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Published on: February 28, 2014
Investigation of the interaction between serotonin-related compounds and phenylboronate moieties in monolithic silica
Makoto Tsunoda1, Huiqi Zhuang1
1Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan.
Abstract:
Solid-phase extraction technologies are widely used for sample pretreatment in bioanalysis. Monolithic silica disk-packed spin columns modified with phenylboronate moieties have been developed for the selective extraction of cis-diol compounds such as catecholamines. However, in our preliminary studies, serotonin was found to also be extracted in this treatment, along with catecholamines. In this study, the interaction between serotonin-related compounds (serotonin, tryptophan, 5-hydroxy-tryptophan and 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid) and phenylboronate moieties was investigated. We found that only serotonin was extracted with phenylboronate-modified monolithic silica, whereas tryptophan, 5-hydroxy-tryptophan and 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid were not. Hydrophobic interactions rather than ionic interactions were the primary factor for the adsorption of serotonin to phenylboronate. Finally, the selective pretreatment procedure for catecholamines was improved: thus, the method could be applied for the pretreatment of bio-samples.
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