| Literature DB >> 8203763 |
M Asensi1, J Sastre, F V Pallardó, J García de la Asunción, J M Estrela, J Viña.
Abstract
A high-performance liquid chromatography method to determine oxidized glutathione (GSSG) in biological samples with ultraviolet-visible detection using N-ethylmaleimide to prevent reduced glutathione (GSH) oxidation is described. Previous methods based on high-performance liquid chromatography to quantitative GSH and GSSG are unsuitable for determining GSSG in biological samples. This is due to GSH oxidation during sample processing. N-Ethylmaleimide, but not iodacetic acid, prevents this oxidation. Blood GSH oxidation measured by the widely used method of Reed et al. (Anal. Biochem. 106, 55-62, 1980) can be as high as 24 +/- 6% (n = 6). When blood samples were assayed by our procedure, GSH oxidation was only 0.13 +/- 0.28% (n = 5). GSH can be determined enzymatically, i.e., with glutathione-S-transferase, but perchloric acid should not be used to deproteinize samples. Trichloroacetic acid (15% final concentration) may be used. This method allows an accurate calculation of the GSH/GSSG ratio, which is important for determining oxidative stress in tissues in various pathophysiological situations.Entities:
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Year: 1994 PMID： 8203763 DOI： 10.1006/abio.1994.1126
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Anal Biochem ISSN： 0003-2697 Impact factor: 3.365