DETERMINATION OF PICOMOLE QUANTITIES OF ACETYLCHOLINE AND CHOLINE IN PHYSIOLOGIC SALT-SOLUTIONS
DETERMINATION OF PICOMOLE QUANTITIES OF ACETYLCHOLINE AND CHOLINE IN PHYSIOLOGIC SALT-SOLUTIONS
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DOI:
10.1016/0003-2697(84)90772-3
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发表时间:
1984-01-01
影响因子:
2.9
通讯作者:
RUSSELL, JA
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作者:
GILBERSTADT, ML;RUSSELL, JA
An assay capable of detecting tens-of-picomole quantities of choline and acetylcholine in milliliter volumes of a physiological salt solution was developed. Silica column chromatography was used to bind and separate 10-3000 pmol [14C]choline and [14C]acetylcholine standards made up in 3 ml of a bicarbonate-buffered Krebs-Ringer solution. The silica columns bound 95-98% of both choline and acetylcholine. Of the bound choline 84-87% was eluted in 1.5 ml of 0.075 N HCl, whereas 95-98% of the bound acetylcholine was eluted in a subsequent wash with 1.5 ml of 0.030 N HCl in 10% 2-butanone. Vacuum centrifugation of the eluants yielded small white pellets with losses of choline and acetylcholine of only 1%. Dried pellets of unlabeled choline and acetylcholine standards were assayed radioenzymatically using [.gamma.-32P]ATP, choline kinase and acetylcholinesterase. The net disintegrations per minute (dpm) of choline [32P]phosphate product was proportional to both the acetylcholine (10-3000 pmol) and choline (30-3000 pmol) standards. The limit sensitivity was 8.5 pmol for acetylcholine and 11.4 pmol for choline. Cross-contamination of the choline assay by acetylcholine averaged 1.3%, whereas contamination of the acetylcholine assay by choline averaged 3.1%.