Albarbarawi Osama, Barton Alun, Miller Douglas, McSharry Charles, Chaudhuri Rekha, Thomson Neil C, Palmer Colin Na, Devereux Graham, Huang Jeffrey T-J
Translational Medicine Research Collaboration, TMRC Laboratory, James Arrott Drive, Dundee, DD1 9SY, UK.
Bioanalysis. 2013 Aug;5(16):1991-2001. doi: 10.4155/bio.13.164.
Desmosine/isodesmosine (DES/IDS) is a promising biomarker for estimating activity of elastin degradation. RESULTS/METHODOLOGY: A stable isotope dilution LC-MS/MS method for measuring serum/plasma DES/IDS was developed and validated. The reportable range of this assay was 0.1-160 ng/ml. Serum/plasma DES/IDS level was stable at room temperature or 4°C for 20 h, and for three freeze-thaw cycles. Interferences from endogenous compounds and ion suppression/enhancing effect were also evaluated. Our results suggest the absolute necessity of using an IS in the measurement. We found that serum/plasma DES/IDS levels from patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and cystic fibrosis were significantly higher compared with healthy smokers.
These results demonstrate that the LC-MS/MS method provides sensitive, reproducible and accurate quantification of total serum/plasma DES/IDS.
锁链素/异锁链素(DES/IDS)是一种很有前景的用于评估弹性蛋白降解活性的生物标志物。
结果/方法:开发并验证了一种用于测量血清/血浆中DES/IDS的稳定同位素稀释液相色谱-串联质谱法。该检测方法的报告范围为0.1-160 ng/ml。血清/血浆DES/IDS水平在室温或4°C下20小时内以及经过三个冻融循环后保持稳定。还评估了内源性化合物的干扰以及离子抑制/增强效应。我们的结果表明在测量中使用内标物是绝对必要的。我们发现慢性阻塞性肺疾病和囊性纤维化患者的血清/血浆DES/IDS水平明显高于健康吸烟者。
这些结果表明液相色谱-串联质谱法能对血清/血浆中的总DES/IDS进行灵敏、可重复且准确的定量分析。