DETERMINATION OF PICOGRAM LEVELS OF BRAIN-SEROTONIN BY A SIMPLIFIED LIQUID-CHROMATOGRAPHIC ELECTROCHEMICAL DETECTION ASSAY

被引:20
作者
WARSH, JJ [1 ]
CHIU, A [1 ]
GODSE, DD [1 ]
COSCINA, DV [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV TORONTO,CLARKE INST PSYCHIAT,BIOPSYCHOL SECT,TORONTO M5T 1R8,ONTARIO,CANADA
基金
英国医学研究理事会;
关键词
Brain areas; Electrochemical detection; High pressure liquid chromatography; Method; Rat; Serotonin;
D O I
10.1016/0361-9230(79)90043-1
中图分类号
Q189 [神经科学];
学科分类号
071006 ;
摘要
A simplified assay is described for measurement of picogram amounts of serotonin (5-HT) by high pressure liquid chromatography with electrochemical detection (LCEC). The procedure involves pre-purification of brain 5-HT by adsorption on Amberlite CG-50. Serotonin is subsequently resolved and detected by LCEC on Zipax SCX resin. The present method gives working sensitivities of at least 100 pg, tissue recoveries of 95% and very low interassay variability (coefficient of variation=3%). Determination of rat brain area 5-HT by this LCEC method is described and compared to other high sensitivity methods. © 1979.
引用
收藏
页码:567 / 570
页数:4
相关论文
共 15 条
[1]  
BROWN PR, 1973, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID
[2]   GAS CHROMATOGRAPHIC MASS SPECTROMETRIC ASSAY OF 4 INDOLE ALKYLAMINES OF RAT PINEAL [J].
CATTABENI, F ;
COSTA, E ;
KOSLOW, SH .
SCIENCE, 1972, 178 (4057) :166-+
[3]   SIMULTANEOUS DETERMINATION OF INDOLEAMINES AND CATECHOLAMINES IN SMALL BRAIN-REGIONS IN RAT USING A WEAK CATION-EXCHANGE RESIN [J].
HOLMAN, RB ;
ANGWIN, P ;
BARCHAS, JD .
NEUROSCIENCE, 1976, 1 (02) :147-150
[4]   DOPAMINE IN MESOLIMBIC SYSTEM OF RAT-BRAIN - ENDOGENOUS LEVELS AND EFFECTS OF DRUGS ON UPTAKE MECHANISM AND STIMULATION OF ADENYLATECYCLASE ACTIVITY [J].
HORN, AS ;
CUELLO, AC ;
MILLER, RJ .
JOURNAL OF NEUROCHEMISTRY, 1974, 22 (02) :265-270
[5]   LIQUID-CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS OF CATECHOLAMINES ROUTINE ASSAY FOR REGIONAL BRAIN MAPPING [J].
KELLER, R ;
OKE, A ;
MEFFORD, I ;
ADAMS, RN .
LIFE SCIENCES, 1976, 19 (07) :995-1003
[6]  
Konig JFR, 1963, RAT BRAIN STEREOTAXI
[7]   MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHIC MEASUREMENT OF NOREPINEPHRINE, DOPAMINE, SEROTONIN AND ACETYLCHOLINE IN 7 DISCRETE NUCLEI OF RAT TEL-DIENCEPHALON [J].
KOSLOW, SH ;
RACAGNI, G ;
COSTA, E .
NEUROPHARMACOLOGY, 1974, 13 (12) :1123-1130
[8]  
LOWRY OH, 1951, J BIOL CHEM, V193, P265
[9]  
NECKERS LM, 1976, J PHARMACOL EXP THER, V196, P333
[10]   MEASUREMENT OF 5HT TURNOVER RATE IN DISCRETE NUCLEI OF RAT-BRAIN [J].
NECKERS, LM ;
MEEK, JL .
LIFE SCIENCES, 1976, 19 (10) :1579-1584