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  • Title: Determination of 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid and its structural analogue by liquid chromatography and ion spray tandem mass spectrometry.
    Author: Petritis K, Dourtoglou V, Elfakir C, Dreux M.
    Journal: J Chromatogr A; 2000 Oct 27; 896(1-2):335-41. PubMed ID: 11093668.
    Abstract:
    Liquid chromatography coupled to ion spray tandem mass spectrometry was developed as a method for the simultaneous analysis of the amino acid 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid (ACC) and its structural analogue, cyclopropane-1,1-dicarboxylic acid (CDA). ACC and CDA fragmentation as well as optimization of MS parameters were investigated in positive ion mode. In selective reaction monitoring mode the protonated molecule [M+H]+ was selected as parent ion for both ACC and CDA, while the immonium ion from ACC and the [M+H-H2O]+ ion from CDA were selected, respectively, as product ions. In spite of the high selectivity of MS/MS among the 20 protein amino acids potentially present with ACC and CDA in the plant material analyzed, Glu and Thr can interfere with the signal of ACC. As a result, their chromatographic separation is necessary. This was achieved in less than 4 min by ion-pair reversed-phase chromatography with nonafluoropentanoic acid as ion-pair reagent. A linear response within a concentration range of 1-5 mg l(-1) was observed for this LC method and the detection limit was found to be 20 pmol for ACC and 150 pmol for CDA (using a 20-microl loop). This methodology was successfully applied to the detection of ACC in apple tissue.
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