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Analytical Biochemistry

Volume 200, Issue 2, 1 February 1992, Pages 218-229
Analytical Biochemistry

Determination of the in vivo redox status of cysteine, cysteinylglycine, homocysteine, and glutathione in human plasma

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Abstract

An assay that measures the reduced, oxidized, and protein-bound forms of cysteine, cysteinylglycine, homocysteine, and glutathione in human plasma is described. Oxidized and protein-bound thiols are converted to their reduced counterparts by the use of NaBH4, and, following derivatization with monobromobimane (mBrB), the thiol-bimane adducts are quantified by reversed-phase ion-pair liquid chromatography and fluorescence detection. The presence of 50 μm dithioerythritol provides linearity of the standard curves at very low thiol concentrations. Selective determination of the oxidized forms was accomplished by blocking free sulfhydryl groups with N-ethylmaleimide (NEM) and excess NEM is inactivated by the subsequent addition of NaBH4. The reduced forms of the thiols in plasma were trapped with minimal oxidation by derivatizing blood samples at the time of collection. This was attained by drawing blood directly into tubes containing isotonic solutions of mBrB or NEM. The assay is sufficiently sensitive (<2 pmol) to detect the various forms of the four thiol compounds in human plasma. plasma. The analytical recovery of cysteine, cysteinylglycine, homocysteine, and glutathione was close to 100%, and the within-day precision corresponded to a coefficient of variation of 7, 8, 6, and 7%, respectively. The assay has been used to determine the various forms of the four thiol compounds in human plasma.

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