Analysis of the reaction between 2'-deoxycytidine and 4-oxo-2-nonenal by LC/MS revealedthe presence of three major products (adducts A
1, A
2, and B; [M + H]
+ = 364). Adducts A
1 andA
2 were isomeric, and each dehydrated to form adduct B. The structure of adduct B was shownby LC/MS and NMR spectroscopy to be an etheno-2'-deoxycytidine adduct 1' '-[1-(2'-deoxy-
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-
D-
erythro-pentofuranosyl)-1H-imidazo[2,1-c]pyrimidin-2-oxo-4-yl]heptane-2' '-one. A time courseexperiment performed at 65
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C (pH 5-8) showed that the transformation of both A
1 and A
2was pH-dependent. In acidic conditions, adducts A
1 and A
2 dehydrated primarily to adduct B.In contrast, in basic conditions, adducts A
1 and A
2 hydrolyzed primarily to dCyd. The data areconsistent with adducts A
1 and A
2 being substituted ethano adducts that dehydrate to adductB, a substituted 3,
N4-etheno-2'-deoxycytidine adduct.