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Detection of reactive free radicals derived from nucleosides by liquid chromatography coupled to tandem mass spectrometry of DMPO spin trapping adducts
Author(s) -
Maurel Vincent,
Ravanat JeanLuc,
Gambarelli Serge
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
rapid communications in mass spectrometry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.528
H-Index - 136
eISSN - 1097-0231
pISSN - 0951-4198
DOI - 10.1002/rcm.2579
Subject(s) - chemistry , spin trapping , adduct , mass spectrometry , radical , tandem mass spectrometry , electrospray , photodissociation , chromatography , nucleoside , electrospray ionization , photochemistry , stereochemistry , organic chemistry
In this study, reactive free radicals derived from several nucleosides were spin trapped by 5,5‐dimethyl‐1‐pyrroline N ‐oxide (DMPO) and then detected by high‐performance liquid chromatography coupled to electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry (HPLC/ESI‐MS/MS). This method provides a specific detection of spin trapping adducts derived from nucleosides with a very high sensitivity: quantities as low as 0.5 picomoles of spin trapping adducts corresponding to concentrations of 2.5 10 −8 mol . L −1 were detected. Different spin trapping adducts were characterized by HPLC/ESI‐MS/MS in three well‐known systems producing free radicals photochemically: the photolysis of 5‐halo‐2′‐deoxyuridines, the photolysis of 5‐thiophenylmethyl‐2′‐deoxyuridine and the photolysis of thymidine with menadione bisulfite as a photosensitizer. A new radical photoreactivity of uridine derivatives was also detected by this method both at the nucleoside and at the RNA level, showing that the method is also relevant for studying spin trapping adducts derived from DNA and RNA strands. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.