Evidence map›Paper›PMID 27099181›Full record

ArticleJournal of inherited metabolic disease2016

Rapid quantification of underivatized amino acids in plasma by hydrophilic interaction liquid chromatography (HILIC) coupled with tandem mass-spectrometry.

Hubertus C M T Prinsen, B G M Schiebergen-Bronkhorst, M W Roeleveld, J J M Jans, M G M de Sain-van der Velden, G Visser, P M van Hasselt, N M Verhoeven-Duif

Open access · hybridAbstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Journal of inherited metabolic disease, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 67 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
67citing papers in PubMed
13.7field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

67 citing papers in PubMed, 180 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Trial
  2. Trial
  3. Trial
  4. Article
  5. Article
  6. Article
  7. Article
  8. Article
  9. Article
  10. Article
  11. Article
  12. Article
  13. Article
  14. Article
  15. Broad Vitamin BInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2025
    Article
  16. Review
  17. Article
  18. Deciphering the immunomodulatory mechanisms ofFrontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2025
    Article
  19. Article
  20. Article

7 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Hubertus C M T PrinsenSection Metabolic Diagnostics, Department of Genetics, University Medical Center (UMC) Utrecht, KC.02.069.1, Lundlaan 6, 3584 EA, Utrecht, The Netherlands. b.prinsen@umcutrecht.nl.
B G M Schiebergen-BronkhorstSection Metabolic Diagnostics, Department of Genetics, University Medical Center (UMC) Utrecht, KC.02.069.1, Lundlaan 6, 3584 EA, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
M W RoeleveldSection Metabolic Diagnostics, Department of Genetics, University Medical Center (UMC) Utrecht, KC.02.069.1, Lundlaan 6, 3584 EA, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
J J M JansSection Metabolic Diagnostics, Department of Genetics, University Medical Center (UMC) Utrecht, KC.02.069.1, Lundlaan 6, 3584 EA, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
M G M de Sain-van der VeldenSection Metabolic Diagnostics, Department of Genetics, University Medical Center (UMC) Utrecht, KC.02.069.1, Lundlaan 6, 3584 EA, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
G VisserDepartment of Metabolic Diseases, University Medical Center (UMC) Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
P M van HasseltDepartment of Metabolic Diseases, University Medical Center (UMC) Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
N M Verhoeven-DuifSection Metabolic Diagnostics, Department of Genetics, University Medical Center (UMC) Utrecht, KC.02.069.1, Lundlaan 6, 3584 EA, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
University Medical Center Utrecht · NLUtrecht University · NL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundAmino acidopathies are a class of inborn errors of metabolism (IEM) that can be diagnosed by analysis of amino acids (AA) in plasma. Current strategies for AA analysis include cation exchange HPLC with post-column ninhydrin derivatization, GC-MS, and LC-MS/MS-related methods. Major drawbacks of the current methods are time-consuming procedures, derivative problems, problems with retention, and MS-sensitivity. The use of hydrophilic interaction liquid chromatography (HILIC) columns is an ideal separation mode for hydrophilic compounds like AA. Here we report a HILIC-method for analysis of 36 underivatized AA in plasma to detect defects in AA metabolism that overcomes the major drawbacks of other methods.

methodsA rapid, sensitive, and specific method was developed for the analysis of AA in plasma without derivatization using HILIC coupled with tandem mass-spectrometry (Xevo TQ, Waters).

resultsExcellent separation of 36 AA (24 quantitative/12 qualitative) in plasma was achieved on an Acquity BEH Amide column (2.1×100 mm, 1.7 μm) in a single MS run of 18 min. Plasma of patients with a known IEM in AA metabolism was analyzed and all patients were correctly identified.

conclusionThe reported method analyzes 36 AA in plasma within 18 min and provides baseline separation of isomeric AA such as leucine and isoleucine. No separation was obtained for isoleucine and allo-isoleucine. The method is applicable to study defects in AA metabolism in plasma.

Indexed as

Amino Acid Metabolism, Inborn ErrorsAmino AcidsChromatography, High Pressure LiquidChromatography, LiquidGas Chromatography-Mass SpectrometryHumansHydrophobic and Hydrophilic InteractionsMetabolism, Inborn ErrorsPlasmaSpectrum AnalysisTandem Mass SpectrometryAmino Acids

Identifiers

PMID27099181
PMCPMC4987396
OpenAlexW2338995889

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.