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ReviewAnalytical biochemistry2017

The importance of accurately correcting for the natural abundance of stable isotopes.

Firas S Midani, Michelle L Wynn, Santiago Schnell

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Review in Analytical biochemistry, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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28 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Firas S MidaniProgram in Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, Center for Genomic and Computational Biology & Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA. Electronic address: firas.midani@duke.edu.
Michelle L WynnDepartment of Molecular & Integrative Physiology, Department of Computational Medicine & Bioinformatics and Brehm Center for Diabetes Research, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, USA; Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Hematology and Oncology and Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, USA. Electronic address: mlwynn@umich.edu.
Santiago SchnellDepartment of Molecular & Integrative Physiology, Department of Computational Medicine & Bioinformatics and Brehm Center for Diabetes Research, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, USA. Electronic address: schnells@umich.edu.

Funding

Regional Pilot And Feasibility Study Grants ProgramP30DK020572 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI Mehboob A Hussain · 2013 to 2026
$24.3M
Statistics and Bioinformatics Core - WangU24DK097153 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI BURANT, CHARLES F · 2012 to 2017
$10.1M
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Training ProgramT32GM071340 · NIGMS · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI MAGWENE, PAUL MITAARI · 2005 to 2020
$3.3M
Interfacing computation and engineering with digestive and metabolic physiologyR25DK088752 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI MACDOUGALD, ORMOND A · 2010 to 2020
$1.1M
NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK020572NIDDK NIH HHS R25 DK088752NIDDK NIH HHS U24 DK097153NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM071340
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The use of isotopically labeled tracer substrates is an experimental approach for measuring in vivo and in vitro intracellular metabolic dynamics. Stable isotopes that alter the mass but not the chemical behavior of a molecule are commonly used in isotope tracer studies. Because stable isotopes of some atoms naturally occur at non-negligible abundances, it is important to account for the natural abundance of these isotopes when analyzing data from isotope labeling experiments. Specifically, a distinction must be made between isotopes introduced experimentally via an isotopically labeled tracer and the isotopes naturally present at the start of an experiment. In this tutorial review, we explain the underlying theory of natural abundance correction of stable isotopes, a concept not always understood by metabolic researchers. We also provide a comparison of distinct methods for performing this correction and discuss natural abundance correction in the context of steady state

Indexed as

Isotope LabelingCarbon IsotopesGlucoseMagnetic Resonance SpectroscopyMass SpectrometryMetabolic Flux AnalysisCarbon IsotopesGlucoseMetabolic flux analysisNatural abundance correctionReproducibilityStable isotopes

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PMID27989585
PMCPMC5343595

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