title: A novel capillary electrophoresis method for the determination of d-serine in neural samples.
abstract: A capillary electrophoresis method has been developed for the determination of d-serine in neural samples. d/l-serine was tagged with naphthalene-2,3-dicarboxaldehyde (CBI-d/l-Ser), and the separation of CBI-d/l-Ser enantiomer was achieved by using a dual chiral selector system consisting of beta-cyclodextrin (beta-CD) and chiral micelles formed by sodium deoxycholate (SDC). No resolution was observed when either beta-CD or SDC was used alone. Moreover, the combined use of beta-CD with achiral micelles of sodium dodecylsulfate (SDS) exhibited no resolving effect. With laser induced fluorescence detection, the limit of detection was 3.0x10(-8)M Ser. Under the separation conditions selected, no other amino acids co-eluted with l-/d-Ser enantiomers. Using the present method, d-Ser level in Aplysia ganglia homogenates was found to vary significantly from animal to animal. Interestingly, d-Ser was not detected in single neurons isolated from Aplysia ganglia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Jackson State University, 1400 Lynch St., Jackson, MS 39217, USA; College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin 51004, PR China.
authors.forename: Shulin
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Yaru
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Song
authors.forename: Yi-Ming
authors.initials: YM
authors.lastname: Liu