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Dai L, Yang L, Wang Y, Li Y, Zhao J, Pan S, Li Y, Yang D, He D. An Optimized Microwave-Assisted Digestion Method to Analyze the Amino Acids Profile of Quisqualis Fructus from Different Planted Origins. Foods 2024; 13:1645. [PMID: 38890873 PMCID: PMC11172225 DOI: 10.3390/foods13111645] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2024] [Revised: 05/11/2024] [Accepted: 05/22/2024] [Indexed: 06/20/2024] Open
Abstract
This study aims to establish a rapid and convenient microwave-assisted digestion method for sample pretreatment to determine amino acid profiles in natural products. This method was applied to analyze the amino acid profiles of Quisqualis Fructus (QF) from different planted origins. The microwave-assisted digestion conditions were optimized by a response surface methodology (RSM), and 17 amino acids in different planted origins of QF were determined by an automatic amino acid analyzer according to the optimized digestion conditions. The contents of 17 amino acids in QF from different planted origins were further analyzed by fingerprint and chemometric analysis. The temperature of microwave digestion at 167 °C, time of microwave digestion at 24 min, and a solid-liquid ratio of 46.5 g/mL was selected as the optimal digestion conditions. The total content of 17 amino acids in QF from different planted origins ranged from 71.88 to 91.03 mg/g. Amino acid composition and nutritional evaluation indicated that the content of medicinal amino acids was higher than aromatic amino acids. The results of fingerprint analysis reflected that the similarity between the 16 batches of QF ranged from 0.889 to 0.999, while chemometrics analysis indicated amino acid content in QF varied from different planted origins, and six important differential amino acids were screened. Compared with the traditional extraction method, microwave-assisted digestion with response surface optimized has the advantages of rapidity, convenience, and reliability, which could be used to study the amino acid profiles in natural products. The amino acid profile of QF indicated that it has a rich medicinal nutritional value. Different planted origins of QF have a high degree of similarity and could be effectively distinguished by chemometric analysis.
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- Lei Dai
- Chongqing Research Center for Pharmaceutical Engineering, College of Pharmacy, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, China; (L.D.); (J.Z.); (S.P.); (Y.L.); (D.Y.)
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- Chongqing Pharmaceutical Preparation Engineering Technology Research Center, Chongqing Medical and Pharmaceutical College, Chongqing 401331, China; (L.Y.); (Y.L.)
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- Experimental teaching center, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, China;
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- Chongqing Pharmaceutical Preparation Engineering Technology Research Center, Chongqing Medical and Pharmaceutical College, Chongqing 401331, China; (L.Y.); (Y.L.)
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- Chongqing Research Center for Pharmaceutical Engineering, College of Pharmacy, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, China; (L.D.); (J.Z.); (S.P.); (Y.L.); (D.Y.)
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- Chongqing Research Center for Pharmaceutical Engineering, College of Pharmacy, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, China; (L.D.); (J.Z.); (S.P.); (Y.L.); (D.Y.)
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- Chongqing Research Center for Pharmaceutical Engineering, College of Pharmacy, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, China; (L.D.); (J.Z.); (S.P.); (Y.L.); (D.Y.)
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- Chongqing Research Center for Pharmaceutical Engineering, College of Pharmacy, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, China; (L.D.); (J.Z.); (S.P.); (Y.L.); (D.Y.)
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- Chongqing Research Center for Pharmaceutical Engineering, College of Pharmacy, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, China; (L.D.); (J.Z.); (S.P.); (Y.L.); (D.Y.)
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Bahota A, Singh KK, Yadav A, Chaudhary R, Agrawal N, Tandon P. Density Functional Theory Study of Cu 6 Nanoclusters as a Phenylalanine Detector. ACS OMEGA 2024; 9:276-282. [PMID: 38222619 PMCID: PMC10785667 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.3c04820] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2023] [Accepted: 09/14/2023] [Indexed: 01/16/2024]
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Research on amino acids is an attractive area because of their application in metabolism, cancer treatment, growth, and repair of body tissue, and RNA and DNA syntheses. Twenty amino acids are primarily responsible for protein synthesis. In our study, we used a Cu6 nanocluster as an amino acid detector. For the investigation, we adsorbed amino acids on the Cu6 nanocluster and studied their UV-visible spectra. It is observed that all of the Cu6-amino acid complexes have peaks at near 380 nm wavelength except the Cu-phenylalanine complex, where two UV-visible peaks are found at wavelengths 351 nm (excitation energy 3.49 eV) and 403 nm (excitation energy 3.02 eV), respectively, which originated from the HOMO - 2 to LUMO (28%) and HOMO - 1 to LUMO (38%) transitions. Due to this unique transition, the Cu6 nanocluster can be used for the detection of the phenylalanine amino acid out of the 20 amino acids.
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- Ashok
Singh Bahota
- Department of Physics, University
of Lucknow, 226007 Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- Department of Physics, University
of Lucknow, 226007 Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- Department of Physics, University
of Lucknow, 226007 Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- Department of Physics, University
of Lucknow, 226007 Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- Department of Physics, University
of Lucknow, 226007 Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- Department of Physics, University
of Lucknow, 226007 Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
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Stefanik O, Majerova P, Kovac A, Mikus P, Piestansky J. Capillary electrophoresis in the analysis of therapeutic peptides-A review. Electrophoresis 2024; 45:120-164. [PMID: 37705480 DOI: 10.1002/elps.202300141] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2023] [Revised: 08/10/2023] [Accepted: 08/14/2023] [Indexed: 09/15/2023]
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Therapeutic peptides are a growing class of innovative drugs with high efficiency and a low risk of adverse effects. These biomolecules fall within the molecular mass range between that of small molecules and proteins. However, their inherent instability and potential for degradation underscore the importance of reliable and effective analytical methods for pharmaceutical quality control, therapeutic drug monitoring, and compliance testing. Liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS) has long time been the "gold standard" conventional method for peptide analysis, but capillary electrophoresis (CE) is increasingly being recognized as a complementary and, in some cases, superior, highly efficient, green, and cost-effective alternative technique. CE can separate peptides composed of different amino acids owing to differences in their net charge and size, determining their migration behavior in an electric field. This review provides a comprehensive overview of therapeutic peptides that have been used in the clinical environment for the last 25 years. It describes the properties, classification, current trends in development, and clinical use of therapeutic peptides. From the analytical point of view, it discusses the challenges associated with the analysis of therapeutic peptides in pharmaceutical and biological matrices, as well as the evaluation of CE as a whole and the comparison with LC methods. The article also highlights the use of microchip electrophoresis, nonaqueous CE, and nonconventional hydrodynamically closed CE systems and their applications. Overall, the article emphasizes the importance of developing new CE-based analytical methods to ensure the high quality, safety, and efficacy of therapeutic peptides in clinical practice.
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- Ondrej Stefanik
- Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis and Nuclear Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Comenius University in Bratislava, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
- Toxicological and Antidoping Center, Faculty of Pharmacy, Comenius University in Bratislava, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
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- Institute of Neuroimmunology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
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- Institute of Neuroimmunology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis and Nuclear Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Comenius University in Bratislava, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
- Toxicological and Antidoping Center, Faculty of Pharmacy, Comenius University in Bratislava, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
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- Toxicological and Antidoping Center, Faculty of Pharmacy, Comenius University in Bratislava, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
- Institute of Neuroimmunology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
- Department of Galenic Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Comenius University in Bratislava, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
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Dubey A, Joshi S, Upadhyay K, Mahato A, Rathore AS. Automated method for quantification of 20 amino acids in cell culture media during biopharmaceutical development. Biotechniques 2024; 76:27-36. [PMID: 37997819 DOI: 10.2144/btn-2023-0068] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2023] Open
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Herein, a step-by-step protocol for simultaneous detection of 20 amino acids commonly present in cell culture media is described. The protocol facilitates detection of both primary and secondary amino acids through a two-step precolumn derivatization strategy using ortho-phthalaldehyde and 9-fluorenylmethyl chloroformate as derivatizing agents. The separation of derivatized amino acids with varying hydrophobicity is achieved through reverse-phase chromatography. The amino acids are simultaneously detected in a single workflow through the use of Variable Wavelength Detector at 338 and 262 nm. The protocol is applicable for both mammalian and bacterial cell culture matrices with an option for automation of precolumn derivatization.
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- Ankita Dubey
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Hauz Khas, New Delhi, 110016, India
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Hauz Khas, New Delhi, 110016, India
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Hauz Khas, New Delhi, 110016, India
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- Centre of Excellence Lab, Agilent Technologies, Manesar, Gurugram, India
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Hauz Khas, New Delhi, 110016, India
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Li F, Karongo R, Mavridou D, Horak J, Sievers-Engler A, Lämmerhofer M. Automated sample preparation with 6-Aminoquinolyl-N-hydroxysuccinimidyl carbamate and iodoacetamide derivatization reagents for enantioselective liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry amino acid analysis. J Chromatogr A 2023; 1708:464349. [PMID: 37696129 DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2023.464349] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2023] [Revised: 08/30/2023] [Accepted: 08/30/2023] [Indexed: 09/13/2023]
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Enantioselective amino acid analysis is gaining increasing importance in pharmaceutical, biomedical and food sciences. While there are many methods available for enantiomer separation of amino acids, the simultaneous analysis of all chiral proteinogenic amino acids by a single method with one column and a single condition is still challenging. Herein, we report an enantioselective high-performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS) assay using Chiralpak QN-AX as chiral column. With 6-aminoquinolyl-N-hydrosysuccinimidyl carbamate (AQC) as derivatization reagent, efficient enantioselective separation of D- and L-amino acids using HPLC has become possible. Thiol-containing amino acids like Cys are alkylated prior to AQC-labelling. A protocol for automated sample preparation including both derivatization step and calibrator preparation is presented. For compensating matrix effects, u-13C15N-labelled internal standards (IS) were employed. The method was validated and applied to the enantioselective analysis of amino acids in a bacterial fermentation broth.
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- Feiyang Li
- Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Pharmaceutical (Bio-)Analysis, University of Tübingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 8, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
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- Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Pharmaceutical (Bio-)Analysis, University of Tübingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 8, 72076 Tübingen, Germany; Invite GmbH, Formulation Technology, 42096 Wuppertal, Germany; Bayer AG, Research & Development, Pharmaceuticals, Analytical Development API, 42096 Wuppertal, Germany
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- Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Pharmaceutical (Bio-)Analysis, University of Tübingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 8, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
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- Division of Metabolic and Nutritional Medicine, Dr. von Hauner Children's Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich Medical Center, Lindwurmstraße 4, 80337 Munich, Germany
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- Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Pharmaceutical (Bio-)Analysis, University of Tübingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 8, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
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- Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Pharmaceutical (Bio-)Analysis, University of Tübingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 8, 72076 Tübingen, Germany.
