Simultaneous analysis of human plasma catecholamines by high-performance liquid chromatography with a reversed-phase triacontylsilyl silica column.
The clinical importance of simultaneous analysis of 3,4-dihydroxyphenylglycol with other human plasma catecholamines has been investigated to better understand the sympathetic nervous system. However, previous reports have had analytical difficulties with both resolution and extraction. The current study uses a reversed-phase triacontylsilyl silica (C30) column under the mobile phase condition without ion-pair reagents to separate catecholamines and their metabolites, with above 91% recoveries for intra-assay, above 85% for inter-assay, and less than 10% (n=5) coefficient of variation. Lower detection limits (S/N=4) and quantification limits (S/N=6) were 40 and 100 pg/mL for norepinephrine, 3,4-dihydroxyphenylglycol, and 3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine, 10 and 20 pg/mL for epinephrine, 10 and 40 pg/mL for dopamine. Linear ranges were from 40 to 5000 pg/mL for norepinephrine and 3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine, from 100 to 5000 pg/mL for 3,4-dihydroxyphenylglycol, and from 10 to 2000 pg/mL for epinephrine and dopamine. The C30 column may prove clinically useful, as it provides a convenient and simultaneous method of evaluation of human plasma catecholamines.
Machida
Maiko
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Department of Pathophysiology, Hokkaido College of Pharmacy, 7-1 Katsuraoka, Otaru 047-0264, Hokkaido, Japan.
Sakaguchi
Ayumi
A
Kamada
Satoshi
S
Fujimoto
Tetsuya
T
Takechi
Shigeru
S
Kakinoki
Shigeo
S
Nomura
Akikazu
A
D002395:Catecholamines / Q000097:blood*; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D004295:Dihydroxyphenylalanine / Q000097:blood; D004298:Dopamine / Q000097:blood; D004837:Epinephrine / Q000097:blood; D006801:Humans; D008734:Methoxyhydroxyphenylglycol / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000097:blood; D009638:Norepinephrine / Q000097:blood; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012822:Silicon Dioxide; D013696:Temperature
D002395:Catecholamines; D008734:Methoxyhydroxyphenylglycol; D004295:Dihydroxyphenylalanine; D012822:Silicon Dioxide; C010117:3,4-dihydroxyphenylglycol; D004298:Dopamine; D009638:Norepinephrine; D004837:Epinephrine