title: Determination of human plasma xanthine oxidase activity by high-performance liquid chromatography.
abstract: An assay for human plasma xanthine oxidase activity was developed with pterin as the substrate and the separation of product (isoxanthopterin) by high-performance liquid chromatography with a fluorescence detector. The reaction mixture consists of 60 microliters of plasma and 240 microliters of 0.2 M Tris-HCl buffer (pH 9.0) containing 113 microM pterin. With this assay, the activity of plasma xanthine oxidase could be easily determined despite its low activity. As a result, it could be demonstrated that the intravenous administration of heparin or the oral administration of ethanol did not increase plasma xanthine oxidase activity in normal subjects, and also that plasma xanthine oxidase activity was higher in patients with hepatitis C virus infection than in healthy subjects or patients with gout. In addition, a single patient with von Gierke's disease showed a marked increase in the plasma activity of this enzyme, relative to that apparent in normal subjects.
authors.affiliation: Third Department of Internal Medicine, Hyogo College of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Moriwaki
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Tsutsumi
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yamakita
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nasako
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hiroishi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Higashino
mesh_terms: D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid / Q000379:methods*; D000431:Ethanol / Q000494:pharmacology; D005953:Glycogen Storage Disease Type I / Q000201:enzymology; D006073:Gout / Q000201:enzymology; D006493:Heparin / Q000494:pharmacology; D006526:Hepatitis C / Q000201:enzymology; D006801:Humans; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D019271:Hypoxanthine / Q000494:pharmacology; D011622:Pterins / Q000378:metabolism; D013050:Spectrometry, Fluorescence; D014527:Uric Acid / Q000494:pharmacology; D019820:Xanthine; D014969:Xanthine Oxidase / Q000097:blood*; D014970:Xanthines / Q000494:pharmacology; D014976:Xanthopterin / Q000032:analysis / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D011622:Pterins; D014970:Xanthines; D019820:Xanthine; D014527:Uric Acid; D019271:Hypoxanthine; D000431:Ethanol; C008217:isoxanthopterin; D006493:Heparin; D014969:Xanthine Oxidase; D014976:Xanthopterin