Application of Chromatography in Biomolecular Chemistry

A special issue of Separations (ISSN 2297-8739).

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Interests: liquid chromatography; gas chromatography; clinical laboratory medicine; biochemistry; food science; pharmaceutical science; solid phase extraction; mass spectrometry; derivatization

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Dear Colleagues,

I am happy to inform you that the Special Issue: “Application of Chromatography in Biomolecular Chemistry” is currently being prepared by the journal Separations.

Research papers targeting bimolecular chemistry, which involve clinical laboratory medicine, related biochemistry, food science, and pharmaceutical science were highly invited to this issue. Technical papers regarding assay validation, mass spectrometry, and derivatization techniques, as well as sample preparation, including solid phase extraction (SPE), are also welcome.

Liquid chromatography and gas chromatography are the relevant chromatographic techniques in this area. Furthermore, short notes regarding superficial chromatography (SFC) and thin-layer chromatography with mass spectrometric detection are also within our scope.

Dr. Ryuichi Mashima
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • liquid chromatography
  • gas chromatography
  • clinical laboratory medicine
  • biochemistry
  • food science
  • pharmaceutical science
  • solid phase extraction
  • mass spectrometry
  • derivatization

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Long-Chain Base (LCB)-Targeted Lipidomics Study Uncovering the Presence of a Variety of LCBs in Mammalian Blood
by Mari Ohira, Torayuki Okuyama and Ryuichi Mashima
Separations 2020, 7(4), 57; https://doi.org/10.3390/separations7040057 - 23 Oct 2020
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Globotriaosylsphingosine (LysoGb3) is a biomarker for Fabry disease (OMIM 301500) that contains long-chain bases (LCBs) as a building block. There have been several studies proposing that LysoGb3 forms with distinct LCBs could be putative disease subtype-related biomarkers for this congenital [...] Read more.
Globotriaosylsphingosine (LysoGb3) is a biomarker for Fabry disease (OMIM 301500) that contains long-chain bases (LCBs) as a building block. There have been several studies proposing that LysoGb3 forms with distinct LCBs could be putative disease subtype-related biomarkers for this congenital disorder; however, there have been no detailed multiple reaction monitoring-based studies examining the LCB distribution in this lysosphingolipid. To achieve this, we established an assay procedure that aimed at elucidating the LCB-targeted lipidome using liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry. Consistent with previous studies, we found d18:1 to be the major LCB species of the LysoGb3 in pooled human plasma, while some atypical LCBs, such as d18:2, d18:0, t18:1, d16:1, and d17:1, were detected as minor fractions. When the same methodology was applied to fetal bovine serum (FBS) as a positive control, we identified additional unique LCB species, such as t18:0, d20:1, t19:1, and t21:1, in herbivore LysoGb3. Furthermore, we found an elevation of sphingosine and LysoGb3, which are N-deacylated forms of ceramide and Gb3, respectively, in FBS, suggesting that ceramidase activity may be involved in this process. Thus, our LCB-targeted lipidomics data revealed that mammalian LCBs in glycosphingolipids have a greater variety of molecular species than previously expected. Full article
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