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  • Title: Capillary electrophoresis of methotrexate polyglutamates and its application in evaluation of gamma-glutamyl hydrolase activity.
    Author: Waltham MC, Lin S, Li WW, Göker E, Gritsman H, Tong WP, Bertino JR.
    Journal: J Chromatogr B Biomed Sci Appl; 1997 Feb 21; 689(2):387-92. PubMed ID: 9080326.
    Abstract:
    A rapid and sensitive procedure for the separation of methotrexate (MTX) polyglutamates2 using capillary electrophoresis (CE) is described as it applies to the in vitro assay of the enzyme gamma-glutamyl hydrolase (GGH, EC 3.4.22.12). Distinct separation of MTX and polyglutamylated forms (up to glu4) is achieved within 10 min using a 75 microns I.D. capillary (50 cm, +25 kV), and enables quantitation of both reactant and enzyme products. As activity can be reliably determined using less than 5 x 10(5) eukaryotic cells, this new technique can be used to measure GGH in patient tumor samples and investigate the relationship between GGH levels and clinical MTX resistance.
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