Research Article

Increased Oxidative Damage of RNA in Early-Stage Nephropathy in db/db Mice

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The HPLC–MS/MS determination of the concentrations of 8-oxodGuo and 8-oxoGuo in the kidneys of db/db mice. db/db represents BKS.Cg-Dock7m +/+ Leprdb/JNju mice, and db/m represents their lean littermates. Samples from 4-, 8-, 12-, and 16-week-old mice were examined. (a) HPLC-MS/MS chromatograms of 8-oxodGuo, dGuo, 8-oxo--[15N5]dGuo, and [15N5] dGuo. (b) Increases in the level of 8-oxodGuo/106 dGuo in the kidneys of db/db and db/m mice ( per group). (c) HPLC-MS/MS chromatograms of 8-oxoGuo, Guo, 8-oxo-[15N213C1]Guo, and [15N5]Guo. (d) Increases in the level of 8-oxoGuo/106 Guo in the kidneys of db/db and db/m mice ( per group). The data are shown as the means ± SD. (black-colored dots) db/m. (black-colored squares) db/db, versus the respective controls. # compared with the respective controls.
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