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  • Title: Determination of 15NH3 by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. Application to the measurement of putrescine oxidation by human plasma.
    Author: Fujihara S, Nakashima T, Kurogochi Y.
    Journal: J Chromatogr; 1986 Dec 19; 383(2):271-80. PubMed ID: 3104373.
    Abstract:
    A convenient and sensitive method for the determination of 15NH3 has been developed. Ammonia was purified from sample solutions by a modified microdiffusion method, derivatized with pentafluorobenzoyl chloride to pentafluorobenzamide (PFBA) and determined by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry using a multiple ion detector. PFBA was eluted from the gas chromatographic column within 2 min and resulted in a simple mass fragmentation pattern. The 15N/14N ratio was accurately determined with picomole amounts of PFBA by measuring the molecular ions of PFBA and [15N]PFBA. The method was applied to the assay of putrescine oxidation by human plasma. 15NH3 was produced by incubating 15N-labelled putrescine with plasma. The 15NH3 production was time dependent and strongly inhibited by the addition of aminoguanidine, an inhibitor of diamine oxidase. Exceedingly high 15NH3 production from [15N]putrescine was observed in the plasma from pregnant women. In contrast, only trace amounts of 15NH3 were formed in the plasma from normal men and non-pregnant women. The method seems to be applicable to various biological systems that produce ammonia as a metabolic product.
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