TY - JOUR
T1 - Liquid chromatography-mass spectrometric analysis of lipids present in human meibomian gland secretions
AU - Butovich, Igor
AU - Uchiyama, Eduardo
AU - Di Pascuale, Mario A.
AU - McCulley, James P
N1 - Funding Information:
Acknowledgment The project was supported by NIH grants EY012430 and EY016664 and an unrestricted grant from the Research to Prevent Blindness, Inc. (New York, NY, USA). The authors would like to thank Joel D. Aronowicz, MD for his help in collecting samples of human MGS.
PY - 2007/8
Y1 - 2007/8
N2 - The purpose of the study was to qualitatively characterize the major lipid species present in human meibomian gland secretions (MGS) by means of high-performance liquid chromatography with atmospheric pressure ionization mass spectrometric detection of the analytes (NP HPLC-MS). Two different NP HPLC-MS methods have been developed to analyze lipid species that were expected to be present in MGS. The first method was optimized for the analysis of relatively nonpolar lipids [wax esters (WE), di- and triacyl glycerols (DAG and TAG), cholesterol (Chl) and its esters (Chl-E), and ceramides (Cer)], while the second method was designed to separate and detect phospholipids. The major lipid species in MGS were found to be WE, Chl-E, and TAG. A minor amount of free Chi (less then 0.5% of the Chl-E fraction) was detected in MGS. No appreciable amounts of DAG and Cer were found in MGS. The second NP HPLC-MS method, capable of analyzing model mixtures of authentic phospholipids (e.g. phosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidic acid, phosphatidylinositol, phosphatidylserine, phosphatidylcholine, and sphingomyelin) in submicrogram/mL concentrations, showed little or no presence of these species in the MGS samples. These observations suggest that MGS are a major source of the nonpolar lipids of the WE and Chl-E families for the tear film lipid layer (TFLL), but not of the previously reported phospholipid components of the TFLL.
AB - The purpose of the study was to qualitatively characterize the major lipid species present in human meibomian gland secretions (MGS) by means of high-performance liquid chromatography with atmospheric pressure ionization mass spectrometric detection of the analytes (NP HPLC-MS). Two different NP HPLC-MS methods have been developed to analyze lipid species that were expected to be present in MGS. The first method was optimized for the analysis of relatively nonpolar lipids [wax esters (WE), di- and triacyl glycerols (DAG and TAG), cholesterol (Chl) and its esters (Chl-E), and ceramides (Cer)], while the second method was designed to separate and detect phospholipids. The major lipid species in MGS were found to be WE, Chl-E, and TAG. A minor amount of free Chi (less then 0.5% of the Chl-E fraction) was detected in MGS. No appreciable amounts of DAG and Cer were found in MGS. The second NP HPLC-MS method, capable of analyzing model mixtures of authentic phospholipids (e.g. phosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidic acid, phosphatidylinositol, phosphatidylserine, phosphatidylcholine, and sphingomyelin) in submicrogram/mL concentrations, showed little or no presence of these species in the MGS samples. These observations suggest that MGS are a major source of the nonpolar lipids of the WE and Chl-E families for the tear film lipid layer (TFLL), but not of the previously reported phospholipid components of the TFLL.
KW - HPLC
KW - Human meibomian gland
KW - Lipids
KW - Mass spectrometry
KW - Tear film lipid layer
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U2 - 10.1007/s11745-007-3080-2
DO - 10.1007/s11745-007-3080-2
M3 - Article
C2 - 17605062
AN - SCOPUS:34548244536
SN - 0024-4201
VL - 42
SP - 765
EP - 776
JO - Lipids
JF - Lipids
IS - 8
ER -