Development and Validation of Liquid Chromatography-Tandem Mass Spectrometry Method for Quantification of Plasma Metanephrines for Differential Diagnosis of Adrenal Incidentaloma.
10.3343/alm.2015.35.5.519
- Author:
Sae Mi LEE
1
;
Mi Na LEE
;
Hyeon Ju OH
;
Yoon Young CHO
;
Jae Hyeon KIM
;
Hye In WOO
;
Hyung Doo PARK
;
Soo Youn LEE
Author Information
1. Department of Laboratory Medicine and Genetics, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. suddenbz@skku.edu
- Publication Type:Brief Communication
- Keywords:
Metanephrines;
Plasma;
Mass spectrometry;
Validation;
Pheochromocytoma
- MeSH:
Adenoma;
Diagnosis, Differential*;
Healthy Volunteers;
Humans;
Hypertension;
Mass Spectrometry*;
Metanephrine;
Normetanephrine;
Pheochromocytoma;
Plasma*
- From:Annals of Laboratory Medicine
2015;35(5):519-522
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
High-resolution imaging techniques have increased the detection rate of adrenal incidentaloma. We developed a method of liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) for detection of plasma free metanephrine (MN) and normetanephrine (NMN) and evaluated its analytical performance and clinical efficacy in differential diagnosis of adrenal incidentaloma. After solid-phase extraction, chromatographic isolation of the analytes and internal standard was achieved by column elution in the LC-MS/MS system. The analytes were detected in multiple-reaction monitoring mode by using positive electrospray ionization: MN, transition m/z 180.1-->165.1; NMN, m/z 166.1-->134.1. This method was validated for linearity, precision, accuracy, lower limits of quantification and detection, extraction recovery, and the matrix effect. Plasma concentrations of MN and NMN of 14 patients with pheochromocytoma were compared with those of 17 healthy volunteers, 10 patients with essential hypertension, and 60 patients with adrenal adenoma. The assay's linear range was 0.04-50.0 and 0.08-100.0 nmol/L for MN and NMN, respectively. Assay imprecision was 1.86-7.50%. The accuracy ranged from -7.50% to 2.00%, and the mean recovery of MN and NMN was within the range 71.5-95.2%. Our LC-MS/MS method is rapid, accurate, and reliable and useful for differential diagnosis of adrenal incidentaloma.
