Journal of Lipid Research, Vol 38, 173-182, Copyright © 1997 by Lipid Research, Inc.

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Quantitative analysis of plasma acylcarnitines using gas chromatography chemical ionization mass fragmentography

CG Costa, EA Struys, A Bootsma, HJ ten Brink, L Dorland, I Tavares de Almeida, M Duran and C Jakobs
Department of Clinical Chemistry, Free University Hospital, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

A stable isotope dilution gas chromatography chemical ionization mass spectrometry (GC-CI-MS) method was developed for the quantitative profiling of plasma acylcarnitines. The clean-up procedure was comprised of a solid-phase cation exchange extraction using PRS-columns from which the acylcarnitines were eluted with a barium chloride solution. Isolated acylcarnitines were transformed into acyloxylactones and analyzed by positive GC-CI-MS using isobutane as reactant gas. The selected monitoring of a common ion at m/z [85]+ and the protonated molecular ion enabled a selective and sensitive detection of all C2-C18 acylcarnitines. An accurate quantitation was achieved by the use of stable isotope-labeled internal standards (C2-C18) and acylcarnitines could be analyzed in the sub-nanomolar range. Control values for C2-C18 acylcarnitines in plasma were established. Concentrations ranged from 0.02 micromol/L for C14-acylcarnitine to 4.90 micromol/L for C2- acylcarnitine. The diagnostic suitability of the method was demonstrated for patients with medium-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency and very long-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency.
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