Reverse-phase h.p.l.c. separation, quantification and preparation of bilirubin and its conjugates from native bile. Quantitative analysis of the intact tetrapyrroles based on h.p.l.c. of their ethyl anthranilate azo derivatives

Biochemical Journal - Tập 225 Số 3 - Trang 787-805 - 1985
William Spivak1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8, Martin C. Carey1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8
1Cornell University Medical Center, 525 East 68th Street,
2Department of Medicine
3Department of Pediatrics, Division BMG, bilirubin monoglucuronide; BDG, bilirubin di-of Pediatric Gastroenterology, The New York Hospital-glucuronide; IPA, integrated peak area; AZO-UCB,
4Departments of Medicine and Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Divisions of Gastroenterology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, and Children's Hospital Medical Center, Boston, MA 02115
5Division of Gastroenterology, Brigham and Women's BMX, bilirubin monoxyloside; BDG1, bilirubin Hospital, 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA 02115, diglucoside.
6York, NY 10021, U.
7azo
8endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography;

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We describe a facile and sensitive reverse-phase h.p.l.c. method for analytical separation of biliary bile pigments and direct quantification of unconjugated bilirubin (UCB) and its monoglucuronide (BMG) and diglucuronide (BDG) conjugates in bile. The method can be ‘scaled up’ for preparative isolation of pure BDG and BMG from pigment-enriched biles. We employed an Altex ultrasphere ODS column in the preparative steps and a Waters mu-Bondapak C18 column in the separatory and analytical procedures. Bile pigments were eluted with ammonium acetate buffer, pH 4.5, and a 20 min linear gradient of 60-100% (v/v) methanol at a flow rate of 2.0 ml/min for the preparative separations and 1.0 ml/min for the analytical separations. Bile pigments were eluted in order of decreasing polarity (glucuronide greater than glucose greater than xylose conjugates greater than UCB) and were chemically identified by t.l.c. of their respective ethyl anthranilate azo derivatives. Quantification of UCB was carried out by using a standard curve relating a range of h.p.l.c. integrated peak areas to concentrations of pure crystalline UCB. A pure crystalline ethyl anthranilate azo derivative of UCB (AZO . UCB) was employed as a single h.p.l.c. reference standard for quantification of BMG and BDG. We demonstrate that: separation and quantification of biliary bile pigments are rapid (approximately 25 min); bile pigment concentrations ranging from 1-500 microM can be determined ‘on line’ by using 5 microliters of bile without sample pretreatment; bilirubin conjugates can be obtained preparatively in milligram quantities without degradation or contamination by other components of bile. H.p.l.c. analyses of a series of mammalian biles show that biliary UCB concentrations generally range from 1 to 17 microM. These values are considerably lower than those estimated previously by t.l.c. BMG is the predominant, if not exclusive, bilirubin conjugate in the biles of a number of rodents (guinea pig, hamster, mouse, prairie dog) that are experimental models of both pigment and cholesterol gallstone formation. Conjugated bilirubins in the biles of other animals (human, monkey, pony, cat, rat and dog) are chemically more diverse and include mono-, di- and mixed disconjugates of glucuronic acid, xylose and glucose in proportions that give distinct patterns for each species.

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Biochemical Journal

Tập 225 Số 3

787-805

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