title: Determination of long-chain fatty acid acyl-coenzyme A compounds using liquid chromatography-electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry.
abstract: Acyl-CoAs have important role in fat and glucose metabolism of the cells. In this study we have developed an on-line HPLC-ESI-MS/MS method for determination of long-chain acyl-CoA compounds in rat liver samples. Six long-chain acyl-CoAs (C16:0, C16:1, C18:0, C18:1, C20:0 and C20:4) were separated with a C4 reversed-phase column using triethylamine acetate and acetonitrile gradient. Negative electrospray ionization is very suitable for acyl-CoA compounds and excellent MS/MS spectra for long-chain acyl-CoAs can be obtained. MS/MS method with an ion trap mass spectrometer makes it possible to identify and quantitate individual acyl-CoAs simultaneously. The method proved to be sensitive enough for determination of all compounds of interest using 0.4-0.7 g of tissue and was validated in the range of 0.1-15.0 pmol/microl.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of Kuopio, P.O. Box 1627, FIN-70211 Kuopio, Finland. timo.mauriala@uku.fi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mauriala
authors.forename: K H
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Herzig
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Heinonen
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Idziak
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Auriola
mesh_terms: D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid / Q000379:methods*; D003065:Coenzyme A / Q000032:analysis*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D021241:Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D003065:Coenzyme A