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Qasrawi DO, Petrotchenko EV, Borchers CH. Amino acid analysis for peptide quantitation using reversed-phase liquid chromatography combined with multiple reaction monitoring mass spectrometry. Anal Bioanal Chem 2023; 415:5261-5267. [PMID: 37468754 PMCID: PMC10444640 DOI: 10.1007/s00216-023-04840-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2023] [Revised: 06/27/2023] [Accepted: 07/03/2023] [Indexed: 07/21/2023]
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Amino acid analysis (AAA) can be used for absolute quantitation of standard peptides after acid hydrolysis using 6 M HCl. Obtained individual amino acids can then be quantified by liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS). Achieving baseline separation of non-derivatized amino acids is challenging when reversed-phase (RP) chromatography is used. Several derivatization methods are commonly utilized to address this issue; however, derivatization has several drawbacks, such as derivative instability and lack of reproducibility. Currently, separation of non-derivatized amino acids is typically done using HILIC, but HILIC has problems of poor reproducibility and long column equilibration times. We developed a method to quantify non-derivatized amino acids, including methionine and cysteine, from peptide hydrolysates by RP-LC-MS without special pre-treatment of the samples. Samples were spiked with certified isotopically labeled (13C- and/or 15N-) amino acids as internal standards. The amino acids released from acid hydrolysis were then analyzed by RP-UPLC-MRM-MS and quantified using the analyte/internal standard chromatographic peak area ratios. Peptide quantitation was based on the sum of the individual amino acid concentrations from the known peptide sequences. The resulting method did not require derivatization, used standard C18-based reversed-phase liquid chromatography, did not require external calibration, was robust, and was able to quantify all 17 amino acids for which we had internal standards, including the sulfur-containing amino acids, cysteine and methionine, in their respective oxidized forms. This simple and robust method enabled the absolute quantitation of standard peptides using only acid hydrolysis and a standard RP-UPLC-MRM-MS setup.
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- Deema O Qasrawi
- Segal Cancer Proteomics Centre, Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research, Jewish General Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Segal Cancer Proteomics Centre, Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research, Jewish General Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Segal Cancer Proteomics Centre, Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research, Jewish General Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
- Gerald Bronfman Department of Oncology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
- Segal Cancer Centre, Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research, Jewish General Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
- Department of Pathology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
- Division of Experimental Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
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Tsikas D, Beckmann B. Quality Control in Targeted GC-MS for Amino Acid-OMICS. Metabolites 2023; 13:986. [PMID: 37755266 PMCID: PMC10536693 DOI: 10.3390/metabo13090986] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2023] [Revised: 08/30/2023] [Accepted: 08/31/2023] [Indexed: 09/28/2023] Open
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Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) is suitable for the analysis of non-polar analytes. Free amino acids (AA) are polar, zwitterionic, non-volatile and thermally labile analytes. Chemical derivatization of AA is indispensable for their measurement by GC-MS. Specific conversion of AA to their unlabeled methyl esters (d0Me) using 2 M HCl in methanol (CH3OH) is a suitable derivatization procedure (60 min, 80 °C). Performance of this reaction in 2 M HCl in tetradeutero-methanol (CD3OD) generates deuterated methyl esters (d3Me) of AA, which can be used as internal standards in GC-MS. d0Me-AA and d3Me-AA require subsequent conversion to their pentafluoropropionyl (PFP) derivatives for GC-MS analysis using pentafluoropropionic anhydride (PFPA) in ethyl acetate (30 min, 65 °C). d0Me-AA-PFP and d3Me-AA-PFP derivatives of AA are readily extractable into water-immiscible, GC-compatible organic solvents such as toluene. d0Me-AA-PFP and d3Me-AA-PFP derivatives are stable in toluene extracts for several weeks, thus enabling high throughput quantitative measurement of biological AA by GC-MS using in situ prepared d3Me-AA as internal standards in OMICS format. Here, we describe the development of a novel OMICS-compatible QC system and demonstrate its utility for the quality control of quantitative analysis of 21 free AA and metabolites in human plasma samples by GC-MS as Me-PFP derivatives. The QC system involves cross-standardization of the concentrations of the AA in their aqueous solutions at four concentration levels and a quantitative control of AA at the same four concentration levels in pooled human plasma samples. The retention time (tR)-based isotope effects (IE) and the difference (δ(H/D) of the retention times of the d0Me-AA-PFP derivatives (tR(H)) and the d3Me-AA-PFP derivatives (tR(D)) were determined in study human plasma samples of a nutritional study (n = 353) and in co-processed QC human plasma samples (n = 64). In total, more than 400 plasma samples were measured in eight runs in seven working days performed by a single person. The proposed QC system provides information about the quantitative performance of the GC-MS analysis of AA in human plasma. IE, δ(H/D) and a massive drop of the peak area values of the d3Me-AA-PFP derivatives may be suitable as additional parameters of qualitative analysis in targeted GC-MS amino acid-OMICS.
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- Dimitrios Tsikas
- Core Unit Proteomics, Institute of Toxicology, Hannover Medical School, 30623 Hannover, Germany
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Ding Y, Bi Q, Huang D, Liao J, Yang L, Luo X, Yang P, Li Y, Yao C, Wei W, Zhang J, Li J, Huang Y, Guo DA. A novel integrated automatic strategy for amino acid composition analysis of seeds from 67 species. Food Chem 2023; 426:136670. [PMID: 37354578 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2023.136670] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2023] [Revised: 06/06/2023] [Accepted: 06/17/2023] [Indexed: 06/26/2023]
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The composition and quantity of amino acids (AAs) in seeds are complicated due to the various origins and modifications of different species. In this study, a novel automatic neutral loss filtering (ANLF) strategy based on accurate mass searching by Python was developed to analyze the free and hydrolyzed AA-phenyl isothiocyanate (PITC) derivatives from seeds of Gymnosperm and Angiosperm phyla. Compared with traditional strategies, ANLF showed much higher accuracy in screening AA derivatives by filtering nitrogen-containing non-AA compounds and efficiency in processing large datasets. Meanwhile, the content phenotype of 20 proteinogenic AAs from seeds of these two families was characterized by a 35-min HPLC method combined with an automated peak-matching strategy. AA profiles of 232 batches of seeds from 67 species, consisting of 19 proteinogenic AAs, 21 modified AAs, and 77 unknown AAs, would be a good reference for their application in food and medicine.
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- Yelin Ding
- School of Chinese Materia Medica, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210023, China; Shanghai Research Center for Modernization of Traditional Chinese Medicine, National Engineering Research Center for TCM Standardization Technology, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201203, China
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- Shanghai Research Center for Modernization of Traditional Chinese Medicine, National Engineering Research Center for TCM Standardization Technology, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201203, China
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- Shanghai Research Center for Modernization of Traditional Chinese Medicine, National Engineering Research Center for TCM Standardization Technology, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201203, China
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- School of Chinese Materia Medica, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210023, China; Shanghai Research Center for Modernization of Traditional Chinese Medicine, National Engineering Research Center for TCM Standardization Technology, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201203, China
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- School of Chinese Materia Medica, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210023, China; Shanghai Research Center for Modernization of Traditional Chinese Medicine, National Engineering Research Center for TCM Standardization Technology, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201203, China
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- Shanghai Research Center for Modernization of Traditional Chinese Medicine, National Engineering Research Center for TCM Standardization Technology, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201203, China
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- Shanghai Research Center for Modernization of Traditional Chinese Medicine, National Engineering Research Center for TCM Standardization Technology, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201203, China
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- Shanghai Research Center for Modernization of Traditional Chinese Medicine, National Engineering Research Center for TCM Standardization Technology, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201203, China
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- Shanghai Research Center for Modernization of Traditional Chinese Medicine, National Engineering Research Center for TCM Standardization Technology, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201203, China
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- Shanghai Research Center for Modernization of Traditional Chinese Medicine, National Engineering Research Center for TCM Standardization Technology, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201203, China
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- Shanghai Research Center for Modernization of Traditional Chinese Medicine, National Engineering Research Center for TCM Standardization Technology, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201203, China
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- Shanghai Research Center for Modernization of Traditional Chinese Medicine, National Engineering Research Center for TCM Standardization Technology, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201203, China
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- Shanghai Research Center for Modernization of Traditional Chinese Medicine, National Engineering Research Center for TCM Standardization Technology, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201203, China
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- School of Chinese Materia Medica, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210023, China; Shanghai Research Center for Modernization of Traditional Chinese Medicine, National Engineering Research Center for TCM Standardization Technology, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201203, China.
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Wang Y, Li Z, Chen R. Simultaneous Determination of Metabolites Related to Arginine Metabolism in Rat plasma by Hydrophilic Interaction Chromatography-Tandem Mass Spectrometry. J Chromatogr Sci 2023; 61:203-210. [PMID: 35704851 DOI: 10.1093/chromsci/bmac047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2021] [Revised: 04/15/2022] [Accepted: 05/20/2022] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
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Arginine and its metabolites play important roles in pain and analgesia. This study aimed to develop a comprehensive quantification method for amino acids and metabolites related to arginine metabolism in rat plasma by hydrophilic interaction chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (HILIC-MS/MS). Rat plasma was diluted to reduce the matrix effect and deproteinized with acetonitrile. The analytes were separated on a Syncronis HILIC column with a gradient elution. MS analysis was performed in positive ion mode with an electrospray ionization source using multiple reaction monitoring technology. All calibration curves for the 10 analytes showed good linear regression (R2 > 0.99). The limits of detection (LODs) were in the range of 0.9-13.4 μg/L. The established method was validated for intra-day and inter-day precisions (relative standard deviation [RSDs] < 6.21%) and accuracy (average recovery ranged from 87.34% to 100.35% with the RSD values less than 11.41%). This method was successfully applied to characterize dynamic alterations in the plasma of rats with neuropathic pain and thus provide service to explore the mechanism of action between metabolite changes and clinical disease.
