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JOURNAL OF CHROMATOGRAPHY B-ANALYTICAL TECHNOLOGIES IN THE BIOMEDICAL AND LIFE SCIENCES
卷 878, 期 32, 页码 3338-3344出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jchromb.2010.10.016
关键词
Acetylcholine; Choline; Betaine; Dimethylglycine; Homocysteine
资金
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) at the Saarland University
Disorders in choline metabolism are related to disease conditions. We developed a stable-isotope dilution ultra performance liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (UPLC-MS/MS) method for the simultaneous quantification of acetylcholine (ACh), betaine, choline, and dimethylglycine (DMG). We used this method to measure concentrations of the analytes in plasma and urine in addition to other biological fluids after a protein precipitation by acetonitrile. The detection limits were between 0.35 nmol/L (for ACh in urine) and 0.34 mu mol/L (for betaine in urine). ACh concentrations were not detectable in plasma. Intraassay and interassay coefficient of variation (CVs) were all <10.0% in biological fluids, except for DMG in cerebrospinal fluid (CV = 12.44%). Mean recoveries in urine pool samples were between 99.2% and 103.9%. The urinary excretion of betaine, choline, and DMG was low, with approximately 50.0% higher excretion of choline in females compared to males. Median urinary excretion of ACh were 3.44 and 3.92 mu mol/mol creatinine in males and females, respectively (p = 0.689). Plasma betaine concentrations correlated significantly with urinary excretions of betaine (r = 0.495, p = 0.027) and choline (r = 0.502,p = 0.024) in females. Plasma choline concentrations correlated significantly with urinary excretion of ACh in males (r = 0.419, p = 0.041) and females (r = 0.621, p = 0.003). The new method for the simultaneous determination of ACh, betaine, choline, and DMG is sensitive, precise, and fast enough to be used in clinical investigations related to the methylation pathway. (c) 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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