Abstract
We have developed a new, quick and efficient method of high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) for the isolation and quantitative determination of phospholipids in hepatocyte membranes. A silica gel column was used for the isolation and determination, and an isocratic mixture of acetonitrile, methanol and 85% phosphoric acid (130:5:1.7, v/v/v) was used as a mobile phase. Six kinds of phospholipids, i.e. phosphatidylinositol (PI), phosphatidylserine (PS), phosphatidylethanolamine (PE), phosphatidylcholine (PC), lysophosphatidylcholine (LPC) and sphinogomyelin (SPH), in this order, were completely isolated within 45 min. The phospholipid composition of sinusoidal membrane vesicles (SMV) and canalicular membrane vesicles (CMV) obtained from rat liver, as well as of human erythrocyte ghosts were determined by this HPLC method. The level of SPH in CMV was significantly higher than that in SMV, and the level of PC in CMV was significantly lower than that in SMV. These results were considered attributable to the low fluidity of CMV. The phospholipid composition of human erythrocyte membrane was different from that of rat SMV and CMV. The present technique is suitable for quantitative determination of phospholipids in cell membranes.
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