Fluorometric assay for pancreatic cholesterylester hydrolase.
Chem Phys Lipids
; 36(4): 335-41, 1985 Mar.
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| ID: mdl-4006035
ABSTRACT
A fluorescent cholesterylester analogue, cholesteryl 6-pyrenylhexanoate (ChPH), was used as a substrate for pancreatic cholesterylester hydrolase (CEH, EC 3.1.1.13). The substrate consisted of ChPH in egg phosphatidylcholine stabilized microemulsion with the aqueous phase containing deoxycholate below its critical micellar concentration. Due to the high local concentration of the pyrene moiety in the ChPH phase the fluorescence emission due to monomeric pyrene (IM) is greatly exceeded by the excimer fluorescence intensity (IE). Upon reacting with CEH 6-pyrenylhexanoic acid and free cholesterol are formed. The fluorescent product, 6-pyrenylhexanoic acid, is transferred into the aqueous phase containing deoxycholate, thus resulting in an enhanced fluorescence due to monomeric pyrene. CEH activity can thus be assessed directly by monitoring IM vs. time without product separation. Useful assay conditions were found to be 10 microM ChPH, 0.1 microM egg phosphatidylcholine, 2 mM sodium deoxycholate at 25 degrees C and pH 6.5-7.0.
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Banco de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Páncreas
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Hidrolasas de Éster Carboxílico
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Esterol Esterasa
Límite:
Animals
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Chem Phys Lipids
Año:
1985
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Article