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Accurate and sensitive detection of Catechol-O-methyltransferase activity by liquid chromatography with fluorescence detection

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Date of Publication:2021-01-10

Journal:JOURNAL OF CHROMATOGRAPHY B-ANALYTICAL TECHNOLOGIES IN THE BIOMEDICAL AND LIFE SCIENCES

Volume:1157

ISSN No.:1570-0232

Key Words:Liquid chromatography; Fluorescence detection; Catechol-O-methyltransferase; 3-BTD methylation

Abstract:Catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) is a major drug metabolizing enzyme in humans. COMT expression is directedly associated with various mental diseases and cancers due to its essential role in catalyzing metabolic inactivation of endogenous catecholamines and catechol estrogens. However, a practical method to precisely measure COMT activities in biological samples is lacking. In the current study, we established a liquid chromatography-fluorescence detection (LC-FD) method based on fluorometric detection of the methylated product of 3-BTD, a fluorescent probe for COMT, to sensitively quantify COMT activities in human erythrocytes and cell homogenates. Assay validation of the established LC-FD based method was conducted for selectivity and sensitivity, range of linearity, precision and accuracy, recovery, biological matrices effect and stability. The limit of quantification for 3-BTMD (the methylated product of 3-BTD by COMT) of this method was 0.0083 nM, which is nearly 10-fold lower than that for previously published methods. The method was precise with infra- and interday relative standard deviation (RSD) lower than 5%. In addition, this method showed an excellent anti-interference ability with no effects of the endogenous substances on the fluorometric detection of 3-BTMD. The practical use of this method was established by its successful application for the measurement of COMT activities in individual human erythrocytes (n = 13), and in cell homogenates generated from four different human cell lines. Our results suggest that this method will be of great value in accurately determining the native activity of COMT in biological samples, which is beneficial for a complete understand of the role of COMT both in physiological and pathological conditions.

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