title: High-performance liquid chromatography-thermospray mass spectrometry of prostaglandin and thromboxane acetyl derivatives.
abstract: A quantitative analysis of prostaglandin-related substances has been developed. Hydroxyl groups of prostaglandin and thromboxane were acetylated by acetic anhydride, the mixture was partially purified on a Sep-Pak C18 cartridge and analysed by high-performance liquid chromatography combined with thermospray mass spectrometry. Using this method, twenty kinds of prostaglandin derivative could be detected simultaneously within 11 min on a selected-ion monitoring detection chromatogram without a gradient system. Generally, the base ion, [M + H - n(60)]+, is produced through elimination of acetic acid (n = number of the hydroxyl group of prostaglandin or thromboxane). The detection limit for these derivatives was ca. 0.2 pmol at the levels of prostaglandin-related substances prior to derivatization. They could be analysed in the range 0.5-10 pmol. The assay was successfully applied to prostaglandin-related substances in human seminal fluid and rat brain.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, Tokyo Medical College, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yamane
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Abe
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001923:Brain Chemistry; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013058:Mass Spectrometry / Q000379:methods*; D011453:Prostaglandins / Q000032:analysis*; D051381:Rats; D012661:Semen / Q000737:chemistry; D013931:Thromboxanes / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D011453:Prostaglandins; D013931:Thromboxanes