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- Ying Wang
- School of Basic Medicine, Zunyi Medical University, Zunyi 563000, P. R. China
- Life Sciences Institute, Zunyi Medical University, Zunyi 563000, P. R. China
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- School of Basic Medicine, Zunyi Medical University, Zunyi 563000, P. R. China
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- School of Basic Medicine, Zunyi Medical University, Zunyi 563000, P. R. China
- Life Sciences Institute, Zunyi Medical University, Zunyi 563000, P. R. China
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Use of some amino acid potentiometric biosensors as detectors in ion chromatography. CHEMICAL PAPERS 2023. [DOI: 10.1007/s11696-023-02706-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/19/2023]
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Baghal Behyar M, Hasanzadeh M, Seidi F, Shadjou N. Sensing of Amino Acids: Critical role of nanomaterials for the efficient biomedical analysis. Microchem J 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.microc.2023.108452] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Karongo R, Horak J, Lämmerhofer M. Comprehensive Online Reversed-Phase × Chiral Two-Dimensional Liquid Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry with Data-Independent Sequential Window Acquisition of All Theoretical Fragment-Ion Spectra-Acquisition for Untargeted Enantioselective Amino Acid Analysis. Anal Chem 2022; 94:17063-17072. [PMID: 36442145 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.2c03042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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This work presents an advanced analytical platform for untargeted enantioselective amino acid analysis (eAAA) by comprehensive achiral × chiral 2D-LC hyphenated to ESI-QTOF-MS/MS utilizing data-independent SWATH (sequential window acquisition of all theoretical fragment-ion spectra) technology. The methodology involves N-terminal pre-column derivatization with 6-aminoquinolyl-N-hydroxysuccinimidyl carbamate (AQC; AccQ) as retention, selectivity, and MS tag, supporting retention and UV detection in RPLC (1D), chiral recognition, and thus enantioselectivity by the core-shell tandem column composed of a quinine carbamate weak anion exchanger (QN-AX) and a zwitterionic chiral ion-exchanger (ZWIX(+)) (2D) as well as the ionization efficiency during positive electrospray ionization due to a high proton affinity of the AQC label. Furthermore, the urea-type MS tag gives rise to the generation of AQC-tag characteristic signature fragments in MS2. The latter allows the chemoselective mass spectrometric filtering of targeted and untargeted N-derivatized amino acids or related labeled species. The chiral core-shell tandem column provides a complete enantioselective amino acid profile of all proteinogenic amino acids within 1 min, with full baseline separation of all enantiomers, but without resolution of isomeric Ile/allo-Ile (aIle)/Leu, which can be resolved by RPLC. The entire LC × LC separation occurs within a total run time of 60 min (1D), with the chiral 2D operated in gradient elution mode and a cycle time of 60 s. A strategy to mine the 2D-LC-SWATH data is presented and demonstrated for the qualitative eAAA of two peptide hydrolysate samples of therapeutic peptides containing common and uncommon as well as primary and secondary amino acids. Absolute configuration assignment of amino acids using template matching for all proteinogenic amino acids was made feasible due to method robustness and the inclusion of an isotopically labeled L-[U-13C15N]-AA standard. The quantification performance of this LC × LC-MS/MS assay was also evaluated. Accuracies were acceptable for the majority of AAs enabling AA composition determination in peptide hydrolysates simultaneously with configuration assignment, as exemplified by oxytocin. This methodology represents a step toward truly untargeted 2D enantioselective amino acid analysis and metabolomics.
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- Ryan Karongo
- Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Pharmaceutical (Bio-)Analysis, University of Tübingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 8, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
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- Division of Metabolic and Nutritional Medicine, Dr. von Hauner Children's Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich Medical Center, Lindwurmstraße 4, 80337 Munich, Germany
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- Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Pharmaceutical (Bio-)Analysis, University of Tübingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 8, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
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Amin R, Alam F, Dey BK, Mandhadi JR, Bin Emran T, Khandaker MU, Safi SZ. Multidimensional Chromatography and Its Applications in Food Products, Biological Samples and Toxin Products: A Comprehensive Review. SEPARATIONS 2022; 9:326. [DOI: 10.3390/separations9110326] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/01/2023] Open
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Food, drugs, dyes, extracts, and minerals are all made up of complex elements, and utilizing unidimensional chromatography to separate them is inefficient and insensitive. This has sparked the invention of several linked chromatography methods, each of them with distinct separation principles and affinity for the analyte of interest. Multidimensional chromatography consists of the combination of multiple chromatography techniques, with great benefits at the level of efficiency, peak capacity, precision, and accuracy of the analysis, while reducing the time required for the analysis. Various coupled chromatography techniques have recently emerged, including liquid chromatography–gas chromatography (LC–GC), gas chromatography–gas chromatography (GC–GC), liquid chromatography–liquid chromatography (LC–LC), GCMS–MS, LCMS–MS, supercritical fluid techniques with chromatography techniques, and electro-driven multidimensional separation techniques. In this paper, the different coupled chromatography techniques will be discussed, along with their wide spectrum of applications for food, flavor, and environmental analysis, as well as their usefulness for the pharmaceutical, color, and dyes industries.
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Jastrzębska A, Gralak Z, Brzuzy K, Kmieciak A, Krzemiński MP, Burdziński R, Kurzawa M, Szłyk E. Simple and Effective Derivatization of Amino Acids with 1-Fluoro-2-nitro-4-(trifluoromethyl)benzene in a Microwave Reactor for Determination of Free Amino Acids in Kombucha Beverages. MATERIALS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2022; 15:7365. [PMID: 36295430 PMCID: PMC9611567 DOI: 10.3390/ma15207365] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2022] [Revised: 10/16/2022] [Accepted: 10/17/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Kombucha is a fermentation product of sweetened tea with a symbiotic culture of acetic acid and yeast bacteria, consumed worldwide for its health-promoting properties. Few reports can be found about free amino acids among the health-promoting compounds found and determined in kombucha. These compounds influence the sensory properties of kombucha, and they are precursors of bioactive compounds, which have a significant role as neurotransmitters and are involved in biological functions. The presented studies proposed a convenient, simple, and "more green" procedure of the synthesis of amino acid derivatives, assisted by microwave energy, followed by chromatographic determination. The structure of 1-Fluoro-2-nitro-4-(trifluoromethyl)benzene was used as a suitable reagent for the derivatization of free amino acids in fermented kombucha beverages prepared from selected dry fruit such as Crataegus L., Morus alba L., Sorbus aucuparia L., Berberis vulgaris L., Rosa canina L., and black tea. The obtained results were discussed regarding the tested beverages' application as a source of amino acids in one's daily diet. The obtained results point out that the proposed microwave-assisted derivatization procedure prior to HPLC analyses allows for a significant time reduction and the limitation of using organic reagents.
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- Aneta Jastrzębska
- Department of Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy, Faculty of Chemistry, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Gagarin 7 Str., 87-100 Toruń, Poland
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- Department of Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy, Faculty of Chemistry, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Gagarin 7 Str., 87-100 Toruń, Poland
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- Department of Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy, Faculty of Chemistry, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Gagarin 7 Str., 87-100 Toruń, Poland
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Gagarin 7 Str., 87-100 Toruń, Poland
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Gagarin 7 Str., 87-100 Toruń, Poland
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- Department of Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy, Faculty of Chemistry, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Gagarin 7 Str., 87-100 Toruń, Poland
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- Department of Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy, Faculty of Chemistry, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Gagarin 7 Str., 87-100 Toruń, Poland
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- Department of Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy, Faculty of Chemistry, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Gagarin 7 Str., 87-100 Toruń, Poland
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Taheri H, Khayatian G. PMMA/paper hybrid microfluidic chip for simultaneous determination of arginine and valine in human plasma. Mikrochim Acta 2022; 189:370. [PMID: 36063237 DOI: 10.1007/s00604-022-05464-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2022] [Accepted: 08/18/2022] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The simultaneous determination is reported of arginine (Arg) and valine (Val) amino acids in plasma using flower-shaped μPADs and PMMA/paper hybrid microfluidic chip based on AuNPs capped with R-thiazolidine-4-carboxylic acid (THP). In this article, the evaluation procedure is based on the smartphone colorimetric detection mechanism that results from the aggregation of the THP-AuNPs with the addition of amino acids and visual color change from red to blue. Arg and Val were selectively determined with good reproducibility and an acceptable linearity range. The flower-shaped (μPADs) provides many advantages, including low cost, reasonable sensitivity, simple and fast performance, simultaneous detection, disposable use, and high sample throughput compared with conventional colorimetric method using cuvette cells. The ratios between the absorbance wavelength at (A650/A525) and (A685/A525) are linearly proportional to the concentration of Arg and Val. Under the optimum conditions, the calibration range in aqueous solutions is 0.0068-100.0 and 0.0056-75.0 µM with a limit of detection of 2.25 and 1.86 nM for Arg and Val at pH 7.0, respectively. In the case of μPADs, the calibration curves for Arg and Val showed good linearity in the concentration range 0.01-75.0 µM. The detection limits for the analytes were 3.51 nM and 3.44 nM for Arg and Val, respectively. In addition, a PMMA/paper hybrid microfluidic chip was successfully employed to determine Arg and Val in plasma samples with a relative error below 5%.
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- Hoda Taheri
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Kurdistan, P.O. Box 416, Sanandaj, 66177-15175, Iran
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Kurdistan, P.O. Box 416, Sanandaj, 66177-15175, Iran.
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Zhang W, Zhang Y, Wang R, Zhang P, Zhang Y, Randell E, Zhang M, Jia Q. A review: Development and application of surface molecularly imprinted polymers toward amino acids, peptides, and proteins. Anal Chim Acta 2022; 1234:340319. [DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2022.340319] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2022] [Revised: 08/09/2022] [Accepted: 08/23/2022] [Indexed: 11/01/2022]
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Water-Soluble Single-Benzene Chromophores: Excited State Dynamics and Fluorescence Detection. Molecules 2022; 27:molecules27175522. [PMID: 36080287 PMCID: PMC9457774 DOI: 10.3390/molecules27175522] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2022] [Revised: 08/24/2022] [Accepted: 08/25/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Two water-soluble single-benzene-based chromophores, 2,5-di(azetidine-1-yl)-tereph- thalic acid (DAPA) and its disodium carboxylate (DAP-Na), were conveniently obtained. Both chromophores preserved moderate quantum yields in a wide range of polar and protonic solvents. Spectroscopic studies demonstrated that DAPA exhibited red luminescence as well as large Stokes shift (>200 nm) in aqueous solutions. Femtosecond transient absorption spectra illustrated quadrupolar DAPA usually involved the formation of an intramolecular charge transfer state. Its Frank−Condon state could be rapidly relaxed to a slight symmetry-breaking state upon light excitation following the solvent relaxation, then the slight charge separation may occur and the charge localization became partially asymmetrical in polar environments. Density functional theory (DFT) calculation results were supported well with the experimental measurements. Unique pH-dependent fluorescent properties endows the two chromophores with rapid, highly selective, and sensitive responses to the amino acids in aqueous media. In detail, DAPA served as a fluorescence turn-on probe with a detection limit (DL) of 0.50 μM for Arg and with that of 0.41 μM for Lys. In contrast, DAP-Na featured bright green luminescence and showed fluorescence turn-off responses to Asp and Glu with the DLs of 0.12 μM and 0.16 μM, respectively. Meanwhile, these two simple-structure probes exhibited strong anti-interference ability towards other natural amino acids and realized visual identification of specific analytes. The present work helps to understand the photophysic−structure relationship of these kinds of compounds and render their fluorescent detection applications.
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Du C, Liu WJ, Yang J, Zhao SS, Liu HX. The Role of Branched-Chain Amino Acids and Branched-Chain α-Keto Acid Dehydrogenase Kinase in Metabolic Disorders. Front Nutr 2022; 9:932670. [PMID: 35923208 PMCID: PMC9339795 DOI: 10.3389/fnut.2022.932670] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2022] [Accepted: 06/16/2022] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Branched-chain amino acids (BCAAs), composed of leucine, isoleucine, and valine, are important essential amino acids in human physiology. Decades of studies have revealed their roles in protein synthesis, regulating neurotransmitter synthesis, and the mechanistic target of rapamycin (mTOR). BCAAs are found to be related to many metabolic disorders, such as insulin resistance, obesity, and heart failure. Also, many diseases are related to the alteration of the BCAA catabolism enzyme branched-chain α-keto acid dehydrogenase kinase (BCKDK), including maple syrup urine disease, human autism with epilepsy, and so on. In this review, diseases and the corresponding therapies are discussed after the introduction of the catabolism and detection methods of BCAAs and BCKDK. Also, the interaction between microbiota and BCAAs is highlighted.
