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Walsh RG, He S, Yarnes CT. Compound-specific δ13C and δ15N analysis of amino acids: a rapid, chloroformate-based method for ecological studies. RAPID COMMUNICATIONS IN MASS SPECTROMETRY : RCM 2014; 28:96-108. [PMID: 24285394 DOI: 10.1002/rcm.6761] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2013] [Revised: 10/06/2013] [Accepted: 10/07/2013] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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RATIONALE Compound-specific stable isotope analysis of amino acids has proven informative to many ecological systems, but only a handful of analytical methods are routinely employed. We evaluated a simple, rapid procedure in which biological samples undergo short-duration acid hydrolysis and the resulting amino acids are derivatized with methyl chloroformate for gas chromatography/combustion/isotope-ratio mass spectrometry (GC/C/IRMS). METHODS Amino acid derivatives were separated on a polar gas chromatography column, combusted, and δ(13)C and δ(15)N values were measured. Tests of reproducibility and accuracy were conducted for amino acid reference mixtures and biological samples. A brief case study of turtles was used to assess whether isotopic data were consistent with a priori ecological expectations. RESULTS The methyl chloroformate based reaction successfully converted 15 amino acids from acid hydrolysates of biological materials into separable derivatives. The δ(13)C and δ(15)N values had high average measurement precision (σ <1‰). Reference materials were measured accurately, with good agreement between EA/IRMS and GC/C/IRMS determinations. Analysis of turtle blood samples yielded data consistent with their trophic ecology. CONCLUSIONS This derivatization method is a rapid means of determining carbon and nitrogen isotopic ratios of amino acids present in the biological materials often sampled for ecological studies. While amino acids with charged or polar side chains do not have uniformly high recoveries, the average precision of measurements is comparable with that of other, more established methods. Batches of samples may be prepared from many raw materials in less than a day, representing a significant reduction in preparation time over prevailing methods.
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- Robert G Walsh
- Department of Wildlife, Fish and Conservation Biology, University of California, Davis, 1 Shields Avenue, Davis, CA, 95616, USA
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Heinzle E, Yuan Y, Kumar S, Wittmann C, Gehre M, Richnow HH, Wehrung P, Adam P, Albrecht P. Analysis of 13C labeling enrichment in microbial culture applying metabolic tracer experiments using gas chromatography–combustion–isotope ratio mass spectrometry. Anal Biochem 2008; 380:202-10. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2008.05.039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2008] [Revised: 05/23/2008] [Accepted: 05/27/2008] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Corr LT, Berstan R, Evershed RP. Development of N-Acetyl Methyl Ester Derivatives for the Determination of δ13C Values of Amino Acids Using Gas Chromatography-Combustion- Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometry. Anal Chem 2007; 79:9082-90. [DOI: 10.1021/ac071223b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Lorna T. Corr
- Organic Geochemistry Unit, Bristol Biogeochemistry Research Centre, School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Cantock's Close, Bristol, BS8 1TS, UK
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- Organic Geochemistry Unit, Bristol Biogeochemistry Research Centre, School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Cantock's Close, Bristol, BS8 1TS, UK
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- Organic Geochemistry Unit, Bristol Biogeochemistry Research Centre, School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Cantock's Close, Bristol, BS8 1TS, UK
