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Characterization of the molecular species of glycerophospholipids from rabbit kidney: An alternative approach to the determination of the fatty acyl chain position by negative ion fast atom bombardment combined with mass‐analysed ion kinetic energy analysis
Author(s) -
Chen Su,
Curcuruto Ornella,
Catinella Silvia,
Traldi Pietro,
Me Gianpaolo
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
biological mass spectrometry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.475
H-Index - 121
eISSN - 1096-9888
pISSN - 1052-9306
DOI - 10.1002/bms.1200211207
Subject(s) - glycerophospholipids , chemistry , plasmalogen , fatty acid , ethanolamine , glycerophospholipid , stereochemistry , biochemistry , phospholipid , membrane
An alternative approach to identifying fatty acid chain position in the molecular species of glycerophospholipids has been studied and developed. The fatty acyl groups esterified to the glycerol backbone in isomeric glycerophosphatidyl‐choline, ‐serine and ‐ethanolamine as well as glycerophosphatidic acid can be detected by the presence of a pair of anions derived from phosphatidic acid parent ions (M minus the polar head groups in glycerophospholipids), designed to be [M ‐ polar head ‐ R 2 COOH] − and [M ‐ polar head ‐ R 2 CO ‐ H] − , produced by negative ion fast atom bombardment combined with mass‐analysed ion kinetic energy analysis. Because of the significant abundance of [M ‐ polar head ‐ R 2 COOH] − anion, fatty acid chains differing by 2 Da can be distinguished by accurate measurements of the electrostatic voltage related to this ion. Three‐volt differences can be evidenced. Using this approach, the molecular species of glycerophatidyl‐choline, ‐serine, ‐ethanolamine and ‐inositol from rabbit kidney were characterized after the separation of both class and species by normal and reversed‐phase high‐performance liquid chromatography, respectively. We identified 11 arachidonoyl‐containing molecular species of glycerophospholipids and the other 17 lipid molecules in this biological material. A couple of 1‐ alkenyl‐2‐arachidonoyl‐sn‐glycerol‐3‐phosphoethanolamine species, identified as plasmalogen GPE 16:0–20:4 and plasmalogen GPE 18:0–20:4, were found for the first time in rabbit kidney.