title: Electrochemical determination of arylsulfatase activity using high-performance liquid chromatography.
abstract: A highly sensitive assay for arylsulfatase A was developed using high-performance liquid chromatography with electrochemical detection. The retention time of the enzymatic product, p-nitrocatechol, on a reverse phase column was approximately 2.0 min. The assay was able to detect 0.43 pmol p-nitrocatechol in a 20-microliter ethanol extract of the reaction mixture. The coefficients of variation for seven determinations of the intra- and interassays were 9 and 8%, respectively. The levels of arylsulfatase A activity in human saliva samples and leukocyte and platelet lysates determined by this assay were within 6 and 11%, respectively, of the levels determined by a spectrophotometric assay. The high-performance liquid chromatography assay may have utility in measuring arylsulfatase A activity in biological samples with low activity or specific activity or in samples with compounds which interfere with the spectrophotometric assay.
mesh_terms: D000653:Amniotic Fluid / Q000201:enzymology; D001792:Blood Platelets / Q000201:enzymology; D002553:Cerebroside-Sulfatase / Q000032:analysis* / Q000097:blood; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid / Q000379:methods*; D004563:Electrochemistry; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007962:Leukocytes / Q000201:enzymology; D011247:Pregnancy; D012463:Saliva / Q000201:enzymology; D013053:Spectrophotometry
chemical_list: D002553:Cerebroside-Sulfatase