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van Rijn M, Hoeksma M, Sauer P, Szczerbak B, Gross M, Reijngoud DJ, van Spronsen F. Protein metabolism in adult patients with phenylketonuria. Nutrition 2007; 23:445-53. [PMID: 17507200 DOI: 10.1016/j.nut.2007.03.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2006] [Revised: 03/28/2007] [Accepted: 03/28/2007] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Protein intake recommendations in phenylketonuria (PKU) are frequently the subject of discussion. For healthy adults, the recommended daily allowance (RDA) is 0.8 g.kg(-1).d(-1), which is generally lower than that observed in the general Western population. We investigated whether whole-body protein metabolism in patients with PKU is comparable to that of healthy controls at a RDA rate of protein intake. METHODS Six adult patients with well-controlled PKU and six healthy subjects of comparable age, height, and weight were studied using a primed continuous infusion of [1-(13)C]-valine for 8 h after an overnight fast before and during frequent meals. Normal protein was given to controls, whereas patients with PKU received a combination of an amino acid mixture and natural protein. RESULTS No significant differences were observed between patients with PKU and controls in preprandial and prandial rates of valine appearance and oxidation and protein breakdown, protein synthesis, and net protein balance. Feeding resulted in a significant (P < 0.01) decrease in protein breakdown (PKU: 94 +/- 15 micromol.kg(-1).h(-1) preprandial to 49 +/- 10 micromol.kg(-1).h(-1) prandial; controls: 97 +/- 10 micromol.kg(-1).h(-1) preprandial to 55 +/- 10 micromol.kg(-1).h(-1) prandial), whereas no effects were observed in protein synthesis (PKU: 77 +/- 10 micromol.kg(-1).h(-1) preprandial to 73 +/- 7 micromol.kg(-1).h(-1) prandial; controls: 76 +/- 8 micromol.kg(-1).h(-1) preprandial to 71 +/- 5 micromol.kg(-1).h(-1) prandial). Net protein balance increased from negative prandial to positive preprandial values (PKU: -17 +/- 6 micromol.kg(-1).h(-1) preprandial to +23 +/- 8 micromol.kg(-1).h(-1) prandial; controls: -21 +/- 4 micromol.kg(-1).h(-1) preprandial to +16 +/- 9 micromol.kg(-1).h(-1) prandial). CONCLUSION Whole-body protein metabolism in adult patients with PKU is fully comparable to that in healthy controls at the RDA level of protein intake.
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- Margreet van Rijn
- Section of Metabolic Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Beatrix Children's Hospital, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
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Godin JP, Faure M, Breuille D, Hopfgartner G, Fay LB. Determination of 13C isotopic enrichment of valine and threonine by GC–C–IRMS after formation of the N(O,S)-ethoxycarbonyl ethyl ester derivatives of the amino acids. Anal Bioanal Chem 2007; 388:909-18. [PMID: 17468859 DOI: 10.1007/s00216-007-1275-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2007] [Revised: 03/19/2007] [Accepted: 03/20/2007] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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We describe a new method of assessing, in a single run, (13)C isotopic enrichment of both Val and Thr by gas chromatography-combustion-isotope-ratio mass spectrometry (GC-C-IRMS). This method characterised by a rapid one-step derivatisation procedure performed at room temperature to form the N(O,S)-ethoxycarbonyl ethyl ester derivatives, and a polar column for GC. The suitability of this method for Val and Thr in in-vivo samples (mucosal hydrolysate) was demonstrated by studying protein metabolism with two tracers ((13)C-valine or (13)C-threonine). The intra-day and inter-day repeatability were both assessed either with standards or with in-vivo samples at natural abundance and at low (13)C isotopic enrichment. For inter-day repeatability CVs were between 0.8 and 1.5% at natural abundance and lower than 5.5% at 0.112 and 0.190 atom% enrichment for Val and Thr, respectively. Overall isotopic precision was studied for eleven standard amino acid derivatives (those of Val, Ala, Leu, Iso, Gly, Pro, Asp, Thr, Ser, Met, and Phe) and was assessed at 0.32 per thousand. The (13)C isotopic measurement was then extended to the other amino acids (Ala, Val, Leu, Iso, Gly, Pro, Thr, and Phe) at natural abundance for in-vivo samples. The isotopic precision was better than 0.002 atom% per amino acid (for n = 4 rats). This analytical method was finally applied to an animal study to measure Thr utilization in protein synthesis.
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- Jean-Philippe Godin
- Department of Bioanalytical Science, Nestlé Research Center, Nestec Ltd, Vers chez les Blanc, Lausanne 26, Switzerland.
