Capillary electrophoresis with three-color fluorescence detection for the analysis of glycosphingolipid metabolism.

A capillary electrophoresis system with an ultrasensitive three-color laser-induced fluorescence detector was constructed for the simultaneous measurement of glycosphingolipids conjugated with a family of BODIPY fluorophores. The compounds were separated by capillary electrophoresis and detected by laser-induced fluorescence excited within a sheath-flow cuvette. Diode-pumped solid-state lasers operating at 473 nm and 532 nm, and a diode laser operating at 633 nm were used to excite glycosphingolipids tagged with BODIPY-FL, BODIPY-TMR, and BODIPY-650/665 fluorophores. Detection limits were 34 ± 1 molecules, 67 ± 7 molecules, and 36 ± 13 molecules of BODIPY-FL, BODIPY-TMR, and BODIPY-650/665 labeled glycosphingolipids. Separation efficiencies were typically one million theoretical plates. To test the ability of the system to analyze cellular contents in an in vitro biological model, differentiated PC12 cells were co-incubated with BODIPY-FL, BODIPY-TMR, and BODIPY-650/665 labeled lactosylceramide substrates. Cells were homogenized. The metabolic products originating from the glycosphingolipid substrates were simultaneously analyzed using the system.

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