高效液相色谱-质谱-质谱法测定脑组织中氨基酸类神经递质

建立测定大鼠脑海马组织中氨基酸类神经递质的高效液相色谱-质谱-质谱(LC-MS-MS) 分析方法。海马组织匀浆后, 匀浆液经盐酸正丁醇衍生化反应形成氨基酸丁酯, 利用LC-MS-MS测定γ_氨基丁酸(GABA)、天冬氨酸(Asp)、谷氨酸(Glu)的含量。GABA及Asp 在0.1~ 0.8μmol·mL- 1, Glu 在0.4~ 1.2μmol·mL-1 浓度范围内线性关系良好。GABA、Asp、Glu的回收率分别为95%、112%、109%。本法具有特异性高、灵敏度好、测定快速等优点, 适用于海马组织中的氨基酸类神经递质的测定。     

雄黄染毒后大鼠脑组织中氨基酸类神经递质含量的变化

研究了雄黄对大鼠脑组织氨基酸类神经递质含量的影响.将32只Wistar大鼠随机分为对照组(0.5%CMC-Na)以及低剂量(0.3g/kg)、中剂量(0.9g/kg)、高剂量(2.7g/kg)雄黄染毒组,通过连续灌胃给予雄黄混悬液两周.采用高效液相色谱-柱前衍生化法测定了大鼠脑组织中氨基酸类神经递质含量的变化.结果表明,与对照组比较,低剂量组大鼠脑组织中丝氨酸、甘氨酸和γ-氨基丁酸含量明显增加.中、高剂量组大鼠脑组织中同型半胱氨酸、谷氨酰胺、丝氨酸和天冬氨酸含量明显比对照组的低.总体而言,雄黄可对大鼠脑组织氨基酸类神经递质产生影响,氨基酸类神经递质可能是雄黄毒性作用的靶点之一.     

3-(4-酮基苯甲酸)-2-喹啉甲醛衍生氨基酸的高效毛细管电泳-激光诱导荧光检测分析

1引言在众多的神经递质中，兴奋性和抑制性氨基酸一直是神经科学中所关注的生化指标。兴奋性氨基酸如谷氨酸（Glu）、天门冬氨酸（Asp）和抑制性氨基酸γ-氨基丁酸（GABA）、甘氨酸（Gly）等在体内具有广泛的生理意义。牛磺酸（Tau）不仅是神经递质，而且具有调节机体的作用。氨基酸在血和脑脊液中的含量较低，大部分氨基酸由于无紫外吸收，在分析过程中常用柱前和柱后衍生氨基酸的方法使之具有紫外或荧光性，3－（4-酮基苯甲酸）－2－喹啉甲醛（CBQCA，3－（4-carboxybenzoyl）－2-quinolinecarbox-aldehyde）为新的柱前氨基酸类衍生…     

雄黄对大鼠脑组织中单胺类神经递质及其代谢产物的影响

将32只Wistar大鼠随机分为对照组(口服0.5%羧甲基纤维素钠溶液)以及低剂量(0.3g/kg)、中剂量(0.9g/kg)和高剂量(2.7g/kg)雄黄混悬液处理组,通过4周连续灌胃给服雄黄混悬液;采用高效液相色谱-电化学法测定了大鼠脑组织中单胺类神经递质及其代谢产物的含量,研究了雄黄对大鼠脑组织单胺类神经递质及其代谢产物的影响.结果表明,与对照组比较,雄黄染毒组大鼠脑组织中NE、DOPAC和DA含量均呈增加趋势,而5-HIAA呈降低趋势.雄黄可对大鼠脑组织单胺类神经递质及其代谢产物产生影响,单胺类神经能系统可能是雄黄毒性作用的靶点之一.     

北五味子对糖尿病脑病大鼠脑中神经活性物质含量影响的在线微透析-高效液相色谱-串联质谱联用分析

采用在线微透析-高效液相色谱-串联质谱联用方法,测定了糖尿病脑病大鼠大脑海马区的8种脑递质的含量,从脑中神经活性物质的角度研究五味子改善学习记忆能力的作用机制.实验结果表明,经五味子治疗后,痴呆大鼠脑透析液中的谷氨酸(Glu)、丝氨酸(Ser)、多巴胺(DA)及5-羟色胺(5-HT)的含量显著降低(P0.05),牛磺酸(Tau)及乙酰胆碱(Ach)的含量显著升高(P0.01),天冬氨酸(Asp)和γ-氨基丁酸(GABA)的含量有降低趋势(P0.05),8种神经活性物质的水平均向正常水平发生了调节.此结果说明五味子可能通过调节糖尿病大鼠大脑中神经活性物质的含量发挥保护中枢神经系统的作用,从而改善糖尿病脑病大鼠的学习记忆能力.Morris水迷宫实验结果表明,五味子水提物可以明显缩短糖尿病脑病大鼠的逃避潜伏期,增加穿越目标区域次数及中心区域(%)(P0.05).     

