Validation of an ultra-high performance liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometric method for quantifying uracil and 5,6-dihydrouracil in human plasma. 2012

François Coudoré, and Denis Roche, and Sandrine Lefeuvre, and Delphine Faussot, and Eliane M Billaud, and Marie-Anne Loriot, and Philippe Beaune
Biochemistry Department, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, European Hospital Georges Pompidou, France. francois.coudore@egp.aphp.fr

A simple, rapid, sensitive and specific ultra-high-performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry method (Waters UPLC-MS-MS) is developed and validated for the quantification of uracil (U) and 5,6-dihydrouracil (UH2) levels in human plasma. Analytes are extracted using ethyl acetate and isopropanol after deproteination, and separated by high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) (Acquity UPLC BEH C18 column) in a binary mobile phase system under gradient elution conditions at a flow rate of 0.4 mL/min. 5-Bromo-uracil (UBr) is used as the internal standard. The detection is performed on a triple-quadrupole mass spectrometer via electrospray positive ionization. Multiple reaction monitoring mode using the transitions m/z 112.82 → 70.05, m/z 114.88 → 55.04 and m/z 190.83 → 117.86 is used to quantify U, UH2 and UBr, respectively. The method is linear in the concentration range of 0.625-160.0 ng/mL. The total run time is 4.5 min per injection. Nine-point calibration curve and four-points quality controls are used. Excellent linearity and precision are observed with correlation coefficient (r(2)) > 0.9999. The intra-batch and inter-batch precisions are ≤ 7.3% and ≤ 8.6%, and accuracy is ≤ 17%. The developed method is shown to be suitable for routine quantitative determination of U, UH2 and 5,6-dihydrouracil-to-uracil ratio in clinical practice.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D002851 Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid Liquid chromatographic techniques which feature high inlet pressures, high sensitivity, and high speed. Chromatography, High Performance Liquid,Chromatography, High Speed Liquid,Chromatography, Liquid, High Pressure,HPLC,High Performance Liquid Chromatography,High-Performance Liquid Chromatography,UPLC,Ultra Performance Liquid Chromatography,Chromatography, High-Performance Liquid,High-Performance Liquid Chromatographies,Liquid Chromatography, High-Performance
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D012680 Sensitivity and Specificity Binary classification measures to assess test results. Sensitivity or recall rate is the proportion of true positives. Specificity is the probability of correctly determining the absence of a condition. (From Last, Dictionary of Epidemiology, 2d ed) Specificity,Sensitivity,Specificity and Sensitivity
D014498 Uracil One of four nucleotide bases in the nucleic acid RNA.
D015203 Reproducibility of Results The statistical reproducibility of measurements (often in a clinical context), including the testing of instrumentation or techniques to obtain reproducible results. The concept includes reproducibility of physiological measurements, which may be used to develop rules to assess probability or prognosis, or response to a stimulus; reproducibility of occurrence of a condition; and reproducibility of experimental results. Reliability and Validity,Reliability of Result,Reproducibility Of Result,Reproducibility of Finding,Validity of Result,Validity of Results,Face Validity,Reliability (Epidemiology),Reliability of Results,Reproducibility of Findings,Test-Retest Reliability,Validity (Epidemiology),Finding Reproducibilities,Finding Reproducibility,Of Result, Reproducibility,Of Results, Reproducibility,Reliabilities, Test-Retest,Reliability, Test-Retest,Result Reliabilities,Result Reliability,Result Validities,Result Validity,Result, Reproducibility Of,Results, Reproducibility Of,Test Retest Reliability,Validity and Reliability,Validity, Face
D016014 Linear Models Statistical models in which the value of a parameter for a given value of a factor is assumed to be equal to a + bx, where a and b are constants. The models predict a linear regression. Linear Regression,Log-Linear Models,Models, Linear,Linear Model,Linear Regressions,Log Linear Models,Log-Linear Model,Model, Linear,Model, Log-Linear,Models, Log-Linear,Regression, Linear,Regressions, Linear
D053719 Tandem Mass Spectrometry A mass spectrometry technique using two (MS/MS) or more mass analyzers. With two in tandem, the precursor ions are mass-selected by a first mass analyzer, and focused into a collision region where they are then fragmented into product ions which are then characterized by a second mass analyzer. A variety of techniques are used to separate the compounds, ionize them, and introduce them to the first mass analyzer. For example, for in GC-MS/MS, GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY is involved in separating relatively small compounds by GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY prior to injecting them into an ionization chamber for the mass selection. Mass Spectrometry-Mass Spectrometry,Mass Spectrometry Mass Spectrometry,Mass Spectrometry, Tandem

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