Monitoring of dopamine and its metabolites in brain microdialysates: method combining freeze-drying with liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry

A sensitive assay method was developed for a parallel, rapid and precise determination of dopamine and its metabolites, homovanillic acid, 3-methoxytyramine and 3,4-dihydroxyphenylacetic acid, from brain microdialysates. The method consisted of a pre-treatment step, freeze-drying (lyophilization), to concentrate dopamine and its metabolites from the microdialysates, and a detection step using liquid chromatography combined with electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry (LC-ESI-MS/MS). In particular, the reaction monitoring mode was selected for its extremely high degree of selectivity and the stable-isotope-dilution assay for its high precision of quantification. The developed method was characterized by the following parameters: the precision of the developed method was determined as ≥88.6% for dopamine, ≥89.9% for homovanillic acid, ≥86.1% for 3-methoxytyramine and ≥88.1% for 3,4-dihydroxyphenylacetic acid; the mean accuracy was determined as ≥88.2% for dopamine, ≥88.3% for homovanillic acid, ≥85.9% for 3-methoxytyramine and ≥88.6% for 3,4-dihydroxyphenylacetic acid. The developed method was compared to (1) other combinations of pre-treatment methods (solid phase extraction and nitrogen stripping) with LC-MS and (2) another detection method, liquid chromatography, with electrochemical detection. The novel developed method using combination of lyophilization with LC-ESI-MS/MS was tested on real samples obtained from the nucleus accumbens of rat pups after an acute methamphetamine administration. It was proven that the developed assay could be applied to both a simultaneous analysis of all four substrates (dopamine, homovanillic acid, 3-methoxytyramine and 3,4-dihydroxyphenylacetic acid) in microdialysis samples acquired from the rat brain and the monitoring of their slight concentration changes on a picogram level over time following methamphetamine stimulus.     

Determination of the biogenic amines and their major metabolites in single human brain tissue samples using a combined extraction procedure and high-performance liquid chromatography with electrochemical detection

A combined extraction system for the selective and quantitative isolation of the monoamines norepinephrine, epinephrine, dopamine, serotonin (5-hydroxytryptamine) and their metabolites 3-methoxy-4-hydroxyphenylethylene glycol, 3,4-dihydroxyphenylacetic acid, 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid, homovanillic acid and 3-methoxytyramine from one single brain tissue sample is described. The extraction system is a combination of an ethyl acetate extraction for 3-methoxy-4-hydroxyphenylethylene glycol, 3,4-dihydroxyphenylacetic acid, 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid and homovanillic acid, and two successive ion-pair extractions. In a first step, the catecholamines are quantitatively isolated by extracting with heptane--octanol (99:1) containing 0.25% tetraoctylammonium bromide as an ion-pairing agent in the presence of 0.2% diphenylborate. In a second step, 3-methoxytyramine and 5-hydroxytryptamine are isolated from the aqueous phase with di(2-ethylhexyl)phosphoric acid as counter-ion in chloroform. Dihydroxybenzylamine, isohomovanillic acid and 5-hydroxy-N-methyltryptamine are used as the internal standards.     

Combined ion-pair extraction and high-performance liquid chromatography for the determination of the biogenic amines and their major metabolites in single brain tissue samples

A combined procedure based on reversed-phase liquid chromatography with electrochemical detection has been developed for the determination in the picomole range of the monoamines dopamine, norepinephrine, epinephrine and serotonin, and their major metabolites 3,4-dihydroxyphenylacetic acid, homovanillic acid, 3-methoxy-4-hydroxyphenylethylene glycol, 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid, normetanephrine, metanephrine and 3-methoxytyramine. Sample pretreatment consists of the extraction of the neutral and acidic metabolites with ethyl acetate, followed by the extraction into heptane of the catecholamines with tetraoctylammonium bromide as counter-ion in the presence of diphenylborate. The residual supernatant is directly injected in the chromatographic system for quantification of serotonin, normetanephrine, metanephrine and 3-methoxytyramine.     