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- Chuang Du
- Institute of Life Sciences, China Medical University, Shenyang, China
- Health Sciences Institute, China Medical University, Shenyang, China
- Liaoning Key Laboratory of Obesity and Glucose/Lipid Associated Metabolic Diseases, China Medical University, Shenyang, China
- Department of Gastroenterology, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China
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- Institute of Life Sciences, China Medical University, Shenyang, China
- Health Sciences Institute, China Medical University, Shenyang, China
- Liaoning Key Laboratory of Obesity and Glucose/Lipid Associated Metabolic Diseases, China Medical University, Shenyang, China
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- Institute of Life Sciences, China Medical University, Shenyang, China
- Health Sciences Institute, China Medical University, Shenyang, China
- Liaoning Key Laboratory of Obesity and Glucose/Lipid Associated Metabolic Diseases, China Medical University, Shenyang, China
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- Institute of Life Sciences, China Medical University, Shenyang, China
- Health Sciences Institute, China Medical University, Shenyang, China
- Liaoning Key Laboratory of Obesity and Glucose/Lipid Associated Metabolic Diseases, China Medical University, Shenyang, China
- Department of Gynecology, Cancer Hospital of China Medical University, Liaoning Cancer Hospital & Institute, Shenyang, China
- *Correspondence: Shan-Shan Zhao,
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- Institute of Life Sciences, China Medical University, Shenyang, China
- Health Sciences Institute, China Medical University, Shenyang, China
- Liaoning Key Laboratory of Obesity and Glucose/Lipid Associated Metabolic Diseases, China Medical University, Shenyang, China
- Hui-Xin Liu,
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Stable-Isotope Dilution GC-MS Measurement of Metformin in Human Serum and Urine after Derivatization with Pentafluoropropionic Anhydride and Its Application in Becker Muscular Dystrophy Patients Administered with Metformin, l-Citrulline, or Their Combination. MOLECULES (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2022; 27:molecules27123850. [PMID: 35744973 PMCID: PMC9229792 DOI: 10.3390/molecules27123850] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2022] [Revised: 06/10/2022] [Accepted: 06/10/2022] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Metformin (N,N-dimethylguanylguanidine) is one of the most prescribed drugs with pleiotropic, exerted in part by not fully elucidated mechanisms of action. We developed and validated a gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) method for the quantitative analysis of metformin (metformin-d0) in 10-µL aliquots of human serum and urine using N,N-[dimethylo-2H6]guanylguanidine (metformin-d6) as the internal standard. The method involves evaporation of the samples to dryness, derivatization with pentafluoropropionic (PFP) anhydride in ethyl acetate (30 min, 65 °C), and extraction into toluene. The negative-ion chemical ionization GC-MS spectra of the PFP derivatives contain a single intense ion with mass-to-charge (m/z) ratios of m/z 383 for metformin-d0 and m/z 389 for metformin-d6. Our results suggest that all amine/imine groups of metformin-d0 and metformin-d6 are converted to their N,N,N-tripentafluoropropionyl derivatives, which cyclize to form a symmetric triazine derivative, of which the non-ring amine group is amidated. Quantification was performed by selected-ion monitoring (SIM) of m/z 383 and m/z 389. Upon validation, the method was applied to determine serum and urine metformin concentrations in 19 patients with Becker muscular dystrophy (BMD). Serum and urine samples were collected at baseline (Visit I), after six weeks of supplementation (Visit II) with metformin (3 × 500 mg/d; metformin group; n = 10) or l-citrulline (3 × 1500 mg/d; citrulline group; n = 9) followed by a six-week supplementation with 3 × 500 mg/d of metformin plus 3 × 1500 mg/d l-citrulline. At Visit I, the metformin concentration in the serum and urine was very low in both groups. The metformin concentrations in the serum and urine of the patients who first took metformin (MET group) were higher at Visit II and Visit III. The metformin concentration in the serum and urine samples of the patients who first took l-citrulline (CITR group) were higher at Visit III. The serum and urine concentrations of metformin were insignificantly lower in the CITR group at Visit III. The mean fractional excretion (FE) rate of metformin was 307% (Visit II) and 322% (Visit III) in the MET group, and 290% in the CITR group (Visit III). This observation suggests the accumulation of metformin in the kidney and its secretion in the urine. The GC-MS is suitable to measure reliably circulating and excretory metformin in clinical settings.
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DeArmond PD, Bunch DR. Quantitation of non-derivatized free amino acids for detecting inborn errors of metabolism by incorporating mixed-mode chromatography with tandem mass spectrometry. J Mass Spectrom Adv Clin Lab 2022; 25:1-11. [PMID: 35637738 PMCID: PMC9142622 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmsacl.2022.05.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2022] [Revised: 05/09/2022] [Accepted: 05/19/2022] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Analysis of 39 free amino acids in 15 min LC-MS/MS run. Validation of method in both plasma and urine. Chromatographically resolves leucine, isoleucine, and allo-isoleucine.
Introduction Amino acids are critical biomarkers for many inborn errors of metabolism, but amino acid analysis is challenging due to the range of chemical properties inherent in these small molecules. Techniques are available for amino acid analysis, but they can suffer from long run times, laborious derivatization, and/or poor resolution of isobaric compounds. Objective To develop and validate a method for the quantitation of a non-derivatized free amino acid profile in both plasma and urine samples using mixed-mode chromatography and tandem mass spectrometry. Methods Chromatographic conditions were optimized to separate leucine, isoleucine, and allo-isoleucine and maintain analytical runtime at less than 15 min. Sample preparation included a quick protein precipitation followed by LC-MS/MS analysis. Matrix effects, interferences, linearity, carryover, acceptable dilution limits, precision, accuracy, and stability were evaluated in both plasma and urine specimen types. Results A total of 38 amino acids and related compounds were successfully quantitated with this method. In addition, argininosuccinic acid was qualitatively analyzed. A full clinical validation was performed that included method comparison to a reference laboratory for plasma and urine with Deming regression slopes ranging from 0.38 to 1.26. Conclusion This method represents an alternative to derivatization-based methods, especially in urine samples where interference from metabolites and medications is prevalent.
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- Patrick D. DeArmond
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, OH 43205, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, OH 43205, USA
- Department of Pathology, College of Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
- Corresponding author at: Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, OH 43205, USA.
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Huang B, Xu L, Zhao Z, Wang N, Zhao Y, Huang S. Simultaneous analysis of amino acids based on discriminative 19F NMR spectroscopy. Bioorg Chem 2022; 124:105818. [PMID: 35489271 DOI: 10.1016/j.bioorg.2022.105818] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2022] [Revised: 04/14/2022] [Accepted: 04/16/2022] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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The simultaneous analysis of amino acids (AAs) is crucial for human health, diagnosis and treatment of disease, and nutritional quality evaluation in foodstuffs. Here, we establish an easy and rapid method for the simultaneous analysis of AAs using a single reagent 2-(trifluoromethyl)benzaldehyde (oTFMBA) based on spectral-separation-enabled 19F NMR spectroscopy. oTFMBA, a highly sensitive chemosensor, is capable of analyzing 19 proteinogenic AAs or non-amino acid amines (non-AAs) in a complex mixture by adjusting the pH in a toilless way. The 19F signals of oTFMBA-labeled AAs are distributed over a wide range of ∼ 0.7 ppm, demonstrating oTFMBA with higher resolution for simultaneous analysis of AAs compared to the o-phthaldialdehyde (OPA) method (<0.6 ppm). Additionally, 12 AAs were unambiguously identified in human urine, including Asp, Ser, Gly, Thr, Glu, Arg, Ala, Val, Ile, Tyr, His, and Phe. Furthermore, our method's detection limit for AAs is 5.83 μM, illustrating sensitivity with an ∼100-fold improvement over the OPA method. This work represents an approach to the analysis of AAs or non-AAs in a complicated mixture (even biofluid) using a 19F NMR probe with high sensitivity, which is of great significance for the simultaneous analysis of multiple analytes.
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- Biling Huang
- Institute of Drug Discovery Technology, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315211, PR China; Qian Xuesen Collaborative Research Center of Astrochemistry and Space Life Sciences, Ningbo University, Ningbo, Zhejiang, PR China.
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- Institute of Drug Discovery Technology, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315211, PR China
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- Institute of Drug Discovery Technology, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315211, PR China
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- Institute of Drug Discovery Technology, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315211, PR China; Qian Xuesen Collaborative Research Center of Astrochemistry and Space Life Sciences, Ningbo University, Ningbo, Zhejiang, PR China
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- Institute of Drug Discovery Technology, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315211, PR China; Qian Xuesen Collaborative Research Center of Astrochemistry and Space Life Sciences, Ningbo University, Ningbo, Zhejiang, PR China; Department of Chemical Biology, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, and the Key Laboratory for Chemical Biology of Fujian Province, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, PR China; Key Lab of Bioorganic Phosphorus Chemistry & Chemical Biology, Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, PR China
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- Institute of Drug Discovery Technology, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315211, PR China; Qian Xuesen Collaborative Research Center of Astrochemistry and Space Life Sciences, Ningbo University, Ningbo, Zhejiang, PR China.
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Piestansky J, Olesova D, Matuskova M, Cizmarova I, Chalova P, Galba J, Majerova P, Mikus P, Kovac A. Amino acids in inflammatory bowel diseases: Modern diagnostic tools and methodologies. Adv Clin Chem 2022; 107:139-213. [PMID: 35337602 DOI: 10.1016/bs.acc.2021.07.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Amino acids are crucial building blocks of living organisms. Together with their derivatives, they participate in many intracellular processes to act as hormones, neuromodulators, and neurotransmitters. For several decades amino acids have been studied for their potential as markers of various diseases, including inflammatory bowel diseases. Subsequent improvements in sample pretreatment, separation, and detection methods have enabled the specific and very sensitive determination of these molecules in multicomponent matrices-biological fluids and tissues. The information obtained from targeted amino acid analysis (biomarker-based analytical strategy) can be further used for early diagnostics, to monitor the course of the disease or compliance of the patients. This review will provide an insight into current knowledge about inflammatory bowel diseases, the role of proteinogenic amino acids in intestinal inflammation and modern analytical techniques used in its diagnosis and disease activity monitoring. Current advances in the analysis of amino acids focused on sample pretreatment, separation strategy, or detection methods are highlighted, and their potential in clinical laboratories is discussed. In addition, the latest clinical data obtained from the metabolomic profiling of patients suffering from inflammatory bowel diseases are summarized with a focus on proteinogenic amino acids.
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- Juraj Piestansky
- Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis and Nuclear Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Comenius University in Bratislava, Bratislava, Slovakia; Toxicological and Antidoping Center, Faculty of Pharmacy, Comenius University in Bratislava, Bratislava, Slovakia
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- Institute of Neuroimmunology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis and Nuclear Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Comenius University in Bratislava, Bratislava, Slovakia
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis and Nuclear Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Comenius University in Bratislava, Bratislava, Slovakia
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis and Nuclear Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Comenius University in Bratislava, Bratislava, Slovakia
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis and Nuclear Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Comenius University in Bratislava, Bratislava, Slovakia
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- Institute of Neuroimmunology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis and Nuclear Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Comenius University in Bratislava, Bratislava, Slovakia; Toxicological and Antidoping Center, Faculty of Pharmacy, Comenius University in Bratislava, Bratislava, Slovakia
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- Institute of Neuroimmunology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia.
