Method for the Determination of Vitamin K1(20)in Human Plasma by Stable Isotope Dilution/Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry
摘要:
A method for the quantitative determination of vitamin K-1(20) (VK), an essential cofactor in the carboxylation of clotting factors, is presented. The assay is based on gas chromatography/electron impact mass/spectrometry. The preparation of deuterium-labelled vitamin K-1(20) for use as an internal standard is described. The method involves extraction of Vg from human plasma and its derivatization to the heptafluorobutyryl ester after reduction of one carbonyl group with zinc. The detection limit was found to be 1.0 pg and the limit of quantitation 2.0 pg ml(-1) plasma. This permits the measurement of vitamin K-1(20) even in small quantities of plasma, which is highly desirable in investigations dealing with clotting abnormalities in neonates and infants.
Method for the Determination of Vitamin K1(20)in Human Plasma by Stable Isotope Dilution/Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry
摘要:
A method for the quantitative determination of vitamin K-1(20) (VK), an essential cofactor in the carboxylation of clotting factors, is presented. The assay is based on gas chromatography/electron impact mass/spectrometry. The preparation of deuterium-labelled vitamin K-1(20) for use as an internal standard is described. The method involves extraction of Vg from human plasma and its derivatization to the heptafluorobutyryl ester after reduction of one carbonyl group with zinc. The detection limit was found to be 1.0 pg and the limit of quantitation 2.0 pg ml(-1) plasma. This permits the measurement of vitamin K-1(20) even in small quantities of plasma, which is highly desirable in investigations dealing with clotting abnormalities in neonates and infants.
Mechanisms for the Formation of Major Oxidation Products of Adenine upon 365-nm Irradiation with 2-Methyl-1,4-naphthoquinone as a Sensitizer
作者:Yinsheng Wang、Zhenjiu Liu
DOI:10.1021/jo0264170
日期:2002.11.1
Recently we reported the isolation and characterization of N-6-formyl- and M-acetyladenine from 365-nm irradiation of dinucleoside monophosphates d(ApA), d(ApC), and d(CpA) in the presence of 2-methyl-1,4-naphthoquinone (menadione) (Wang et al. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 2002, 291, 1252-7). In this article we investigated the mechanisms for the formation of the two major products by carrying out photoirradiation with isotopically labeled menadione and 2,3-dimethyl-1,4-naphthoquinone. HPLC and electrospray ionization (ESI)-mass spectrometry (MS) and tandem MS studies of the products unambiguously established that the carbonyl group in the products arises from the photosensitizer: The N-6-formyl group comes from oxidation of the methyl group and the N-6-acetyl group stems from the methyl group and the adjacent ring carbon in menadione. From above results, we proposed mechanisms for the formation of the two products.