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The biological significance of this exposure is, as yet, unknown but in situ NOC formation is bacterially catalysed suggesting that NOC formation and potentially DNA alkylation will vary throughout the large bowel.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>AIMS<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>To determine if<jats:italic>O<\/jats:italic>\n                     <jats:sup>6<\/jats:sup>-MedG levels in colorectal DNA vary within the large bowel.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>PATIENTS<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>We studied 62 men and women undergoing surgery for colorectal tumours in the north west of England.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec sec-type=\"methods\">\n                  <jats:title>METHODS<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>\n                     <jats:italic>O<\/jats:italic>\n                     <jats:sup>6<\/jats:sup>-MedG levels were measured in paired normal and tumour DNA samples. DNA was digested to nucleosides, fractionated by HPLC, and purified <jats:italic>O<\/jats:italic>\n                     <jats:sup>6<\/jats:sup>-MedG quantified by a radioimmunoassay.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>RESULTS<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>\n                     <jats:italic>O<\/jats:italic>\n                     <jats:sup>6<\/jats:sup>-MedG was detected in 27 out of a total of 62 (43%) normal DNA samples and in 30 of 58 (52%) tumour DNA samples: it was present at concentrations of &lt;0.01\u20130.94 and &lt;0.01\u20130.151 \u03bcmol<jats:italic>O<\/jats:italic>\n                     <jats:sup>6<\/jats:sup>-MedG\/mol deoxyguanosine for normal and tumour DNA, respectively. Levels of<jats:italic>O<\/jats:italic>\n                     <jats:sup>6<\/jats:sup>-MedG in normal, but not tumour, DNA from the proximal colon were lower than those found in DNA from either the sigmoid colon (p=0.03) or rectum (p=0.05). When the analysis was restricted to samples that contained<jats:italic>O<\/jats:italic>\n                     <jats:sup>6<\/jats:sup>-MedG, similar results were obtained in that <jats:italic>O<\/jats:italic>\n                     <jats:sup>6<\/jats:sup>-MedG levels in normal DNA were lower in the proximal colon than in the sigmoid colon (p=0.04) or rectum (p=0.03).<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>CONCLUSIONS<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>DNA alkylation varied within the large bowel possibly due to in situ NOC formation and was highest in areas of the colon and rectum where the highest incidence of large bowel tumours occurs, suggesting that DNA alkylation may play a role in the aetiology of colorectal cancer.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1136\/gut.47.3.362","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2002,7,27]],"date-time":"2002-07-27T06:32:32Z","timestamp":1027751552000},"page":"362-365","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":65,"title":["Elevated levels of the pro-carcinogenic adduct,<i>O<\/i>\n                  <sup>6<\/sup>-methylguanine, in normal DNA from the cancer prone regions of the large bowel"],"prefix":"10.1136","volume":"47","author":[{"given":"A C","family":"Povey","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"aCancer Research Campaign Section of Genome Damage and Repair, Paterson Institute for Cancer Research, Manchester, M20 9BX, UK , \n\nbDepartment of Surgery, Wythenshawe Hospital, Wythenshawe, Manchester M23 9LT, UK"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"C N","family":"Hall","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"aCancer Research Campaign Section of Genome Damage and Repair, Paterson Institute for Cancer Research, Manchester, M20 9BX, UK , \n\nbDepartment of Surgery, Wythenshawe Hospital, Wythenshawe, Manchester M23 9LT, UK"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"A F","family":"Badawi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"aCancer Research Campaign Section of Genome Damage and Repair, Paterson Institute for Cancer Research, Manchester, M20 9BX, UK , \n\nbDepartment of Surgery, Wythenshawe Hospital, Wythenshawe, Manchester M23 9LT, UK"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"D P","family":"Cooper","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"aCancer Research Campaign Section of Genome Damage and Repair, Paterson Institute for Cancer Research, Manchester, M20 9BX, UK , \n\nbDepartment of Surgery, Wythenshawe Hospital, Wythenshawe, Manchester M23 9LT, UK"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"P J","family":"O'Connor","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"aCancer Research Campaign Section of Genome Damage and Repair, Paterson Institute for Cancer Research, Manchester, M20 9BX, UK , \n\nbDepartment of Surgery, Wythenshawe Hospital, Wythenshawe, Manchester M23 9LT, UK"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"239","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2000,9,1]]},"reference":[{"key":"2025090722562376000_47.3.362.1","unstructured":"(1993) CRC Factsheet 18.1. 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