title: Separation and quantitation of phospholipids and their ether analogues by high-performance liquid chromatography.
abstract: The common mobile phase hexane/isopropanol/water used for separation of phospholipids on high-performance liquid chromatography silica columns poses several problems, such as incomplete separation and rapid column deterioration. By inclusion of 5 mM ammonium sulfate in the aqueous phase, we were able to substantially improve the chromatographic resolution and obtain complete separation of phosphatidylcholine, phosphatidylethanolamine, lysophosphatidylcholine, lysophosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylserine, phosphatidylinositol, cardiolipin, phosphatidylglycerol, and sphingomyelin. In addition, ammonium sulfate prevented column degeneration and greatly improved reproducibility. A new quantitation method for alkenylacyl, alkylacyl, and diacyl forms of phospholipids was also developed based on derivatization with [(3)H]acetic anhydride. Separation and quantitation of the radioactive acetyl diradylglycerols were performed by straight-phase HPLC coupled to a radioactive flow detector and enabled detection of the various ether analogues at the picomole level with high reproducibility. The described methods are mild and nondestructive and can therefore be easily combined with analysis of either molecular species or fatty acid and aldehyde composition of the individual phospholipids.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Stockholm University, S-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden.
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Guan
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Grünler
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Piao
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Sindelar
mesh_terms: D000447:Aldehydes / Q000032:analysis*; D000818:Animals; D001923:Brain Chemistry; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid / Q000379:methods*; D004075:Diglycerides / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004987:Ethers / Q000032:analysis; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000032:analysis*; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000737:chemistry; D051379:Mice; D009206:Myocardium / Q000737:chemistry; D010743:Phospholipids / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D051381:Rats
chemical_list: D000447:Aldehydes; D004075:Diglycerides; D004987:Ethers; D005227:Fatty Acids; D010743:Phospholipids; C035561:diarachidonyl diglyceride