Document Type
Journal Article
Department/Unit
Department of Chemistry
Title
Quantification of acylglycines in human urine by HPLC electrospray ionization-tandem mass spectrometry and the establishment of pediatric reference interval in local Chinese
Language
English
Abstract
Urinary organic acids, plasma amino acids and acylcarnitine profile analyses are the main tools used to diagnose inborn errors of metabolisms (IEMs). However, without metabolic decompensation, these parameters are often not helpful. On the other hand, in cases of IEM, acylglycines are consistently raised even when patients appear to be in remission. This study aims to set-up a simple liquid chromatography-electrospray ionization-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-ESI-MS/MS) method for the determination of urine acylglycines, complementary to organic acid and acylcarnitine profiles, for the diagnosis of IEM. In addition, local reference intervals for various acylglycines are established by using this method. Acylglycines were isolated by solid-phase extraction, derivatized with n-butanol, separated by HPLC, and detected by ESI-MS/MS. Acylglycines were quantified with deuterated internal standards. Mean recoveries of acylglycines ranged from 90.2 to 109.3%. Within- and between-run imprecisions for all acylglycines have CVs less than 10%. Linear regression coefficients were greater than 0.99. Reference intervals were established according to CLSI guidelines by analyzing 204 samples from apparently healthy individuals less than 18 years of age. The distributions of AG in the "normal" urine were skewed towards the right. After log transformation, all the results were normally distributed. Partitioning into age group reference intervals was not indicated, according to the Harris and Boyd approach. In this context, a single reference interval for each acylglycine could be used. This method of urine acylglycines analysis is a powerful diagnostic tool, complementary to urine organic acids and plasma acylcarnitine profiling, for detecting certain inborn errors of metabolism. © 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Keywords
Acylglycines, HPLC-ESI-MS/MS, Pediatric reference interval
Publication Date
2012
Source Publication Title
Talanta
Volume
88
Start Page
193
End Page
200
Publisher
Elsevier
DOI
10.1016/j.talanta.2011.10.031
Link to Publisher's Edition
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.talanta.2011.10.031
ISSN (print)
00399140
ISSN (electronic)
18733573
Recommended Citation
Fong, Bonnie Mei-Wah, Sidney Tam, and Kelvin Sze-Yin Leung. "Quantification of acylglycines in human urine by HPLC electrospray ionization-tandem mass spectrometry and the establishment of pediatric reference interval in local Chinese." Talanta 88 (2012): 193-200.