Gas chromatographic-mass spectrometric screening for organic acidemias using dried urine filter paper: determination of alpha-ketoacids |
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Authors: | Fu X Kimura M Iga M Yamaguchi S |
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Affiliation: | Department of Pediatrics, Shimane Medical University, Izumo, Japan. |
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Abstract: | There are several organic acid disorders that require information on alpha-ketoacids, such as maple syrup urine disease or alpha-ketoadipic acidemia. The recovery, stability and diagnostic availability of alpha-ketoacids in dried urine filter paper analyzed by GC-MS with oxime-trimethylsilyl derivatization was studied for organic acidemia screening. The recovery of all nine types of alpha-ketoacids tested, but for phenylpyruvate, 2-ketoadipate, and p-OH-phenylpyruvate, from filter paper samples was acceptable. The stability of pyruvate, branched-chain alpha-ketoacids, alpha-ketoadipate and alpha-ketoglutarate was stable for at least 28 days, although some alpha-ketoacids such as succinylacetone were unstable. It indicated it was difficult to diagnose only tyrosinemia type 1 among nine specimens from organic acidemia patients tested. The method could be applied to global organic acidemia screening. |
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