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The tobacco-specific nitrosamine, 4-(methylnitrosamino)-1-(3-pyridyl)-1-butanone (NNK), is a potent lung carcinogen that exerts its carcinogenic effects upon metabolic activation. The identification and quantitation of NNK metabolites could identify potential biomarkers of bioactivation and detoxification of this potent carcinogen and may be used to predict lung cancer susceptibility among smokers. Here, we used in vivo isotope-labeling and high-resolution-mass-spectrometry-based methods for the comprehensive profiling of all known and unknown NNK metabolites. The sample-enrichment, LC-MS, and data-analysis workflow, including a custom script for automated d 0 - d 4 - m/ z-pair-peak detection, enabled unbiased identification of numerous NNK metabolites. The structures of the metabolites were confirmed using targeted LC-MS 2 with retention-time ( t R ) and MS 2 -fragmentation comparisons to those of standards when possible. Eleven known metabolites and unchanged NNK were identified simultaneously. More importantly, our workflow revealed novel NNK metabolites, including 1,3-Diol (13), α-OH-methyl-NNAL-Gluc (14), nitro-NK- N-oxide (15), nitro-NAL- N-oxide (16), γ-OH NNAL (17), and three N-acetylcysteine (NAC) metabolites (18a-c). We measured the differences in the relative distributions of a panel of nitroso-containing NNK-specific metabolites in rats before and after phenobarbital (PB) treatment, and this served as a demonstration of a general strategy for the detection of metabolic differences in animal and cell systems. Lastly, we generated a d 4 -labeled NNK-metabolite mixture to be used as internal standards ( d 4 -rat urine) for the relative quantitation of NNK metabolites in humans, and this new strategy will be used to assess carcinogen exposure and ultimately to evaluate lung-cancer risk and susceptibility in smokers.

In Vivo Stable-Isotope Labeling and Mass-Spectrometry-Based Metabolic Profiling of a Potent Tobacco-Specific Carcinogen in Rats