title: Analysis of glutamate, GABA, noradrenaline, dopamine, serotonin, and metabolites using microbore UHPLC with electrochemical detection.
abstract: The applicability of microbore ultrahigh performance liquid chromatography (UHPLC) with electrochemical detection for offline analysis of a number of well-known neurotransmitters in less than 10 μL microdialysis fractions is described. Two methods are presented for the analysis of monoamine or amino acid neurotransmitters, using the same UHPLC instrument. Speed of analysis of noradrenaline (NA), dopamine (DA), serotonin (5-HT), and the metabolites homovanillic acid (HVA), 5-hydroxyindole aceticacid (5-HIAA), and 3,4-dihydroxyphenylacetic acid (DOPAC) was predominated by the retention behavior of NA, the nonideal behavior of matrix components, and the loss in signal of 5-HT. This method was optimized to meet the requirements for detection sensitivity and minimizing the size of collected fractions, which determines temporal resolution in microdialysis. The amino acid neurotransmitters glutamate (Glu) and γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) were analyzed after an automated derivatization procedure. Under optimized conditions, Glu was resolved from a number of early eluting system peaks, while the total runtime was decreased to 15 min by a 4-fold increase of the flow rate under UHPLC conditions. The detection limit for Glu and GABA was 10 nmol/L (15 fmol in 1.5 μL); the monoamine neurotransmitters had a detection limit between 32 and 83 pmol/L (0.16-0.42 fmol in 5 μL) in standard solutions. Using UHPLC, the analysis times varied from 15 min to less than 2 min depending on the complexity of the samples and the substances to be analyzed.
authors: Antec BV, Industrieweg 12, Zoeterwoude, The Netherlands. nico.reinhoud@myAntec.com.
authors: Nico J
authors: NJ
authors: Reinhoud
authors: Hendrik-Jan
authors: HJ
authors: Brouwer
authors: Lusi M
authors: LM
authors: van Heerwaarden
authors: Gerdien A H
authors: GA
authors: Korte-Bouws
mesh_terms: D015102:3,4-Dihydroxyphenylacetic Acid / Q000032:analysis; D000818:Animals; D001923:Brain Chemistry; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid / Q000379:methods*; D004298:Dopamine / Q000032:analysis; D045604:Extracellular Fluid / Q000737:chemistry*; D018698:Glutamic Acid / Q000032:analysis; D006719:Homovanillic Acid / Q000032:analysis; D006897:Hydroxyindoleacetic Acid / Q000032:analysis; D017551:Microdialysis / Q000379:methods*; D009638:Norepinephrine / Q000032:analysis; D017397:Prefrontal Cortex / Q000737:chemistry; D051381:Rats; D012701:Serotonin / Q000032:analysis; D005680:gamma-Aminobutyric Acid / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D015102:3,4-Dihydroxyphenylacetic Acid; D012701:Serotonin; D018698:Glutamic Acid; D006897:Hydroxyindoleacetic Acid; D005680:gamma-Aminobutyric Acid; D004298:Dopamine; D009638:Norepinephrine; D006719:Homovanillic Acid
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