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JOURNAL OF CHROMATOGRAPHY B-ANALYTICAL TECHNOLOGIES IN THE BIOMEDICAL AND LIFE SCIENCES
卷 851, 期 1-2, 页码 250-256出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jchromb.2006.10.047
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sample pretreatment; inflammation; cerebrospinal fluid drainage; argininosuccinate synthetase
Citrulline and nitric oxide (NO) are synthesized by NO synthase (NOS) in a 1: 1 -stoichiometry. In this study, we determined by HPLC arginine and citrulline concentrations by fluorescence detection and nitrate levels by UV absorbance detection in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) from patients with acute hydrocephalus that underwent ventricular drainage. We found increased citrulline concentration (50.6 +/- 17.2 versus 20.9 +/- 2.0 mu M) and decreased arginine/citrulline molar ratio (0.42 +/- 0.11 versus 1.12 +/- 0.16) in hydrocephalus patients, while arginine and nitrate concentrations and citrulline/nitrate molar ratio remained with little change. Citrulline has been determined as a marker of NOS activity in some studies, but it remains to be determined the extent at which this statement holds true, since other biochemical pathways also regulate the concentration of this amino acid. Our results suggest that citrulline is primarily synthesized from NOS in acute hydrocephalus. The evaluation of sample deproteinization by addition of methanol for the analysis of amino acids in CSF is also reported. (C) 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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