Abstract
Currently, there is increasing interest in developing accurate methods for the quantitative analysis of bile acids (BAs) in biological samples. We have developed a sensitive, fast, and reproducible UPLC-MRM-MS method for BA profiling in serum, liver tissue, or cultured cells of different species (human, rat, and mouse). This method, validated according to FDA guidelines, allows the quantification of 12 non-conjugated, 8 glycine-conjugated, and 11 taurine-conjugated BAs, using 5 additional deuterated BAs as internal standards in a single analytical run. The main features of this analytical approach are its high sensitivity, low sample requirements, versatility, and comprehensive capacity to profile a considerable number of BAs in samples of different species, which make it a valuable tool with potential applications in many research areas focusing on BAs, particularly in toxicological studies.
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This work has been supported by the Instituto de Salud Carlos III of the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation (PI10/00923 and PI11/02942). A.L. is grateful for a Miguel Server contract (CP08/00125) from the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation/Instituto de Salud Carlos III. J.C.G.C. is grateful for a predoctoral contract from the Vali + d program of the Conselleria d’Educació (Regional Valencian Ministry of Education).
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García-Cañaveras, J.C., Donato, M.T., Lahoz, A. (2014). Ultra-Performance Liquid Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry Targeted Profiling of Bile Acids: Application to Serum, Liver Tissue, and Cultured Cells of Different Species. In: Raftery, D. (eds) Mass Spectrometry in Metabolomics. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 1198. Humana Press, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-1258-2_15
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