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A Sensitive and Specific ESI-Positive LC-MS/MS Method for the Quantitation of Estrogens in Human Serum in Under Three Minutes.

ABSTRACT: Amplifex Diene reagent was employed to derivatize estradiol (E2) to enhance the analyte signal at low picogram concentrations. This derivatization enabled measurement of E2 (and other estrogens) in ESI+ mode, earlier retention times for analytes than other methods, avoidance of MS harmful ammonium fluoride in mobile phases, and an LLOQ below 1 pg/mL. The sample preparation workflow involved liquid-liquid extraction followed by Amplifex Diene derivatization for 10 min at ambient temperature. Samples were chromatographed using a standard C18 column and analyzed using a SCIEX 6500+ mass spectrometer. The assay calibrators were prepared in-house, traceable to certified reference materials, and ranged from 1.29 to 624 pg/mL. A method comparison to samples from the CDC HoSt program yielded a correlation coefficient of 0.9858 and bias of -1.37%. The LLOQ using certified reference material was 0.66 pg/mL. The intra-run precision was <9.00% for low- and high-level samples, whereas the inter-run precision was 15.2 and 5.43% for low- and high-level samples, respectively. No interference from other clinically relevant steroids was found. Amplifex Diene derivatized E2 and estrone (E1) was found to be stable for over 6 months, both refrigerated and frozen.

SUBMITTER: Stella A

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7882671 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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A Sensitive and Specific ESI-Positive LC-MS/MS Method for the Quantitation of Estrogens in Human Serum in Under Three Minutes.

Stella Aaron A Dey Subhakar S

Journal of chromatographic science 20210201 3

Amplifex Diene reagent was employed to derivatize estradiol (E2) to enhance the analyte signal at low picogram concentrations. This derivatization enabled measurement of E2 (and other estrogens) in ESI+ mode, earlier retention times for analytes than other methods, avoidance of MS harmful ammonium fluoride in mobile phases, and an LLOQ below 1 pg/mL. The sample preparation workflow involved liquid-liquid extraction followed by Amplifex Diene derivatization for 10 min at ambient temperature. Samp ...[more]

PMID: 33306780

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A Sensitive and Specific ESI-Positive LC-MS/MS Method for the Quantitation of Estrogens in Human Serum in Under Three Minutes.

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A Sensitive and Specific ESI-Positive LC-MS/MS Method for the Quantitation of Estrogens in Human Serum in Under Three Minutes.

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