title: Optimization of multienzyme flow reactors for determination of acetylcholine.
abstract: Immobilized enzyme reactors have been used with high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) and electrochemical detection to detect acetylcholine and choline in brain tissue samples. Acetylcholine and choline eluting from the LC column are introduced into a reactor containing immobilized acetylcholinesterase, which hydrolyzes acetylcholine to choline. The product is converted by a second enzyme, choline oxidase, to hydrogen peroxide, which is determined amperometrically. Several novel immobilization techniques including immobilization through enzyme-specific antibodies were used to immobilize these enzymes to retain maximum activity. Improved detection limits were observed when the enzymes were immobilized through the avidin-biotin linkage. Better sensitivity and detection limit were obtained when both enzymes were immobilized together on the same support through the avidin-biotin linkage than when they were separately immobilized and used in two columns. The postcolumn system was applied to brain tissue extracts.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Kansas, Lawrence 66045.
authors.forename: P C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Gunaratna
authors.forename: G S
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Wilson
mesh_terms: D000109:Acetylcholine / Q000032:analysis*; D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D001923:Brain Chemistry; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D004800:Enzymes, Immobilized; D005260:Female; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D004800:Enzymes, Immobilized; D000109:Acetylcholine