PMID- 28469184 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20181211 LR - 20220311 IS - 2045-2322 (Electronic) IS - 2045-2322 (Linking) VI - 7 IP - 1 DP - 2017 May 3 TI - Simultaneous Quantification of Amino Metabolites in Multiple Metabolic Pathways Using Ultra-High Performance Liquid Chromatography with Tandem-mass Spectrometry. PG - 1423 LID - 10.1038/s41598-017-01435-7 [doi] LID - 1423 AB - Metabolites containing amino groups cover multiple pathways and play important roles in redox homeostasis and biosyntheses of proteins, nucleotides and neurotransmitters. Here, we report a new method for simultaneous quantification of 124 such metabolites. This is achieved by derivatization-assisted sensitivity enhancement with 5-aminoisoquinolyl-N-hydroxysuccinimidyl carbamate (5-AIQC) followed with comprehensive analysis using ultra-high performance liquid chromatography and electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry (UHPLC-MS/MS). In an one-pot manner, this quantification method enables simultaneous coverage of 20 important metabolic pathways including protein biosynthesis/degradation, biosyntheses of catecholamines, arginine and glutathione, metabolisms of homocysteine, taurine-hypotaurine etc. Compared with the reported ones, this method is capable of simultaneously quantifying thiols, disulfides and other oxidation-prone analytes in a single run and suitable for quantifying aromatic amino metabolites. This method is also much more sensitive for all tested metabolites with LODs well below 50 fmol (at sub-fmol for most tested analytes) and shows good precision for retention time and quantitation with inter-day and intra-day relative standard deviations (RSDs) below 15% and good recovery from renal cancer tissue, rat urine and plasma. The method was further applied to quantify the amino metabolites in silkworm hemolymph from multiple developmental stages showing its applicability in metabolomics and perhaps some clinical chemistry studies. FAU - Wang, Jin AU - Wang J AD - School of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430074, China. AD - State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, Zhongshan Hospital and School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai International Centre for Molecular Phenomics, Collaborative Innovation Center for Genetics and Development, Shanghai, 200438, China. AD - CAS Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance in Biological Systems, State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics, National Centre for Magnetic Resonance in Wuhan, Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430071, China. FAU - Zhou, Lihong AU - Zhou L AD - School of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430074, China. AD - CAS Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance in Biological Systems, State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics, National Centre for Magnetic Resonance in Wuhan, Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430071, China. FAU - Lei, Hehua AU - Lei H AD - CAS Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance in Biological Systems, State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics, National Centre for Magnetic Resonance in Wuhan, Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430071, China. FAU - Hao, Fuhua AU - Hao F AD - CAS Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance in Biological Systems, State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics, National Centre for Magnetic Resonance in Wuhan, Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430071, China. FAU - Liu, Xin AU - Liu X AD - School of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430074, China. FAU - Wang, Yulan AU - Wang Y AD - CAS Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance in Biological Systems, State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics, National Centre for Magnetic Resonance in Wuhan, Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430071, China. AD - Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China. FAU - Tang, Huiru AU - Tang H AD - State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, Zhongshan Hospital and School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai International Centre for Molecular Phenomics, Collaborative Innovation Center for Genetics and Development, Shanghai, 200438, China. huiru_tang@fudan.edu.cn. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20170503 PL - England TA - Sci Rep JT - Scientific reports JID - 101563288 SB - IM MH - Animals MH - *Chromatography, Liquid MH - Humans MH - Metabolic Networks and Pathways MH - Metabolomics/*methods MH - Rats, Wistar MH - Reproducibility of Results MH - *Tandem Mass Spectrometry PMC - PMC5431165 COIS- The authors declare that they have no competing interests. EDAT- 2017/05/05 06:00 MHDA- 2018/12/12 06:00 PMCR- 2017/05/03 CRDT- 2017/05/05 06:00 PHST- 2016/11/21 00:00 [received] PHST- 2017/03/28 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2017/05/05 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2017/05/05 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2018/12/12 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2017/05/03 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.1038/s41598-017-01435-7 [pii] AID - 1435 [pii] AID - 10.1038/s41598-017-01435-7 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Sci Rep. 2017 May 3;7(1):1423. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-01435-7.