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Gordi T, Baillie R, Vuong LT, Abidi S, Dueker S, Vasquez H, Pegis P, Hopper AO, Power GG, Blood AB. Pharmacokinetic analysis of14C-ursodiol in newborn infants using accelerator mass spectrometry. J Clin Pharmacol 2014; 54:1031-7. [DOI: 10.1002/jcph.327] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2013] [Accepted: 04/30/2014] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
Affiliation(s)
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- Eckert & Ziegler Vitalea Science; Davis CA USA
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- Eckert & Ziegler Vitalea Science; Davis CA USA
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- Division of Neonatology; Department of Pediatrics; Loma Linda University School of Medicine; Loma Linda CA USA
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- Division of Neonatology; Department of Pediatrics; Loma Linda University School of Medicine; Loma Linda CA USA
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- Division of Neonatology; Department of Pediatrics; Loma Linda University School of Medicine; Loma Linda CA USA
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- Center for Perinatal Biology; Loma Linda University School of Medicine; Loma Linda CA USA
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- Division of Neonatology; Department of Pediatrics; Loma Linda University School of Medicine; Loma Linda CA USA
- Center for Perinatal Biology; Loma Linda University School of Medicine; Loma Linda CA USA
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Dueker SR, Vuong LT, Lohstroh PN, Giacomo JA, Vogel JS. Quantifying exploratory low dose compounds in humans with AMS. Adv Drug Deliv Rev 2011; 63:518-31. [PMID: 21047543 PMCID: PMC3062634 DOI: 10.1016/j.addr.2010.10.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2010] [Revised: 10/08/2010] [Accepted: 10/18/2010] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Accelerator Mass Spectrometry is an established technology whose essentiality extends beyond simply a better detector for radiolabeled molecules. Attomole sensitivity reduces radioisotope exposures in clinical subjects to the point that no population need be excluded from clinical study. Insights in human physiochemistry are enabled by the quantitative recovery of simplified AMS processes that provide biological concentrations of all labeled metabolites and total compound related material at non-saturating levels. In this paper, we review some of the exploratory applications of AMS (14)C in toxicological, nutritional, and pharmacological research. This body of research addresses the human physiochemistry of important compounds in their own right, but also serves as examples of the analytical methods and clinical practices that are available for studying low dose physiochemistry of candidate therapeutic compounds, helping to broaden the knowledge base of AMS application in pharmaceutical research.
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New ultrasensitive detection technologies and techniques for use in microdosing studies. Bioanalysis 2011; 1:357-66. [PMID: 21083172 DOI: 10.4155/bio.09.40] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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In a microdosing study, subpharmacologically active doses of drug are given to human volunteers at an early stage of development in order to obtain preliminary pharmacokinetic data. The very low doses of drug administered (≤100 µg) consequently lead to very low concentrations of drug appearing in the body and therefore highly sensitive analytical techniques are required. There are three such analytical technologies currently used in microdosing studies: PET, liquid chromatography (LC)-tandem mass spectrometry (MS/MS) and accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS). Both PET and AMS employ radioisotopic tracers. PET is an imaging technique and AMS is an extremely sensitive isotope ratio method, able to measure drug concentrations in the ag/ml range. LC-MS/MS does not require the presence of an isotopic tracer and its sensitivity is in the pg/ml range. This review examines each of these three analytical modalities in the context of performing microdosing studies.
