Profiling histidine-containing dipeptides in rat tissues by liquid chromatography/electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry
Articolo
Data di Pubblicazione:
2004
Citazione:
Profiling histidine-containing dipeptides in rat tissues by liquid chromatography/electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry / G. Aldini, M. Orioli, M. Carini, R. Maffei Facino. - In: JOURNAL OF MASS SPECTROMETRY. - ISSN 1076-5174. - 39:12(2004), pp. 1417-1428. ((Intervento presentato al 22. convegno Informal Meeting on Mass Spectrometry tenutosi a Tokaj, HUNGARY nel 2004 [10.1002/jms.696].
Abstract:
The histidine-containing dipeptides carnosine (CAR) and structurally related anserine (ANS) and homocarnosine (HCAR), widely distributed in vertebrate organisms, have recently been proposed as endogenous quenchers for highly cytotoxic alpha,beta-unsaturated aldehydes generated by peroxidation. A sensitive, selective, specific and rapid liquid chromatographic/electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometric assay was developed and validated for the simultaneous determination of these peptides in biological matrices in order to establish their plasma/tissue distribution. Samples (plasma or tissue homogenates from male rats) were prepared by protein precipitation with HClO(4) (1 : 1, v/v) containing H-Tyr-His-OH as internal standard. The supernatant was separated on a Phenomenex Sinergy polar-RP column with a mobile phase of water-acetonitrile-heptafluorobutyric acid (9 : 1 : 0.01, v/v/v) at a flow-rate of 0.2 ml min(-1), with a run time of 10 min. Detection was effected on an ion trap mass spectrometer equipped with an electrospray ionization interface operating in positive ionization mode. The acquisitions were in the multiple reaction monitoring mode using the following precursor --> product ion combinations: H-Tyr-His-OH (internal standard) m/z 319 --> 301; CAR m/z 227 --> 210 + 209; ANS m/z 241 --> 224 + 197 + 170; HCAR m/z 241 --> 156. The method was validated over the concentration range 15-1000 nmol g(-1) and the limit of quantification (LOQ) and limit of detection (LOD) were 12.5 and 4.2 pmol injected, respectively. The intra- and inter-day precisions were <10% (< or =17.47% at the LOQ) and the intra- and inter-assay accuracies were within +/-10% for all concentrations. The mapping profile in rat tissue gave the following results: the highest concentrations of CAR and ANS were found in skeletal muscles (soleus, gastrocnemius, tibialis), followed by the heart, cerebellum and brain (ANS below the LOQ). HCAR was found only in the brain and cerebellum. No histidine-containing dipeptides were detectable in plasma, liver, kidney and lung.
Tipologia IRIS:
01 - Articolo su periodico
Keywords:
histidine-containing dipeptides; carnosine; anserine; homocarnosine; liquid chromatography/electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry; plasma and tissue profile
Elenco autori:
G. Aldini, M. Orioli, M. Carini, R. Maffei Facino
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