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Separation of 5-Lipoxygenase Metabolites Using Cyclodextrin-Modified Microemulsion Electrokinetic Chromatography and Head Column Field-Amplified Sample Stacking

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A cyclodextrin-modified microemulsion electrokinetic chromatography method employing head column field-amplified sample stacking was developed for the analysis of arachidonic acid metabolites of the lipoxygenase pathways. The influence of the concentration of boric acid, the surfactant sodium dodecyl sulfate, the co-surfactant 1-butanol and the oil phase octane as well as the pH of the background electrolyte, the separation voltage and the separation temperature was studied. The optimized microemulsion consisting of 20 mM boric acid buffer, pH 9.0, 3.0 % (m/v) sodium dodecyl sulfate, 0.5 % (v/v) octane, 5.0 % (v/v) 1-butanol and 15 mM α-cyclodextrin enabled the separation of 20-hydroxy-leukotriene B4, leukotriene B4, 6-trans-leukotriene B4, 6-trans-12-epi-leukotriene B4, 5(S)-hydroxy-6-trans-8,11,14-cis-eicosatetraenoic acid, 12(S)-hydroxy-5,8,14-cis-10-trans-eicosatetraenoic acid, 15(S)-hydroxy-5,8,11-cis-13-trans-eicosatetraenoic acid as well as the internal standard prostaglandin B1 in <10 min employing a separation voltage of 17.5 kV at a temperature of 23 °C. A matrix peak from solid-phase extraction sample workup co-migrated with 5(S)-hydroxy-6-trans-8,11,14-cis-eicosatetraenoic acid affecting peak integration. The addition of 5 % (v/v) 2-propanol to the microemulsion resulted in the separation of this eicosatetraenoic acid and the matrix components at the expense of analysis time and peak resolution between the diastereomers 6-trans-leukotriene B4 and 6-trans-12-epi-leukotriene B4. In summary, the MEEKC method appeared to be especially suitable for the more polar arachidonic acid metabolites.

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Abromeit, H., Werz, O. & Scriba, G.K.E. Separation of 5-Lipoxygenase Metabolites Using Cyclodextrin-Modified Microemulsion Electrokinetic Chromatography and Head Column Field-Amplified Sample Stacking. Chromatographia 76, 1187–1192 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10337-013-2517-4

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