Journal of Lipid Research, Vol 31, 157-159, Copyright © 1990 by Lipid Research, Inc.
An HPLC procedure for separating polyphosphoinositides on hydroxylapatite
LE Boyle, LA Sklar and AE Traynor-Kaplan
Department of Immunology, Research Institute of Scripps Clinic, La Jolla, CA 92037.
We describe a method for separation of several phosphoinositides by high
performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) for the purposes of
identification, analysis, and possible purification of cell phospholipid
extracts. The phosphoinositides were separated on an hydroxylapatite column
using a solvent system consisting of tetrahydrofuran-ethanol-water with a
gradient of triethylamine phosphate ranging from 1 to 100 mM. Increasing
triethylamine phosphate concentrations over a series of isocratic steps
resulted in the resolution of [3H]phosphoinositide standards
(phosphatidylinositol, phosphatidylinositol-4-phosphate,
phosphatidylinositol-4,5- bisphosphate) and their lyso-derivatives. The
eluted peaks were collected and quantitated using scintillation counting,
and the samples of the eluates were subjected to further analysis by
thin-layer chromatography to verify their integrity and identity.