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Determination of phenylalanine enantiomers in the plasma and urine of mammals and ᴅ-amino acid oxidase deficient rodents using two-dimensional high-performance liquid chromatography.
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Biochimica et biophysica acta. Proteins and proteomics [Biochim Biophys Acta Proteins Proteom] 2021 Jan; Vol. 1869 (1), pp. 140540. Date of Electronic Publication: 2020 Sep 22. - Publication Year :
- 2021
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Abstract
- A two-dimensional (2D) HPLC system focusing on the determination of phenylalanine (Phe) enantiomers in mammalian physiological fluids has been developed. ᴅ-Phe is indicated to have potential values as a disease biomarker and therapeutic molecule in several neuronal and metabolic disorders, thus the regulation of ᴅ-Phe in mammals is a matter of interest. However, the precise determination of amino acid enantiomers is difficult in complex biological samples, and the development of an analytical method with practically acceptable sensitivity, selectivity and throughput is expected. In the present study, a 2D-HPLC system equipped with a reversed-phase column in the 1st dimension and an enantioselective column in the 2nd dimension has been designed, following the fluorescence derivatization of the target amino acid enantiomers with 4-fluoro-7-nitro-2,1,3-benzoxadiazole (NBD-F). The analytical method was validated using both plasma and urine samples, and successfully applied to human, rat and mouse fluids. Trace levels of ᴅ-Phe were determined in the plasma, and the %ᴅ values were around 0.1% for all species. In the urine, relatively large amounts of ᴅ-Phe were observed, and the %ᴅ values for humans, rats and mice were 3.99, 1.76 and 5.25%, respectively. The relationships between the enzymatic activity of ᴅ-amino acid oxidase (DAO) and the amounts of intrinsic ᴅ-Phe have also been clarified, and high ᴅ-Phe amounts were observed (around 0.3% in the plasma and around 50% in the urine) in the DAO deficient rats and mice.<br /> (Copyright © 2020 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.)
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- Animals
Animals, Genetically Modified
Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid standards
D-Amino-Acid Oxidase blood
Humans
Isoenzymes blood
Isoenzymes deficiency
Male
Mice
Mice, Inbred C57BL
Rats
Rats, Inbred F344
Sensitivity and Specificity
Stereoisomerism
Young Adult
Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid methods
D-Amino-Acid Oxidase deficiency
Phenylalanine blood
Phenylalanine urine
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1878-1454
- Volume :
- 1869
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- 1
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- MEDLINE
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- Biochimica et biophysica acta. Proteins and proteomics
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 32971287
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbapap.2020.140540