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Zhang F, Li DX, Lu DY, Lu YF, Zhang R, Zhao LL, Ji S, Guo MZ, Du Y, Tang DQ. Analysis of plasma free amino acids in diabetic rat and the intervention of Ginkgo biloba leaves extract using hydrophilic interaction liquid chromatography coupled with tandem mass-spectrometry. J Chromatogr B Analyt Technol Biomed Life Sci 2022; 1196:123230. [PMID: 35349934 DOI: 10.1016/j.jchromb.2022.123230] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2021] [Revised: 02/10/2022] [Accepted: 03/15/2022] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Amino acids (AAs) are important metabolites that are related with diabetes. However, their roles in the initiation and development of diabetes mellitus (DM), especially in the treatment of Ginkgo biloba leaves extract (GBE) have not been fully explored. Thus, we investigated the roles that AAs played in the progression and GBE supplementation of DM rat induced by streptozotocin. The rats were randomly divided into a normal control group treated with drug-free solution, a normal control group treated with GBE, a DM group treated with drug-free solution, and DM group treated with GBE; and maintained on this protocol for 9 weeks. Rat plasma was collected from the sixth week to the ninth week and then analyzed with the optimized hydrophilic interaction liquid chromatography coupled with tandem mass spectrometry method. A total of 17 AAs with differential levels were monitored to indicate dysfunction of AAs metabolism to confirm the occurrence and development of DM. Treatment with GBE partially reversed the changes seen in seven AAs including leucine, isoleucine, tyrosine, glutamic acid, asparagines, lysine and alanine in DM rats, indicating that GBE could prevent the occurrence and development of DM by acting on AAs metabolism. The improvement of those AAs metabolism disorders may play a considerable role in the treatment of GBE on the occurrence and development of DM. Those findings potentially promote the understanding of the pathogenic progression of DM and reveal the therapeutic mechanism of GBE against DM.
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- Fan Zhang
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of New Drug Research and Clinical Pharmacy, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of New Drug Research and Clinical Pharmacy, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, Suining People's Hospital, Suining, China
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- The Second Clinical College, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of New Drug Research and Clinical Pharmacy, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of New Drug Research and Clinical Pharmacy, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of New Drug Research and Clinical Pharmacy, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, China; Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of New Drug Research and Clinical Pharmacy, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, China; Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of New Drug Research and Clinical Pharmacy, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of New Drug Research and Clinical Pharmacy, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, China; Department of Pharmacy, Suining People's Hospital, Suining, China; Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, China.
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Kašička V. Recent developments in capillary and microchip electroseparations of peptides (2019-mid 2021). Electrophoresis 2021; 43:82-108. [PMID: 34632606 DOI: 10.1002/elps.202100243] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2021] [Revised: 09/29/2021] [Accepted: 09/30/2021] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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The review provides a comprehensive overview of developments and applications of high performance capillary and microchip electroseparation methods (zone electrophoresis, isotachophoresis, isoelectric focusing, affinity electrophoresis, electrokinetic chromatography, and electrochromatography) for analysis, microscale isolation, and physicochemical characterization of peptides from 2019 up to approximately the middle of 2021. Advances in the investigation of electromigration properties of peptides and in the methodology of their analysis, such as sample preparation, sorption suppression, EOF control, and detection, are presented. New developments in the individual CE and CEC methods are demonstrated and several types of their applications are shown. They include qualitative and quantitative analysis, determination in complex biomatrices, monitoring of chemical and enzymatic reactions and physicochemical changes, amino acid, sequence, and chiral analyses, and peptide mapping of proteins. In addition, micropreparative separations and determination of significant physicochemical parameters of peptides by CE and CEC methods are described.
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- Václav Kašička
- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague 6, Czechia
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Authentication of three main commercial Pheretima based on amino acids analysis. Amino Acids 2021; 53:1729-1738. [PMID: 34613459 DOI: 10.1007/s00726-021-03043-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2020] [Accepted: 10/15/2020] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Pheretima has been used as an animal-derived traditional Chinese medicine for thousands of years in Asian countries due to its multi-activities. However, more than half of the commercial Pheretima are adulterants according to the previous research. Besides, the standards of Pheretima are still inadequate in the identification of Pheretima species. In this study, an amino acids (AAs) analytical method established based on the ultra-high performance liquid chromatography coupled with triple quadrupole mass spectrometry (UPLC-QqQ-MS) in multiple reaction monitoring (MRM) mode through derivatization with 9-fluorenylmethoxycarbonyl chloride (Fmoc-Cl) was used for qualitative and quantitative analysis of the total AAs of three main commercial Pheretima (two major Pheretima species, Amynthas aspergillum, Metaphire vulgaris, and one main counterfeit, M. magna). As a result, 16 AAs were detected and quantitated in their hydrolyzed samples. Then, multivariate statistical analysis was applied to distinguish the three commercial Pheretima based on their AAs level. Finally, four AAs (Thr, Glu, Asp, and Arg) were screened as species-differential AAs, which may be used as chemical markers to distinguish the three commercial Pheretima. This study deeply described the outline of AAs in Pheretima and offered a good reference for its species authentication.
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Karongo R, Ge M, Geibel C, Horak J, Lämmerhofer M. Enantioselective multiple heart cutting online two-dimensional liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry of all proteinogenic amino acids with second dimension chiral separations in one-minute time scales on a chiral tandem column. Anal Chim Acta 2021; 1180:338858. [PMID: 34538327 DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2021.338858] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2021] [Revised: 07/15/2021] [Accepted: 07/16/2021] [Indexed: 02/09/2023]
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In this work, we present a unique, robust and fully automated analytical platform technology for the enantioselective amino acid analysis using a multiple heart cutting RPLC-enantio/stereoselective HPLC-ESI-QTOF-MS method. This 2D-LC method allows the full enantioselective separation of 20 proteinogenic AAs plus 5 isobaric analogues, namely allo-Threonine (aThr), homoserine (Hse), allo-isoleucine (aIle), tert-Leucine (Tle) and Norleucine (Nle), after pre-column derivatization with 6-aminoquinolyl-N-hydroxysuccinimidyl carbamate (AQC; AccQ). This N-terminal AA-derivatization method introduces on the one hand beneficial chromatographic properties for 1D RP-LC (stronger retention) and 2D chiral separation (better chiral recognition), and on the other hand favorable detection properties with its chromophoric, fluorophoric, and easily ionizable quinoline mass tag. The entire separation occurs within a total 2DLC run time of 45 min, which includes the 1D-RP run and the 68 s 2D chiral separations of 30 heart-cuts (from the 1D-RP-run) on a chiral quinine carbamate (core-shell QNAX/fully porous ZWIX) tandem column. This relatively short overall run time was only possible by utilizing the highly efficient "smart peak parking" algorithm for the heart cuts and the resulting optimized analysis order thereof. 1D retention time precisions of <0.21% RSD were a requirement for the time-based sampling mode and finally led to a robust, fully automated enantioselective amino acid analysis platform. This achiral-chiral 2DLC method was applied for the amino acid stereoconfiguration assignment of three peptides (aureobasidin A, a lipopeptide research sample, and octreotide) using an L-[u-13C15N] labelled internal AA standard mix spiked to each sample. The isotopically labelled L-AA standard allowed an easy and straightforward identification and configuration assignment, as well as the relative quantification of amino acids within the investigated peptides, allowing the direct determination of the number of respective amino acids and their chirality within a peptide.
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- Ryan Karongo
- Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Pharmaceutical (Bio-)Analysis, University of Tübingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 8, 72076, Tübingen, Germany
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- Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Pharmaceutical (Bio-)Analysis, University of Tübingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 8, 72076, Tübingen, Germany
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- Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Pharmaceutical (Bio-)Analysis, University of Tübingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 8, 72076, Tübingen, Germany
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- Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Pharmaceutical (Bio-)Analysis, University of Tübingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 8, 72076, Tübingen, Germany; Division of Metabolic and Nutritional Medicine, Dr. von Hauner Children's Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich Medical Center, Lindwurmstraße 4, 80337, Munich, Germany.
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- Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Pharmaceutical (Bio-)Analysis, University of Tübingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 8, 72076, Tübingen, Germany.
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Bai H, Chen L. Simultaneous separation of atenolol enantiomers and its acid/alkaline degradation impurities on mixed-mode chiral ligand exchange stationary phases. Chirality 2021; 33:710-721. [PMID: 34423466 DOI: 10.1002/chir.23353] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2021] [Revised: 07/05/2021] [Accepted: 07/19/2021] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Simultaneous separation of the enantiomer and impurities is a huge challenge for the quality control of the chiral drug. In this work, mixed-mode chiral ligand exchange stationary phases (CSPs) modified by octyl and sulfhydryl ligands were prepared by vapor deposition and click chemistry methods. Qualitative and quantitative determination of the prepared CSPs were achieved by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, solid-state 13 C CP/MAS NMR, and elemental analysis. The chiral resolution of CSPs was investigated through a comprehensively chromatographic evaluation of various racemates. Besides, the thermodynamic experiment was carried out to elucidate the contribution of hydrophobic ligand to the improvement of chiral recognition and selectivity. Atenolol and its degradation products were analyzed on the synthesized CSPs and compared with the commercial chiral column. A good separation of atenolol enantiomers from its acid and alkaline degradation impurities was simultaneously achieved on the C8 /L-Hypro CSP. This new CSP is expected to have more applications in the quality control of other chiral drugs.
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- Hui Bai
- School of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China
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Twenty years of amino acid determination using capillary electrophoresis: A review. Anal Chim Acta 2021; 1174:338233. [DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2021.338233] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2020] [Revised: 01/14/2021] [Accepted: 01/16/2021] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Losacco GL, Veuthey JL, Guillarme D. Metamorphosis of supercritical fluid chromatography: A viable tool for the analysis of polar compounds? Trends Analyt Chem 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.trac.2021.116304] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Piestansky J, Matuskova M, Cizmarova I, Olesova D, Mikus P. Determination of Branched-Chain Amino Acids in Food Supplements and Human Plasma by a CE-MS/MS Method with Enhanced Resolution. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:ijms22158261. [PMID: 34361026 PMCID: PMC8348851 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22158261] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2021] [Revised: 07/29/2021] [Accepted: 07/29/2021] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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In the presented study, a capillary electrophoresis-mass spectrometry method combining high separation efficiency and sensitive detection has been developed and validated, for the first time, to quantify branched chain amino acids (valine, isoleucine, leucine) in commercial food and sport supplement samples and human plasma samples. The separations were performed in a bare fused silica capillary. The background electrolyte was composed of 500 mM formic acid with pH 2.0. The plasma sample pretreatment was realized by simple protein precipitation with acetonitrile. Injection of a short zone of highly basic electrolyte before the sample injection and application of the negative pressure on the separation were accompanied by enhanced resolution of the isobaric amino acids—isoleucine and leucine. The developed method was characterized by favorable validation parameters, such as linearity (r2 > 0.99), accuracy and precision, the limit of detection, lower limit of quantification, or robustness. These parameters were more than sufficient for the quantification of branched chain amino acids in various samples. The determined concentrations of branched chain amino acids in food and sports supplements were in very good agreement with the content declared by the manufacturer. The investigated concentrations of branched chain amino acids were in the range 294.68–359.24 µM for valine, 91.76–95.67 µM for isoleucine, and 196.78–251.24 µM for leucine. These concentrations fall within the physiological limits. The developed CE-MS/MS method represents a suitable alternative to traditional approaches used in branched chain amino acid quality control and bioanalysis.
