title: Analysis of purines in urinary calculi by high-performance liquid chromatography.
abstract: A high-pressure liquid chromatography method has been developed for the analysis in urinary calculi of six purines: uric acid, 2, 8-dihydroxyadenine, xanthine, hypoxanthine, allopurinol, and oxypurinol. Separation was conducted isocratically on a reversed-phase column, using 50 mM phosphate buffer (pH 5.5) / methanol (97/3, v/v) as mobile phase. Limits of detection, depending on compound, ranged from 7 to 28 microg/g stone weight. Hitherto, no reports have appeared on other purines present with uric acid in stones, due to lack of a sensitive and specific analytical method. We have now found that all calculi with more than 4% uric acid also contained 1-methyluric and 7-methyluric acids and trace amounts of hypoxanthine, xanthine, and 2,8-dihydroxyadenine. Accurate identification and quantitation of purines in urinary calculi are important for the diagnosis of rare metabolic diseases leading to urolithiasis (xanthinuria, dihydroxyadeninuria), as well as for prevention of iatrogenic complications during treatment with allopurinol of uric acid urolithiasis. The method may be used for reference purposes in clinical laboratories and for research on the pathogenesis of urolithiasis in disorders of purine metabolism.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry and Chemistry, Pomeranian Academy of Medicine, Powstańców Wielkopolskich 72, Szczecin, PL-70-111, Poland.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Safranow
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Machoy
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ciechanowski
mesh_terms: D002623:Chemistry Techniques, Analytical / Q000379:methods; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D011686:Purine-Pyrimidine Metabolism, Inborn Errors / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000652:urine; D011687:Purines / Q000652:urine*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D014545:Urinary Calculi / Q000209:etiology / Q000652:urine*
chemical_list: D011687:Purines