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ArticleInternational journal of legal medicine2024

Chemical investigation of biological trace evidence; toxicological screening of waste residues obtained from DNA extraction processes.

Domenico Di Candia, Gaia Giordano, Michele Boracchi, Paolo Bailo, Paola Primignani, Andrea Piccinini, Riccardo Zoja

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Domenico Di CandiaDipartimento Di Scienze Biomediche Per La Salute, Istituto Di Medicina Legale E Delle Assicurazioni, Università Degli Studi Di Milano, 20133, Milan, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1401-6815
Gaia GiordanoDipartimento Di Scienze Biomediche Per La Salute, Istituto Di Medicina Legale E Delle Assicurazioni, Università Degli Studi Di Milano, 20133, Milan, Italy. gaia.giordano@unimi.it.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6081-0596
Michele BoracchiDipartimento Di Scienze Biomediche Per La Salute, Istituto Di Medicina Legale E Delle Assicurazioni, Università Degli Studi Di Milano, 20133, Milan, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4240-4121
Paolo BailoDipartimento Di Scienze Biomediche Per La Salute, Istituto Di Medicina Legale E Delle Assicurazioni, Università Degli Studi Di Milano, 20133, Milan, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7041-838X
Paola PrimignaniDipartimento Di Scienze Biomediche Per La Salute, Istituto Di Medicina Legale E Delle Assicurazioni, Università Degli Studi Di Milano, 20133, Milan, Italy.
Andrea PiccininiDipartimento Di Scienze Biomediche Per La Salute, Istituto Di Medicina Legale E Delle Assicurazioni, Università Degli Studi Di Milano, 20133, Milan, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8017-7065
Riccardo ZojaDipartimento Di Scienze Biomediche Per La Salute, Istituto Di Medicina Legale E Delle Assicurazioni, Università Degli Studi Di Milano, 20133, Milan, Italy.

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Abstract

In a forensic scenario, if biological stains are found in very small quantities, these are usually collected for DNA analyses, considered essential for the forensic investigation and thus excluding possible investigations by other forensic disciplines as forensic toxicology. We developed an experimental study to evaluate the feasibility of analyzing DNA extraction residues obtained from DNA extraction procedures to perform toxicological analysis, with the aim to extract both genetic and toxicological information without affecting or compromising the genetic sample and/or DNA extraction. DNA extraction from four blood samples (fortified with 5 molecules of interest with a final concentrations of 1 µg/mL, 100 ng/mL, 10 ng/mL and 5 ng/mL, respectively) were analyzed with QIAGEN QIAmp® DNA Mini kit. Three waste residues collected from the DNA extraction were analyzed for the toxicological investigation via Solid-Phase Extraction and High-Performance Liquid Chromatography-Tandem Mass Spectrometry analyses (Thermo Scientific™ TSQ Fortis™ II Triple-Quadrupole Mass Spectrometer). The analytical investigation revealed that our analytes of interest were detected in two different residues of the DNA extraction procedure, allowing both genetic and toxicological analyses without affecting the DNA identification. At last, the experimental protocol was applied to a hypothetical case, with encouraging results and allowing the identification of our molecules of interest.

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Solid Phase ExtractionChromatography, High Pressure LiquidForensic ToxicologyHumansMass SpectrometryForensic toxicologyToxicological and genetic analysesToxicology on DNA extraction residuesToxicology on one blood drop

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PMID37968478
PMCPMC11003886

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