Simultaneous liquid chromatographic determination of seventeen of the major monoamine neurotransmitters, precursors and metabolites. I. Optimization of the mobile phase using factorial designs and a computer program to predict chromatograms

Utilizing reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) with electrochemical detection and optimization of the mobile phase using factorial designs and a constructed computer program to predict chromatograms, it has been possible to obtain a satisfactory resolution of seventeen of the major monoamine neurotransmitters, precursors and metabolites. A rapid (less than 25 min) isocratic system for the simultaneous determination of 3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine, dopamine, dihydroxyphenylacetic acid, 3-methoxytyramine, homovanillic acid, norepinephrine, normetanephrine, 3,4-dihydroxyphenylethylene glycol, 3-methoxy-4-hydroxyphenylethylene glycol, epinephrine, metanephrine, vanillylmandelic acid, 5-hydroxytryptophan, serotonin, 5-hydroxytryptophol and 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid in addition to the internal standard isoproterenol is presented. The optimization strategy included selection of variables to optimize by a reduced factorial design a detailed study of these variables by a complete factorial design, theoretical predictions of chromatograms by a constructed computer program and test on the HPLC system. This optimization strategy can easily be applied to any problem of solute separation by liquid chromatography.     

四种黄酮类化合物与牛血清白蛋白相互作用的光谱分析

在人体生理pH条件下,利用紫外吸收光谱和荧光光谱研究了槲皮素(QUE)、大豆甙元(DAI)、4′,7-二甲氧基-3′-异黄酮磺酸钠(DISS)和3′-大豆甙元磺酸钠(DSS)四种黄酮类化合物与牛血清白蛋白(BSA)的相互作用,结合反应机理对其进行了初步探讨;并计算了结合位点数和结合常数.紫外吸收光谱分析结果表明,在pH=7.4条件下,黄酮类化合物中疏水性的苯环与BSA疏水腔中的氨基酸残基发生作用,从而导致药物分子的吸收峰红移,用Scatchard拟合法可求得DAI及DSS与BSA的结合常数.荧光光谱分析结果表明,BSA对DAI、DISS和DSS均有明显的敏化增强效应,计算得到的增强速率常数分别为1.39×1011,7.72×1011和1.93×1012L·s-1·mol-1,并可求得结合位点数和结合常数.     

芘与人血清白蛋白和牛血清白蛋白结合位点微环境极性的差异

利用芘(Pyr)的微环境极性探针性质, 采用稳态荧光光谱、 荧光共振能量转移技术结合分子对接法, 对比分析了Pyr分别与人血清白蛋白(HSA)和牛血清白蛋白(BSA)作用机制的差异. 结果表明, HSA和BSA中Pyr的I₁/I₃平均值分别为1.36和0.92; Pyr与HSA和BSA的结合常数分别为1.86×10⁷和1.71×10⁵ L/mol; Pyr与HSA和BSA中色氨酸残基表观距离分别为2.37和2.34 nm. Pyr在HSA和BSA中不同的结合位点位于ⅠB子域和ⅠA子域, 其结合位点周围氨基酸残基的极性是影响Pyr I₁/I₃值的主要原因之一. 实验证实Pyr与HSA和BSA结合作用位点处的微环境极性存在差异.     

变色酸与牛血清白蛋白的相互作用

采用荧光光谱法和紫外-可见分光光度法研究了变色酸与牛血清白蛋白之间的相互作用。结果表明:变色酸对牛血清白蛋白有较强的荧光猝灭作用。根据Stern-Volmer方程得到了荧光猝灭常数,并判断由于与变色酸反应而导致牛血清白蛋白的荧光猝灭属于静态猝灭。采用Lang-muir单分子吸附模型计算了结合常数和结合位点数。从计算得到的热力学参数ΔH和ΔS推断了变色酸与血清白蛋白反应的作用力为氢键和范德华力。     

Effect of surfactant agents and lipids on optical resolution of amino acid by ultrafiltration membranes containing bovine serum albumin