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Ross AB, Vuong LT, Ruckle J, Synal HA, Schulze-König T, Wertz K, Rümbeli R, Liberman RG, Skipper PL, Tannenbaum SR, Bourgeois A, Guy PA, Enslen M, Nielsen ILF, Kochhar S, Richelle M, Fay LB, Williamson G. Lycopene bioavailability and metabolism in humans: an accelerator mass spectrometry study. Am J Clin Nutr 2011; 93:1263-73. [PMID: 21543537 DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.110.008375] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND To our knowledge, there is no direct information on lycopene metabolism in humans. OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to quantify the long-term human bioavailability of lycopene in plasma and skin after a single dose of (14)C-lycopene and to profile the metabolites formed. DESIGN We preselected 2 male subjects as lycopene absorbers and gave them an oral dose of 10 mg synthetic lycopene combined with ≈6 μg [6,6',7,7'-(14)C]lycopene (≈30,000 Bq; 92% trans lycopene). The appearance of (14)C in plasma, plasma triacylglycerol-rich lipoprotein (TRL) fraction, urine, expired breath carbon dioxide, and skin biopsies was measured over 42 d. The (14)C in lycopene-isomer fractions from plasma and TRL fraction was measured to assess the isomerization of lycopene in vivo. RESULTS We quantified (14)C from (14)C-lycopene in plasma, the plasma TRL fraction, expired carbon dioxide, urine, and skin. The time to maximum concentration (t(max)) of total (14)C-lycopene in plasma was 6 h, and the elimination half-life (t(1/2)) was 5 d, which were different from the t(max) and t(1/2) of unlabeled lycopene (0.5 and 48 d, respectively). (14)C-Lycopene was extensively isomerized after dosing as a 92% all-trans isomer at dosing but changed to 50% trans, 38% 5 cis, 1% 9 cis, and 11% other cis isomers after 24 h. A similar pattern of isomerization was seen in plasma TRL fractions. CONCLUSIONS Lycopene was extensively isomerized after dosing and rapidly metabolized into polar metabolites excreted into urine with the rapid peak of (14)CO(2) after dosing, which implies that β-oxidation was involved in the lycopene metabolism. Lycopene or its metabolites were detected in skin for up to 42 d.
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Janle EM, Lila MA, Grannan M, Wood L, Higgins A, Yousef GG, Rogers RB, Kim H, Jackson GS, Ho L, Weaver CM. Pharmacokinetics and tissue distribution of 14C-labeled grape polyphenols in the periphery and the central nervous system following oral administration. J Med Food 2010; 13:926-33. [PMID: 20673061 DOI: 10.1089/jmf.2009.0157] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Grape polyphenols confer potential health benefits, including prevention of neurodegenerative diseases. To determine the absorption and tissue distribution of the complex grape polyphenol mixture, (14)C-labeled polyphenols were biosynthesized by grape cell suspension cultures, during co-incubation with radioisotopically labeled sucrose, and fractionated into polyphenolic subfractions. The pharmacokinetics and distribution of grape polyphenols into blood, brain, and peripheral interstitial fluid were determined by tracking the (14)C label. The blood peak (14)C concentration of the fractions ranged from 15 minutes to 4 hours. Absorption and tissue distribution varied greatly between fractions. Concentrations in interstitial fluid were lower than in blood. The amount of residual label in the brain at 24 hours ranged from 0.1% to 1.7% of the dose, depending on the fraction. (14)C label found in the brain tissue and brain microdialysate indicated that grape polyphenols or their metabolites are able to cross the blood-brain barrier. Using (14)C-labeled plant polyphenols it is possible to track the compounds or their metabolic products into any tissue and determine distribution patterns in spite of low concentrations. A central question regarding the potential role of dietary polyphenolics in neurodegenerative research is whether they are bioavailable in the brain. Our observations indicate that some grape-derived polyphenolics do reach the brain, which suggests their potential value for applications in neurodegenerative disorders.
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- Elsa M Janle
- Department of Foods and Nutrition, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907-2059, USA.
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Aklamati EK, Mulenga M, Dueker SR, Buchholz BA, Peerson JM, Kafwembe E, Brown KH, Haskell MJ. Accelerator mass spectrometry can be used to assess vitamin A metabolism quantitatively in boys in a community setting. J Nutr 2010; 140:1588-94. [PMID: 20660280 PMCID: PMC3139233 DOI: 10.3945/jn.110.125500] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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A survey indicated that high-dose vitamin A (HD-VA) supplements had no apparent effect on vitamin A (VA) status, assessed by serum retinol concentrations, of Zambian children lt 5 y of age. To explore possible reasons for the lack of response, we quantified absorption, retention, and urinary elimination of either a single HD-VA supplement (209.8 micromol; 60 mg) or a smaller dose of stable isotope (SI)-labeled VA (17.5 micromol; 5 mg), which was used to estimate VA pool size, in 3- to 4-y-old Zambian boys (n = 4 for each VA dose). A tracer dose of [(14)C(2)]-labeled VA (0.925 kBq; 25 nCi) was coadministered with the HD-VA supplement or SI-labeled VA, and 24-h stool and urine samples were collected for 3 and 7 consecutive days, respectively, and 24-h urine samples at 4 later time points. Accelerator MS was used to quantify (14)C in stool and urine. Estimates of absorption, retention, and the urinary elimination rate (UER) were 83.8 +/- 7.1%, 76.3 +/- 6.7%, and 1.9 +/- 0.6%/d, respectively, for the HD-VA supplement and 76.5 +/- 9.5%, 71.1 +/- 9.4%, and 1.8 +/- 1.2%/d, respectively, for the SI-labeled VA. Mean estimates of absorption, retention, and the UER did not differ by size of the VA dose administered. Estimated absorption and retention were negatively associated with reported fever (r = minus 0.83; P = 0.011). The HD-VA supplement and SI-labeled VA were adequately absorbed, retained, and utilized in apparently healthy Zambian preschool-age boys; absorption and retention may be affected by recent fever.