川芎嗪对脑缺血下大鼠纹状体区痕量氨基酸类神经递质的影响

采用脑内微透析技术结合激光诱导荧光检测的高效毛细管电泳研究了脑缺血下盐酸川芎嗪注射液对大鼠纹状体区氨基酸类神经递质含量的影响.在优化的分离条件下,各氨基酸在1×10^-6-1×10^-8mol/L的浓度范围内与荧光强度呈良好的线性关系,线性相关系数达到0.99以上,检测限低于1.6×10^-9mol/L,适合于大鼠纹状体区微透析样品中的痕量氨基酸类神经递质的测量.实验结果表明,脑缺血时,使用盐酸川芎嗪注射液可显著降低细胞外兴奋性氨基酸神经递质谷氮酸(G lu)和天门冬氨酸(Asp)的浓度(P<0.05),同时可显著升高抑制性氨基酸神经递质γ-氨基丁酸(GABA)和甘氨酸(G ly)的浓度(P<0.05).这一结果将对阐明盐酸川芎嗪注射液治疗缺血性脑血管疾病的有关机理提供帮助.     

雄黄对大鼠脑组织能量代谢的影响

将32只Wistar大鼠随机分为对照组(口服0.5%羧甲基纤维素钠溶液)以及低剂量(0.3g/kg)、中剂量(0.9g/kg)和高剂量(2.7g/kg)雄黄混悬液处理组,通过6周连续灌胃给服雄黄混悬液,采用高效液相色谱法测定大鼠脑组织中三磷酸腺甙(ATP)的含量,研究了雄黄对大鼠脑组织能量代谢的影响.结果表明,与对照组比较,雄黄染毒组大鼠脑组织中ATP含量均呈下降趋势(P<0.05),不同剂量组间未表现明显差异(P>0.05).这表明雄黄对大鼠脑组织能量代谢具有一定的抑制作用.     

微透析技术观测不同麻醉深度的大鼠嗅球氨基酸类神经递质变化

本文探讨了使用微透析技术揭示麻醉的神经化学基础的可行性。以水合氯醛为麻醉剂,脑电记录监视脑活动状态,从处于不同麻醉深度的大鼠嗅球中获得微透析样品,经邻苯二甲醛衍生后,利用高效液相色谱-荧光检测对谷氨酸(Glu)和γ-氨基丁酸(GABA)进行了分离分析。结果表明:微透析样品中Glu含量随着麻醉程度的加深逐渐减少,但GABA的含量基本不受麻醉程度的影响,揭示了水合氯醛麻醉过程中对氨基酸类神经递质的影响,并提示微透析是一种可以用于研究麻醉机理和监控麻醉深度的分析技术。     

中药对大鼠海马区痕量氨基酸神经递质影响的初探

采用激光诱导荧光检测的高效毛细管电泳,结合微透析技术测定灌流3#中药前后大鼠海马区氨基酸类神经递质含量的变化。考察了荧光素异硫氰酸酯(FITC)对氨基酸的衍生条件。在优化条件下,各氨基酸在10-8~10-6 mol/L的浓度范围内与荧光强度呈良好的线性关系,线性相关系数达到0.99以上,检出限低于1.4×10-8 mol/L,适合于对灌流3#中药前后微透析样品中的氨基酸神经递质的测量。测量结果表明:灌流3#药后,抑制性氨基酸γ氨基丁酸(GABA)、甘氨酸(Gly)的浓度有显著地增加。这一结果将对阐明3#中药治疗脑血栓的有关机理提供帮助。     

非对称二甲基精氨酸二甲胺水解酶-2的理论研究

利用同源模建的方法,构建了DDAH-2的三位结构.并与L-瓜氨酸、L-高半胱氨酸分别进行对接研究.其中,Asp77,Gly269,Glu27和Arg96是与L-瓜氨酸相互作用较强的残基,Asp77,His171,Asp125和Ala270是与-L高半胱氨酸相互作用较强的残基.尤其Asp77是在两种复合物中同时起重要作用的氨基酸,并且它与抑制剂之间都形成了氢键.     

