Journal of Lipid Research, Vol 18, 259-263, Copyright © 1977 by Lipid Research, Inc.
Microdetermination of cholesterol in serum lipoproteins
CC Heuck, A Nothhelfer, H Raetzer and G Schlierf
A two-step procedure for the microdetermination of cholesterol in serum
lipoproteins is compared with cholesterol quantitation after density
gradient ultracentrifugation. Serum lipoproteins from 10 mul of serum are
separated by electrophoresis on agarose and visualized by precipitation
with dextran sulfate--CaCl2. The lipoprotein bands are cut off from the
plates, the agarose slices are hydrolyzed by gas- liquid chromatography.
The comparison between the two procedures reveals satisfactory correlations
for beta-and pre-beta-lipoproteins and total serum. There is excellent
recovery of cholesterol in fractionated lipoproteins.