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- Juraj Piestansky
- Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis and Nuclear Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Comenius University, Odbojarov 10, SK-832 32 Bratislava, Slovakia; (M.M.); (I.C.)
- Toxicologic and Antidoping Center, Faculty of Pharmacy, Comenius University, Odbojarov 10, SK-832 32 Bratislava, Slovakia
- Correspondence: (J.P.); (P.M.); Tel.: +421-2-50-117-250 (J.P.); +421-2-50-117-243 (P.M.)
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis and Nuclear Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Comenius University, Odbojarov 10, SK-832 32 Bratislava, Slovakia; (M.M.); (I.C.)
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis and Nuclear Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Comenius University, Odbojarov 10, SK-832 32 Bratislava, Slovakia; (M.M.); (I.C.)
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- Institute of Neuroimmunology, Slovak Academy of Science, Dubravska cesta 9, SK-845 10 Bratislava, Slovakia;
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis and Nuclear Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Comenius University, Odbojarov 10, SK-832 32 Bratislava, Slovakia; (M.M.); (I.C.)
- Toxicologic and Antidoping Center, Faculty of Pharmacy, Comenius University, Odbojarov 10, SK-832 32 Bratislava, Slovakia
- Correspondence: (J.P.); (P.M.); Tel.: +421-2-50-117-250 (J.P.); +421-2-50-117-243 (P.M.)
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Synaridou MS, Tsamis V, Sidiropoulou G, Zacharis CK, Panderi I, Markopoulou CK. Fluorimetric Analysis of Five Amino Acids in Chocolate: Development and Validation. Molecules 2021; 26:molecules26144325. [PMID: 34299600 PMCID: PMC8308014 DOI: 10.3390/molecules26144325] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2021] [Revised: 07/13/2021] [Accepted: 07/15/2021] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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Amino acids present ergogenic action, helping to increase, protect, and restore the muscular system of young athletes. Moreover, the encapsulation of five relevant amino acids in chocolate pellet form will appeal to them, facilitating their daily consumption. A reliable HPLC fluorimetric method was developed to detect and quantitatively determine L-Leucine, L-Isoleucine, L-Histidine, L-Valine, and β-Alanine in chocolate using aniline as an internal standard. Experimental design methodology was used to investigate and optimize the clean-up procedure of the samples. Therefore, three extraction techniques (solid-phase extraction (by two different SPE cartridges) and liquid–solid extraction (LSE)) were compared and evaluated. The LOQ values in chocolate varied from 24 to 118 ng/g (recovery 89.7–95.6%, %RSD < 2.5). Amino acids were pre-column derivatized with o-phthalaldehyde (OPA), while derivatization parameters were thoroughly investigated by experimental design methodology. The analysis was performed by HPLC-fluorescence (emission: λ = 455 nm, excitation: λ = 340 nm) method using a C18 column and a mixture of phosphate buffer (pH = 2.8; 20 mM)-methanol as a mobile phase in gradient elution. The method was validated (r2 > 0.999, %RSD < 2, LOD: 10 ng mL−1 for histidine and leucine, 2 ng mL−1 for alanine and valine, and 4 ng mL−1 for Isoleucine) according to the International Conference on Harmonization guidelines.
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- Maria S. Synaridou
- Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Analysis, Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, School of Pharmacy, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece; (M.S.S.); (V.T.); (G.S.); (C.K.Z.)
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- Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Analysis, Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, School of Pharmacy, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece; (M.S.S.); (V.T.); (G.S.); (C.K.Z.)
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- Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Analysis, Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, School of Pharmacy, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece; (M.S.S.); (V.T.); (G.S.); (C.K.Z.)
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- Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Analysis, Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, School of Pharmacy, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece; (M.S.S.); (V.T.); (G.S.); (C.K.Z.)
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- Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Analysis, Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis, Faculty of Pharmacy, National and Kapodistrian Universityof Athens, Panepistimiopolis, 15771 Athens, Greece;
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- Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Analysis, Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, School of Pharmacy, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece; (M.S.S.); (V.T.); (G.S.); (C.K.Z.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +30-2310-997665
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A Closer Examination of 6-Aminoquinolyl-N-Hydroxysuccinimidyl Carbamate Amino Acid Derivatization in HPLC with Multiple Detection Modes. Chromatographia 2021. [DOI: 10.1007/s10337-021-04051-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Jicsinszky L, Martina K, Cravotto G. Cyclodextrins in the antiviral therapy. J Drug Deliv Sci Technol 2021; 64:102589. [PMID: 34035845 PMCID: PMC8135197 DOI: 10.1016/j.jddst.2021.102589] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2021] [Revised: 04/30/2021] [Accepted: 05/14/2021] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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The main antiviral drug-cyclodextrin interactions, changes in physicochemical and physiological properties of the most commonly used virucides are summarized. The potential complexation of antiviral molecules against the SARS-Cov2 also pointed out the lack of detailed information in designing effective and general medicines against viral infections. The principal problem of the current molecules is the 3D structures of the currently active compounds. Improving the solubility or bioavailability of antiviral molecules is possible, however, there is no universal solution, and the complexation experiments dominantly use the already approved cyclodextrin derivatives. This review discusses the basic properties of the different cyclodextrin derivatives, their potential in antiviral formulations, and the prevention and treatment of viral infections. The biologically active new cyclodextrin derivatives are also discussed.
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- László Jicsinszky
- Dept. of Drug Science and Technology, University of Turin, Via Giuria 9, 10125, Torino, Italy
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- Dept. of Drug Science and Technology, University of Turin, Via Giuria 9, 10125, Torino, Italy
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- Dept. of Drug Science and Technology, University of Turin, Via Giuria 9, 10125, Torino, Italy
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GC-MS Discrimination of Citrulline from Ornithine and Homocitrulline from Lysine by Chemical Derivatization: Evidence of Formation of N5-Carboxy-ornithine and N6-Carboxy-lysine. Molecules 2021; 26:molecules26082301. [PMID: 33921162 PMCID: PMC8071523 DOI: 10.3390/molecules26082301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2021] [Revised: 04/09/2021] [Accepted: 04/13/2021] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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Derivatization of amino acids by 2 M HCl/CH3OH (60 min, 80 °C) followed by derivatization of the intermediate methyl esters with pentafluoropropionic anhydride (PFPA) in ethyl acetate (30 min, 65 °C) is a useful two-step derivatization procedure (procedure A) for their quantitative measurement in biological samples by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) as methyl ester pentafluoropropionic (PFP) derivatives, (Me)m-(PFP)n. This procedure allows in situ preparation of trideutero-methyl esters PFP derivatives, (d3Me)m-(PFP)n, from synthetic amino acids and 2 M HCl/CD3OD for use as internal standards. However, procedure A converts citrulline (Cit) to ornithine (Orn) and homocitrulline (hCit) to lysine (Lys) due to the instability of their carbamide groups under the acidic conditions of the esterification step. In the present study, we investigated whether reversing the order of the two-step derivatization may allow discrimination and simultaneous analysis of these amino acids. Pentafluoropropionylation (30 min, 65 °C) and subsequent methyl esterification (30 min, 80 °C), i.e., procedure B, of Cit resulted in the formation of six open and cyclic reaction products. The most abundant product is likely to be N5-Carboxy-Orn. The second most abundant product was confirmed to be Orn. The most abundant reaction product of hCit was confirmed to be Lys, with the minor reaction product likely being N6-Carboxy-Lys. Mechanisms are proposed for the formation of the reaction products of Cit and hCit via procedure B. It is assumed that at the first derivatization step, amino acids form (N,O)-PFP derivatives including mixed anhydrides. At the second derivatization step, the Cit-(PFP)4 and hCit-(PFP)4 are esterified on their C1-Carboxylic groups and on their activated Nureido groups. Procedure B also allows in situ preparation of (d3Me)m-(PFP)n from synthetic amino acids for use as internal standards. It is demonstrated that the derivatization procedure B enables discrimination between Cit and Orn, and between hCit and Lys. The utility of procedure B to measure simultaneously these amino acids in biological samples such as plasma and urine remains to be demonstrated. Further work is required to optimize the derivatization conditions of procedure B for biological amino acids.
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Characterization of fatty acids, amino acids and organic acids in three colored quinoas based on untargeted and targeted metabolomics. Lebensm Wiss Technol 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.lwt.2020.110690] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Baskal S, Bollenbach A, Tsikas D. Two-Step Derivatization of Amino Acids for Stable-Isotope Dilution GC-MS Analysis: Long-Term Stability of Methyl Ester-Pentafluoropropionic Derivatives in Toluene Extracts. Molecules 2021; 26:molecules26061726. [PMID: 33808814 PMCID: PMC8003615 DOI: 10.3390/molecules26061726] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2021] [Revised: 03/13/2021] [Accepted: 03/16/2021] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Analysis of amino acids by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC–MS) requires at least one derivatization step to enable solubility in GC–MS-compatible water-immiscible organic solvents such as toluene, to make them volatile to introduce into the gas chromatograph and thermally stable enough for separation in the GC column and introduction into the ion-source, and finally to increase their ionization by increasing their electronegativity using F-rich reagents. In this work we investigated the long-term stability of the methyl esters pentafluoropropionic (Me-PFP) derivatives of 21 urinary amino acids prepared by a two-step derivatization procedure and extraction by toluene. In situ prepared trideuteromethyl ester pentafluoropropionic derivatives were used as internal standards. GC–MS analysis (injection of 1 µL aliquots and quantification by selected-ion monitoring of specific mass fragments) was performed on days 1, 2, 8, and 15. Measured peak areas and calculated peak area ratios were used to evaluate the stability of the derivatives of endogenous amino acids and their internal standards, as well as the precision and the accuracy of the method. All analyses were performed under routine conditions. Me-PFP derivatives of endogenous amino acids and their stable-isotope labelled analogs were stable in toluene for 14 days. The peak area values of the derivatives of most amino acids and their internal standards were slightly higher on days 8 and 15 compared to days 1 and 2, yet the peak area ratio values of endogenous amino acids to their internal standards did not change. Our study indicates that Me-PFP derivatives of amino acids from human urine samples can easily be prepared, are stable at least for 14 days in the extraction solvent toluene, and allow for precise and accurate quantitative measurements by GC–MS using in situ prepared deuterium-labelled methyl ester as internal standard.
