An enzyme combination assay for serum sphingomyelin: Improved specificity through avoiding the interference with lysophosphatidylcholine

Analytical Biochemistry
Takehide KimuraTetsumi Irie

Abstract

Serum sphingomyelin (SM) has predictive value in the development of atherosclerosis. Furthermore, SM plays important roles in cell membrane structure, signal transduction pathways, and lipid raft formation. A convenient enzymatic method for SM is available for routine laboratory practice, but the enzyme specificity is not sufficient because of nonspecific reactions with lysophosphatidylcholine (LPC). Based on the differential specificity of selected enzymes toward choline-containing phospholipids, a two-step assay for measuring SM was constructed and its performance was evaluated using sera from healthy individuals on a Hitachi 7170 autoanalyzer. Results from this assay were highly correlated with theoretical serum SM concentrations estimated by subtracting phosphatidylcholine (PC) and LPC concentrations from that of total phospholipids determined using previously established methods. There was a good correlation between the results of SM assayed by the proposed method and the existing enzymatic method in sera from healthy individuals. Moreover, the proposed method was superior to the existing method in preventing nonspecific reactions with LPC present in sera. The proposed method does not require any pretreatment, uses 2.5 μl ...Continue Reading

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