TY - JOUR
T1 - Azodipyrroles of unconjugated and conjugated bilirubin using diazotized ethyl anthranilate in dimethyl sulfoxide
AU - Trotman, Bruce W.
AU - Roy-Chowdhury, Jayanta
AU - Wirt, Gary D.
AU - Bernstein, Seldon E.
N1 - Funding Information:
’ This work was supported by NIH Grants ROI AM20361, BRSG RR 05415, and HD 00254. 2 To whom correspondence should be addressed at: 570 Maloney Building, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 3600 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104. ’ Recipient of Clinical Investigator Award AM 00569. 4 Abbreviations used: EA, ethyl anthranilate; TLC, thin-layer chromatography; DMSO, dimethyl sulfoxide; HPLC, high-performance liquid chromatography.
PY - 1982/3/15
Y1 - 1982/3/15
N2 - We have developed a diazotization technique in which both conjugated and unconjugated bilirubin react completely. The method represents a crucial modification of the ethyl anthranilate diazo reaction originally described by K. P. M. Heirwegh, J. Fevery, J. A. T. P. Meuwissen, and J. de Groote (1974, Methods Biochem. Anal. 22, 205-250). In the presence of dimethyl sulfoxide (2 ml/ml of sample and diazo reagent), conjugated and unconjugated bilirubin in human serum and human, rat, and mouse bile reacted rapidly and completely. The azopigments were stable for at least 4 h. Addition of human serum to unconjugated bilirubin, bilirubin monoglucuronide, and human bile did not influence azopigment formation. Because the reaction solution was optically clear, total azopigments could be measured by spectrophotometry or separated and quantitated by high-performance liquid chromatography without prior extraction into nonpolar solvents. Alternatively, the pigments could also be extracted into 2-pentanone for analysis by thin-layer or high-performance liquid chromatography. This method allows the quantitation of total bilirubin and analysis of individual ethyl anthranilate azopigments after a single diazotization step.
AB - We have developed a diazotization technique in which both conjugated and unconjugated bilirubin react completely. The method represents a crucial modification of the ethyl anthranilate diazo reaction originally described by K. P. M. Heirwegh, J. Fevery, J. A. T. P. Meuwissen, and J. de Groote (1974, Methods Biochem. Anal. 22, 205-250). In the presence of dimethyl sulfoxide (2 ml/ml of sample and diazo reagent), conjugated and unconjugated bilirubin in human serum and human, rat, and mouse bile reacted rapidly and completely. The azopigments were stable for at least 4 h. Addition of human serum to unconjugated bilirubin, bilirubin monoglucuronide, and human bile did not influence azopigment formation. Because the reaction solution was optically clear, total azopigments could be measured by spectrophotometry or separated and quantitated by high-performance liquid chromatography without prior extraction into nonpolar solvents. Alternatively, the pigments could also be extracted into 2-pentanone for analysis by thin-layer or high-performance liquid chromatography. This method allows the quantitation of total bilirubin and analysis of individual ethyl anthranilate azopigments after a single diazotization step.
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U2 - 10.1016/0003-2697(82)90572-3
DO - 10.1016/0003-2697(82)90572-3
M3 - Article
C2 - 7091678
AN - SCOPUS:0019987133
SN - 0003-2697
VL - 121
SP - 175
EP - 180
JO - Analytical Biochemistry
JF - Analytical Biochemistry
IS - 1
ER -