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Tea I, Ferchaud-Roucher V, Küster A, Darmaun D, Robins RJ. Determination of 13C isotopic enrichment of glutathione and glycine by gas chromatography/combustion/isotope ratio mass spectrometry after formation of the N- or N,S-ethoxycarbonyl methyl ester derivatives. RAPID COMMUNICATIONS IN MASS SPECTROMETRY : RCM 2007; 21:3245-52. [PMID: 17828807 DOI: 10.1002/rcm.3197] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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The depletion of glutathione (GSH) reported in very-low-birth-weight infants is implicated in several pathologies, especially if deficiency occurs during foetal development. The cause of this depletion is suggested to be modification of GSH turnover. To probe the role of GSH, a reliable non-invasive method adapted to very-low-birth-weight infants is required. In this paper, we report the preparation of the N,S-ethoxycarbonyl methyl ester derivatives of GSH and glycine and their application to the measurement of (13)C/(12)C ratios at natural abundance in erythrocyte samples by gas chromatography/combustion/isotope ratio mass spectrometry (GC/C/IRMS). The technique allowed the determination of (13)C/(12)C ratios at natural abundance with a precision <3% and within-day and between-day variabilities both <4%. The method is able to determine accurately low (13)C-enrichments in GSH (0.00241 to 0.00753 Atom Percent Excess) in erythrocyte extracts following incubation with (13)C-glycine at low specific enrichment (approx. 1.5 atom %). Excellent agreement was obtained between the calculated GSH fractional synthesis rate (FSR) in human adult blood (approx. 300% day(-1)) using the low-enrichment (13)C-glycine/GC/C/IRMS protocol and that using highly enriched (13)C-glycine (99 atom %)/GC/MS with the same derivative. The GC/C/IRMS method was shown to be suitable to measure the in vitro GSH FSR (200-660% day(-1)) in human venous and arterial blood from the umbilical cord. This approach provides a good tool for studying the turnover of GSH in vitro in infants, allowing both the use of minimal amounts of tracer and negligible perturbation of endogenous precursor pools.
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- Illa Tea
- Laboratoire d'Analyse Isotopique et Electrochimique des Métabolismes (LAIEM), UMR CNRS 6006, Université de Nantes, 2 rue de la Houssinière, BP 92208, F-44322 Nantes Cedex, France
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Corr LT, Berstan R, Evershed RP. Optimisation of derivatisation procedures for the determination of delta13C values of amino acids by gas chromatography/combustion/isotope ratio mass spectrometry. RAPID COMMUNICATIONS IN MASS SPECTROMETRY : RCM 2007; 21:3759-3771. [PMID: 17990247 DOI: 10.1002/rcm.3252] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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Compound-specific stable carbon isotope analysis of amino acids by gas chromatography/combustion/isotope ratio mass spectrometry (GC/C/IRMS) is a highly selective and sensitive method for probing the biosynthetic/diagenetic pathways, pool size and turnover rates of proteins, previously intractable to bulk isotope analyses. However, amino acids are polyfunctional, non-volatile compounds which require derivatisation prior to GC analysis. While a wide range of derivatives exist for the GC analysis of amino acids only a handful have been utilised for their GC/C/IRMS analysis. Significantly, none of those derivatives currently employed appear completely satisfactory and a thorough assessment of their relative utility is lacking. Seven derivatives (three previously reported and four novel) for obtaining delta(13)C values of amino acids via GC/C/IRMS analysis were compared. More specifically, standard mixtures of 15 protein amino acids were converted into N-acetylmethyl (NACME) esters, N-acetyl n-propyl (NANP) esters, N-acetyl i-propyl (NAIP) esters, N-trifluoroacetyl-i-propyl (TFA-IP) esters, N-pivaloyl methyl (NPME) esters, N-pivaloyl n-propyl (NPNP) esters and N-pivaloyl i-propyl (NPIP) esters. Each derivative was assessed with respect to its applicability to carbon isotope determinations of all the common alpha-amino acids, reaction yield, chromatographic resolution, stability, analyte-to-derivative carbon ratio, kinetic isotope effects and errors associated with their carbon isotope determinations. The NACME derivative was concluded to be the preferred derivative mainly due to the highest analyte-to-derivative carbon ratio being achieved, resulting in the lowest analytical errors for amino acid delta(13)C value determinations, ranging from +/-0.6 per thousand for phenylalanine, leucine and isoleucine to +/-1.1 per thousand for serine and glycine.
