A rapid radioassay for sphingosine kinase
A rapid radioassay for sphingosine kinase
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DOI:
10.1016/j.ab.2004.10.032
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发表时间:
2005-02-01
影响因子:
2.9
通讯作者:
Karliner, JS
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作者:
Vessey, DA;Kelley, M;Karliner, JS
A solvent-extraction-based radioassay for measuring sphingosine kinase (SKase) activity has been developed. The assay utilizes [H-3]sphingosine substrate and differentially extracts the [H-3]sphingosine-1-phosphate product. The extracted radioactivity is demonstrated to be primarily [H-3]sphingosine-1-phosphate with less than 1% contamination by [H-3]sphingosine. When assaying SKase activity in the soluble cell fraction, the extraction efficiency of the labeled sphingosine-1-phosphate product is a reproducible 78%, which allows for a simple back calculation to correct for the 22% extraction loss. With minor modification, the assay is also a reproducible procedure for determining SKase activity in subcellular membrane fractions. The assay is far more rapid than thin-layer chromatography and high-performance liquid chromatography methods, which makes it possible to do a large number of assays in a short period of time. The utility of the assay is demonstrated by using it to conduct a complete bisubstrate kinetic analysis of rat heart SKase. Published by Elsevier Inc.