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In the present study, different MS methods for the determination of human muscle protein fractional synthesis rate (FSR) using [ring-13C 6]phenylalanine as a tracer were evaluated. Because the turnover rate of human skeletal muscle is slow, only minute quantities of the stable isotopically labeled amino acid will be incorporated within the few hours of a typical laboratory experiment. GC combustion isotope ratio MS (GC-C-IRMS) has thus far been considered the 'gold' standard for the precise measurements of these low enrichment levels. However, advances in liquid chromatography-tandem MS (LC-MS/MS) and GC-tandem MS (GC-MS/MS) have made these techniques an option for human muscle FSR measurements. Human muscle biopsies were freeze dried, cleaned, and hydrolyzed, and the amino acids derivatized using either N-acetyl-n-propyl, phenylisothiocyanate, or N-methyl-N-(tert-butyldimethylsilyl) trifluoroacetamide (MTBSTFA) for GC-C-IRMS, LC-MS/MS, and GC-MS/MS analysis, respectively. A second derivative, heptafluorobutyric acid (HFBA), was also used for GC-MS/MS analysis as an alternative for MTBSTFA. The machine reproducibility or the coefficients of variation for delta tracer-tracee-ratio measurements (delta tracer-tracee-ratio values around 0.0002) were 2.6%, 4.1%, and 10.9% for GC-C-IRMS, LC-MS/MS, and GC-MS/MS (MTBSTFA), respectively. FSR determined with LC-MS/MS compared well with GC-C-IRMS and so did the GC-MS/MS when using the HFBA derivative (linear fit Y = 1.08 ± 0.10, X + 0.0049 ± 0.0061, r = 0.89 ± 0.01, P < 0.0001). In conclusion, (1) IRMS still offers the most precise measurement of human muscle FSR, (2) LC-MS/MS comes quite close and is a good alternative when tissue quantities are too small for GC-C-IRMS, and (3) If GC-MS/MS is to be used, then the HFBA derivative should be used instead of MTBSTFA, which gave unacceptably high variability. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Author(s): Borno A, Hulston CJ, Van Hall G
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Journal of Mass Spectrometry
Year: 2014
Volume: 49
Issue: 8
Pages: 674-680
Print publication date: 01/08/2014
Online publication date: 08/07/2014
Acceptance date: 06/05/2014
ISSN (print): 1076-5174
ISSN (electronic): 1096-9888
Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
URL: https://doi.org/10.1002/jms.3387
DOI: 10.1002/jms.3387
PubMed id: 25044894
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