Zhang Jingxian, Chen Qinsheng, Zhang Lianglong, Shi Biru, Yu Men, Huang Qingxia, Tang Huiru
State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, School of Life Sciences, Human Phenome Institute, Zhangjiang Fudan International Innovation Center, Metabonomics and Systems Biology Laboratory at Shanghai International Centre for Molecular Phenomics, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200032, China.
Wuhan Laboratory for Shanghai Metabolome Institute (SMI) Ltd., Wuhan, 430000, China.
J Pharm Anal. 2024 Jan;14(1):140-148. doi: 10.1016/j.jpha.2023.10.004. Epub 2023 Oct 18.
Acylcarnitines are metabolic intermediates of fatty acids and branched-chain amino acids having vital biofunctions and pathophysiological significances. Here, we developed a high-throughput method for quantifying hundreds of acylcarnitines in one run using ultrahigh performance liquid chromatography and tandem mass spectrometry (UPLC-MS/MS). This enabled simultaneous quantification of 1136 acylcarnitines (C0-C26) within 10-min with good sensitivity (limit of detection < 0.7 fmol), linearity (correlation coefficient > 0.992), accuracy (relative error < 20%), precision (coefficient of variation (CV), CV < 15%), stability (CV < 15%), and inter-technician consistency (CV < 20%, = 6). We also established a quantitative structure-retention relationship (goodness of fit > 0.998) for predicting retention time () of acylcarnitines with no standards and built a database of their multiple reaction monitoring parameters (, ion-pairs, and collision energy). Furthermore, we quantified 514 acylcarnitines in human plasma and urine, mouse kidney, liver, heart, lung, and muscle. This provides a rapid method for quantifying acylcarnitines in multiple biological matrices.
酰基肉碱是脂肪酸和支链氨基酸的代谢中间体,具有重要的生物功能和病理生理意义。在此,我们开发了一种高通量方法,使用超高效液相色谱和串联质谱(UPLC-MS/MS)一次运行即可定量数百种酰基肉碱。这使得能够在10分钟内同时定量1136种酰基肉碱(C0-C26),具有良好的灵敏度(检测限<0.7 fmol)、线性(相关系数>0.992)、准确度(相对误差<20%)、精密度(变异系数(CV),CV<15%)、稳定性(CV<15%)和技术人员间的一致性(CV<20%,n = 6)。我们还建立了一种定量结构-保留关系(拟合优度>0.998),用于在没有标准品的情况下预测酰基肉碱的保留时间(tR),并建立了它们的多反应监测参数(tR、离子对和碰撞能量)的数据库。此外,我们定量了人血浆和尿液、小鼠肾脏、肝脏、心脏、肺和肌肉中的514种酰基肉碱。这提供了一种快速定量多种生物基质中酰基肉碱的方法。