Ultrafiltration experiments for the optical resolution of racemic phenylalanine were performed in a solution system containing bovine serum albumin (BSA) and surfactant agents (Triton X-100, Tween 20, sodium dodecyl sulfate), lipid (phosphaticylcholine) and fatty acid (palmitic acid sodium salt). It was found that -phenylalanine preferentially existed in the permeate at pH 7.0 due to the binding of BSA to -phenylalanine in the feed and that the separation factors (=concentration ratio of -isomer to -isomer in the permeate) increased with a decrease in the BSA solution containing no additives and in the BSA solution containing Triton X-100 or Tween 20. The unusual tendency that the separation factors were less than unity was observed and the separation factors decreased with a decrease in the feed concentration of phenylalanine during the ultrafiltration containing the palmitic acid sodium salt or the phosphatidylcholine. This is caused by the fact that the binding constants of -phenylalanine to BSA are higher than those of -phenylalanine in the BSA solution containing the palmitic acid sodium salt or phosphatidylcholine. Since there were found conformational changes of BSA in the presence of palmitic acid sodium salt based on circular dichroism measurements of BSA solution, the conformational changes of BSA were attributed to the higher affinity of -phenylalanine to BSA than that of -phenylalanine in the BSA solution containing the palmitic acid sodium salt or phosphatidylcholine.     

硫普罗宁与牛血清白蛋白相互作用的研究

采用荧光技术研究了硫普罗宁与牛血清白蛋白(BSA)之间的结合作用,结果显示硫普罗宁对BSA的荧光猝灭为静态猝灭和动态猝灭共同作用的结果.经研究得到了反应的结合常数、结合热力学性质和结合位点等参数,确定了该药物与BSA之间的作用力类型为疏水作用.探究了金属离子和甘草次酸的共存对硫普罗宁与BSA结合的影响.     

Simultaneous high-performance liquid chromatographic determination of catecholamine-related compounds by post-column derivatization involving coulometric oxidation followed by fluorescence reaction

A highly selective and sensitive high-performance liquid chromatographic method for the determination of catecholamines (norepinephrine, epinephrine and dopamine) and related compounds (L-DOPA, normetanephrine, metanephrine, 3-methoxytyramine, 3,4-dihydroxymandelic acid, 3,4-dihydroxyphenylacetic acid, homovanillic acid, vanillylmandelic acid, 3,4-dihydroxyphenylethylene glycol, 4-hydroxy-3-methoxyphenylethylene glycol and 4-hydroxy-3-methoxyphenylethanol) with a post-column technique involving coulometric oxidation followed by fluorescence derivatization is described. These compounds, 3,4-dihydroxybenzylamine and ferulic acid are separated within 35 min by ion-pair reversed-phase chromatography using acidic buffers (pH 3.1) with methanol-acetonitrile (3:2, v/v) gradient elution, and then oxidized by a commercial coulometric detector to the corresponding o-quinones, which are converted into fluorescent derivatives by reaction with 1,2-diphenylethylenediamine. The detection limits (signal-to-noise ratio = 3) on-column are 1.5-4 pmol for the two mandelic acids, 600 fmol for L-DOPA and 20-70 fmol for the others.     

Interaction Between Ranitidine Hydrochloride and Bovine Serum Albumin in Aqueous Solution

The interaction between ranitidine hydrochloride (RAN) and bovine serum albumin (BSA) in aqueous solution was investigated by means of fluorescence, synchronous fluorescence, and UV-Vis spectroscopy. The fluorescence of BSA was quenched remarkably by RAN and the quenching mechanism was concluded to be static quenching. The binding constants K and the number of binding sites n were calculated at three different temperatures. The RAN–BSA binding distance was determined to be less than 8 nm, suggesting that energy transfer may occur from BSA to RAN. The interaction process is spontaneous. Based on the obtained thermodynamic parameters, electrostatic forces may play a major role in this process. In addition, the effect of RAN on the conformation of BSA was analyzed using synchronous fluorescence spectra.     

