title: Assay of synovial fluid hyaluronic acid using high-performance liquid chromatography of hyaluronidase digests.
abstract: A high-performance liquid chromatographic method for the determination of hyaluronic acid levels in synovial fluids has been developed. The hyaluronidase sample digests, containing an internal standard (benzoic acid), were separated on a reversed-phase octadecylsilyl column eluted with 0.01 M tetrabutylammonium phosphate-acetonitrile (83:17, v/v) at pH 7.35. The determination was made on 1:10 diluted samples, by using a calibration curve from 50 to 500 micrograms/ml of human umbilical cord hyaluronic acid. For validation, the synovial fluids were simultaneously analysed by this method and a radiometric method: a high correlation was found between the two (correlation coefficient 0.94). The proposed method can be used to determine specifically the high hyaluronic acid levels of synovial fluids without interferences from other glycosaminoglycans or non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug treatment.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Pharmacologie Clinique et URA CNRS 1288, Faculté de Médecine, Vandoeuvre les Nancy, France.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Payan
authors.forename: J Y
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Jouzeau
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Lapicque
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Muller
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Payan
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gegout
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bertin
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Netter
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D006820:Hyaluronic Acid / Q000032:analysis*; D006821:Hyaluronoglucosaminidase; D008875:Middle Aged; D013582:Synovial Fluid / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D006820:Hyaluronic Acid; D006821:Hyaluronoglucosaminidase