Development of a method for the analysis of nucleotides from the mantle tissue of the mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis.
Reversed-phase HPLC was applied to obtain a sensitive and efficient means for quantitating nucleotides in the mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis. We obtained a good separation of adenylic, guanylic, uridylic and cytidylic nucleotides. Adenine nucleotides play a critical role in the regulation and integration of cellular metabolism; particularly in the mantle tissue in the mussel, they are involved in the regulation of the enzyme glycogen phosphorylase, a key enzyme in the transfer of bioenergetic reserves (glycogen) to gametogenic development; it is of great importance to have a measure of the concentrations in vivo during the reproductive cycle of the organism. Different elution conditions were tested: isocratic versus step gradient elution, different mobile phase pH and the type and proportion of ion-pairing agent added to the mobile phase. The best method was selected and the separation and accurate determination of adenine, citidine, guanine and uridine nucleotides was accomplished within a 20-min run, with UV-Vis detection (254 nm).
Blanco López
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University of Vigo, Genetics and Immunology, Department of Biochemistry, Spain. slblanco@uvigo.es
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San Juan Serrano
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D000818:Animals; D049872:Bivalvia / Q000737:chemistry*; D002138:Calibration; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid / Q000379:methods*; D009711:Nucleotides / Q000032:analysis*; D013056:Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet
D009711:Nucleotides