Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry 2007-01-01

Characterization of glutathione conjugates of chloroacetanilide pesticides using ultra-performance liquid chromatography/quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometry and liquid chromatography/ion trap mass spectrometry.

Sandra Pérez, Michael Farkas, Damià Barceló, Diana S Aga

Index: Rapid Commun. Mass Spectrom. 21(24) , 4017-22, (2007)

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Abstract

Glutathione S-transferases (GSTs) isolated from maize were used to catalyze the conjugation of glutathione (GSH) with chloroacetanilide herbicides, producing stable conjugates that were structurally characterized using ultra-performance liquid chromatography/quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometry (UPLC/QqToF-MS) and liquid chromatography/ion trap mass spectrometry (LC/IT-MS). Enzyme-mediated dechlorination of alachlor, metolachlor, and propachlor resulted during GSH conjugation as revealed by the mass spectra of the conjugates, which was confirmed by the loss of the chlorine isotopic signature and from high accurate mass measurements. Several fragmentation patterns in the mass spectra of the chloroacetanilide-GSH conjugates can be used to verify the identities of the enzyme reaction products, such as characteristic ions corresponding to the neutral loss of glutamic acid residue (129 Da) and water (18 Da) observed in the product ion spectrum. For the first time, data are presented showing detection of chloroacetanilides that are conjugated with two GSH molecules, in addition to the known single GSH conjugates.Copyright (c) 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.


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