title: An improved fluorometric high-performance liquid chromatography method for sialic acid determination: an internal standard method and its application to sialic acid analysis of human apolipoprotein E.
abstract: An improved fluorometric HPLC method for sialic acid determination was developed by employing synthetic N-propionylneuraminic acid (NPNA) as an internal standard. A fixed amount of NPNA was added to a sialoglycoconjugate sample. After hydrolyzing sialioglycoconjugates with diluted sulfuric acid, the released sialic acids and NPNA were derivatized with a fluorogenic compound, 1,2-diamino-4,5-(methylenedioxy)benzene (DMB), followed by fluorometric HPLC. The fluorescent derivative of NPNA was separated from those of N-acetylneuraminic acid, N-glycolylneuraminic acid, 2-keto-3-deoxy-D-glycero-D-galacto-nonoic acid, and 2-keto-3-deoxyoctanoate on HPLC. The separation of NPNA derivative on HPLC was not interfered by components of biological samples such as human sera. Using this internal standard method, low amounts of NANA (0.15-1.0 ng) were quantified with the coefficient of variation values below 4%. Using this method, the sialic acid content of human apolipoprotein E was successfully determined. The present method is useful for sensitive and accurate quantification of sialic acids of different molecular species in biological samples.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, University of Shizuoka, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 52-1 Yada, Shizuoka 422-8526, Japan.
authors.forename: Masaki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ito
authors.forename: Kiyoshi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ikeda
authors.forename: Yuki
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: Kiyoshi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: Megumi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Saito
mesh_terms: D001057:Apolipoproteins E / Q000097:blood / Q000737:chemistry*; D001681:Biological Assay / Q000379:methods; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid / Q000379:methods*; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D005470:Fluorometry / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D019158:N-Acetylneuraminic Acid / Q000032:analysis* / Q000097:blood / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D010655:Phenylenediamines / Q000378:metabolism; D012015:Reference Standards; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D001057:Apolipoproteins E; D010655:Phenylenediamines; C058886:1,2-diamino-4,5-methylenedioxybenzene; D019158:N-Acetylneuraminic Acid