title: Use of a silicic acid microcolumn to assay acyl-CoA: lysophosphatidylcholine acyltransferase.
abstract: A simple and rapid method for assaying acyl-CoA:lysophosphatidylcholine acyltransferase is described. This method is based on silicic acid microcolumn chromatography using labelled lysophosphatidylcholine (lysoPC) as substrate. The reaction was stopped by conventional Folch extraction. The chloroform extract (2 ml) was deposited on the silica gel and pushed through with air, and then elution was performed with methanol/water (50:50, v/v). Under these conditions, only the labelled phosphatidylcholine (PC) synthesized was retained on the gel, and this was then removed from the column and counted immediately. This method gave enzyme activities comparable to those obtained with the TLC method, and has proved to be reproducible. The new method, however, is both faster and safer than the classical TLC method.
authors.affiliation: INSERM Unité 130, Marseille, France.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bouroudian
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chautan
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Termine
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Lafont
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Nalbone
mesh_terms: D008243:1-Acylglycerophosphocholine O-Acyltransferase / Q000032:analysis*; D000217:Acyltransferases / Q000032:analysis*; D000818:Animals; D002855:Chromatography, Thin Layer / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D012824:Silicic Acid; D012822:Silicon Dioxide
chemical_list: D012824:Silicic Acid; D012822:Silicon Dioxide; D000217:Acyltransferases; D008243:1-Acylglycerophosphocholine O-Acyltransferase