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  • Title: Evaluation of the micromethod for determination of glutathione using enzymatic cycling and Ellman's reagent.
    Author: Eyer P, Podhradský D.
    Journal: Anal Biochem; 1986 Feb 15; 153(1):57-66. PubMed ID: 3963383.
    Abstract:
    Evaluation of the kinetic parameters of the various reactions involved in the determination of glutathione provided the rationale for a modification of the frequently used assay (F. Tietze, 1969, Anal. Biochem. 27, 502-522) whereby the enzymatic reaction is no longer rate limiting. At pH 6.0, the nonenzymatic thiol interchange reaction of reduced glutathione (GSH) with Ellman's reagent becomes rate limiting, and inhibition of glutathione reductase up to 50% has no influence on the accuracy of the determination. The lower level of sensitivity is 10(-10) mol glutathione with a linear response up to 5 X 10(-9) mol. For determination of glutathione disulfide, GSH is alkylated by N-ethylmaleimide (NEM), and excess NEM is removed by extraction with ethyl acetate. Since the glutathione adduct is not stable, extracted samples are kept deep-frozen prior to analysis. Using this precaution, less than 0.05% of GSSG was determined in GSH-containing samples which had been previously freed from GSSG.
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