Taurine is an amino acid which is not incorporated into proteins but found in the cytosol of many mammalian cells, in high concentrations (2–30 mM). Increase in plasma taurine concentration has already been reported after surgical trauma, X-radiation, muscle necrosis, carbon tetrachloride-induced liver damage, and paracetamol overdose. Plasma taurine concentration was measured using LC with fluorescence detection following derivatization by o-phtalaldehyde plus 3-mercapto-propionic acid and α-aminobutyric acid as internal standard. Under these conditions the retention time of taurine was 10 min. This method was sensitive enough, to quantify 150 pg mL−1 and detect 50 pg mL−1 of taurine ranging normally between 65 and 179 mmol L−1 (8–22 μg mL−1). The validated method allowed simple determination of human plasma taurine in pharmacokinetic and biomarker studies.
相似文献These preliminary studies report reduced separation times for the excitatory amino acid glutamate, prederivatised with naphthalene 2,3-dialdehyde, and demonstrate its detection within small-volume brain microdialysis samples. The limit of detection for this system was 10−8 M.
Characterisation of striatal microdialysis samples comprised infusions of Ca2+-free artificial cerebrospinal fluid (aCSF) and Tetrodotoxin (TTx) (10 mM) to demonstrate that the detected transmitter is of neuronal origin and released in a calcium-dependent manner.
Removal of calcium from aCSF resulted in a decrease in glutamate in dialysis samples. Glutamate release significantly decreased (p<0.05) to ca. 40% of preinfusion control levels after 60 min and this level was maintained throughout the sampling period. These data suggest that glutamate release is, to some degree, a calcium-dependent process. TTx infusion (10 μM) produced a significant (p<0.05) reduction in glutamate release to ca. 10% of preinfusion levels. It would therefore appear that glutamate release is dependent on neuronal activity. In summary, we have demonstrated the establishment of CE-LIF and microdialysis for the measurement of glutamate. 相似文献