{"title":"SELECTIVE AND SIMPLE QUANTIFICATION OF METALLOTHIONEIN III IN MOUSE BRAIN","authors":"A. Yasutake, M. Satoh, C. Tohyama, K. Hirayama","doi":"10.1248/JHS.45.222","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"For the selective quantification of metallothionein (MT)-III, MT samples from mouse brain were converted to Hg-MT, then chromatographed using a double (connected-in-tandem) FPLC-gel permeation column system. The chromatogram showed two peaks with a slight overlap. Hg-MT-III was eluted prior to Hg-MT-I and II, probably due to a slightly higher molecular weight. The amount of each isomer was determined from an analysis of the Hg content in each fraction. The present procedure revealed that MT-III in the mouse brain was comparable in quantity to MT-I and II. Thus, MT-III in mouse brain could be selectively quantified at a sub-picomol level.","PeriodicalId":14851,"journal":{"name":"Japanese journal of toxicology and environmental health","volume":"55 1","pages":"222-225"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1999-08-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"7","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Japanese journal of toxicology and environmental health","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1248/JHS.45.222","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
For the selective quantification of metallothionein (MT)-III, MT samples from mouse brain were converted to Hg-MT, then chromatographed using a double (connected-in-tandem) FPLC-gel permeation column system. The chromatogram showed two peaks with a slight overlap. Hg-MT-III was eluted prior to Hg-MT-I and II, probably due to a slightly higher molecular weight. The amount of each isomer was determined from an analysis of the Hg content in each fraction. The present procedure revealed that MT-III in the mouse brain was comparable in quantity to MT-I and II. Thus, MT-III in mouse brain could be selectively quantified at a sub-picomol level.