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- Lorna T Corr
- Organic Geochemistry Unit, Bristol Biogeochemistry Research Centre, School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Cantock's Close, Bristol BS8 1TS, UK
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Stellaard F, Elzinga H. Analytical techniques in biomedical stable isotope applications: (isotope ratio) mass spectrometry or infrared spectrometry? ISOTOPES IN ENVIRONMENTAL AND HEALTH STUDIES 2005; 41:345-61. [PMID: 16543190 DOI: 10.1080/10256010500384333] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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An overview is presented of biomedical applications of stable isotopes in general, but mainly focused on the activities of the Center for Liver, Digestive and Metabolic Diseases of the University Medical Center Groningen. The aims of metabolic studies in the areas of glucose, fat, cholesterol and protein metabolism are briefly explained, as well as the principle of breath testing and the techniques to study body composition and energy expenditure. Much attention is paid to the analytical considerations based upon metabolite concentrations, sample size restrictions, the availability of stable isotope labelled substrates and dose requirements in relation to compound-specific isotope analysis. The instrumental advantages and limitations of the generally used techniques gas chromatography/reaction/isotope ratio mass spectrometry and gas chromatography/mass spectrometry are described as well as the novelties of the recently commercialised liquid chromatography/combustion/isotope ratio mass spectrometry. The present use and future perspective of infrared (IR) spectrometry for clinical and biomedical stable isotope applications are reviewed. In this respect, the analytical demands on IR spectrometry are discussed to enable replacement of isotope ratio mass spectrometry by IR spectrometry, in particular, for the purpose of compound-specific isotope ratio analysis in biological matrices.
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- Frans Stellaard
- Laboratory of Pediatrics, Center for Liver, Digestive and Metabolic Diseases, University Hospital Groningen, Hanzeplein 1, 9713 GZ, Groningen, The Netherlands.
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Veeneman JM, Kingma HA, Boer TS, Stellaard F, De Jong PE, Reijngoud DJ, Huisman RM. Protein intake during hemodialysis maintains a positive whole body protein balance in chronic hemodialysis patients. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 2003; 284:E954-65. [PMID: 12540372 DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.00264.2002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Protein energy malnutrition is present in 18 to 56% of hemodialysis patients. Because hemodialysis has been regarded as a catabolic event, we studied whether consumption of a protein- and energy-enriched meal improves the whole body protein balance during dialysis in chronic hemodialysis (CHD) patients. Patients were studied on a single day between dialysis (HD- protocol) in the morning while fasting and in the afternoon while consuming six small test meals. Patients were also studied during two separate dialysis sessions (HD+ protocol). Patients were fasted during one and consumed the meals during the other. Whole body protein metabolism was studied by primed constant infusion of l-[1-(13)C]valine. During HD-, feeding changed the negative whole body protein balance observed during fasting to a positive protein balance. Dialysis deepened the negative balance during fasting, whereas feeding during dialysis induced a positive balance comparable to the HD- protocol while feeding. Plasma valine concentrations during the studies were correlated with whole body protein synthesis and inversely correlated with whole body protein breakdown. We conclude that the consumption of a protein- and energy-enriched meal by CHD patients while dialyzing can strongly improve whole body protein balance, probably because of the increased amino acid concentrations in blood.