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- Emmanuel K. Aklamati
- Program in International and Community Nutrition and Department of Nutrition, University of California, Davis, CA 95616
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- Tropical Diseases Research Center, Ndola Central Hospital, Ndola 50100, Zambia
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- Center for Accelerator Mass Spectrometry, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories, Livermore, CA 94551
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- Program in International and Community Nutrition and Department of Nutrition, University of California, Davis, CA 95616
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- Tropical Diseases Research Center, Ndola Central Hospital, Ndola 50100, Zambia
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- Program in International and Community Nutrition and Department of Nutrition, University of California, Davis, CA 95616
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- Program in International and Community Nutrition and Department of Nutrition, University of California, Davis, CA 95616,To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail:
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Vuong LT, Ruckle JL, Blood AB, Reid MJ, Wasnich RD, Synal HA, Dueker SR. Use of Accelerator Mass Spectrometry to Measure the Pharmacokinetics and Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cell Concentrations of Zidovudine. J Pharm Sci 2008; 97:2833-43. [PMID: 17854048 DOI: 10.1002/jps.21160] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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The remarkable sensitivity of accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) is finding many new applications in pharmacology. In this study AMS was used to measure [(14)C]-Zidovudine (ZDV) concentrations at the drug's site of action (peripheral blood mononuclear cells, PBMCs) following a dose of 520 ng (less than one-millionth of the standard daily dose) to a healthy volunteer. In addition, the pharmacokinetics of this microdose were determined and compared to previously published parameters for therapeutic doses. Microdose ZDV pharmacokinetic parameters fell within reported 95% confidence intervals or standard deviations of most previously published values for therapeutic doses. Blood, urine, stool, saliva, and isolated PBMCs were collected periodically through 96 h postdose and analyzed for ZDV and metabolite concentrations. The results showed that ZDV is rapidly absorbed and eliminated, has one major metabolite, and is sequestered in PBMCs. (14)C mass balance assessments indicated a significant portion of ZDV remained after 96 h with a much prolonged elimination half-life. Results of this study demonstrate the usefulness of microdosing and AMS as a tool for studying the pharmacokinetic characteristics, including PBMC concentrations, of ZDV and underscore the value of AMS as a tool with which to perform pharmacokinetic and mass balance studies using trace amounts of radiolabeled compound.
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- Le T Vuong
- Vitalea Science, Inc, Woodland, California 95776, USA
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Kussmann M, Affolter M, Nagy K, Holst B, Fay LB. Mass spectrometry in nutrition: understanding dietary health effects at the molecular level. MASS SPECTROMETRY REVIEWS 2007; 26:727-50. [PMID: 17654467 DOI: 10.1002/mas.20147] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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In modern nutrition research, mass spectrometry has developed into a tool to assess health, sensory as well as quality and safety aspects of food. In this review, we focus on health-related benefits of food components and, accordingly, on biomarkers of exposure (bioavailability) and bioefficacy. Current nutrition research focuses on unraveling the link between dietary patterns, individual foods or food constituents and the physiological effects at cellular, tissue and whole body level after acute and chronic uptake. The bioavailability of bioactive food constituents as well as dose-effect correlations are key information to understand the impact of food on defined health outcomes. Both strongly depend on appropriate analytical tools to identify and quantify minute amounts of individual compounds in highly complex matrices--food or biological fluids--and to monitor molecular changes in the body in a highly specific and sensitive manner. Based on these requirements, mass spectrometry has become the analytical method of choice with broad applications throughout all areas of nutrition research. The current review focuses on selected areas of application: protein and peptide as well as nutrient and metabolite analysis.
