| Literature DB >> 18555788 |
Andrea E DeBarber1, Dieter Lütjohann, Louise Merkens, Robert D Steiner.
Abstract
Concentrations of circulating 24S-hydroxycholesterol (24SOHChol) are of interest as a practical measure of cholesterol efflux from the human brain. The current method of choice for 24SOHChol quantification is with gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS). Liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS) methods to detect 24SOHChol have been described, but they lack rigorous high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) separation of a closely eluting isomeric oxysterol, 25-hydroxycholesterol. This is important because 25-hydroxycholesterol can be present in significant amounts and tandem mass spectrometry (MS/MS) cannot completely differentiate 24SOHChol. We describe an LC-MS method with rapid chromatographic separation of the oxysterols to permit accurate determination of plasma 24SOHChol. The availability of an LC-MS method offers advantages such as simplified sample work-up and analysis.Entities:
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Year: 2008 PMID: 18555788 PMCID: PMC2562163 DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2008.05.037
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Anal Biochem ISSN: 0003-2697 Impact factor: 3.365