Determination of Enzyme Activity in Single Bovine Adrenal Medullary Cells by Separation of Isotopically Labeled Catecholamines
| Autor: | James W. Jorgenson, Showchien Hsieh |
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| Rok vydání: | 1997 |
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Epinephrine
Analytical Chemistry Norepinephrine chemistry.chemical_compound medicine Animals chemistry.chemical_classification Chromatography biology Microchemistry Phenylethanolamine N-Methyltransferase Substrate (chemistry) Phenylethanolamine N-methyltransferase Enzyme assay Phenylethanolamine medicine.anatomical_structure Enzyme chemistry Adrenal Medulla Catecholamine biology.protein Cattle Adrenal medulla Quantitative analysis (chemistry) Chromatography Liquid medicine.drug |
| Zdroj: | Analytical Chemistry. 69:3907-3914 |
| ISSN: | 1520-6882 0003-2700 |
| DOI: | 10.1021/ac970221w |
| Popis: | A microcolumn liquid chromatography method for determining norepinephrine (NE), epinephrine (E), and phenylethanolamine N-methyltransferase (PNMT) enzyme activity in single bovine adrenal medullary cells is presented. Single cells were isolated and treated with excess deuterated substrate, D3-NE (0.05 mM) for enzyme reaction. After 6 h, the reaction was quenched and the product, D3-E, was quantified along with endogenous NE and E. Separation and detection of deuterated and protiated NE and E were achieved with microcolumns (110-125 cm long, 25 microns inner diameter) packed with 3 microns octadecylsilane-modified particles and operated with amperometric detection. Of the 33 cells reported, most cells containing predominantly E have enzyme activity while cells containing predominantly NE and cells containing a mixture of both NE and E show no enzyme activity. After incubation with 10 microM hydrocortisone, of the 17 cells reported, most cells containing predominantly E and cells containing a mixture of both NE and E have enzyme activity while cells containing predominantly NE have no enzyme activity. Detection limits for NE and E were 42 and 48 amol, respectively. |
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