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- Martin Kussmann
- Bioanalytical Science Department, Nestlé Research Center, Nestec Ltd, Vers-chez-les-Blanc, CH-1000 Lausanne 26, Switzerland
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Carkeet C, Dueker SR, Lango J, Buchholz BA, Miller JW, Green R, Hammock BD, Roth JR, Anderson PJ. Human vitamin B12 absorption measurement by accelerator mass spectrometry using specifically labeled (14)C-cobalamin. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2006; 103:5694-9. [PMID: 16585531 PMCID: PMC1458635 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0601251103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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There is a need for an improved test of human ability to assimilate dietary vitamin B(12). Assaying and understanding absorption and uptake of B(12) is important because defects can lead to hematological and neurological complications. Accelerator mass spectrometry is uniquely suited for assessing absorption and kinetics of carbon-14 ((14)C)-labeled substances after oral ingestion because it is more sensitive than decay counting and can measure levels of (14)C in microliter volumes of biological samples with negligible exposure of subjects to radioactivity. The test we describe employs amounts of B(12) in the range of normal dietary intake. The B(12) used was quantitatively labeled with (14)C at one particular atom of the dimethylbenzimidazole (DMB) moiety by exploiting idiosyncrasies of Salmonella metabolism. To grow aerobically on ethanolamine, Salmonella enterica must be provided with either preformed B(12) or two of its precursors, cobinamide and DMB. When provided with (14)C-DMB specifically labeled in the C2 position, cells produced (14)C-B(12) of high specific activity (2.1 GBq/mmol, 58 mCi/mmol) (1 Ci = 37 GBq) and no detectable dilution of label from endogenous DMB synthesis. In a human kinetic study, a physiological dose (1.5 microg, 2.2 kBq/59 nCi) of purified (14)C-B(12) was administered and showed plasma appearance and clearance curves consistent with the predicted behavior of the pure vitamin. This method opens new avenues for study of B(12) assimilation.
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- Center for Accelerator Mass Spectrometry, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA 94551-9900; and
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- Department of Medical Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of California, Sacramento, CA 95817
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- Department of Medical Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of California, Sacramento, CA 95817
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- **Section of Microbiology, University of California, Davis, CA 95616-5270
- To whom correspondence may be addressed. E-mail:
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- **Section of Microbiology, University of California, Davis, CA 95616-5270
- To whom correspondence may be addressed. E-mail:
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Current literature in mass spectrometry. JOURNAL OF MASS SPECTROMETRY : JMS 2005; 40:1390-401. [PMID: 16237664 DOI: 10.1002/jms.811] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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de Moura FF, Ho CC, Getachew G, Hickenbottom S, Clifford AJ. Kinetics of 14C distribution after tracer dose of 14C-lutein in an adult woman. Lipids 2005; 40:1069-73. [PMID: 16382580 DOI: 10.1007/s11745-005-1471-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Lutein is an oxygenated carotenoid (xanthophyll) found in dark green leafy vegetables. High intakes of lutein may lower the risk of age-related macular degeneration. Current understanding of human lutein metabolism as it might occur in vivo is incomplete. Therefore, we conducted a feasibility study where we dosed a normal adult woman with 14C-lutein (125 nmol, 36 nCi 14C), dissolved in olive oil (0.5 g/kg body weight) and mixed in a banana shake. Blood, urine, and feces collected before the dose was administered served to establish baseline values. Thereafter, blood was collected for 63 d following the dose, while feces and urine were collected for 2 wk post-dose. The 14C contents in plasma, urine, and feces were measured by accelerator MS. The 14C first appeared in plasma 1 h after dosing and reached its highest level, approximately2.08% of dose/L plasma, at 14 h post-dose. The plasma pattern of 14C did not include a chylomicrons/VLDL (intestinal) peak like that when the same subject received 14C-beta-carotene (a previous test), suggesting that lutein was handled differently from beta-carotene by plasma lipoproteins. Lutein had an elimination half-life (t1/2) of approximately10 d. Forty-five percent of the dose of 14C was eliminated in feces and 10% in urine in the first 2 d after dosing. Quantifying human lutein metabolism is a fertile area for future research.
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- Fabiana F de Moura
- Department of Nutrition, University of California Davis, 95616-8669, USA
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Traditional and accelerator mass spectrometry for quantitation of human folate pools. Trends Food Sci Technol 2005. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tifs.2005.03.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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