title: Isolation and HPLC of N-epsilon-lithocholyl lysine as its fluorescamine and dimethylaminoazobenzene isothiocyanate derivatives.
abstract: N-epsilon-lithocholyl lysine (NELL) is a component of tissue-bound lithocholic acid (TBL). The isolation of NELL from native protein sources was simulated by hydrolysis of lithocholyl-bovine serum albumin (BSA) (synthesized by coupling lithocholyl-N-hydroxysuccinimide to fatty acid-free BSA) by digestion with a mixture of 6N HCl-propionic acid at 70 C for 3 h under partial vacuum. NELL was isolated on a reversed phase Sep-Pak C18 column and converted to either a fluorophor with fluorescamine or to a chromophor with dimethylaminoazobenzene isothiocyanate for subsequent HPLC using appropriate fluorescence or UV/visible absorption detectors. The procedure described here is quantitative, highly sensitive, and not dependent upon the use of Clostridial cholanoylamino acid hydrolase, the activity of which is sometimes blocked by steric hindrance on the substrate. Using this procedure we have demonstrated the presence of TBL in native histones.
authors.affiliation: Lipid Nutrition Laboratory, Beltsville Human Nutrition Research Center, Maryland 20705.
authors.forename: P P
authors.initials: PP
authors.lastname: Nair
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kessie
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Patnaik
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Guidry
mesh_terms: D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D002855:Chromatography, Thin Layer; D004355:Drug Stability; D005450:Fluorescamine / Q000737:chemistry*; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; D006657:Histones / Q000032:analysis; D017879:Isothiocyanates / Q000737:chemistry*; D016014:Linear Models; D008095:Lithocholic Acid / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D004124:p-Dimethylaminoazobenzene / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D006657:Histones; D017879:Isothiocyanates; D005450:Fluorescamine; D008095:Lithocholic Acid; C044419:N-epsilon-lithocholyllysine; C012926:4-(N,N-dimethylaminoazobenzene)-4'-isothiocyanate; D004124:p-Dimethylaminoazobenzene