title: Different efficacy of iodoacetic acid and N-ethylmaleimide in high-performance liquid chromatographic measurement of liver glutathione.
abstract: The widely used high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) procedure to determine glutathione in biological samples utilizing iodoacetic acid as thiol quenching agent and 1-fluoro-2,4-dinitrobenzene for derivatization has been modified regarding tissue sample processing and storage of the working solutions. The modified procedure compared with the original method reduces artifactual oxidation in rat liver glutathione measurement (1.47+/-0.8% vs. 2.84+/-0.69%, respectively). In both HPLC procedures, an increase in artifactual oxidation was found in both standard glutathione solutions and hepatic samples when N-ethylmaleimide instead of iodoacetic acid was used for thiol trapping.
authors.affiliation: Institute of General Pathology, University of Genoa, Italy.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Santori
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Domenicotti
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bellocchio
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Pronzato
authors.forename: U M
authors.initials: UM
authors.lastname: Marinari
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Cottalasso
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D005033:Ethylmaleimide; D005978:Glutathione / Q000032:analysis*; D007461:Iodoacetates; D019807:Iodoacetic Acid; D008099:Liver / Q000737:chemistry*; D008297:Male; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D013439:Sulfhydryl Reagents
chemical_list: D007461:Iodoacetates; D013439:Sulfhydryl Reagents; D005978:Glutathione; D005033:Ethylmaleimide; D019807:Iodoacetic Acid