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- Jorden M Veeneman
- Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital Groningen and Groningen University Institute of Drug Exploration, Hanzeplein 1, 9713 GZ Groningen, The Netherlands
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Hess S, van Beek J, Pannell LK. Acid hydrolysis of silk fibroins and determination of the enrichment of isotopically labeled amino acids using precolumn derivatization and high-performance liquid chromatography-electrospray ionization-mass spectrometry. Anal Biochem 2002; 311:19-26. [PMID: 12441148 DOI: 10.1016/s0003-2697(02)00402-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Silk fibroins from moth larvae and spiders are composed of highly repetitive Ala- and Gly-rich blocks that determine their structure, properties, and function. To investigate the metabolic integration of isotopically labeled amino acids in the excreted silk, the enrichment of ingested tracers was determined after acid hydrolysis of the fibroins. Thus, spiders and moth larvae were fed with stable isotope tracers such as [1-13C]Ala or [1-13C]Gly and silked. After hydrolysis of the silk proteins, the corresponding amino acids were derivatized with Nalpha-(2,4-dinitro-5-fluorophenyl)-L-alaninamide (Marfey's reagent) and separated by liquid chromatography. The isotopical enrichment of the amino acids was determined by online electrospray mass spectrometry and calculated by newly developed software. Depending on the feeding protocol, enrichments of up to 58% in Gly and 31% in Ala were found in the investigated silks. The highly enriched silk fibroins are suitable for further structural investigation such as solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance.
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- Sonja Hess
- Structural Mass Spectrometry Facility, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Building 8, Rm B2A27, Bethesda, MD 20892-0805, USA.
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Buijs MM, Romijn JA, Burggraaf J, De Kam ML, Cohen AF, Frölich M, Stellaard F, Meinders AE, Pijl H. Growth hormone blunts protein oxidation and promotes protein turnover to a similar extent in abdominally obese and normal-weight women. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2002; 87:5668-74. [PMID: 12466370 DOI: 10.1210/jc.2002-020927] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Abdominally obese individuals have reduced 24-h plasma GH concentrations. Their normal plasma IGF-I levels may reflect GH hypersensitivity. Alternatively, obesity-associated hyposomatotropism may cause less biological effect in target tissues. We therefore determined whole-body responsiveness to the anabolic effects of GH in abdominally obese (OB) and normal weight (NW) premenopausal women. A 1-h iv infusion of GH or placebo was randomly administered to six NW (body mass index, 21.1 +/- 1.9 kg/m(2)) and six OB (body mass index, 35.5 +/- 1.5 kg/m(2)) women in a cross-over design. Endogenous insulin, glucagon and GH secretion was suppressed by infusion of somatostatin. Whole-body protein turnover was measured using a 10-h infusion of [(13)C]-leucine. GH administration induced a similar plasma GH peak in NW and OB women (49.8 +/- 10.4 vs. 45.1 +/- 5.6 mU/liter). GH, compared with placebo infusion, increased nonoxidative leucine disposal, P < 0.0001) and endogenous leucine appearance (R(a), P = 0.0004) but decreased leucine oxidation (P = 0.0051). All changes were similar in both groups. Accordingly, whole-body GH responsiveness, defined as the maximum response of nonoxidative leucine disposal, leucine R(a), and oxidation per unit of GH, was not different in OB and NW women (0.25 +/- 0.18 vs. 0.19 +/- 0.17 micro mol/kg.h, 0.21 +/- 0.23 vs. 0.13 +/- 0.17 micro mol/kg.h, and -0.10 +/- 0.08 vs. -0.08 +/- 0.05 micro mol/kg.h, respectively). These results indicated that whole-body tissue responsiveness to the net anabolic effect of GH is similar in OB and NW women. Hence, we inferred that hyposomatotropism may promote amino acid oxidation and blunt protein turnover in abdominal obesity. However, hyposomatotropism cannot account for all anomalous features of protein metabolism in abdominally obese humans.
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- Madelon M Buijs
- Department of General Internal Medicine, Leiden University Medical Centre, 2300 RC Leiden, The Netherlands.
