Aflatoxin은 세계 여러 곳에서 식품에 오염되어 발견되며 증가하는 인간의 간암발생과 빈번히 역학적으로 관련하여 보고되는 발암물질이다. 이러한 aflatoxin의 발암성 규명에 대한 연구의 일환으로 20 mg calf thynmus DNA와 8 mg 표준 aflatoxin $B_1$을 반응시켜 화학적으로 aflatoxin $B_1$을 반응시켜 화학적으로 aflatoxin $B_1-DNA$ adduct를 합성하였다. 합성된 aflatoxin $B_1-DNA$ adduct는 산가수분해와 열처리에 의해 거대한 DNA 분자를 절단하였고, immunoaffinity column을 통과시켜 aflatoxin $B_1-DNA$ adduct만 선택적으로 정제한 후 HPLC법으로 정량하였다. 그 결과 반응생성물의 대부분은 aflatoxin $B_1-guanine$ adduct였으며, 그 함량은 aflatoxin $B_1$으로 5.2 mg이었다.
Aflatoxins are highly carcinogenic agents consistantly found as contaminants in human food supplies in many areas of the world and epidemiologically linked to incidence of human liver cancer. To examine the carcinogenic action of aflatoxin $B_1$, aflatoxin $B_1-DNA$ adducts were chemically synhtesized with the reaction of 20 mg calf thymus DNA, and 8 mg standard aflatoxin $B_1$. Since DNA molecule was too large for analysis, it was fragmented by acid hydrolysis and heat. The fragmented aflatoxin $B_1-DNA$ adducts were selectively concentrated by immunoaffinity column procedure and confirmed by HPLC method. The main component was aflatoxin $B_1-guanine$ adduct, which was quantatively measured as 5.2 mg aflatoxin $B_1$.