Abnormal levels of seven amino neurotransmitters in depressed rat brain and determination by HPLC‐FLD

The determination of amino acids with actions like neurotransmitters or modulators has been increasingly important for diagnosis in many neuropsychiatric diseases. A rapid and simple high‐performance liquid chromatography with fluorescence detection method was developed for simultaneous determination of seven amino acids: aspartate (Asp), glutamate (Glu), serine (Ser), glutamine (Gln), glycine (Gly), taurine (Tau) and γ‐aminobutyric` acid (GABA). Homoserine was used as an internal standard. The analysis was performed on a BDS column with methanol and 50 mm sodium acetate solution (pH 6.5) using a simple gradient elution. Several parameters of the developed method were validated including linearity, accuracy, precision, extraction recovery and stability, which were within the acceptable range. The method was successfully applied to determination of real samples: hippocampus and cortex in depressed rats exposed to chronically unpredictable stress in order to study if there existed differences in the seven amino acids levels between depressed rats and control. The results showed that Asp, Gly, Tau and GABA significantly decreased with increasing Gln in the hippocampus of depressed rats, compared with that of the control group, among which obviously lower level of Asp and higher level of Gln in cortex were observed. The analytical method and the results could be useful for clinical diagnosis and further insight into pathophysiological mechanism of depression.     

Determination of neurotransmitters in PC 12 cells by microchip electrophoresis with fluorescence detection

A sensitive fluorescence detection system with an Hg-lamp as the excitation source and a photon counter as the detector for microchip CE (MCE) has been developed. O-Phthaldialdehyde (OPA, lambda(ex) = 340 nm) was employed to label the catecholamine neurotransmitters such as dopamine (DA), norepinephrine (NE), and amino acid neurotransmitters including alanine (Ala), taurine (Tau), glycine (Gly), glutamic acid (Glu), and aspartic acid (Asp). The separation of seven derivatized neurotransmitters was successfully performed in MCE and the detection limits (S/N = 3) for DA, NE, Ala, Tau, Gly, Glu, and Asp were 0.85, 0.49, 0.23, 0.15, 0.13, 0.18, and 0.29 fmol, respectively. The system was then successfully applied for separation and determination of neurotransmitters in rat pheochromocytoma (PC 12) cells, and the average amounts of analyte per cell from a cell population were 2.5 fmol for DA, 3.3 fmol for Ala, 8.2 fmol for Tau, 4.0 fmol for Gly, and 1.9 fmol for Glu, respectively. By single-cell injection mode, electrophoresis separation and quantitative measurement of Glu in individual PC 12 cells was obtained. The average value of Glu per cell from single PC 12 cells analysis was found to be 3.5 +/- 3.1 fmol.     

Analysis of amino acid neurotransmitters in hypothalamus of rats during cerebral ischemia-reperfusion by microdialysis and capillary electrophoresis

In this work, focal cerebral ischemia and reperfusion were induced by the model of middle cerebral artery occlusion. The dialysate of extracellular fluid in the hypothalamus of rats were obtained by using brain microdialysis technique. An efficient and sensitive MEKC method for the simultaneous determination of multiple amino acid neurotransmitters in microdialysate was developed by capillary electrophoresis with laser-induced fluorescence detection and 5-(4, 6-dichloro-s-triazin-2-ylamino) fluorescein derivatization. Different parameters that influenced derivatization reaction and CE separation were studied and optimized. This method was used to investigate the dynamic change of fourteen amino acid neurotransmitters in microdialysates during cerebral ischemia/reperfusion period. Our results reveal that MCAO and reperfusion elicited significant increases in the extracellular levels of Arg, Lys, Trp, Phe, Gln, GABA, Asn, Pro, Ser, Ala, Tau, Gly, Glu and Asp. The excitatory/inhibitory neurotransmitter balance was disturbed during ischemia/reperfusion. The dynamic changes and functional status of releasable neurotransmitters during ischemia/reperfusion were discussed.     

