Journal
CLINICAL MASS SPECTROMETRY
Volume 14, Issue -, Pages 46-53Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.clinms.2019.05.005
Keywords
Aromatic microbial metabolites; Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry; Microextraction by packed sorbent; Phenylcarboxylic acids; Sepsis
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- Russian Science Foundation [15-15-00110]
- Russian Science Foundation [18-15-16007] Funding Source: Russian Science Foundation
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A method for analysis of 8 phenylcarboxylic acids in blood serum was developed based on the coupling of microextraction by packed sorbent, derivatization and GC-MS detection. These compounds are low molecular weight aromatic microbial metabolites that are proven and prospective indicators of sepsis in critically ill patients. Recoveries of the phenylcarboxylic acids from serum samples using microextraction by packed sorbent were 30-70%. The present method was linear (R-2 > 0.9981) over a clinically significant range of concentrations (94-2250 mu g L-1/0.5-18 mu M). The limits of quantification for the optimized method were 60-100 mu g L-1/0.4-0.7 mu M for phenylpropionic, phenyllactic, 4-hydroxybenzoic and 4-hydroxyphenylacetic acids, and 160 mu g L-1/0.9-1.3 mu M for benzoic, 4-hydroxyphenyllactic, homovanillic and 4-hydroxyphenylpropionic acids. The developed conditions were used to determine concentrations of the phenylcarboxylic acids in the most complicated matrix - serum samples of critically ill patients. Results were compared with liquid-liquid extraction and revealed a reduction in the time for sample preparation (45 min vs. 6 min) and serum (200 mu L vs. 80 mu L) volume. The combination of microextraction by packed sorbent and GC-MS methods, especially when fully automated could be a powerful tool for the clinical diagnosis of sepsis. (C) 2019 The Association for Mass Spectrometry: Applications to the Clinical Lab (MSACL). Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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