title: HPLC-chemiluminescence and thermospray LC/MS study of hydroperoxides generated from phosphatidylcholine.
abstract: Lipid hydroperoxides generated from phosphatidylcholine (PC) by two commonly employed phosphatidylcholine hydroperoxide (PCOOH) generation methods were examined by HPLC-chemiluminescence (CL) and thermospray LC/MS assay. This HPLC-CL assay is specific for hydroperoxides. In the HPLC-CL chromatograms, a major peak eluted at 4.7 min for the samples generated by the photooxidation of PC in the presence of methylene blue. The direct LC/MS analysis of the hydroperoxides contained in this peak determined that the hydroperoxides are mono- and di-PCOOH. Quantitation showed that over 90% of the hydroperoxides generated by photooxidation are PCOOH. In contrast, a different major peak appeared at 3.7 min for the hydroperoxides generated by the incubation of PC with the azo compound AMVN. We determined by LC/MS analysis that the hydroperoxides contained in this peak were not equivalent to either mono- or di-PCOOH. Indeed, 70%-95% of the hydroperoxides generated by AMVN incubation were not PCOOH, but rather a large portion were AMVN-derived hydroperoxides. The hydroperoxides contained in the 4.7-min peak (i.e., PCOOH) were preferentially responsive to cytochrome c-luminol CL cocktail (about 100-fold more responsive than the hydroperoxides in the 3.7-min peak), whereas the hydroperoxides in the 3.7-min peak (including AMVN-derived hydroperoxide) were preferentially responsive to microperoxidase-isoluminol CL cocktail (about 20-fold more responsive than the PCOOH), suggesting a substrate specificity for the CL cocktail.
authors.affiliation: Upjohn Company, Kalamazoo, MI 49001.
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: A R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Cazers
authors.forename: B S
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Lutzke
authors.forename: E D
authors.initials: ED
authors.lastname: Hall
mesh_terms: D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D002853:Chromatography, Liquid; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; D005609:Free Radicals; D008054:Lipid Peroxides / Q000032:analysis* / Q000737:chemistry; D008163:Luminescent Measurements; D013058:Mass Spectrometry; D010636:Phenols; D010713:Phosphatidylcholines / Q000737:chemistry; D010777:Photochemistry; D013454:Sulfoxides; D014992:Xylenes
chemical_list: D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; D005609:Free Radicals; D008054:Lipid Peroxides; D010636:Phenols; D010713:Phosphatidylcholines; D013454:Sulfoxides; D014992:Xylenes; C016833:xylenol orange