PMID- 31022614 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20191128 LR - 20191210 IS - 1873-264X (Electronic) IS - 0731-7085 (Linking) VI - 172 DP - 2019 Aug 5 TI - Development and validation of a highly sensitive LC-MS/MS method for in vitro measurement of histamine concentration. PG - 33-41 LID - S0731-7085(19)30070-6 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.jpba.2019.04.025 [doi] AB - The basophil histamine release test (HRT) is an important in vitro diagnostic assay to evaluate immunoglobin E (IgE)-mediated allergic responses. In this study, a bioanalytical LC-MS/MS method was developed and validated to quantify histamine in the leukocyte suspension from human peripheral blood. The method used pre-column derivatization with phenylisothiocyanate (PITC) and the resulting phenylthiocarbamyl (PTC) histamine was analyzed by positive-ion electrospray ionization using the multiple reaction monitoring mode. Chromatographic separation was achieved using an Imtakt-HT C18 column (2.1 mm x 50 mm, 3.0 mum), with a flow rate of 0.35 mL/min, 2 muL injection, and gradient elution with a mixture of acetonitrile-2 mM ammonium acetate buffer (both containing 0.1% formic acid). The total runtime of the method was 3.0 min including equilibration time. The method had a lower limit of detection of 0.1 ng/mL, and the quantifiable range was 0.1-100 ng/mL in the leukocyte suspension. The intra-day and inter-day precision and accuracy results were within the acceptable limits. It was established that histamine quantification should be performed within 2 h of preparing the leukocyte suspension, and freezing and thawing should be avoided. This method was successfully applied to the diagnosis and evaluation of the pathophysiologic mechanism of respiratory or cutaneous allergic diseases. CI - Copyright (c) 2019 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. FAU - Kim, Kwang-Youl AU - Kim KY AD - Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Inha University Hospital, Inha University School of Medicine, Incheon, Republic of Korea. FAU - Kwon, Hyun-Jung AU - Kwon HJ AD - Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Inha University Hospital, Inha University School of Medicine, Incheon, Republic of Korea. FAU - Cho, Sang-Heon AU - Cho SH AD - Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Inha University Hospital, Inha University School of Medicine, Incheon, Republic of Korea. FAU - Nam, Moonsuk AU - Nam M AD - Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Inha University Hospital, Inha University School of Medicine, Incheon, Republic of Korea; Department of Internal Medicine, Inha University Hospital, Inha University School of Medicine, Incheon, Republic of Korea. FAU - Kim, Cheol-Woo AU - Kim CW AD - Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Inha University Hospital, Inha University School of Medicine, Incheon, Republic of Korea; Department of Internal Medicine, Inha University Hospital, Inha University School of Medicine, Incheon, Republic of Korea. Electronic address: cwkim1805@inha.ac.kr. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Validation Study DEP - 20190412 PL - England TA - J Pharm Biomed Anal JT - Journal of pharmaceutical and biomedical analysis JID - 8309336 RN - 820484N8I3 (Histamine) SB - IM MH - Blood Specimen Collection/*methods MH - Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid/methods MH - Histamine/*blood/immunology MH - Humans MH - Hypersensitivity/blood/*diagnosis/immunology MH - Leukocytes/chemistry MH - Reproducibility of Results MH - Sensitivity and Specificity MH - Tandem Mass Spectrometry/methods OTO - NOTNLM OT - Basophil histamine release test OT - Leukocyte suspension OT - Multiple reaction monitoring OT - Phenylisothiocyanate EDAT- 2019/04/26 06:00 MHDA- 2019/11/30 06:00 CRDT- 2019/04/26 06:00 PHST- 2019/01/09 00:00 [received] PHST- 2019/04/10 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2019/04/11 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2019/04/26 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2019/11/30 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2019/04/26 06:00 [entrez] AID - S0731-7085(19)30070-6 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.jpba.2019.04.025 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Pharm Biomed Anal. 2019 Aug 5;172:33-41. doi: 10.1016/j.jpba.2019.04.025. Epub 2019 Apr 12.