Issue 1, 2011
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Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry

Selenium speciation in rat colon tissues†

Marco Roman,a   María Luisa Fernández Sánchez,b   Alfredo Sanz-Medel,b   Héctor González Iglesias,b   Paolo Cesconac  and  Carlo Barbante*ac  

* Corresponding authors

a University Ca' Foscari of Venice, Department of Environmental Sciences, Dorsoduro 2137, Venice, Italy
E-mail: barbante@unive.it
Tel: +39 041 2348942

b University of Oviedo, Department of Physical and Analytical Chemistry, C/Julián Clavería 8, Oviedo, Spain

c Institute for the Dynamics of Environmental Processes (IDPA-CNR), Dorsoduro 2137, Venice, Italy

Abstract

A study of selenium (Se) speciation in rat colon tissues is presented. Four different procedures for the extraction of Se compounds were evaluated in terms of recovery and species preservation. Total Se in tissue and extracts was determined by ICP-MS and isotope dilution analysis. The selected and optimized protocol allowed an extraction of 43% of Se, while continuously bubbling nitrogen in the solution during the procedure was mandatory to prevent the oxidative degradation of selenoproteins. Speciation analysis was then performed on the extracts using size exclusion- and anion exchange-HPLC for species separation. A number of Se compounds were detected in rat colon extracts, and individually quantified by coupling HPLC-ICP-MS and species-unspecific on-line (post-column) isotope dilution analysis. Among the isolated selenospecies, the two major proteins glutathione peroxidase type 2 and thioredoxin reductase type 1 have been potentially identified by their molecular weight using MALDI-TOF-MS.

Graphical abstract: Selenium speciation in rat colon tissues

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C0JA00116C
Article type
Paper
Submitted
17 Aug 2010
Accepted
15 Nov 2010
First published
30 Nov 2010

J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2011,26, 100-108

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Selenium speciation in rat colon tissues

M. Roman, M. L. Fernández Sánchez, A. Sanz-Medel, H. González Iglesias, P. Cescon and C. Barbante, J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2011, 26, 100 DOI: 10.1039/C0JA00116C

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