Estimation of nitric oxide synthase activity via liquid chromatography/tandem mass spectrometric assay determination of 15N3 -citrulline in biological samples

Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry : RCM
Beom Soo ShinSoyoung Shin

Abstract

We showed that the metabolite peaks of (15)N(3) -citrulline ((15)N(3) -CIT) and (15)N(3) -arginine ((15)N(3) -ARG) could be detected when (15) N(4) -ARG was metabolized by nitric oxide synthase (NOS) in endothelial cells. The usefulness of these metabolites as potential surrogate indices of nitric oxide (NO) generation is evaluated. A hydrophilic-interaction liquid chromatography/electrospray tandem mass spectrometric assay (LC/MS/MS) was utilized for the simultaneous analysis of (15)N(4) -ARG, ARG, CIT, (15)N(3) -CIT and (15)N(3) -ARG. (15)N(3) -CIT and (15)N(3) -ARG from impurities of (15)N(4) -ARG were determined and corrected for the calculation of their concentration. (15)N(4) -ARG-derived NO, i.e., (15)NO formation was determined by analyzing (15)N-nitrite accumulation by another LC/MS/MS assay. After EA.hy926 human endothelial cells were challenged with (15)N(4) -ARG for 2 hours, the peak intensities of (15)N(3) -CIT and (15)N(3) -ARG significantly increased with (15)N(4) -ARG concentration and positively correlated with (15)N-nitrite production. The estimated Km values were independent of the metabolite (i.e., (15)N(3) -CIT, (15)N(3) -CIT+(15)N(3) -ARG or (15) N-nitrite) used for calculation. However, after correction f...Continue Reading

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