Mass spectrometric (HPLC/ESI--MS/MS) quantification of pyrimido(1,3-a)purin-10(3H)-one, a guanine adduct formed by reaction of malondialdehyde with DNA.

摘要

A high performance liquid chromatography/electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometric (HPLC/ESI MS/MS) method has been developed for quantification of pyrimido[1,2-a]purin-10(3H)-one adducts from DNA. The method is based on acid-catalyzed cleavage of the adducts from DNA and the use of [2,3a,10-13C3]pyrimido[1,2-a]purin-10(3H)-one as an internal standard in the analysis. For this purpose the latter compound was prepared. Rate constants for the acid-catalyzed cleavage of pyrimido[1,2-a]purin-10(3H)-one from the corresponding 2'-deoxyribonucleoside were determined, and its hydrolytic stability and possible formation by a cross reaction between guanine and [2,3a,10]pyrimido[1,2-a]purin-10(3H)-one were studied.