title: Gradient elution reversed-phase chromatographic isolation of individual glycerophospholipid molecular species.
abstract: We describe a gradient elution reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatographic approach for isolation of individual glycerophospholipid molecular species which greatly improves resolution and reduces run time compared to isocratic techniques. Separations were optimized and elution order and retention time data established by synthesizing 37 different homogeneous phospholipids comprising the major alkylacyl, diacyl and plasmalogen molecular species in samples derived from mammalian sources. Empirical equations which predict the elution order of individual species were derived. The method was validated with the use of complex mixtures of choline and ethanolamine glycerophospholipid species from isolated rabbit cardiomyocytes and porcine endothelial cells.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and JL McClellan VA Hospital, Little Rock 72205, USA.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: McHowat
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.forename: M H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Creer
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002849:Chromatography, Gas; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid / Q000379:methods*; D004727:Endothelium / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000166:cytology; D009206:Myocardium / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000166:cytology; D010712:Phosphatidic Acids / Q000032:analysis* / Q000138:chemical synthesis; D010713:Phosphatidylcholines / Q000032:analysis / Q000138:chemical synthesis; D010714:Phosphatidylethanolamines / Q000032:analysis / Q000138:chemical synthesis; D011817:Rabbits; D016339:Spectrometry, Mass, Fast Atom Bombardment; D013056:Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet; D013552:Swine
chemical_list: D010712:Phosphatidic Acids; D010713:Phosphatidylcholines; D010714:Phosphatidylethanolamines