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Heike Bähre1,2, Volkhard Kaever3
1Institute of Pharmacology, Hannover Medical School, Carl-Neuberg-Str. 1, 30625, Hannover, Germany. baehre.heike@mh-hannover.de.
Abstract:
Contemporary investigations regarding the (patho)physiological roles of the non-canonical cyclic nucleoside monophosphates (cNMP) cytidine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate (cCMP) and uridine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate (cUMP) have been hampered by the lack of highly specific and sensitive analytic methods for these analytes. In addition, the existence of 2',3'-cNMP besides 3',5'-cNMP has been described recently. HPLC coupled with tandem mass spectrometry (HPLC-MS/MS) is the method of choice for identification and quantification of low-molecular weight endogenous metabolites. In this chapter, recommendations for an HPLC-MS/MS method for 3',5'- and 2',3'-cNMP are summarized.
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