title: Phosphatidylcholine hydroperoxide levels in human plasma are lower than previously reported.
abstract: The quantification of PC hydroperoxide (PCOOH) in human plasma was studied by HPLC with chemiluminescence detection (HPLC-CL). We identified for the first time the monohydroperoxide of 1-palmitoyl-2-linoleoyl-PC hydroperoxide (PC 16:0/18:2-OOH) in plasma by LC-MS and HPLC-CL. The standard compound, PC 16:0/18:2-OOH (synthetic PCOOH), as well as PCOOH from egg yolk, was used. Comparison of the PCOOH concentration in each participant's plasma as determined by use of a Finepak SIL NH2 column with 2-propanol/methanol/water as the mobile phase (system A, the conventional method) gave a higher concentration than did an LC-18-DB column with methanol containing 0.01% triethylamine (system B). The mean PCOOH concentration for the 43 healthy volunteers was 55.1+/-30.4 pmol/mL (mean+/-SD) for system A and 16.3+/-9.9 pmol/mL for system B. Moreover, the main peak of the plasma extract appeared at a different time from that of synthetic PCOOH or egg yolk PCOOH in system A, whereas in system B plasma sample retention time practically corresponded to that of standard PCOOH. These findings confirm that the PCOOH plasma concentration is not so high as previously reported.
authors.affiliation: Department of Legal Medicine, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan. adachi@med.kobe-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Junko
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Adachi
authors.forename: Naoki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Yoshioka
authors.forename: Rika
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Funae
authors.forename: Yasushi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nagasaki
authors.forename: Takeaki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Naito
authors.forename: Yasuhiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ueno
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008163:Luminescent Measurements / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010713:Phosphatidylcholines / Q000097:blood*; D012016:Reference Values; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity
chemical_list: D010713:Phosphatidylcholines; C057590:phosphatidylcholine hydroperoxide