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This paper aims to cover the main strategies based on ion mobility spectrometry (IMS) for the analysis of biological samples. The determination of endogenous and exogenous compounds in such samples is important for the understanding of the health status of individuals. For this reason, the development of new approaches that can be complementary to the ones already established (mainly based on liquid chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry) is welcomed. In this regard, ion mobility spectrometry has appeared in the analytical scenario as a powerful technique for the separation and characterization of compounds based on their mobility. IMS has been used in several areas taking advantage of its orthogonality with other analytical separation techniques, such as liquid chromatography, gas chromatography, capillary electrophoresis, or supercritical fluid chromatography. Bioanalysis is not one of the areas where IMS has been more extensively applied. However, over the last years, the interest in using this approach for the analysis of biological samples has clearly increased. This paper introduces the reader to the principles controlling the separation in IMS and reviews recent applications using this technique in the field of bioanalysis.
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Bruno C, Veyrat-Durebex C, Lumbu Lukuntonda CH, Andres CR, Moreau C, Bendavid C, Homedan C, Labarthe F, Tardieu M, Bigot A, Maillot F, Benz-de Bretagne I, Blasco H. Validation of plasma amino acid profile using UHPLC-mass spectrometer (QDa) as a screening method in a metabolic disorders reference centre: Performance and accreditation concerns. Clin Biochem 2021; 92:34-45. [PMID: 33736999 DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2021.03.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2020] [Revised: 02/23/2021] [Accepted: 03/06/2021] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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INTRODUCTION Amino acid (AA) analysis in plasma is essential for diagnosis and monitoring of inborn errors of metabolism (IEM). The efficacy of patient management is governed by the rapidity of AA profile availability, along with the robustness of the method. French quality guidelines and progress made in analytical techniques have led biologists to develop AA profile exploration via mass spectrometry (MS). OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to validate an analytical method with a single quadrupole mass spectrometer (MS) and to suggest reference values in regard to French quality and IEM society recommendations. DESIGN AND METHODS Plasma samples from patients were deproteinised and derivatised with AccqTag™ reagent. Analysis was performed by reverse-phase chromatography coupled to QDA detector. We evaluated accuracy, intra-days and inter-days precision and limit of quantification by the β-expectation tolerance interval method for 27 AA. Method comparison was performed with the standard method (ion exchange chromatography, IEC) on Jeol Aminotac® and to tandem MS. Reference values were established on AA concentrations of the cohort of patients who had no IEM. RESULTS Our method allowed the separations of almost all amino acids with a total run time of 12 min. Separation of isoleucine and alloisoleucine was incomplete (R = 0.55) but without impact on biological interpretation. Precision, accuracy and quantification were satisfactory (intra-days coefficient of variation (CV) was <5%, inter-days precision CV <10% and accuracy <15%). The limits of quantification were validated between 1 and 900 µmol/L. Results were comparable between the new method and IEC. CONCLUSION Ultimately, we validated a rapid method on plasma for quantifying 27 amino acids that can be used in routine practice, according to French quality laboratories and SFEIM (French Society of Inborn Error of Metabolism) recommendations. Furthermore, estimated reference values were similar to those found in published studies focusing on other methods. Despite a lower specificity compared to tandem MS, the simplicity and rapidity of our method are the main advantage of this technique and place it as a major tool in IEM diagnosis and management.
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- C Bruno
- Laboratoire de Biochimie et Biologie Moléculaire, CHRU de Tours, Tours, France; Unité INSERM U1253, équipe "neurogénomique et physiopathologie neuronale", Université de Tours, Tours, France; Centre de référence des maladies héréditaires de métabolisme - filière G2M, France.
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- Laboratoire de Biochimie et Biologie Moléculaire, CHRU de Tours, Tours, France; Unité INSERM U1253, équipe "neurogénomique et physiopathologie neuronale", Université de Tours, Tours, France; Centre de référence des maladies héréditaires de métabolisme - filière G2M, France
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- Laboratoire de Biochimie et Biologie Moléculaire, CHRU de Tours, Tours, France; Centre de référence des maladies héréditaires de métabolisme - filière G2M, France
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- Laboratoire de Biochimie et Biologie Moléculaire, CHRU de Tours, Tours, France; Unité INSERM U1253, équipe "neurogénomique et physiopathologie neuronale", Université de Tours, Tours, France; Centre de référence des maladies héréditaires de métabolisme - filière G2M, France
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- Laboratoire de biochimie-toxicologie, Hôpital Pontchaillou CHU Rennes, France; Université de Rennes, Inserm, Inra, Institut NuMeCan, CHU Rennes, France
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- Laboratoire de biochimie-toxicologie, Hôpital Pontchaillou CHU Rennes, France
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- Laboratoire de biochimie et génétique, Centre hospitalier universitaire, Angers, France
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- Service de Médecine pédiatrique, CHRU de Tours, Tours, France; UMR INSERM U 1069 - Nutrition, Croissance et Cancer (N2C), Université de Tours, Tours, France; Centre de référence des maladies héréditaires de métabolisme - filière G2M, France
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- Service de Médecine pédiatrique, CHRU de Tours, Tours, France; Centre de référence des maladies héréditaires de métabolisme - filière G2M, France
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- Service de Médecine Interne, CHRU de Tours, Tours, France; Centre de référence des maladies héréditaires de métabolisme - filière G2M, France
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- Unité INSERM U1253, équipe "neurogénomique et physiopathologie neuronale", Université de Tours, Tours, France; Service de Médecine Interne, CHRU de Tours, Tours, France; Centre de référence des maladies héréditaires de métabolisme - filière G2M, France
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- Laboratoire de Biochimie et Biologie Moléculaire, CHRU de Tours, Tours, France; Unité INSERM U1253, équipe "neurogénomique et physiopathologie neuronale", Université de Tours, Tours, France; Centre de référence des maladies héréditaires de métabolisme - filière G2M, France
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- Laboratoire de Biochimie et Biologie Moléculaire, CHRU de Tours, Tours, France; Unité INSERM U1253, équipe "neurogénomique et physiopathologie neuronale", Université de Tours, Tours, France; Centre de référence des maladies héréditaires de métabolisme - filière G2M, France
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Ferré S, Drouin N, González-Ruiz V, Rudaz S. Evaluation of a nanoflow interface based on the triple-tube coaxial sheath-flow sprayer for capillary electrophoresis-mass spectrometry coupling in metabolomics. J Chromatogr A 2021; 1641:461982. [PMID: 33611118 DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2021.461982] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2020] [Revised: 02/03/2021] [Accepted: 02/07/2021] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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The performance of an original CE-MS interface that allows the in-axis positioning of the electrospray with respect to the MS inlet was evaluated. The variations in the geometrical alignment of this configuration in the absence of a nebulizing gas afforded a significant reduction in the sheath-liquid flow rate from 3 µL/min to as low as 300 nL/min. The sheath liquid and BGE were respectively composed of H2O-iPrOHCH3COOH 50:50:1 (v/v/v) and 10% acetic acid (pH 2.2). A significant gain in sensitivity was obtained, and it was correlated to the effective mobility of the analytes. Compounds with low mobility values showed a greater sensitivity gain. Special attention was paid to the detection of proteinogenic amino acids. Linear response functions were obtained from 15 ng/mL to 500 ng/mL. The limits of quantification, as low as 34.3 ng/mL, were improved by a factor of up to six compared to the conventional configuration. The in-axis setup was ultimately applied to the absolute quantification of four important amino acids, alanine, tyrosine, methionine and valine, in standard reference material (NIST plasma). The accuracies ranged from 78 to 113%, thus demonstrating the potential of this configuration for metabolomics.
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- Sabrina Ferré
- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland; Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences of Western Switzerland, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland; Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences of Western Switzerland, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland; Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences of Western Switzerland, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland; Swiss Centre for Applied Human Toxicology (SCAHT), Switzerland
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland; Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences of Western Switzerland, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland; Swiss Centre for Applied Human Toxicology (SCAHT), Switzerland.
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Kartsova L, Makeeva D, Kravchenko A, Moskvichev D, Polikarpova D. Capillary electrophoresis as a powerful tool for the analyses of bacterial samples. Trends Analyt Chem 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.trac.2020.116110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Michel M, Salvador C, Wiedemair V, Adam MG, Laser KT, Dubowy KO, Entenmann A, Karall D, Geiger R, Zlamy M, Scholl-Bürgi S. Method comparison of HPLC-ninhydrin-photometry and UHPLC-PITC-tandem mass spectrometry for serum amino acid analyses in patients with complex congenital heart disease and controls. Metabolomics 2020; 16:128. [PMID: 33319318 PMCID: PMC7736021 DOI: 10.1007/s11306-020-01741-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2020] [Accepted: 10/28/2020] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Metabolomics studies are not routine when quantifying amino acids (AA) in congenital heart disease (CHD). OBJECTIVES Comparative analysis of 24 AA in serum by traditional high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) based on ion exchange and ninhydrin derivatisation followed by photometry (PM) with ultra-high-performance liquid chromatography and phenylisothiocyanate derivatisation followed by tandem mass spectrometry (TMS); interpretation of findings in CHD patients and controls. METHODS PM: Sample analysis as above (total run time, ~ 119 min). TMS: Sample analysis by AbsoluteIDQ® p180 kit assay (BIOCRATES Life Sciences AG, Innsbruck, Austria), which employs PITC derivatisation; separation of analytes on a Waters Acquity UHPLC BEH18 C18 reversed-phase column, using water and acetonitrile with 0.1% formic acid as the mobile phases; and quantification on a Triple-Stage Quadrupole tandem mass spectrometer (Thermo Fisher Scientific, Waltham, MA) with electrospray ionisation in the presence of internal standards (total run time, ~ 8 min). Calculation of coefficients of variation (CV) (for precision), intra- and interday accuracies, limits of detection (LOD), limits of quantification (LOQ), and mean concentrations. RESULTS Both methods yielded acceptable results with regard to precision (CV < 10% PM, < 20% TMS), accuracies (< 10% PM, < 34% TMS), LOD, and LOQ. For both Fontan patients and controls AA concentrations differed significantly between methods, but patterns yielded overall were parallel. CONCLUSION Serum AA concentrations differ with analytical methods but both methods are suitable for AA pattern recognition. TMS is a time-saving alternative to traditional PM under physiological conditions as well as in patients with CHD. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier NCT03886935, date of registration March 27th, 2019 (retrospectively registered).
