Quantification of N
τ -Methylhistidine and N
π-Methylhistidine in Chicken Plasma by Liquid Chromatography-Tandem Mass Spectrometry.
J Poult Sci 2023;
60:2023017. [PMID:
37484878 PMCID:
PMC10357029 DOI:
10.2141/jpsa.2023017]
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Abstract
The concentration of Nτ-methylhistidine in plasma provides an index of skeletal muscle protein breakdown. This study aimed to establish a quantitative method for measuring the concentrations of Nτ-methylhistidine and its isomer Nπ-methylhistidine in chicken plasma, using liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry with stable isotope dilution analysis. The acceptable linear ranges of detection were 1.56-50.00 μmol/L for Nτ-methylhistidine and 0.78-25.00 μmol/L for Nπ-methylhistidine. The proposed method detected changes in the plasma levels of Nτ-methylhistidine and Nπ-methylhistidine in response to fasting and re-feeding. These results suggest that the method developed in this study can be used for the simultaneous measurement of Nτ-methylhistidine and Nπ-methylhistidine in chicken plasma.
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