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Tijerina A, Garza A, López A, Cavazos N, Romo A, Heya MS, Bouzas C, Tur JA, Salas R. An HPLC-UV Method to Assess Human Plasma 25(OH)D 3. Nutrients 2024; 16:2304. [PMID: 39064747 PMCID: PMC11280100 DOI: 10.3390/nu16142304] [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: 07/03/2024] [Revised: 07/12/2024] [Accepted: 07/12/2024] [Indexed: 07/28/2024] Open
Abstract
The aim of this study was to validate an HPLC-UV method to assess vitamin D status by determining the linearity and precision of the 25-hydroxyvitamin D3 (25(OH)D3) calibration curve, the limits of detection, quantitation and robustness of the method, and its accuracy. A second stock solution of 25(OH)D3 was prepared (500 ng/mL), and working dilutions (5, 10, 20, 30, 40, and 50 ng/mL) were prepared for a calibration curve. The HPLC equipment had a UV-Vis diode-array detector and utilized an AcclaimTM 120 C18 column (5 µm, 4.6 × 250 mm) with a flow rate of 1.2 mL/min, a column temperature of 30 °C, and the standards and samples were maintained at 4 °C, with an injection volume of 100 µL. Detection of 25(OH)D3 was determined at 265 nm, with a retention time of 4.0 min. The validation was conducted according to the FDA Validation of Analytical Procedures: Guidance for Industry. Vitamin D was extracted from plasma samples using acetonitrile (ACN)-0.1% formic acid (2:1 v/v), and the percentage of recovery was calculated. The proposed method conditions gave excellent linearity (R2 = 0.9989) and the linearity coefficient was R2 > 0.99 for 25(OH)D3. The detection and quantification limits were 1.1703 ng/mL and 3.5462 ng/mL, respectively. Decreasing or increasing the reading temperature by 1 °C decreased the response units (AU) of vitamin D, 25(OH)D3. When the current flow rate decreased by 0.2 mL/min (1.0 mL/min), the retention time increased to 4.913 min, whereas an increase of 0.2 mL/min of the proposed flow rate (1.4 mL/min) decreased the retention time to 3.500 min. The percentage of recovery varied from 92.2% to 97.1%. The proposed method to quantify a vitamin D metabolite (25(OH)D3) in human plasma samples was reliable and validated.
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- Alexandra Tijerina
- Faculty of Public Health and Nutrition, Autonomous University of Nuevo Leon, Monterrey 64460, NL, Mexico
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- Faculty of Medicine, Autonomous University of Nuevo Leon, Monterrey 64460, NL, Mexico
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- Faculty of Public Health and Nutrition, Autonomous University of Nuevo Leon, Monterrey 64460, NL, Mexico
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- Faculty of Medicine, Autonomous University of Nuevo Leon, Monterrey 64460, NL, Mexico
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- Faculty of Public Health and Nutrition, Autonomous University of Nuevo Leon, Monterrey 64460, NL, Mexico
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- Faculty of Public Health and Nutrition, Autonomous University of Nuevo Leon, Monterrey 64460, NL, Mexico
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- Research Group on Community Nutrition and Oxidative Stress, University of Balearic Islands—IUNICS, IDISBA & CIBEROBN, Guillem Colom Bldg, Campus, 07122 Palma de Mallorca, Spain
- Health Institute of the Balearic Islands (IDISBA), 07120 Palma de Mallorca, Spain
- CIBER Physiopathology of Obesity and Nutrition (CIBEROBN), Institute of Health Carlos III (ISCIII), 28029 Madrid, Spain
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- Research Group on Community Nutrition and Oxidative Stress, University of Balearic Islands—IUNICS, IDISBA & CIBEROBN, Guillem Colom Bldg, Campus, 07122 Palma de Mallorca, Spain
- Health Institute of the Balearic Islands (IDISBA), 07120 Palma de Mallorca, Spain
- CIBER Physiopathology of Obesity and Nutrition (CIBEROBN), Institute of Health Carlos III (ISCIII), 28029 Madrid, Spain
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- Faculty of Public Health and Nutrition, Autonomous University of Nuevo Leon, Monterrey 64460, NL, Mexico
