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JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY
Volume 18, Issue 2, Pages 332-336Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jasms.2006.10.002
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- NIDDK NIH HHS [DK-55348, R01 DK055348, R01 DK055348-03A1] Funding Source: Medline
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We have developed a mass spectrometry-based method that allows one to accurately determine the glucose concentration of tear fluid. We used a 1 mu L micro-capillary to collect tear fluid from the tear meniscus with minimal irritation of the eye. We analyzed the 1 mu L volume of collected tear fluid with liquid-chromatography electrospray ionization mass spectrometry with the use of D-glucose-6,6-d(2) as an internal standard. Repeated measurements and a recovery experiment on pooled, onion-induced tears showed that the analysis of the glucose in tears was precise (4% relative standard deviation) and provided 100% recovery. We found the tear glucose concentration of one fasting nondiabetic subject to be 13 to 51 mu M while the onion-induced tear glucose concentration of a different nondiabetic subject to be 211 to 256 mu M.
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