Determination of tryptophan metabolite levels in serum and urine from adolescents with depression by liquid chromatogra-phy-tandem mass spectrometry
10.13602/j.cnki.jcls.2024.08.01
- VernacularTitle:液相色谱串联质谱法测定青少年抑郁症患者血清和尿液中色氨酸代谢物的水平
- Author:
Mengmeng MA
1
;
Xiaoming TENG
;
Liu LU
;
Zhihan YE
;
Ming ZONG
Author Information
1. 同济大学附属妇产科医院生殖医学中心,上海 201204
- Keywords:
tryptophan and kynurenine pathway;
3-hydroxykynurenine;
depression;
tandem mass spectrometry
- From:
Chinese Journal of Clinical Laboratory Science
2024;42(8):561-566
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To observe and compare the concentrations of tryptophan-kynurenine pathway metabolites in serum and urine of adolescents with depression individuals using liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry(LC-MS/MS).Methods The major metabolites in this pathway,such as tryptophan(TRP),kynurenine(KYN),kynurenic acid(KYNA),and 3-hydroxykynurenine(3-HK)were quantitatively analyzed using isotope-labeled internal standards.The separation was achieved using a Shimadzu C18 col-umn with gradient elution of 0.2％aqueous acid and acetonitrile.The detection was performed within 7 minutes using positive ion mode and multiple reaction monitoring(MRM).The parameters,such as linear range and precision were evaluated to assess reliability of the method.Subsequently,this method was applied to detect and compare the results in the samples of serum and urine from 143 adoles-cents with depression and 110 healthy controls.Results Taking TRP as the example,the linear ranges for serum and urine were 0.54 to 107.84 μmol/L and 0.74 to 147.06 μmol/L,respectively.The intra-batch coefficient of variation(CV)was ≤6.3％,the inter-batch CV was ≤3.22％,and the total laboratory CV was ≤6.5％.The results showed the KYNA,KYN and TRP levels were lower in the de-pression group compared to the control group,while 3-HK levels were higher in the depression group with statistical significance(P＜0.01).Apart from TRP,the levels of other metabolites were significantly higher in urine than those in serum,with statistical signifi-cance(P＜0.01).Conclusion Compared to the results of serum,the concentrations of TRP metabolites,including KYN,KYNA and 3-HK were higher than those in urine.The concentrations of TRP-KP metabolites in urine,i.e.,KYN,KYNA and 3-HK were higher than those in serum,and the detection of TRP-KP metabolites in urine may offer a greater advantage because the urine collection process is non-invasive.