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Rola R, Kowalski K, Bieńkowski T, Studzińska S. Improved sample preparation method for fast LC-MS/MS analysis of vitamin D metabolites in serum. J Pharm Biomed Anal 2020; 190:113529. [PMID: 32841780 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpba.2020.113529] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2020] [Revised: 07/23/2020] [Accepted: 07/31/2020] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Despite the fact that more than 90% of vitamin D analysis are performed using immuno-enzymatic techniques, it is liquid chromatography coupled with tandem mass spectrometry that is currently the reference method. It allows for specific and selective analysis of all relevant vitamin D metabolites from a variety of biological materials, including serum or a dried blood spot. This paper presents development of a fast, cheap and high-throughput method of serum sample preparation using protein precipitation. For this purpose, organic solvent is used. Several substances were tested, including acetonitrile, methanol and their mixtures with zinc sulfate. However, the highest recovery values for the vitamin D metabolites were obtained for acetonitrile, with an organic solvent to serum ratio of 8:1. The preparation of a sample is carried out in 96-well plates and takes an hour and a half, together with a derivatization reaction using Cookson-type reagent 4-(4'-dimethylaminophenyl)-1,2,4-triazoline-3,5-dione. Due to the fact that vitamin D metabolites are bound to proteins, the relationship between the content of organic solvent in the sample preparation process and their release from the protein complex was examined. The results indicate that the organic solvent content should be 30-70% in order to completely release the tested compounds from the proteins. In addition, the developed chromatographic method has eliminated false positive signals for the 24,25(OH)2D3 metabolite. Total analysis time is 5.5 min., while maintaining resolution necessary to separate the analyzed compounds.
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- R Rola
- Chair of Environmental Chemistry and Bioanalytics, Faculty of Chemistry, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, 7 Gagarin St., PL - 87-100 Toruń, Poland; Masdiag - Diagnostic Mass Spectrometry Laboratory, 33 Stefana Żeromskiego St. PL - 01-882 Warsaw, Poland.
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- Masdiag - Diagnostic Mass Spectrometry Laboratory, 33 Stefana Żeromskiego St. PL - 01-882 Warsaw, Poland
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- Masdiag - Diagnostic Mass Spectrometry Laboratory, 33 Stefana Żeromskiego St. PL - 01-882 Warsaw, Poland
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- Chair of Environmental Chemistry and Bioanalytics, Faculty of Chemistry, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, 7 Gagarin St., PL - 87-100 Toruń, Poland
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Rola R, Kowalski K, Bieńkowski T, Kołodyńska-Goworek A, Studzińska S. Development of a method for multiple vitamin D metabolite measurements by liquid chromatography coupled with tandem mass spectrometry in dried blood spots. Analyst 2019; 144:299-309. [PMID: 30403208 DOI: 10.1039/c8an01422a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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There are two forms of vitamin D which are essential to the human body, i.e. vitamin D2 (ergocalciferol) and vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol). The inactive metabolites of vitamin D are commonly used for quantitative analysis because of their longer half-life, stability, and relatively high blood concentrations. This paper presents the development of a high-throughput and sensitive method for determining four vitamin D metabolites in dried blood spots using liquid chromatography coupled with tandem mass spectrometry. This method allows for the determination of 25(OH)D2 and 25(OH)D3 concentrations, as well as the epimeric form 3-epi-25(OH)D3 and 24,25(OH)2D3. The analyzed material is capillary blood taken from the fingertip, deposited on filter paper. Four different chromatographic columns were tested to separate all compounds, in particular, the epimeric form. The column of choice was F5 (Phenomenex, Torrance, CA, USA). In order to prove the consistency between the results for DBS, used as an alternative biological matrix, and serum, comparative studies of these two materials were carried out in nearly 100 individuals. The results indicated their positive correlation. The evaluation of short-term stability of metabolites in DBS within the month showed no change in metabolite concentration. During the validation, the impact of the matrix on the ionization of the tested compounds was evaluated. Capillary blood and venous blood collected for different anticoagulants were also compared. The smallest differences in the results were obtained for citrate. In order to achieve a limit of quantitation of 0.2 ng ml-1, sample preparation involved derivatization using a Cookson-type reagent, 4-(4'-dimethylaminophenyl)-1,2,4-triazoline-3,5-dione (DAPTAD).
