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Journal of Chromatography B
Volume 827, Issue 1, 15 November 2005, Pages 39-43
Analysis of Antioxidants and Biomarkers of Oxidative Stress
 
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Porous graphitic carbon chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry for the study of isoprostanes in human cerebrospinal fluid

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Kristina Claeson Bohnstedta, Bo Karlberga, Hans Basunb and Staffan Schmidtc, Corresponding Author Contact Information, E-mail The Corresponding Author

aDepartment of Analytical Chemistry, Stockholm University, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden

bClinical Science, AstraZeneca R&D, Södertälje, SE-151 85 Södertälje, Sweden

cResearch DMPK and Biomarkers, AstraZeneca R&D, Södertälje, SE-151 85 Södertälje, Sweden


Received 2 November 2004; 
accepted 10 February 2005. 
Available online 15 April 2005.

Abstract

F2-isoprostanes are produced by the non-enzymatic peroxidation of arachidonic acid in membrane phospholipids. This paper describes a new method for the determination of all four classes of F2-isoprostanes in human cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) involving separation on a 1 mm × 150 mm porous graphitic carbon (PGC) column and detection by triple quadrupole mass spectrometry in negative-ion electrospray mode. The sample pre-treatment consisted of an ultrafiltration step, following which 300 μl of CSF sample could be injected directly onto a 1 mm × 10 mm PGC guard column functioning as a trap for the analytes. The loading solvent was Milli-Q water at 125 μl/min. After 3 min, the sample was switched into the separation column. The F2-isoprostanes were separated in 20 min using a linear solvent gradient comprising water, methanol, acetonitrile and ammonium hydroxide at a pH of 9.5 and a flow of 50 μl/min The limit of detection (calculated as 3S/N) was approximately 40 pM (14 pg/ml). The assay was linear within the examined range (18–450 pg/ml), using CSF spiked with iPF2α-III standard (r2 > 0.995). Repeatability data were calculated for CSF spiked to 90 pg/ml and the relative standard deviation (RSD) obtained was 3% (n = 6).

Keywords: Isoprostanes; Porous graphitic carbon; Cerebrospinal fluid; Oxidative stress

Article Outline

1. Introduction
2. Experimental
2.1. Chemicals
2.2. Cerebrospinal fluid samples
2.3. Ultrafiltration
2.4. Chromatography
2.5. Mass spectrometry
3. Results and discussion
3.1. Method performance
3.2. Analysis of the cerebrospinal fluid samples
3.3. Analysis system
4. Conclusions
Acknowledgements
References



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Journal of Chromatography B
Volume 827, Issue 1, 15 November 2005, Pages 39-43
Analysis of Antioxidants and Biomarkers of Oxidative Stress
 
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