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AAPS J. 2006 December; 8(4): E655–E660.
Published online 2006 October 20. doi:  10.1208/aapsj080474
PMCID: PMC2751361
Endocannabinoid metabolomics: A novel liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry reagent for fatty acid analysis
John Williams,1,2 Lakshmipathi Pandarinathan,1 Jodi Anne Wood,1 Paul Vouros,2 and Alexandros Makriyanniscorresponding author1
1Center for Drug Discovery, Northeastern University, Boston, MA
2Barnett Institute and Department of Chemistry, Northeastern University, Boston, MA
Alexandros Makriyannis, Phone: 617-373-4200, Fax: 617-373-7493, a.makriyannis/at/neu.edu.
corresponding authorCorresponding author.
Received March 21, 2006; Accepted June 21, 2006.
Abstract
We have synthesized 4,4-dimethoxyoxazoline derivatives of several fatty acids associated with the endocannabinoid metabolome using tris(hydroxymethyl)aminomethane in a 1-step reaction by microwave irradiation. The derivatization incorporates a nitrogen into the final product, which allows for improved detection by liquid chromatographymass spectrometry in positive atmospheric pressure chemical ionization (APCI) mode. Palmitic and oleic acid derivatives show a 200-fold increase in sensitivity compared with the free acids when analyzed in negative-mode APCI. In addition to improving sensitivity, the oxazoline derivatization creates a similar ionization response for the fatty acids tested, which simplifies their quantitation. Fatty acid oxazoline derivatives can be detected using the same conditions optimized for the endocannabinoids, which allows for a simultaneous quantitation of the entire endocannabinoid metabolome.
Keywords: fatty acids, LC-MS, metabolome, oxazoline derivatives, microwave synthesis
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