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- R Rola
- Chair of Environmental Chemistry and Bioanalytics, Faculty of Chemistry, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, 7 Gagarin St., PL - 87-100 Toruń, Poland. and Masdiag - Diagnostic Mass Spectrometry Laboratory, 33 Stefana Żeromskiego St., PL - 01-882 Warsaw, Poland
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- Masdiag - Diagnostic Mass Spectrometry Laboratory, 33 Stefana Żeromskiego St., PL - 01-882 Warsaw, Poland
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- Masdiag - Diagnostic Mass Spectrometry Laboratory, 33 Stefana Żeromskiego St., PL - 01-882 Warsaw, Poland
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- Masdiag - Diagnostic Mass Spectrometry Laboratory, 33 Stefana Żeromskiego St., PL - 01-882 Warsaw, Poland
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- Chair of Environmental Chemistry and Bioanalytics, Faculty of Chemistry, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, 7 Gagarin St., PL - 87-100 Toruń, Poland.
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Chouinard CD, Cruzeiro VWD, Beekman CR, Roitberg AE, Yost RA. Investigating Differences in Gas-Phase Conformations of 25-Hydroxyvitamin D3 Sodiated Epimers using Ion Mobility-Mass Spectrometry and Theoretical Modeling. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY 2017; 28:1497-1505. [PMID: 28417307 DOI: 10.1007/s13361-017-1673-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2017] [Revised: 03/26/2017] [Accepted: 03/28/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Drift tube ion mobility coupled with mass spectrometry was used to investigate the gas-phase structure of 25-hydroxyvitamin D3 (25OHD3) and D2 (25OHD2) epimers, and to evaluate its potential in rapid separation of these compounds. Experimental results revealed two distinct drift species for the 25OHD3 sodiated monomer, whereas only one of these conformations was observed for its epimer (epi25OHD3). The unique species allowed 25OHD3 to be readily distinguished, and the same pattern was observed for 25OHD2 epimers. Theoretical modeling of 25OHD3 epimers identified energetically stable gas-phase structures, indicating that both compounds may adopt a compact "closed" conformation, but that 25OHD3 may also adopt a slightly less energetically favorable "open" conformation that is not accessible to its epimer. Calculated theoretical collision cross-sections for these structures agreed with experimental results to <2%. Experimentation indicated that additional energy in the ESI source (i.e., increased temperature, spray voltage) affected the ratio of 25OHD3 conformations, with the less energetically favorable "open" conformation increasing in relative intensity. Finally, LC-IM-MS results yielded linear quantitation of 25OHD3, in the presence of the epimer interference, at biologically relevant concentrations. This study demonstrates that ion mobility can be used in tandem with theoretical modeling to determine structural differences that contribute to drift separation. These separation capabilities provide potential for rapid (<60 ms) identification of 25OHD3 and 25OHD2 in mixtures with their epimers. Graphical Abstract ᅟ.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 32611, USA
- CAPES Foundation, Ministry of Education of Brazil, Brasília, DF, 70040-020, Brazil
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 32611, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 32611, USA.
- Southeast Center for Integrated Metabolomics (SECIM), University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA.
