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ArticleInternational journal of legal medicine2017

Is it possible to detect PEth 16:0/18:1 and PEth 18:1/18:1 in red blood cells after 20 years of storage in liquid nitrogen?

Robert Boll, Theron Johnson, Rudolf Kaaks, Tilman Kühn, Gisela Skopp

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Robert BollInstitute of Legal and Traffic Medicine, University Hospital Heidelberg, Voss-Str. 2, 69115, Heidelberg, Germany. rb12687@gmail.com.
Theron JohnsonDivision of Cancer Epidemiology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Im Neuenheimer Feld 280, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany.
Rudolf KaaksDivision of Cancer Epidemiology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Im Neuenheimer Feld 280, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany.
Tilman KühnDivision of Cancer Epidemiology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Im Neuenheimer Feld 280, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany.
Gisela SkoppInstitute of Legal and Traffic Medicine, University Hospital Heidelberg, Voss-Str. 2, 69115, Heidelberg, Germany.

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introductionPhosphatidylethanol (PEth), as measured in freshly drawn blood samples, could be a promising new biomarker for habitual alcohol consumption, but it is still unknown whether PEth can also be determined from blood samples having been stored frozen for a longer period. MATERIALS AND

methodsPEth 16:0/18:1 and PEth 18:1/18:1 were determined by LC-MS/MS from red blood cells (RBC) derived from blood samples of (I) 20 healthy volunteers (after 1 month of storage at -80 °C) and (II) 232 participants of the population-based European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC)-Heidelberg study (after 20 years of storage at -196 °C). Analyses involved liquid-liquid extraction from 100 μl aliquots with phosphatidylpropanol (PProp 18:1/18:1) as the internal standard. Extracts were subjected to a 10-min LC gradient separation, using multiple reaction monitoring of deprotonated molecules for quantification.

resultsAfter 1 month of storage at -80 °C, PEth was detectable in all samples at mean concentrations of 393.6 ± 12.4 ng/ml (PEth 16:0/18:1) and 43.3 ± 1.1 ng/ml (PEth 18:1/18:1). In samples stored for 20 years at -196 °C, PEth was detectable in 23.7% of all samples at mean concentrations of 412.2 ± 655.5 ng/ml (PEth 16:0/18:1) and 38.0 ± 74.8 ng/ml (PEth 18:1/18:1). DISCUSSION AND

conclusionPEth can be determined reliably from samples of moderate habitual alcohol consumers after 1 month of storage at -80 °C. Our data suggest that PEth is generally also detectable in samples after 20 years of storage at -196 °C. Further studies are needed to assess the still unknown impact of storage duration and temperature on different PEth specimen concentrations.

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FreezingNitrogenSpecimen HandlingAlcoholismBiomarkersChromatography, LiquidErythrocytesFeasibility StudiesGlycerophospholipidsHumansLiquid-Liquid ExtractionPreservation, BiologicalTandem Mass SpectrometryTime FactorsBiomarkersGlycerophospholipidsNitrogenphosphatidylethanolEPIC-Heidelberg studyHabitual alcohol consumptionLong-term storagePhosphatidylethanol (PEth)

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