts per
107 nucleotides
(Liu et al., 2006)
4-OH-E1-1-N3-Ade Breast tissues LLE -- SPE, HPLC
fractionation
QIT-MS2 5-20 fmol/g tissue 20-70 fmol/g tissue (Zhang et al., 2008)
dG-4-ABP 4-ABP treated human
hepatocyte
Phenol/chloroform
extraction
2-10 μg SPE LIT-CNL-MS3 -- -- (Bessette et al., 2009)
dG-C8-4-ABP Exfoliated urothelial cells Qiagen™ Blood &
Cell Culture Mini kit
1 μg Microfluidic
chip
QIT-MS2 5 adducts per 109
nucleotides
N. D. (Randall et al., 2010)
dG-C8 adducts of 4-
ABP, AαC, IQ, MeIQx
and PhIP
Saliva buccal cells Phenol/chloroform
extraction
9-51 μg SPE LIT-MS3 3 adducts per 109
nucleotides
1-9 adducts per 108
nucleotides
(Bessette et al., 2010)
N7-Et-Gua Leukocytes Qiagen™ buffy coat kit 180 μg SPE LIT-HRMS2 8 fmol/μmol
guanine
10 – 180 fmol/umol
guanine
(Balbo et al., 2011)
dG-C8 adducts of 4-
ABP, AαC, IQ, MeIQx
and PhIP
Carcinogen treated human
hepatocyte
Phenol/chloroform
extraction
2-10 μg Online trapping LIT-MS3 3 adducts per 109
nucleotides
3.4 – 140/107
nucleotides
(Nauwelaers et al., 2011)
dG-C8-PhIP and 4-
ABP
tumor-adjacent normal
mammary tissues
Phenol/chloroform
extraction
2-10 ug Online trapping LIT-MS3 3 adducts per 109
nucleotides
3 adducts per 109
nucleotides
(Gu et al., 2012)
dA-AL-I Normal renal cortex and
upper urinary tract tumor
tissues
Phenol/chloroform
extraction
10-20 μg Online trapping LIT-MS3 3 adducts per 109
nucleotides
9-338 adducts per 108
nucleotides
(Yun et al., 2013; Yun et al., 2012)
8-oxo-dG Urine -- -- RP and SCX
column coupling
QIT-MS2 0.5 ng/mL urine 1.16 ± 0.46 nmol/mmol
creatine
(Rota et al., 2013)
N7-THBG Leukocytes Qiagen™ buffy coat kit 35-150 μg SPE LIT-HRMS2 2 adducts per 109
nucleotides
0.6-19 adducts per 109
nucleotides
(Sangaraju et al., 2013)
EB-GII Leukocytes Qiagen™ buffy coat kit 3-76 μg HPLC
fractionation
LIT-HRMS3 0.4 adducts per 109
nucleotides
< LOQ (Sangaraju et al., 2014)
M1dG Leukocytes Qiagen™ buffy coat kit 39-244 μg SPE, HPLC
fractionation
LIT-HRMS2 0.125 fmol/mg DNA 0.004 – 9.15 adducts
per 108 nucleotides
(Ma et al., 2014)
dA-AL-I Exfoliated urinary cells Qiagen™ kit 11 – 33 μg Online trapping LIT-MS3 3 adducts per 109
nucleotides
3 to 581 adducts per 108
nucleotides
(Yun et al., 2015)

N. R. Not reported.

LLE. Liquid-liquid extraction.

N. D. Not detected.

RP. Reversed-phase.

SCX. Strong cation exchange.