Abstract
We have previously reported a method for the determination of total 3-methoxy-4-hydroxy phenylethylene glycol (MHPG) in brain, based on a simple acid-catalyzed hydrolysis. Now we extend this procedure to the determination of plasma total MHPG. The method involves the deproteinization of plasma with perchloric acid, followed by 3 minutes of an acid-catalyzed step. The hydrolysates are injected into the HPLC system, using a formic acid/methanol eluent with fluorimetric detection. Sample detection limit is below 1 ng MHPG/mL of plasma. This procedure has been used for the determination of plasma total MHPG from 109 healthy individuals of both sexes. Mean value was: 5.4 ± 2.3 ng total MHPG/mL of plasma ( X ± S.D., N = 109 ). No sex differences were observed, and a slight correlation with age (r = 0.24, p<0.02) has been found. Plasma-free MHPG was also determined in a subgroup of 15 randomly chosen individuals ( 3.0 ± 1.2 ng free MHPG/mL plasma, X ± S.D. ). A significant correlation was obtained with plasma total MHPG ( r = 0.77, p<0.001, N = 15). The main advantage of the present method lays in its simplicity, since no enzymatic hydrolysis or extraction procedures are needed, being its reliability fully proven through 109 plasma total MHPG determinations.
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