Journal
ANALYTICAL BIOCHEMISTRY
Volume 281, Issue 2, Pages 193-201Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1006/abio.2000.4561
Keywords
ganglioside; sialic acid; neuraminidase; N-propionylneuraminic acid; GM3(NeuPr); HPLC; DMB
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A highly sensitive method for quantification of sialic acids in gangliosides was developed. The sialic acids, released by hydrolysis of gangliosides, were converted to fluorescent derivatives with 1,2-diamino-4,5-(methylenedioxy)benzene (DMB) and separated on a reversed-phase C-18 column with an isocratic elution, As little as 0.1-1.0 nmol of sialic acid in ganglioside was quantified. The use of acetate buffer instead of water in the mobile phase could prevent damage on the column and reduce background peaks derived from the reagents. When gangliosides were subjected to acid hydrolysis, the velocity of hydrolysis varied depending on their structures and a part of the sialic acid liberated decomposed with prolonged heating time. Therefore gangliosides were hydrolyzed by Arthrobacter ureafaciens neuraminidase in the presence of sodium cholate after addition of an internal standard. For the internal standard, GM3 with N-propionylneuraminic acid (GM3(NeuPr)) was synthesized from GM3(NeuAc) by N-deacylation followed by N-propionylation, Folch partition was used to decrease lipophilic materials included in the sample, and the sialic acids released were recovered from the upper phase, The present method has a satisfactory sensitivity in the simultaneous quantification of NeuAc and NeuGc in purified gangliosides as well as in crude lipid fractions containing a variety of gangliosides. (C) 2000 Academic Press.
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