Journal
ANALYTICAL AND BIOANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
Volume 406, Issue 19, Pages 4663-4675Publisher
SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
DOI: 10.1007/s00216-014-7870-0
Keywords
Citrulline; LC-MS/MS; Biomarker validation; Plasma biomarkers; Acute radiation syndrome; Radiation animal models
Funding
- Federal funds from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases [HHSN272201000046C]
- University of Maryland Baltimore, School of Pharmacy Mass Spectrometry Center [SOP1841-IQB2014]
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The potential risk of a radiological catastrophe highlights the need for identifying and validating potential biomarkers that accurately predict radiation-induced organ damage. A key target organ that is acutely sensitive to the effects of irradiation is the gastrointestinal (GI) tract, referred to as the GI acute radiation syndrome (GI-ARS). Recently, citrulline has been identified as a potential circulating biomarker for radiation-induced GI damage. Prior to biologically validating citrulline as a biomarker for radiation-induced GI injury, there is the important task of developing and validating a quantitation assay for citrulline detection within the radiation animal models used for biomarker validation. Herein, we describe the analytical development and validation of citrulline detection using a liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry assay that incorporates stable-label isotope internal standards. Analytical validation for specificity, linearity, lower limit of quantitation, accuracy, intra- and interday precision, extraction recovery, matrix effects, and stability was performed under sample collection and storage conditions according to the Guidance for Industry, Bioanalytical Methods Validation issued by the US Food and Drug Administration. In addition, the method was biologically validated using plasma from well-characterized mouse, minipig, and nonhuman primate GI-ARS models. The results demonstrated that circulating citrulline can be confidently quantified from plasma. Additionally, circulating citrulline displayed a time-dependent response for radiological doses covering GI-ARS across multiple species.
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