Separation of Selenium-Containing Proteins in Human and Mouse Plasma Using Tandem High-Performance Liquid Chromatography Columns Coupled with Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry
An analytical method that uses two different high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) columns in tandem has been developed that separates three major selenium-containing proteins (albumin, glutathione peroxidase, and selenoprotein P) found in human blood plasma. The first column was a heparin a...
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Published in | Analytical biochemistry Vol. 267; no. 1; pp. 84 - 91 |
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Main Authors | , , , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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United States
Elsevier Inc
01.02.1999
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Summary: | An analytical method that uses two different high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) columns in tandem has been developed that separates three major selenium-containing proteins (albumin, glutathione peroxidase, and selenoprotein P) found in human blood plasma. The first column was a heparin affinity column and the second was a gel filtration column whose outlet was directly connected to an inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometer. The method successfully separated plasma selenium into the three selenium-containing proteins and revealed the preferential retention of selenium in the form of selenoprotein P in a selenium-deficient human and in selenium-deficient mice. Our results also confirm the results of previous studies that showed a preference for supplemented selenium to be taken up as selenoprotein P in rats. Advantages of the tandem column method are that it allows rapid and convenient analyses of the distribution of plasma selenium, and that it is suitable for stable isotope tracer studies and metal interaction studies. |
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ISSN: | 0003-2697 1096-0309 |
DOI: | 10.1006/abio.1998.2949 |