Issue 9, 2007

Combining UHR-SEC-HPLC-ICP-MS with flow cytometry to quantify metallothioneins and to study zinc homeostasis in human PBMC

Abstract

A simple ultra high resolution (UHR)-size exclusion HPLC (SEC-HPLC) system with online detection by ICP-MS was set-up to quantify metallothioneins (MT), Zn bound to MT and to other cytosolic protein fractions with defined molecular weight in human peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC). Applications of this method in combination with flow cytometry (FC) offer powerful diagnostic approaches for the evaluation of the zinc status and for quantifying MT in a very small sample amount.

Graphical abstract: Combining UHR-SEC-HPLC-ICP-MS with flow cytometry to quantify metallothioneins and to study zinc homeostasis in human PBMC

Article information

Article type
Technical Note
Submitted
28 Mar 2007
Accepted
07 Jun 2007
First published
26 Jun 2007

J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2007,22, 1193-1198

Combining UHR-SEC-HPLC-ICP-MS with flow cytometry to quantify metallothioneins and to study zinc homeostasis in human PBMC

M. Malavolta, F. Piacenza, L. Costarelli, R. Giacconi, E. Muti, C. Cipriano, S. Tesei, S. Spezia and E. Mocchegiani, J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2007, 22, 1193 DOI: 10.1039/B704577H

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