A rapid liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS-MS) assay was developed for the measurement of urinary 8-iso prostaglandin F2α (8-iso-PGF2α), a biomarker of lipid peroxidation. Since urine contains numerous F2 prostaglandin isomers, each of identical mass and similar mass spectrometric fragmentation patterns, chromatographic separation of 8-iso-PGF2α from its isomers is necessary for its quantitative analysis using tandem mass spectrometry. We were able to achieve this separation using an isocratic LC method with a run time under nine minutes which is at least three-fold faster than previous methods—while maintaining sensitivity, accuracy, precision and reliability. The limits of detection and quantitation were 53 and 178 pg/mL urine, respectively. We compared our method with a commercially available affinity purification and enzyme immunoassay kit and found both assays in agreement. Despite the high sensitivity of the enzyme immunoassay method, it is more expensive and has a narrower dynamic range than LC-MS-MS. Our method was optimized for rapid measurement of 8-iso-PGF2α in urine, and it is ideally suited for clinical sample analysis.
Hops (Humulus lupulus L.) are used in the brewing of beer, and hop extracts containing prenylated compounds such as xanthohumol and 8-prenylnaringenin are under investigation as dietary supplements for cancer chemoprevention and for the management of hot flashes in menopausal women. To facilitate clinical studies of hop safety and efficacy, a selective, sensitive, and fast ultra-high pressure liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry (UHPLC-MS-MS) method was developed and validated for the simultaneous determination of the hop prenylflavonoids xanthohumol, isoxanthohumol, 6-prenylnaringenin, and 8-prenylnaringenin in human serum. The analytical method requires 300 μL of human serum which is processed using liquid-liquid extraction. UHPLC separation was carried out in 2.5 min with gradient elution using a reversed phase column containing 1.6 μm packing material. Prenylflavonoids were measured using negative ion electrospray mass spectrometry with collision-induced dissociation and selected reaction monitoring. The method was validated and showed good accuracy and precision with a lower limit of quantitation (LLOQ) of 0.50 ng/mL for XN (1.4 nM) and 1.0 ng/mL for 6-PN (2.8 nM), XN and IX (2.9 nM) in serum for each analyte.
Functional polymorphisms in endogenous antioxidant defense genes including manganese superoxide dismutase (MnSOD), catalase (CAT), and glutathione peroxidase (GPX-1) have been linked with risk of cancer at multiple sites. Although it is presumed that these germline variants impact disease risk by altering the host's ability to detoxify mutagenic reactive oxygen species, very few studies have directly examined this hypothesis. Concentrations of 8-isoprostane F2α (8-iso-PGF2α) and 8-oxo-7,8-dihydro-2'-deoxyguanosine (8-oxoxdG)-sensitive indicators of lipid peroxidation and DNA oxidation, respectively-were measured in 24-h urine samples obtained from 93 healthy, premenopausal women participating in a dietary intervention trial. In addition, DNA was extracted from blood for genotyping of MnSOD Val16Ala, CAT-262 C > T, and GPX1 Pro198Leu genotypes by Taqman assay. Although geometric mean concentrations of 8-iso-PGF2(α) and 8-oxoxdG varied across several study characteristics including race, education level, body mass index, and serum antioxidant levels, there was little evidence that these biomarkers differed across any of the examined genotypes. In summary, functional polymorphisms in endogenous antioxidant defense genes do not appear to be strongly associated with systemic oxidative stress levels in young, healthy women.
In this study, a solid‐phase extraction with liquid chromatography and tandem mass spectrometry method was developed to determine the degree of glycosylation of glycosylation sites and the ratio of free carrier protein to total carrier protein for glycoconjugate vaccines. To remove and enrich the glycosylated peptides, a solid‐phase extraction method was developed, optimized, and hyphenated to liquid chromatography−tandem mass spectrometry. The developed solid‐phase extraction with liquid chromatography−tandem mass spectrometry method was shown to possess a wide linear dynamic range (0.03−100 μg/mL), a high sensitivity (0.03 μg/mL for CRM197), good interday and intra‐day precision (relative standard deviation of peak area < 3.3%), and good recoveries from vaccine matrix (90−105%). Finally, the method was utilized to determine the degree of glycosylation and free carrier protein to total carrier protein ratio for pneumococcal conjugate vaccines and meningococcal vaccines. For quality evaluation of glycoconjugate vaccines, the method could provide more information than the traditional size exclusion chromatography method. Fourteen and twelve reported glycosylation sites for CRM197‐ and tetanus toxin‐based vaccines can be detected, respectively.
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