TY - JOUR
T1 - Determination of plasma homocysteine by high-performance liquid chromatography with fluorescence detection
AU - Jacobsen, Donald W.
AU - Gatautis, Vytenis J.
AU - Green, Ralph
PY - 1989
Y1 - 1989
N2 - Severe homocystinemia is frequently associated with vascular disease while the pathological consequences of moderate or slightly elevated plasma homocysteine are unknown. Cobalamin and folate deficiencies may result in an elevation of plasma homocysteine. A sensitive and reproducible assay for total plasma homocysteine has been developed. The essential steps in the assay include (i) conversion of homocysteine disulfides to free homocysteine with borohydride reduction; (ii) conjugation of homocysteine with monobromobimane; (iii) separation of homocysteine-bimane from other plasma thiol-bimane adducts by reverse-phase high-performance liquid chromatography; and (iv) detection and quantitation of homocysteine-bimane by fluorometry. The method has a sensitivity of 4.4. pmol of homocysteine and is highly reproducible (intra- and interassay co-efficients of variation = 4.97 and 4.53%, respectively). The mean concentration of total plasma homocysteine in nonfasting adult males (n = 12) and females (n = 12) was 15.8 (range, 7.0-23.7) and 16.5 nmol/ml (range, 8.6-20.7), respectively. Markedly elevated levels of homocysteine were found in patients with cobalamin and folate deficiency. Total plasma homocysteine represents approximately 4% of borohydride-generated thiol reactivity in the plasma of normal individuals.
AB - Severe homocystinemia is frequently associated with vascular disease while the pathological consequences of moderate or slightly elevated plasma homocysteine are unknown. Cobalamin and folate deficiencies may result in an elevation of plasma homocysteine. A sensitive and reproducible assay for total plasma homocysteine has been developed. The essential steps in the assay include (i) conversion of homocysteine disulfides to free homocysteine with borohydride reduction; (ii) conjugation of homocysteine with monobromobimane; (iii) separation of homocysteine-bimane from other plasma thiol-bimane adducts by reverse-phase high-performance liquid chromatography; and (iv) detection and quantitation of homocysteine-bimane by fluorometry. The method has a sensitivity of 4.4. pmol of homocysteine and is highly reproducible (intra- and interassay co-efficients of variation = 4.97 and 4.53%, respectively). The mean concentration of total plasma homocysteine in nonfasting adult males (n = 12) and females (n = 12) was 15.8 (range, 7.0-23.7) and 16.5 nmol/ml (range, 8.6-20.7), respectively. Markedly elevated levels of homocysteine were found in patients with cobalamin and folate deficiency. Total plasma homocysteine represents approximately 4% of borohydride-generated thiol reactivity in the plasma of normal individuals.
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U2 - 10.1016/0003-2697(89)90381-3
DO - 10.1016/0003-2697(89)90381-3
M3 - Article
C2 - 2729575
AN - SCOPUS:0024582343
VL - 178
SP - 208
EP - 214
JO - Analytical Biochemistry
JF - Analytical Biochemistry
SN - 0003-2697
IS - 1
ER -