荧光光谱法研究一种噻吩并[2,3-d]嘧啶-4(3H)-酮衍生物与牛血清白蛋白的相互作用

用荧光光谱法研究了在生理条件下,3-对氯苯基-2-(4-叔丁基苯氧基)-3’-氧环己烷并噻吩并[2,3-d]嘧啶-4(3H)-酮(PTP)与牛血清白蛋白(BSA)的相互作用。实验表明,PTP主要以静态猝灭方式使BSA荧光强度显著降低。计算了不同温度下二者的结合常数和结合位点数,并根据热力学参数确定了PTP与BSA之间的作用力主要为氢键或范德华力。根据Frster非辐射能量转移机理,测定了PTP与BSA相互结合时的作用距离,并用同步荧光技术讨论了其衍生物对BSA构象的影响。     

Evaluation of the stability constants of acidic and basic organic substances with 18-crown-6 and β-cyclodextrin using capillary zone electrophoresis

The possibility of evaluating stability constants in the analyte-macrocycle system by capillary zone electrophoresis was exemplified in the separation of a mixture of acids (homovanillic acid, vanilmandelic acid, 5-hydroxyindole-3-acetic acid, and 3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine) or bases (adrenalin, noradrenalin, dopamine, serotonin, and metanephrine) with the addition of β-cyclodextrin or 18-crown-6, respectively, to the buffer electrolyte. The information content of the constants obtained in the separation of biologically important mixtures for the determination of optimum concentrations of the complex-forming agents in the running buffer is discussed.     

Development of a 6-hydroxychroman-based derivatization reagent: application to the analysis of 5-hydroxytryptamine and catecholamines by using high-performance liquid chromatography with electrochemical detection

We developed a novel derivatization reagent, (2R)-2,5-dioxopyrrolidin-1-yl-2,5,7,8-tetramethyl-6-(tetrahydro-2H-pyran-2-yloxy)chroman-2-carboxylate (NPCA), for electrochemical (EC) detection in HPLC. NPCA was synthesized from (R)-(+)-6-hydroxy-2,5,7,8-tetramethylchroman-2-carboxylic acid (alpha-CA), which exhibits intense EC response. NPCA successfully yielded alpha-CA derivatives of primary amines by a two-step derivatization procedure. Following pre-column derivatization with NPCA, a simultaneous determination of alpha-CA derivatives of neuroactive monoamines [dopamine (DA), epinephrine, and 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT)], their monoamine oxidase metabolites (3,4-dihydroxyphenylacetic acid, homovanillic acid, and 5-hydroxyindole-3-acetic acid) and their catechol-O-methyltransferase metabolites [3-methoxytyramine (3-MT) and normetanephrine (NMN)] was completely achieved using our HPLC-EC method. Using an HPLC equipped with coulometric electrode-array detection system, the resultant alpha-CA derivatives of NMN, 5-HT, DA and 3-MT showed intense EC responses, that were approximately 1.3, 1.4, 1.1 and 1.4-fold higher than the corresponding native forms, respectively. The detection limits were in the range of approximately 16-60 fmol on column (signal-to-noise ratio 3). The proposed HPLC method was applied to determine 5-HIAA, HVA, alpha-CA-5-HT and alpha-CA-DA in rat urine. As a consequence, these analytes were successfully determined with satisfactory precisions.     

A comparison study on the interaction of hyperoside and bovine serum albumin with Tachiya model and Stern–Volmer equation

The interaction between hyperoside and bovine serum albumin (BSA) was examined by fluorescence spectroscopy at 298, 304, and 310 K. The spectroscopic data were analyzed using Tachiya model and Stern–Volmer equation to determine the binding sites and apparent binding constant between hyperoside and BSA. For Tachiya model, both binding sites and apparent binding constants increased with the increasing of temperature, whereas for Stern–Volmer equation, the corresponding binding constants decreased as temperature increasing and the binding sites were independent of temperature. The positive sign of enthalpy change (ΔH) and entropy change (ΔS) suggested that hydrophobic forces played a major role in the interaction. Synchronous fluorescence spectra indicated that the conformation of protein was perturbed by the interaction of hyperoside with BSA. Moreover, the presence of metal ion affected the hyperoside-BSA binding.     

