Determination of dehydroascorbic acid in mouse tissues and plasma by using tris(2-carboxyethyl)phosphine hydrochloride as reductant in metaphosphoric acid/ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid solution
| Autor: | Yasunori Sato, Ryoya Takahashi, Akihito Ishigami, Takayuki Uchiki, Mizuki Iwama, Yuki Kishimoto |
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| Rok vydání: | 2010 |
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Male Hydrochloride Phosphines Phosphorous Acids Pharmaceutical Science Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid Ascorbic Acid Antioxidants Hydroxylation chemistry.chemical_compound Mice Animals Proline Edetic Acid Pharmacology Chromatography Clinical Laboratory Techniques food and beverages General Medicine Ascorbic acid Dehydroascorbic Acid Mice Inbred C57BL Oxidative Stress chemistry Biochemistry Organ Specificity Reducing Agents TCEP lipids (amino acids peptides and proteins) Dehydroascorbic acid |
| Zdroj: | Biologicalpharmaceutical bulletin. 33(3) |
| ISSN: | 1347-5215 |
| Popis: | Ascorbic acid (AA) has a strong anti-oxidant function evident as its ability to scavenge superoxide radicals in vitro. Moreover, AA is an essential ingredient for post-translational proline hydroxylation of collagen molecules. Dehydroascorbic acid (DHA), the oxidized form of AA, is generated from these reactions. In this study, we describe an improved method for assessing DHA in biological samples. The use of 35 mM tris(2-carboxyethyl)phosphine hydrochloride (TCEP) as a reductant completely reduced DHA to AA after 2 h on ice in a 5% solution of metaphosphoric acid containing 1 mM ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA) at pH 1.5. This method enabled us to measure the DHA content in multiple tissues and plasma of 6-weeks-old mice. The percentages of DHA per total AA differed markedly among these tissues, i.e., from 0.8 to 19.5%. The lung, heart, spleen and plasma had the highest levels at more than 10% of DHA per total AA content, whereas the cerebrum, cerebellum, liver, kidney and small intestine had less than 5% of DHA per total AA content. This difference in DHA content may indicate an important disparity of oxidative stress levels among physiologic sites. Therefore, this improved method provides a useful standard for all DHA determinations. |
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