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ArticleJournal of inherited metabolic disease2018

Fast and accurate quantitative organic acid analysis with LC-QTOF/MS facilitates screening of patients for inborn errors of metabolism.

Irene M L W Körver-Keularts, Ping Wang, Huub W A H Waterval, Leo A J Kluijtmans, Ron A Wevers, Claus-Dieter Langhans, Camilla Scott, Daphna D J Habets, Jörgen Bierau

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Article in Journal of inherited metabolic disease, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers.

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21citing papers in PubMed
3.5field-weighted citation impact, top 8% of its field
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21 citing papers in PubMed, 48 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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9 authors at 5 institutions in 3 countries.

Irene M L W Körver-KeulartsDepartment of Clinical Genetics, Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, The Netherlands. irene.keularts@mumc.nl.
Ping WangDepartment of Clinical Genetics, Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
Huub W A H WatervalDepartment of Clinical Genetics, Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
Leo A J KluijtmansTranslational Metabolic Laboratory, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
Ron A WeversTranslational Metabolic Laboratory, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
Claus-Dieter LanghansMetabolic Laboratory, Center for Metabolic Diseases, University Children's Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany.
Camilla ScottDepartment of Newborn Screening, Clinical Chemistry, Sheffield's Children's Hospital, Sheffield, UK.
Daphna D J HabetsDepartment of Clinical Genetics, Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
Jörgen BierauDepartment of Clinical Genetics, Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
Maastricht University Medical Centre · NLRadboud University Medical Center · NLRadboud University Nijmegen · NLSheffield Children's Hospital · GBUniversity Hospital Heidelberg · DE

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Since organic acid analysis in urine with gaschromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) is a time-consuming technique, we developed a new liquid chromatography-quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometry (LC-QTOF/MS) method to replace the classical analysis for diagnosis of inborn errors of metabolism (IEM). Sample preparation is simple and experimental time short. Targeted mass extraction and automatic calculation of z-scores generated profiles characteristic for the IEMs in our panel consisting of 71 biomarkers for defects in amino acids, neurotransmitters, fatty acids, purine, and pyrimidine metabolism as well as other disorders. In addition, four medication-related metabolites were included in the panel. The method was validated to meet Dutch NEN-EN-ISO 15189 standards. Cross validation of 24 organic acids from 28 urine samples of the ERNDIM scheme showed superiority of the UPLC-QTOF/MS method over the GC-MS method. We applied our method to 99 patient urine samples with 32 different IEMs, and 88 control samples. All IEMs were unambiguously established/diagnosed using this new QTOF method by evaluation of the panel of 71 biomarkers. In conclusion, we present a LC-QTOF/MS method for fast and accurate quantitative organic acid analysis which facilitates screening of patients for IEMs. Extension of the panel of metabolites is easy which makes this application a promising technique in metabolic diagnostics/laboratories.

Indexed as

Amino AcidsChemistry Techniques, AnalyticalChromatography, LiquidFatty AcidsFemaleGas Chromatography-Mass SpectrometryHumansMaleMass ScreeningMetabolism, Inborn ErrorsReproducibility of ResultsSensitivity and SpecificityTandem Mass SpectrometryTime FactorsUrinalysisAmino AcidsFatty Acids

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PMID29435781
PMCPMC5959959
OpenAlexW2789420895

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