title: Liquid chromatography-mass spectrometric determination of plasmalogens in human plasma.
abstract: A new liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC/MS) method has been developed for the quantitative analysis of plasmalogens in human plasma using a nonendogenous plasmalogen (1-O-1'-(Z)-tricosenyl-2-oleoyl-rac-glycero-3-phosphocholine, PLS 23:0/18:1) as an internal standard. 1-O-1'-(Z)-Tricosenyl glyceryl ether was prepared by reacting lithioalkoxyallyl with 1-iodoeicosane as the key intermediate in the formation of PLS 23:0/18:1. In LC/MS analyses, PLS 23:0/18:1 generated significant fragment ions in positive and negative modes. In positive ion mode, the [M+H](+) of PLS 23:0/18:1 yielded unique fragments with cleavages at the sn-1 and sn-2 positions of the glycerol backbone. In negative ion mode, the [M+CH(3)COO](-) of PLS 23:0/18:1 resulted in characteristic fragmentation at the sn-2 and sn-3 positions. 1-O-1'-(Z)-Hexadecenyl-2-linoleoyl-rac-glycero-3-phosphocholine (PLS 16:0/18:2) and 2-arachidonoyl-O-1'-(Z)-hexadecenyl-rac-glycero-3-phosphocholine (PLS 16:0/20:4) were chemically synthesized as PLS 23:0/18:1. The calibration curves obtained for PLS 16:0/18:2 and PLS 16:0/20:4 were linear throughout the calibration range (0.04-1.60 pmol). The LOD (S/N = 5:1) was 0.008 pmol and the LOQ (S/N = 6:1) was 0.01 pmol for both PLS 16:0/18:2 and PLS 16:0/20:4. Plasma concentrations of PLS 16:0/18:2 and PLS 16:0/20:4 were 4.0 ± 1.3 μM and 3.5 ± 1.2 μM (mean ± SD), respectively, in five healthy volunteers.
authors: Faculty of Health Sciences, Medical Laboratory Sciences, Hokkaido University, Kita-12, Nishi-5, Sapporo, 060-0812, Japan.
authors: Shu-Ping
authors: SP
authors: Hui
authors: Hitoshi
authors: H
authors: Chiba
authors: Takao
authors: T
authors: Kurosawa
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002853:Chromatography, Liquid / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D057230:Limit of Detection; D008297:Male; D013058:Mass Spectrometry / Q000379:methods*; D010955:Plasmalogens / Q000097:blood*; D012016:Reference Values
chemical_list: D010955:Plasmalogens