Quantification of taurine and amino acids in mice single fibrosarcoma cell by microchip electrophoresis coupled with chemiluminescence detection

A method based on MCE coupled with chemiluminescence (CL) detection was developed for the determination of taurine (Tau) and amino acids including alanine (Ala), glycine (Gly), tryptophan (Trp), glutamic acid (Glu) and aspartic acid (Asp) present in mice single fibrosarcoma (S180) cells. Cell injection, loading, cytolysis, electrophoretic separation and CL detection were integrated onto a simple double‐T microfluidic chip. The intracellular constituents were electrophoretically separated within 150 s. The CL detection was based on the enhancement effects of Tau and amino acids on the CL reaction of luminol with H₂O₂ and Cu²⁺. The average amounts of Tau, Trp, Gly, Ala, Glu and Asp in per S180 cell from a cell population were 4.73, 1.23, 2.65, 1.94, 1.61 and 1.99 fmol. Ten S180 cells were analyzed, and the contents of Tau, Trp, Gly, Ala, Glu and Asp in mice single S180 cells were found to be in the range of 1.78–8.84, 0.95–2.31, 1.08–6.87, 1.03–4.05, 0.84–2.61 and 0.82–3.68 fmol, respectively. This work demonstrates that MCE coupled with CL detection is a useful analytical tool that is simple, quick and highly sensitive for single‐cell analysis.     

Analysis of amino acids in human vascular endothelial (ECV-304) cells by microchip electrophoresis with fluorescence detection

A rapid and sensitive method was developed for the analysis of amino acids by microchip electrophoresis with Hg-lamp excitation fluorescence detection. Fluorescein-isothiocyanate (FITC) was chosen to estimate the sensitivity of this system, and the detection limit (S/N = 3) with FITC was 1.7 nM, which showed that the system was sensitive as well as simple. Two derivatizing agents, FITC and ortho-phthalaldehyde (OPA) were employed to label amino acids and were compared in the same fluorescence detection system with an Hg lamp as the excitation source. The separation parameters were optimized in detail. Optimum separation of OPA-labeled amino acids was obtained in less than 200 s with 20 mM borate buffer (pH 9.0) containing 20% acetonitrile and 10 mM beta-cyclodextrin. Detection limits for amino acids (alanine (Ala), taurine (Tau), glycine (Gly), glutamic acid (Glu), and aspartic acid (Asp)) of 0.38-1.0 muM were achieved. The method was successfully applied to analysis of amino acids in human vascular endothelial cells (ECV-304). The average amount of amino acids in single ECV-304 cells is estimated to be 5.84 fmol for Ala, 2.78 fmol for Tau, 1.15 fmol for Gly, 3.10 fmol for Glu, and 1.30 fmol for Asp.     

朱砂中汞的生物可接受性及其吸收与排泄

研究了朱砂中汞的生物可接受性及其在体内的吸收与排泄.采用体外消化透析法测定了朱砂中汞的生物可接受性;计算了大鼠灌胃给予临床剂量(50mg/kg)朱砂后汞的药动学参数;测定了给予临床剂量的朱砂后大鼠粪样中汞的排泄量.结果表明,朱砂中汞的溶出率为0.011%,生物可接受率为0.003 3%.大鼠灌胃给予临床剂量的朱砂后,汞的药动学参数为:最高血药浓度(ρmax)为(6.3±1.3)μg/L,达峰时间(tmax)为(1.3±0.4)h,半衰期(t1/2)为(4.2±0.5)h,血药浓度-时间曲线下面积(AUC)为(54.7±8.7)μg.h.L-1.给予朱砂12h后汞在粪便中排泄量最大,96h后在粪样中仍可检测到少量汞.朱砂中汞的生物可接受性较低,在体内吸收少,滞留时间较长,排泄缓慢,长期服用可在体内蓄积,产生毒性.     

Amino acids of ricin and its polypeptides

Ricin and its corresponding polypeptides (A & B chain) were purified from castor seed. The molecular weight of ricin subunits were 29,000 and 28,000 daltons. The amino acids in ricin determined were Asp45 The22 Ser40 Glu53 Cys4 Gly96 His5 Ile21 Leu33 Lys20 Met4 Phe13 Pro37 Tyr11 Ala45 Val23 Arg20 indicating that ricin contains approximately 516 amino acid residues. The amino acids of the two subunits of ricin A and B chains were Asp23 The12 Ser21 Glu29 Cys2 Gly48 His3 Ile12, Leu17 Lys10 Met2 Phe6 Pro17 Tyr7 Ala35 Val13 Arg13 while in B chain the amino acids were Asp22 The10 Ser19 Glu25 Cys2 Gly47 His1 Ile10, Leu15 Lys11 Met1 Phe7 Pro6 Tyr5 Ala32Val11 Arg10. The total helical content of ricin came around 53.6% which is a new observation.