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Development of a Monoclonal Antibody-based Immunoassay for Cyclic DNA Adducts Resulting from Exposure to Crotonaldehyde¹

Division of Chemical Carcinogenesis, Naylor Dana Institute for Disease Prevention, Valhalla, New York 10595

In order to develop an immunoassay for DNA modifications resulting from exposure to crotonaldehyde, monoclonal antibodies specific for the 8R,6R- and 8S,6S-stereoisomers of 3-(2-deoxy-ß-D-erythro-pentofuranosyl)-5,6,7,8-tetrahydro-8-hydroxy-6-methylpyrimido[1,2-]purine-10(3H)one were produced. These cyclic 1,N²-propanodeoxyguanosines are formed in DNA exposed to crotonaldehyde in vitro. Three of the four antibodies were most specific for one stereoisomer while the fourth was most specific for the other stereoisomer. Fifty % inhibition of binding in an enzyme-linked immunoabsorbent assay could be achieved with 0.2 picomol of either stereoisomer. A high-pressure liquid chromatographyenzyme-linked immunoabsorbent assay using two of these antibodies and capable of detecting 0.5 µmol of 1,N²-propanodeoxyguanosine per mol of deoxyguanosine was developed. The method was validated by comparison to results obtained with fluorescence assay.

¹ This study was supported by National Cancer Institute Grants CA23901 and CA 42235.

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Received 6/16/86. Revised 9/26/86. Accepted 10/ 2/86.