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Liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometric determination of ceramides and related lipid species in cellular extracts

  • J Chromatogr B Analyt Technol Biomed Life Sci. 2006 Nov 7;843(2):327-33. doi: 10.1016/j.jchromb.2006.06.025.
Hye Hyun Yoo 1,  Junghyun Son,  Dong-Hyun Kim
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  • 1 Bioanalysis and Biotransformation Research Center, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, P.O. Box 131, Chungryang, Seoul, South Korea.
PMID: 16891163 DOI: 10.1016/j.jchromb.2006.06.025
Abstract

A liquid chromatography-electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometric (LC-MS/MS) method was developed for the simultaneous qualitative and quantitative determination of sphingolipid metabolites such as ceramides, sphingisine, sphinganine, sphingomyelins, and ceramide 1-phosphates in the extracts of human promyelocytic leukemia cells (HL-60). The assay uses C(4) ceramide as an internal standard; simple liquid extraction; a short XTerra MS C(18) (3 microm, 50 mm x2.0 mm) column; a gradient mobile phase of 5mM ammonium formate (pH 4.0)/methanol/tetrahydrofuran (5/2/3-->1/2/7); mass spectrometric detection using electrospray ionization. This LC-MS/MS method allowed the identification of 22 sphingolipid derivatives at pmol levels. In addition, this technique was successfully applied to analyze the changes of the sphingolipids profiles in Cancer cells treated with Apoptosis inducing agents, C(2) ceramide and H(2)O(2).

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