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Hellstern G, Kaempf-Rotzoll D, Linderkamp O, Langhans KD, Rating D. Parenteral amino acids increase albumin and skeletal muscle protein fractional synthetic rates in premature newborn minipigs. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr 2002; 35:270-4. [PMID: 12352512 DOI: 10.1097/00005176-200209000-00007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/10/2022]
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OBJECTIVES Early administration of parenteral amino acids increases whole body nitrogen retention in premature infants. Tracer kinetic studies suggest an increase in whole body protein synthesis as a possible mechanism for this increase in nitrogen retention. However, the effect of early parenteral amino acids on synthesis of specific proteins remains uncertain. Using premature newborn minipigs as a model for human premature newborns, we investigated the effects of parenterally administered amino acids on albumin and skeletal muscle protein fractional synthetic rates. METHODS Fifteen Yucatan minipigs were delivered by cesarean section 6 days before the mean expected delivery date (day 106 of gestation; expected gestation, 111-113 days) and randomized to two groups immediately after birth: 7 piglets received a mixture of amino acids (0.4 g. kg. h ) and glucose (0.8 g. kg. h ) for 5 hours, and 8 piglets (control group) received glucose only. All piglets received a continuous primed infusion of 1-[ C]valine. Arterial plasma free C-valine enrichment was measured by gas chromatography/mass spectrometry, and protein synthetic rates were determined by measuring incorporation of C-valine into albumin and skeletal muscle protein using gas chromatography/combustion/isotope ratio mass spectrometry. RESULTS Administration of amino acids increased albumin (87.0% +/- 42.1% [mean +/- SD] vs. 37.6% +/- 6.8% per 24 hours; < 0.05) and skeletal muscle fractional synthetic rates (11.60% +/- 6.9% vs. 6.5% +/- 1.5% per 24 hours; < 0.05). CONCLUSION We conclude that parenteral amino acids increase albumin and skeletal muscle fractional synthetic rates in premature piglets on the first day of life.
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- Gerald Hellstern
- Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 150, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
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Prinsen BHCMT, Velden MGMDESVANDER, Kaysen GA, Straver HWHC, Rijn HJMVAN, Stellaard F, Berger R, Rabelink TJ. Transferrin synthesis is increased in nephrotic patients insufficiently to replace urinary losses. J Am Soc Nephrol 2001; 12:1017-1025. [PMID: 11316861 DOI: 10.1681/asn.v1251017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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The urinary loss of transferrin is sufficient to reduce plasma transferrin concentrations in the nephrotic syndrome. Hypotransferrinemia may lead to iron loss and microcytic anemia. The mechanism responsible for the hypotransferrinemia in the nephrotic syndrome is, however, unknown. In the present study, synthesis rate of transferrin was measured in vivo in nephrotic patients (n = 7) compared with control subjects (n = 6) using L-[1-(13)C]-valine. Plasma transferrin and iron concentration in the patients were significantly lower than in control subjects (transferrin, 1.39 +/- 0.08 versus 2.57 +/- 0.11 g/L, P < 0.0001; iron, 10.2 +/- 0.8 versus 21.1 +/- 4.5 micromol/L, P = 0.02). Furthermore, albuminuria correlated with transferrinuria (r(2) = 0.901, P = 0.001). The absolute synthesis rate of transferrin was increased in the patients (10.0 +/- 1.1 versus 7.4 +/- 0.7 mg/kg per d, P = 0.07), although this value failed to achieve significance. C-reactive protein, plasma iron, and proteinuria did not correlate with transferrin synthesis. In contrast, transferrin synthesis correlated with albumin synthesis (r(2) = 0.648, P = 0.03; n = 7). The present study indicates that increased transferrin synthesis occurs in nephrotic patients but is insufficient to compensate for urinary losses. Because, overall, no significant relationship was found between transferrin synthesis and either C-reactive protein or iron, it is unlikely that inflammation suppresses or that iron deficiency stimulates increased transferrin synthesis in these patients. The correlation between transferrin synthesis and albumin synthesis suggests that transferrin synthesis is a component of a general response in hepatic protein synthesis in the nephrotic syndrome. This suggests that a therapeutic approach to maximize plasma transferrin concentrations in nephrotic patients should be aimed primarily at reducing urinary protein excretion.
