N[superscript 6]-Formyllysine as a Biomarker of Formaldehyde Exposure: Formation and Loss of N[superscript 6]-Formyllysine in Nasal Epithelium in Long-Term, Low-Dose Inhalation Studies in Rats
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Moeller, Benjamin C.; Yu, Rui; Kracko, Dean; Doyle-Eisele, Melanie; Swenberg, James A.; Edrissi, Bahar; Taghizadeh, Koli; Dedon, Peter C; ... Show more Show less
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Exposure to both endogenous and exogenous formaldehyde has been established to be carcinogenic, likely by virtue of forming nucleic acid and proteins adducts such as N[superscript 6]-formyllysine. To better assess N[superscript 6]-formyllysine as a biomarker of formaldehyde exposure, we studied accumulation of N[superscript 6]-formyllysine adducts in tissues of rats exposed by inhalation to 2 ppm [13C2H2]-formaldehyde for 7, 14, 21, and 28 days (6 h/day) and investigated adduct loss over a 7-day postexposure period using liquid chromatography-coupled tandem mass spectrometry. Our results showed formation of exogenous adducts in nasal epithelium and to some extent in trachea but not in distant tissues of lung, bone marrow, or white blood cells, with a 2-fold increase over endogenous N[superscript 6]-formyllysine over a 3-week exposure period. Postexposure analyses indicated a biexponential decay of N[superscript 6]-formyllysine in proteins extracted from different cellular compartments, with half-lives of ∼25 and ∼182 h for the fast and slow phases, respectively, in cytoplasmic proteins. These results parallel the behavior of DNA adducts and DNA-protein cross-links, with protein adducts cleared faster than DNA-protein cross-links, and point to the potential utility of N6-formyllysine protein adducts as biomarkers of formaldehyde.
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2017-07Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Center for Environmental Health Sciences; Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Biological EngineeringJournal
Chemical Research in Toxicology
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American Chemical Society (ACS)
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Edrissi, Bahar, Koli Taghizadeh, Benjamin C. Moeller, Rui Yu, Dean Kracko, Melanie Doyle-Eisele, James A. Swenberg, and Peter C. Dedon. “N6-Formyllysine as a Biomarker of Formaldehyde Exposure: Formation and Loss of N6-Formyllysine in Nasal Epithelium in Long-Term, Low-Dose Inhalation Studies in Rats.” Chemical Research in Toxicology 30, no. 8 (July 27, 2017): 1572–1576.
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0893-228X
1520-5010