## Abstract __N__‐acetylaspartic acid (NAA) is a specific urinary marker for Canavan disease, an autosomal recessive leukodystrophy. We developed a ‘dilute and shoot’ stable isotope dilution liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry (LC‐MS/MS) method for determination of NAA in urine. Deuterat
Direct Quantitative Analysis of Lysophosphatidic Acid Molecular Species by Stable Isotope Dilution Electrospray Ionization Liquid Chromatography–Mass Spectrometry
✍ Scribed by Daniel L. Baker; Dominic M. Desiderio; Duane D. Miller; Betsy Tolley; Gabor J. Tigyi
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2001
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 98 KB
- Volume
- 292
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0003-2697
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✦ Synopsis
In order to better understand the role of lysophosphatidic acid (LPA) in physiology and pathophysiology, it is necessary to accurately determine the molecular species and amounts of LPA in biological samples. We have developed a stable-isotope dilution, liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry assay for the direct quantitative analysis of 1-acyl-LPA. This method utilizes a deuterium-labeled internal standard, LPA (18:0-d 35 ), and a single liquid-liquid extraction with acidic butanol that allows >95% recovery of LPA, followed by online normal-phase liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry. This protocol allows for the accurate, sensitive, and reproducible analysis of the individual 1-acyl-LPA species present in biological samples. The utility of the assay is demonstrated through the analysis of LPA species in plasma and serum from human volunteers. Total LPA in EDTA plasma was 0.61 ؎ 0.14 M in males and 0.74 ؎ 0.17 M in females, which increased to 0.91 ؎ 0.23 and 0.99 ؎ 0.38 M after incubation for 24 h at 25°C. Total LPA in serum was 0.85 ؎ 0.22 M in males and 1.57 ؎ 0.56 M in females, which increased to 4.78 ؎ 0.89 and 5.57 ؎ 0.73 M after incubation for 24 h at 25°C.
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