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Research Article

DNA base adducts in urine andwhite blood cells of cancer patients receiving combination chemotherapies which include N-methyl-N-nitrosourea

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Pages 244-251 | Received 14 Feb 1996, Published online: 27 Sep 2008
 

Abstract

Urinary 3-methyladenine (3-MeAde) excretion andlymphocyte DNA adduct formation was studied in 15 patients receiving methylnitrosourea (MNU) at several dose levels (250 mg, 300 mg and600 mg total dose, 143–385 mg m−2) as part of various combination chemotherapies for advanced tumours (malignant melanoma, lymphoblastic lymphosarcorna andHodgkin's disease). Urinary 3-MeAde levels were significantly increased over background in patients at all dose levels (p < 0.001) andthe increases were dose-dependent (r = 0.77, p < 0.01). There were large interindividual variations in the excretion of 3-MeAde at each dose of MNU. In a subset of patients, N7-methyl-2-deoxyguanosine (7-MedG) andO6-methyl-2′-deoxyguanosine (O6-WedG) levels in DNA from blood leucocytes showed dose-dependent increases, however there were no simple relationships between urinary methylated DNA bases andleucocyte DNA adducts. Levels of adducts in leucocyte DNA (7-MedG, < 17–217 μmol mol−1 dG; O6-WedG, < 1.6–35 μmol mol−1 dG) were comparable with those reported for other methylating chemotherapeutic drugs. Leucocyte DNA andurinary methyl adducts may be useful markers of individual responses to treatment with methylating drugs.

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