Journal of Lipid Research, Vol 31, 175-182, Copyright © 1990 by Lipid Research, Inc.

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13-cis-retinoic acid is an endogenous compound in human serum

GW Tang and RM Russell
USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, Tufts University, Boston, MA 02111.

The occurrence of 13-cis-retinoic acid as an endogenous component in human serum has been confirmed by cochromatography with standards in both normal-phase and reverse-phase high-performance liquid chromatographic (HPLC) system, by the lambda max of its UV spectrum recorded simultaneously with the HPLC run, and by chromatography of its methyl derivative. The method using solid-phase extraction followed by a gradient reverse-phase HPLC procedure with an internal standard and sensitive UV detector, provides an efficient and sensitive technique for the separation and quantification of serum 13-cis- and all-trans- retinoic acid. Serum levels of 13-cis- and all-trans-retinoic acid in 26 fasting volunteers ranged from 1.0 to 2.2 ng/ml (mean +/- SEM = 1.4 +/- 0.3 ng/ml) and from 1.1 to 1.9 ng/ml (mean +/- SEM = 1.4 +/- 0.2 ng/ml), respectively. The levels determined by a liquid-liquid double- phase extraction method were 90% higher in both 13-cis- and all- trans- retinoic acid than those from a solid-phase extraction. Human small intestine can isomerize all-trans-retinoic acid. 13-cis-Retinoic acid is the predominant cis isomer after incubation of intestinal mucosa homogenates with all-trans-retinoic acid. Moreover, the concentration of retinoic acid in serum is related to diet in that the level of total retinoic acid was 36% higher (n = 10) 2 h after a nonstandard breakfast than in fasting subjects.
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