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- Berthil H C M T Prinsen
- Department of Vascular Medicine and Metabolism, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
- Department of Clinical Chemistry, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
- Department of Metabolic Diseases, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, University of California-Davis, Davis, and Department of Veterans Affairs Northern California System of Clinics, Mather, California
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- Department of Metabolic Diseases, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Clinical Chemistry, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Nutrition and Metabolism, University Hospital Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Metabolic Diseases, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Vascular Medicine and Metabolism, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Zaideh BI, Saad NM, Lewis BA, Brenna JT. Reduction of nonpolar amino acids to amino alcohols to enhance volatility for high-precision isotopic analysis. Anal Chem 2001; 73:799-802. [PMID: 11248895 DOI: 10.1021/ac000604l] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Amino acids are routinely derivatized using carbon-containing groups prior to gas chromatography continuous-flow isotope ratio mass spectrometry (GCC-IRMS). Derivative C contaminates analyte C because the entire derivatized compound is combusted to CO2. Correction procedures are required to extract the analyte isotope ratio. We present a method for reduction of six nonpolar amino acids to their corresponding amino alcohols, demonstrate a GC strategy to produce acceptable peak shapes from the resulting strongly H-bonding analytes, and present isotopic analysis for amino acids and their corresponding amino alcohols to evaluate any possible isotopic fractionation. Alanine, valine, leucine, isoleucine, methionine, or phenylalanine was reduced using NaBH4 in THF with I2 as an electrophile. Reactions were performed with 2 g of analyte to permit isotopic analysis by conventional elemental analysis-IRMS. All reactions were quantitative as assessed by IR spectra, melting points, and GC. Recovery from the reaction mixture was 60-84%. GC separation of a mixture of the six amino alcohols was achieved using a thick stationary-phase (5 microm) capillary column to avoid tailing due to hydrogen bonding to the walls of the fused-silica capillary. The reproducibility of GCC-IRMS determinations of amino alcohols averaged SD(613C) = 0.25 +/- 0.19%. The absolute differences between delta13C of amino acids measured by an elemental analyzer coupled to IRMS and amino alcohols measured by GCC-IRMS was delta613C = 0.14% and showed no general trend. Reactions performed with 2 mg of analyte yielded equivalent chromatograms. These data indicate that the reduction method does not induce isotopic fractionation and can be used for continuous-flow isotopic analysis to avoid addition of contaminating carbon.
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- B I Zaideh
- Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14850, USA
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Metges CC, Daenzer M. 13C gas chromatography-combustion isotope ratio mass spectrometry analysis of N-pivaloyl amino acid esters of tissue and plasma samples. Anal Biochem 2000; 278:156-64. [PMID: 10660457 DOI: 10.1006/abio.1999.4426] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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We present the analysis of the stable carbon isotope compositions of 14 individual N-pivaloyl-isopropyl (NPP) amino acid esters by gas chromatography-combustion isotope ratio mass spectrometry (GC-C-IRMS). The mean reproducibility of derivatization procedure and GC-C-IRMS analysis was 0.45 per thousand (range, 0.12-0.68), whereas the mean analytical error was 0.26 per thousand delta(13)C (range, 0.13-0.42). Furthermore, the delta(13)C values of N-pivaloyl-isopropyl and N-acetyl-n-propyl (NAP) amino acid esters were compared. Due to a reproducible isotopic fractionation introduced by the derivatization process an empirical correction factor for each individual amino acid was derived separately for both derivatives (NPP, -1.13 to -2.52 (lysine, +2.09) per thousand delta(13)C; NAP, -2.36 to -3.97 (lysine, +1.91) per thousand delta(13)C), and the original delta(13)C value of the underivatized amino acid was calculated. Further, we performed an animal study where rats (n = 5) ingested a mixed meal containing uniformly (13)C-labeled casein (indispensable amino acids 1.3 to 1.7 at.%). One hour after the meal delta(13)C values of protein-bound amino acids from small intestinal mucosa and liver and of free amino acids from mucosa and plasma were determined. Significant (13)C enrichments of indispensable amino acids of the free pools of mucosa and plasma (range, 0.0518 to 0.1700 at.% excess) and in mucosa and liver proteins (range, 0.0021 and 0.0161 at.% excess) were observed. The feasibility of various derivatives for the measurement of carbon isotopic composition is discussed.
