Amino Acids in Plasma/Urine LC-MS/MS Analysis Kit
In recent years metabolomics has facilitated gaining insight into discovering the potential disease diagnostic markers and observing fluctuations of certain metabolite levels in body fluids. Disease-related metabolites can be uncovered by following progress of the new methodologies which enable to identify a broad range of diagnostic biomarker candidates including amino acids. Owing to the vital roles of amino acids in metabolic regulations (protein synthesis, neurotransmission, hormone secretion, and immunity), they have become significant targets while taking snapshot of metabolic status. Therefore, elucidation of the circulating amino acids profile alterations by utilizing robust analysis method could shed light on not only in metabolic diseases but also in certain disorders such as autism, prostate cancer, Huntington’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, Alzheimer’s disease, obesity, type 2 diabetes, liver cirrhosis, major depressive disorder, and cardiovascular disease.
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Highlights
Quantitative analysis of underivatized 43 amino acids in 7.5 min. In need of determining allo-Isoleucine for MSUD, extra injection takes 11.0 min. (Leucine/Isoleucine/allo-Isoleucine).
One sample preparation for all amino acids-one vial for both abovementioned methods.
Just a few pipetting steps for the sample preparation; for plasma/serum-protein crash and shoot for urine-dilute and shoot.
Clinically important amino acids safeguarded by its own internal standard.
Consuming small volume of patient’s sample.
Long life span of HPLC column-up to 10000 injections. -
Parameters
Alanine, Arginine, Aspartic acid, Asparagine, 2-Aminobutyric acid, Argininosuccinic acid, Anserine, 2-Aminoadipic acid, 3-Aminoisobutyric acid, β-Alanine, Ethanolamine, Phenylalanine, ortho-Phosphoserine, ortho-Phosphorylethanolamine, γ-Aminobutyric acid, Glutamic acid, Glycine, Glutamine, trans-4-Hydroxyproline, Homocitrulline, Homocystine, Histidine, 5-Hydroxylysine, Isoleucine, Carnosine, Lysine, Leucine, Allo-Isoleucine, Methionine, 3-Methylhistidine, 1- Methylhistidine, Norvaline, Ornithine, Proline, Cystine, Cystathionine, Sarcosine, Citrulline, Serine, Taurine, Tryptophan, Tyrosine, Threonine and Valine. -
Matrix
Plasma/Urine
Sample Preparation
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Step 1Pipette 50 µL of serum/plasma patient’s sample (calibrator/control) into a glass centrifuge tube.
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Step 2Add 50 µL of internal standard solution and vortex for 5 sec.
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Step 3Add 700 µL of Reagent-1, vortex for 5 sec. then, centrifuge at 4000 rpm for 5 min.
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Step 4Decant the clear supernatant into HPLC vial prior to injection.
Sample Preparation
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Step 1Pipette 100 µL of urine sample into a glass centrifuge tube and dilute with 900 µL of HPLC-grade water.
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Step 2Pipette 50 µL of diluted urine sample into a glass centrifuge tube.
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Step 3Add 50 µL of internal standard solution and vortex for 5 sec.
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Step 4Add 700 µL of Reagent-1, vortex for 5 sec. then, centrifuge at 4000 rpm for 5 min.
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Step 5Decant the clear supernatant into HPLC vial prior to injection.
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Chromatogram
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METHOD PERFORMANCE
Analyte
LOQ (µmol/L) 6460 QQQ
Accuracy % 6460 QQQ
Repeatabilty % CV 6460 QQQ
Linearity R2 646 QQQ
1-Methylhistidine
0,2
85,3
2,94
0,9996
2-Aminoadipic acid
0,83
93,67
2,37
0,9992
2-Aminobutyric acid
0,22
93,67
4,12
0,9998
3-Aminoisobutyric acid
0,15
98,93
7,55
0,9995
3-Methylhistidine
0,3
99,87
4,19
0,9992
4-Aminobutyric acid
0,07
102,62
5,41
0,9994
5-Hydroxylysine
0,3
102,78
1,54
0,9988
Alanine
6,82
105,04
4,19
0,9988
Allo-isoleucine
0,22
98,3
1,65
0,9998
Anserine
0,21
106,86
4,13
0,9998
Arginine
0,15
103,88
3,98
0,9998
Argininosuccinic acid
0,62
93,04
2,97
0,9981
Asparagine
0,46
86,17
3,09
0,9997
Aspartic acid
1,06
91,19
3,44
0,9956
Beta-Alanine
1,0
91,84
9,11
0,999
Carnosine
0,12
96,08
3,97
0,9984
Citrulline
0,51
82,47
3,44
0,9977
Cystathionine
0,25
104,65
4,75
0,9997
Cystine
0,97
95,82
4,63
0,9998
Ethanolamine
0,56
104,25
5,67
0,9944
Glutamic acid
0,24
97,88
6,1
0,999
Glutamine
0,32
98,03
3,37
0,9999
Glycine
9,03
95,82
1,93
0,9984
Histidine
2,43
107
1,12
0,9999
Homocitrulline
0,89
104,4
3,71
0,9993
Homocystine
0,31
102,82
4,8
0,999
Isoleucine
0,22
110,92
1,39
0,9991
Leucine
0,2
92,22
4,85
0,9997
Lysine
0,09
113,46
5,12
0,9988
Methionine
0,41
87,42
1,88
0,9999
Norvaline
0,15
93,51
4,94
0,9988
Ornithine
1,39
93,34
3,54
0,9996
O-Phosphorylethanolamine
2,56
87
4,28
0,9976
O-Phosphoserine
0,12
83,96
4,49
0,9969
Phenylalanine
0,73
108,04
3,05
0,997
Proline
0,67
99,84
3,3
0,9998
Sarcosine
4,38
110,03
2,25
0,9964
Serine
0,89
99,26
4,58
0,997
Taurine
5,47
85,09
5,28
0,9956
Threonine
0,72
95,03
3,27
0,9999
trans-4-hydroxyproline
0,28
87,8
1,9
0,9914
Tryptophan
0,23
109,81
3,21
0,9998
Tyrosine
3,34
101,19
3,45
0,9991
Valine
5,11
98,65
6,08
0,9986