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Contractor P, Gandhi A, Solanki G, Shah PA, Shrivastav PS. Determination of ergocalciferol in human plasma after Diels-Alder derivatization by LC-MS/MS and its application to a bioequivalence study. J Pharm Anal 2017; 7:417-422. [PMID: 29404069 PMCID: PMC5790750 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpha.2017.05.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2016] [Revised: 05/12/2017] [Accepted: 05/19/2017] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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An accurate, sensitive and selective method is developed for determination of ergocalciferol (vitamin D2) in human plasma using LC-MS/MS. After liquid-liquid extraction with n-hexane, ergocalciferol was derivatized by reacting with 4-phenyl-1,2,4-triazoline-3,5-dione (PTAD), a strong dienophile based on Diels-Alder reaction. Ergocalciferol and its deuterated internal standard, ergocalciferol-d6, were analyzed on X Select CSH C18 (100 mm×4.6 mm, 2.5 µm) column using acetonitrile and 0.1% (v/v) formic acid in water containing 0.14% methylamine within 6.0 min under gradient elution mode. Tandem mass spectrometry in positive ionization mode was used to quantify ergocalciferol by multiple reaction monitoring (MRM). Entire data processing was done using Watson LIMS™ software which provided excellent data integrity and high throughput with improved operational efficiency. The major advantage of this method includes higher sensitivity (0.10 ng/mL), superior extraction efficiency (≥83%) and small sample volume (100 µL) for processing. The method was linear in the concentration range of 0.10-100 ng/mL for ergocalciferol. The intra-batch and inter-batch accuracy and precision (% CV) values varied from 97.3% to 109.0% and 1.01% to 5.16%, respectively. The method was successfully applied to support a bioequivalence study of 1.25 mg ergocalciferol capsules in 12 healthy subjects.
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- Pritesh Contractor
- Department of Chemistry, Kadi Sarva Vishwavidyalaya, Gandhinagar, Ahmedabad-382015, India
- Bioanalytical Department, Veeda Clinical Research, Ahmedabad-387810, India
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- Bioanalytical Department, Veeda Clinical Research, Ahmedabad-387810, India
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- Bioanalytical Department, Veeda Clinical Research, Ahmedabad-387810, India
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Sciences, Gujarat University, Ahmedabad 380009, India
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Sciences, Gujarat University, Ahmedabad 380009, India
- Corresponding author.
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A simplified LC-MS/MS method for rapid determination of cycloserine in small-volume human plasma using protein precipitation coupled with dilution techniques to overcome matrix effects and its application to a pharmacokinetic study. Anal Bioanal Chem 2017; 409:3025-3032. [PMID: 28224247 DOI: 10.1007/s00216-017-0249-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2016] [Revised: 01/21/2017] [Accepted: 02/06/2017] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Matrix effects have been a major concern when developing LC-MS/MS methods for quantitative bioanalysis of cycloserine. Sample handling procedures including solid phase extraction or derivatization have been reported previously by researchers to overcome matrix effects of cycloserine. In the present study, the possibility of reducing matrix effects of cycloserine using protein precipitation coupled with dilution techniques was investigated. Plasma samples were pretreated by protein precipitation with methanol followed by a 40-fold dilution with methanol-water (50:50, v/v). The analyte and the internal standard (mildronate) were chromatographed on a Shim-pack XR-ODS (100 mm × 2.0 mm, 2.2 μm) column using methanol-0.01% formic acid (70:30, v/v) as mobile phase and detected by multiple reaction monitoring mode via positive electrospray ionization. The total run time was only 2 min per sample. The suppression of cycloserine response was reduced with the matrix effects ranging between 80.5 and 87.9%. A lower limit of quantification (LLOQ) of 0.300 μg/mL was achieved using only 10 μL of plasma. The intra- and inter-day precisions were less than 4.8% and the accuracy ranged from -2.6 to 6.6%. The method was successfully applied to a pharmacokinetic study of cycloserine in 30 healthy Chinese male subjects after oral administration of a single dose of cycloserine at 250, 500 and 750 mg under fasting conditions. The newly developed method is simpler, faster, cost-effective, and more robust than previously reported LC-MS/MS methods.
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