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- C C Metges
- Deutsches Institut für Ernährungsforschung (DIFE)-Potsdam, Arthur-Scheunert-Allee 114-116, Bergholz-Rehbrücke, D-14558, Germany.
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Meier-Augenstein W. Use of gas chromatography-combustion-isotope ratio mass spectrometry in nutrition and metabolic research. Curr Opin Clin Nutr Metab Care 1999; 2:465-70. [PMID: 10678674 DOI: 10.1097/00075197-199911000-00005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Linking gas chromatography via an on-line combustion interface to isotope ratio mass spectrometry has opened the door to high-precision compound-specific isotope analysis. For this reason, gas chromatography-combustion-isotope ratio mass spectrometry is now increasingly employed in metabolic and nutritional research because it offers a reliable and risk-free alternative to the use of radioactive tracers.
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- W Meier-Augenstein
- University of Dundee, Department of Anatomy and Physiology, OMS, Small's Wynd, UK.
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Compound-specific isotope analysis (CSIA) by isotope ratio mass spectrometry (IRMS) following on-line combustion (C) of compounds separated by gas chromatography (GC) is a relatively young analytical method. Due to its ability to measure isotope distribution at natural abundance level with great accuracy and high precision, GC-C-IRMS has increasingly become the method of choice in authenticity control of foodstuffs and determination of origin in archaeology, geochemistry, and environmental chemistry. In combination with stable isotope labelled compounds, GC-C-IRMS is also used more and more in biochemical and biomedical application as it offers a reliable and risk-free alternative to the use of radioactive tracers. The literature on these topics is reviewed from the advent of commercial GC-C-IRMS systems in 1990 up to the beginning of 1998. Demands on sample preparation and quality of GC separation for GC-C-IRMS are discussed also.
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- W Meier-Augenstein
- Department of Anatomy and Physiology, University of Dundee, Scotland, UK.
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de Sain-van der Velden MG, Rabelink TJ, Gadellaa MM, Elzinga H, Reijngoud DJ, Kuipers F, Stellaard F. In vivo determination of very-low-density lipoprotein-apolipoprotein B100 secretion rates in humans with a low dose of l-[1-13C]valine and isotope ratio mass spectrometry. Anal Biochem 1998; 265:308-12. [PMID: 9882407 DOI: 10.1006/abio.1998.2908] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The aim of the present study was to determine the rate of very-low-density lipoprotein (VLDL)-apolipoprotein (apo) B100 secretion in humans with a minimized amount of l-[1-13C]valine infusion in combination with the use of gas chromatography/combustion/isotope ratio mass spectrometry (GC/C/IRMS) analysis. To compare this method with the conventional gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS) technique, two different dosages of l-[1-13C]valine and both analytical techniques were compared in a single study. A priming dose of l-[1-13C]valine (2 micromol/kg) followed by a constant infusion (2 micromol/kg/h) was given for 3 h, directly followed by a second priming dose (15 micromol/kg) and a constant infusion (15 micromol/kg/h) for 4 h. The fractional secretion rate obtained by GC/C/IRMS measurements from the first 3 h of infusion (mean +/- SD: 0.22 +/- 0.09 pools/h) was similar to that obtained by GC/MS during the last 4 h of infusion (0. 23 +/- 0.07 pools/h; P = 0.56). In conclusion, superior analytical accuracy and sensitivity of GC/C/IRMS enable measurements of VLDL-apo B100 secretion with much lower doses of l-[1-13C]valine and allow for reduction of experimental costs.
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