日本質量分析学会 第66回質量分析総合討論会

Program

Poster Presentations

Day 3, May 17(Thu.)  Poster

Development of a high sensitive analytical method for eicosanoids using LC-MS/MS by amidation of carboxylic group

(CERI)
oHiromichi Ozaki, Haruka Kondo, Aiko Tanabe, Hidenori Yamanaka, Makoto Nakai

Eicosanoids play a number of important roles in inflammation/anti-inflammation processes. Detection of these molecules is important for understanding not only disease mechanism but pharmacological and toxicorogical effects of drugs. However, contents of eicosanoids in biological samples are extremely low and it is difficult to detect them from a limited sample with sufficient measurement sensitivity. We have developed a sensitive simultaneous analytical method for eicosanoids by derivatization of carboxylic group in eicosanoids into amide under mild condition by using 4-(4,6-dimethoxy-1,3,5-triazin-2-yl)-4-methylmorpholinium chloride (DMT-MM). This method can detect various eicosanoids from mice bronchoalveolar lavage fluid with high sensitivity and reproducibility.