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  • Title: Quantitative analysis of platelet activating factor treated with pentafluorobenzoyl chloride using gas chromatography/negative ion chemical ionization mass spectrometry.
    Author: Shindo K, Hashimoto Y.
    Journal: Drugs Exp Clin Res; 1991; 17(7):343-9. PubMed ID: 1794300.
    Abstract:
    To confirm that platelet activating factor (PAF) plays an important role as a mediator in acute inflammation and allergic reaction, it is necessary to develop a more sensitive and stable method for measuring trace amounts of PAF in various biological samples. For this reason, the authors have adapted gas chromatography/negative ion chemical ionization mass spectrometry (GC/NICI-MS) (developed by Ramesha and Pickett in 1985) by employing an SPB-1 column and isobutane as the reagent gas. Furthermore, with this method the authors attempted an investigation of the time course of hexadecyl- and octadecyl-PAF production and release from human polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMNs) stimulated by Ca-ionophore A23187. PMNs were obtained from venous blood from a human donor by centrifugation and were stimulated by 5 microM of Ca-ionophore A23187. PAF was purified using a SEP-PAK silica column and thin layer chromatography, and then was hydrolyzed with phospholipase C. The extract was treated with pentafluorobenzoyl chloride. Using 1-O-hexadecyl-2-acetyl (perdeuterated)-sn-phosphocholine) as an internal standard, the following results were obtained: The standard curve for this quantitative analysis was linear with a correlation coefficient of 0.9997 from 1 pg to 200 ng. The authors assumed that quantities as low as a few picograms of PAF could be measured by the method. The production of hexadecyl-PAF in the cell pellet peaked (8.1 +/- 1.34 ng/10(7) cells) at 2 min after stimulation and that in the supernatant peaked (6.3 +/- 0.97 ng/10(7) cells) at approximately 7 min after stimulation. Octadecyl-PAF could not be detected in this experiment.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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