Journal
JOURNAL OF MASS SPECTROMETRY
Volume 40, Issue 2, Pages 146-153Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/jms.733
Keywords
capillary liquid chromatography; MS3; microdialysis; enkephalins; striatum
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- NINDS NIH HHS [NS38476] Funding Source: Medline
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In vivo microdialysis sampling was coupled to capillary liquid chromatography (LC)/electrospray ionization quadrupole ion trap mass spectrometry (MS) to monitor [Metlenkephalin and [Leu]enkephalin in the striatum of anesthetized and freely-moving rats. The LC system utilized a high-pressure pump to load 2.5 mul samples and desalt the 25 mum i.d. by 2 cm long column in 12 min. Samples were eluted with a separate pump at similar to100 nl min(-1). A rapid gradient effectively separated the endogenous neuropeptides in 4 min. A comparison was made for operating the mass spectrometer in the MS2 and MS3 modes for detection of the peptides. In standard solutions, the detection limits were similar at 1-2 pM (2-4 amol injected); however, the reproducibility was improved with MS' as the relative standard deviation was < 5% compared with 20% for MS2 for 60 pM samples. For dialysate solutions, reconstructed ion chromatograms and tandem mass spectra had much higher signal-to-noise ratios in the MS3 mode, resulting in more confident detection at in vivo concentrations. The method was successfully used to monitor the peptides under basal conditions and with stimulation of peptide secretion by infusion of elevated K+ concentration. Copyright (C) 2005 John Wiley Sons, Ltd.
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