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- Miriam Michel
- grid.5361.10000 0000 8853 2677Department of Pediatrics III, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Medical University of Innsbruck, Anichstraße 35, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
- grid.5570.70000 0004 0490 981XCenter of Pediatric Cardiology and Congenital Heart Disease, Heart and Diabetes Center North Rhine-Westphalia, Ruhr-University of Bochum, Georgstraße 11, 32545 Bad Oeynhausen, Germany
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- grid.5361.10000 0000 8853 2677Department of Pediatrics I, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Medical University of Innsbruck, Anichstraße 35, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- grid.5771.40000 0001 2151 8122Management Center Innsbruck, Department of Food Technologies, Maximilianstraße 2, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- grid.431833.e0000 0004 0521 4243BIOCRATES Life Sciences AG, Eduard-Bodem-Gasse 8, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- grid.5570.70000 0004 0490 981XCenter of Pediatric Cardiology and Congenital Heart Disease, Heart and Diabetes Center North Rhine-Westphalia, Ruhr-University of Bochum, Georgstraße 11, 32545 Bad Oeynhausen, Germany
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- grid.5570.70000 0004 0490 981XCenter of Pediatric Cardiology and Congenital Heart Disease, Heart and Diabetes Center North Rhine-Westphalia, Ruhr-University of Bochum, Georgstraße 11, 32545 Bad Oeynhausen, Germany
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- grid.5361.10000 0000 8853 2677Department of Pediatrics I, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Medical University of Innsbruck, Anichstraße 35, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- grid.5361.10000 0000 8853 2677Department of Pediatrics I, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Medical University of Innsbruck, Anichstraße 35, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- grid.5361.10000 0000 8853 2677Department of Pediatrics III, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Medical University of Innsbruck, Anichstraße 35, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- grid.5361.10000 0000 8853 2677Department of Pediatrics I, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Medical University of Innsbruck, Anichstraße 35, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- grid.5361.10000 0000 8853 2677Department of Pediatrics I, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Medical University of Innsbruck, Anichstraße 35, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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Palomino-Vasco M, Acedo-Valenzuela MI, Rodríguez-Cáceres MI, Mora-Díez N. Monitoring winemaking process using tyrosine influence in the excitation-emission matrices of wine. Food Chem 2020; 344:128721. [PMID: 33272754 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2020.128721] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2020] [Revised: 11/17/2020] [Accepted: 11/20/2020] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Wine samples collected during the winemaking process have been analyzed employing a previously optimized UHPLC-FD method, determining their biogenic amines and amino acids profile. The results obtained have been submitted to a statistical analysis from which it was extracted that the most influential analyte was tyrosine. Thanks to its fluorescence, a method for its determination by excitation-emission matrices has been proposed. The accuracy of the method has been checked by means of Elliptical Joint Confidence Region test. The winemaking process has been monitored with this method, obtaining a faster and cheaper way to follow the process.
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- Mónica Palomino-Vasco
- Department of Analytical Chemistry and Research Institute on Water, Climate Change and Sustainability (IACYS), Faculty of Sciences, University of Extremadura, Badajoz 06006, Spain.
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- Department of Analytical Chemistry and Research Institute on Water, Climate Change and Sustainability (IACYS), Faculty of Sciences, University of Extremadura, Badajoz 06006, Spain
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- Department of Analytical Chemistry and Research Institute on Water, Climate Change and Sustainability (IACYS), Faculty of Sciences, University of Extremadura, Badajoz 06006, Spain
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- Department of Analytical Chemistry and Research Institute on Water, Climate Change and Sustainability (IACYS), Faculty of Sciences, University of Extremadura, Badajoz 06006, Spain
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Konya Y, Izumi Y, Bamba T. Development of a novel method for polar metabolite profiling by supercritical fluid chromatography/tandem mass spectrometry. J Chromatogr A 2020; 1632:461587. [PMID: 33059177 DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2020.461587] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2020] [Revised: 09/24/2020] [Accepted: 09/26/2020] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Supercritical carbon dioxide (scCO2), the main fluid in the mobile phase for supercritical fluid chromatography (SFC), is non-polar. The majority of polar compounds are little soluble in scCO2, thereby rendering them poor candidates for achieving separation by carbon dioxide-based SFC. There is no reported method for the comprehensive analysis of hydrophilic metabolites by SFC with mobile phases comprising a high CO2 ratio. In this study, we investigated the effect of additives in the modifier for enabling the application of SFC to profile diverse polar compounds for metabolomics. Eleven types of columns were screened by using proteinogenic amino acids as the model compounds. The addition of water and acids (formic acid and trifluoroacetic acid (TFA)) to the modifier was also investigated to improve the solubility of the polar compounds and mitigate the unfavorable interaction between the stationary phase and the polar compounds. A significant improvement in the peak shapes of the amino acids was observed upon addition of TFA. The CO2/modifier ratio and TFA concentration in the mobile phases were investigated using the CROWNPAK CR-I (+) column, which showed the best performance during the column-screening. The CO2/methanol/water/TFA ratio of 70/27/3/0.15 (v/v/v/v) was determined as the optimized mobile phase composition. Furthermore, the applicability of the optimized analytical method to other polar compounds was examined; 100 cationic and amphoteric compounds with predicted logPow values that ranged from -5.9 to 1.7 could be simultaneously analyzed without derivatization. Anionic compounds such as organic acids, phosphates, and sugars were excluded from the target analytes. Most of the previously reported SFC methods for analyzing polar compounds employ a gradient elution and require the use of high modifier ratios at 40% or more. In the proposed method, the use of water and TFA enabled the rapid and simultaneous analysis under isocratic elution within 10 min, even with a high CO2 ratio of 70%. Additionally, a rat serum extract was analyzed using the optimized conditions, and 43 polar metabolites were successfully detected. This result demonstrates the applicability of the SFC/tandem mass spectrometry method to real samples.
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- Yutaka Konya
- Division of Metabolomics, Research Center for Transomics Medicine, Medical Institute of Bioregulation, Kyushu University, 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan
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- Division of Metabolomics, Research Center for Transomics Medicine, Medical Institute of Bioregulation, Kyushu University, 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan
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- Division of Metabolomics, Research Center for Transomics Medicine, Medical Institute of Bioregulation, Kyushu University, 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan.
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Determination of native amino acids and lactic acid inLactobacillus helveticusculture media by capillary electrophoresis using Cu2+and β-cyclodextrins as additives. J Chromatogr B Analyt Technol Biomed Life Sci 2020; 1156:122304. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jchromb.2020.122304] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2020] [Revised: 07/30/2020] [Accepted: 08/04/2020] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Md Noh MF, Gunasegavan RDN, Mustafa Khalid N, Balasubramaniam V, Mustar S, Abd Rashed A. Recent Techniques in Nutrient Analysis for Food Composition Database. Molecules 2020; 25:E4567. [PMID: 33036314 PMCID: PMC7582643 DOI: 10.3390/molecules25194567] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2020] [Revised: 08/13/2020] [Accepted: 08/17/2020] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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Food composition database (FCD) provides the nutritional composition of foods. Reliable and up-to date FCD is important in many aspects of nutrition, dietetics, health, food science, biodiversity, plant breeding, food industry, trade and food regulation. FCD has been used extensively in nutrition labelling, nutritional analysis, research, regulation, national food and nutrition policy. The choice of method for the analysis of samples for FCD often depends on detection capability, along with ease of use, speed of analysis and low cost. Sample preparation is the most critical stage in analytical method development. Samples can be prepared using numerous techniques; however it should be applicable for a wide range of analytes and sample matrices. There are quite a number of significant improvements on sample preparation techniques in various food matrices for specific analytes highlighted in the literatures. Improvements on the technology used for the analysis of samples by specific instrumentation could provide an alternative to the analyst to choose for their laboratory requirement. This review provides the reader with an overview of recent techniques that can be used for sample preparation and instrumentation for food analysis which can provide wide options to the analysts in providing data to their FCD.
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- Mohd Fairulnizal Md Noh
- Nutrition, Metabolism and Cardiovascular Research Centre, Institute for Medical Research, National Institutes of Health, No.1, Jalan Setia Murni U13/52, Seksyen U13 Setia Alam, Shah Alam 40170, Malaysia; (R.D.-N.G.); (N.M.K.); (V.B.); (S.M.); (A.A.R.)
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Rivera JM, Rivera M. Tetraphenyl porphyrin films as selective detectors for amino acid molecules. J PORPHYR PHTHALOCYA 2020. [DOI: 10.1142/s1088424620500340] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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The interaction of different amino acids and vacuum evaporated tetraphenyl porphyrin films was investigated by using kinetic isotherms, UV-vis spectroscopy, quartz crystal microbalance and density functional theory techniques. The adsorption process was analyzed by using pseudo-first-order and pseudo-second-order models. From these results, the adsorption order changed depending on the chemical characteristics of the porphyrin film, although most of the interactions were classified as pseudo-second-order at the films interface. From absorbance measurements, red shifts on the Soret peak positions were observed for all amino acids interacting with the metal free and the ZnTPP systems, while the position of the Soret peak barely change for the CuTPP surface, except for a slight bathocromic shift for arginine. On the other hand, the broadening of the Soret peak was more important for the ZnTPP and H2TPP surfaces, but the interaction with the CuTPP interfaces decreased the width of the peaks in all cases. In addition, a quartz crystal microbalance analysis was employed to investigate the film sensing performance during amino acid exposure. From these results, positively charged amino acids were more easily adsorbed on the films in contrast with the polar (serine) molecule. DFT calculations exhibited important deformations for H2TPP, the out-of-plane displacement of the Zn atom for ZnTPP, and hydrogen bond interactions with the CuTPP molecule. DFT also showed high binding energies for the positively charged amino acids but low binding energies for serine in agreement with experimental data. From these results, porphyrin films could be used as selective detectors for various L-amino acid molecules.
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- Jesús Miguel Rivera
- Instituto de Física, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 04510, Ciudad de México, México
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- Instituto de Física, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 04510, Ciudad de México, México
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Lim HJ, Jang YJ, Lee KH, Kim DM. Translational Detection of Nonproteinogenic Amino Acids Using an Engineered Complementary Cell-Free Protein Synthesis Assay. Anal Chem 2020; 92:11505-11510. [PMID: 32794704 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.0c01978] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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We developed a simple and rapid method for analyzing nonproteinogenic amino acids that does not require conventional chromatographic equipment. In this technique, nonproteinogenic amino acids were first converted to a proteinogenic amino acid through in vitro metabolism in a cell extract. The proteinogenic amino acid generated from the nonproteinogenic precursors were then incorporated into a reporter protein using a cell-free protein synthesis system. The titers of the nonproteinogenic amino acids could be readily quantified by measuring the activity of reporter proteins. This method, which combines the enzymatic conversion of target amino acids with translational analysis, makes amino acid analysis more accessible while minimizing the cost and time requirements. We anticipate that the same strategy could be extended to the detection of diverse biochemical molecules with clinical and industrial implications.
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- Hye Jin Lim
- Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry, Chungnam National University, 99 Daehak-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 34134, Korea
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry, Chungnam National University, 99 Daehak-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 34134, Korea
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry, Chungnam National University, 99 Daehak-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 34134, Korea
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry, Chungnam National University, 99 Daehak-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 34134, Korea
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Celá A, Glatz Z. Homocyclic
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‐dicarboxaldehydes: Derivatization reagents for sensitive analysis of amino acids and related compounds by capillary and microchip electrophoresis. Electrophoresis 2020; 41:1851-1869. [DOI: 10.1002/elps.202000041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2020] [Revised: 05/27/2020] [Accepted: 06/07/2020] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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- Andrea Celá
- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science Masaryk University Brno Czech Republic
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- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science Masaryk University Brno Czech Republic
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