A new method for quantifying causative and diagnostic markers of methylenecyclopropylglycine poisoning

Autor: Michael Terhardt, Sabine Aboling, Johannes Sander, Nils Janzen, Stefanie Sander
Rok vydání: 2019
Předmět:
Hypoglycin
Acquired multiple acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency
Health
Toxicology and Mutagenesis

Metabolite
Urine
Methylenecyclopropylacetyl glycine (PubChem: 6429414)
010501 environmental sciences
Toxicology
01 natural sciences
High-performance liquid chromatography
Article
AM
atypical myopathy

03 medical and health sciences
chemistry.chemical_compound
Sapindaceae
0302 clinical medicine
Litchi
MCPF
methylenecyclopropylformate

MCPF-G
methylenecyclopropylformyl glycine

Methylenecyclopropylglycine
lcsh:RA1190-1270
Volunteer
Methylenecyclopropylformyl glycine (PubChem: 129713646)
ComputingMethodologies_COMPUTERGRAPHICS
lcsh:Toxicology. Poisons
0105 earth and related environmental sciences
Detection limit
MCPA-G
methylenecyclopropylacetyl glycine

Chromatography
MCPG
methylenecyclopropylglycine

Diagnostic marker
Liter
chemistry
Methylenecyclopropylglycine (PubChem CID: 142776)
Ackee fruit
Methylenecyclopropylformate
HGA
hypoglycin A

Hypoglycin A (PubChem CID: 9081)
030217 neurology & neurosurgery
Zdroj: Toxicology Reports, Vol 6, Iss, Pp 803-808 (2019)
Toxicology Reports
ISSN: 2214-7500
Popis: Graphical abstract
Highlights • Quantification of methylenecyclopropylglycine by tandem mass spectrometry. • Combined measurement of acyl compounds and toxins of Sapindaceae. • Rapid diagnosis of soapberry poisoning by serum and urine analysis.
Background Up to now quantification of hypoglycin A in serum and urine in the range of nmols to μmols per liter plus the measurement of accumulated acyl conjugates have been used for the diagnosis of poisoning by fruits or seeds ofSapindaceae in humans and animals. A second poison, methylenecyclopropylglycine, however, is known to occur in this material. The objective of our study was to develop and evaluate a method for the quantification of this compound suitable for test materials obtained from animals and man. Method Methylenecyclopropylglycine was extracted from serum and urine of a volunteer by a methanolic solution containing labeled methylenecyclopropylglycine as internal standard. UPLC-MS/MS analysis was performed after butylation. Results Lower limits of detection and quantification were found at 0.5 and 2.5 nmol/L respectively in both urine and serum for each of two isomers, linearity of results (r2 > 0.998) was demonstrated for the range of 0.5–500 nmol/L in urine and serum. The method was applied to urine and serum of horses poisoned by Acer seeds, methylenecyclopropylglycine was found in addition to hypoglycin A. Methylenecyclopropylformyl glycine, a metabolite of methylenecyclopropylglycine, however, was present in much higher concentrations than methylenecyclopropylglycine in all but one samples. Conclusions Quantification of methylenecyclopropylglycine can be successfully integrated into our established analytical procedure used for clinical diagnosis of Sapindaceae poisoning. The extended method will improve disease evaluation in humans and animals.
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