三种抗氧化物质与牛血清白蛋白的相互作用

运用荧光光谱(FS)、紫外光谱(UV)和超滤(UF)法, 研究了阿魏酸、毛蕊异黄酮及芒柄花素三种抗氧化小分子物质与牛血清白蛋白(BSA)的结合反应. 以Lineweaver-Burk双倒数方程和能量传递原理分别计算了三者与BSA反应的结合常数(K_LB)和结合距离(r)以及由热力学参数的计算判断了三种小分子物质与BSA结合的作用力类型; 以Scatchard方程计算了三种小分子与BSA的结合常数(K_a)和结合位点数(n); 并对阿魏酸与毛蕊异黄酮及芒柄花素的竞争结合反应进行了研究. 实验结果表明: 这三种物质能与BSA结合形成非共价复合物, 导致BSA内源性荧光的静态猝灭; 它们与BSA的结合能力随着极性基团的增多、分子体积的增大而减弱; 静电作用和疏水作用可能是它们与BSA结合的主要作用力; 阿魏酸与芒柄花素或毛蕊异黄酮会产生与BSA的竞争结合效应.     

川陈皮素与牛血清白蛋白相互作用的光谱研究

用多种光谱技术研究了生理条件下川陈皮素(NOB)与牛血清白蛋白(BSA)的相互作用及热力学特征.结果表明,NOB与BSA有较强的作用,NOB能使BSA的内源荧光猝灭,并以静态猝灭为主.按照Stern-Volmer方程和双对数方程分别得出不同温度下,以及不同pH值时NOB与BSA的结合常数和结合位点数.运用紫外光谱获得常温下NOB与BSA的结合常数与荧光光谱测定值相近,热力学参数△H、△S分别为55.91 kJ·5moL~(-1)、274.61 J·5moL~(-1)·5K-1,表明其主要作用力为疏水力,NOB与BSA作用为非辐射能量转移机制,其能量转移效率与结合距离分别为0.27和1.76 nm,用参比法得出BSA荧光量子产率为0.074.同步荧光光谱研究发现川陈皮素对牛血清白蛋白构象几乎没有影响.     

Application of affinity capillary electrophoresis for the determination of binding and thermodynamic constants of enediynes with bovine serum albumin

The binding constants and thermodynamic properties of a series of novel enediyne compounds with bovine serum albumin (BSA) were determined. The enediynes were synthesized, characterized, and then studied by affinity capillary electrophoresis (ACE) methods to derive these recognition parameters. Change in electrophoretic mobility of BSA as a function of enediyne concentration was determined at 25 degrees C providing binding constants of 1.76 x 10(5), 1.14 x 10(5), and 0.68 x 10(5) M(-1) for enediynephenylalanine carboxylic acid, enediynephenylalanine methyl ester, and enediyne carboxylic acid, respectively. The binding constant for the enediynephenylalanine carboxylic acid was in good agreement with that obtained using conventional methodology. Binding constants for the interaction of enediynes with BSA decreased with an increase in temperature. Van't Hoff plots showed a direct correlation between intensity of the binding constant and the sign and magnitude of various thermodynamic parameters (DeltaG, DeltaS, and/or DeltaH).     

蒽醌及黄酮类化合物与牛血清白蛋白结合的反应研究

用离心超过滤法测定了十四种不同结构的蒽醌及黄酮类化合物与牛血清白蛋白(BSA)的结合常数和结合部位数目,发现这些化合物与BSA 的结合能力随其脂溶性增加而增大,龙胆苦苷不与BSA结合,研究了L-色氨酸,油酸与大黄素对BSA 的竞争结合反应,结果表明L-色氨酸和大黄素拥有一个相同的强结合部位,可以发生1:1 置换反应.低浓度油酸存在下使大黄素等同的6个结合部位区分为两类:n~1=2,n~2=4, 结合部位数目不变,但结合常数显著减小,油酸浓度足够大时,大黄素完全不与BSA结合,测得大黄素与BSA结合的△H≈0.根据上述结果,对蒽醌及黄酮类化合物与BSA结合反应的机理进行了初步探讨.     

1,4-二氢吡喃类化合物与牛血清白蛋白相互作用的研究

用荧光光谱法研究了人体生理pH条件下,3-甲基-6-氨基-5-氰基-4-(2-邻羟基苯基)-1-苯基-1,4-二氢吡喃并[2,3-c]吡唑(I)与牛血清白蛋白(BSA)间的结合反应。获得了不同温度下I与BSA作用的结合常数K和结合位点数n,计算给体-受体间距离r为5.75 nm及能量转移效率E为0.74。证实了I与BSA的相互结合作用为单一的静态猝灭过程,结合力以疏水作用力为主。