Bile Acids Quantification by Liquid Chromatography–Tandem Mass Spectrometry: Method Validation, Reference Range, and Interference Study

Autor: Elisa Danese, Davide Negrini, Mairi Pucci, Simone De Nitto, Davide Ambrogi, Simone Donzelli, Patricia M.-J. Lievens, Gian Luca Salvagno, Giuseppe Lippi
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Diagnostics, Vol 10, Iss 7, p 462 (2020)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2075-4418
DOI: 10.3390/diagnostics10070462
Popis: Bile acids (BA) play a pivotal role in cholesterol metabolism. Their blood concentration has also been proposed as new prognostic and diagnostic indicator of hepatobiliary, intestinal, and cardiovascular disease. Liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry (LC–MS/MS) currently represents the gold standard for analysis of BA profile in biological samples. We report here development and validation of a LC–MS/MS technique for simultaneously quantifying 15 BA species in serum samples. We also established a reference range for adult healthy subjects (n = 130) and performed a preliminary evaluation of in vitro and in vivo interference. The method displayed good linearity, with high regression coefficients (>0.99) over a range of 5 ng/mL (lower limit of quantification, LLOQ) and 5000 ng/mL for all analytes tested. The accuracies were between 85–115%. Both intra- and inter-assay imprecision was
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