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Vitamin B₁ Status Assessed by Direct Measurement of Thiamin Pyrophosphate in Erythrocytes or Whole Blood by HPLC: Comparison with Erythrocyte Transketolase Activation Assay

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Background: The concentration of thiamin diphosphate (TDP) in erythrocytes is a useful index of thiamin status. We describe an HPLC method for TDP and its results in patients at risk of thiamin deficiency.

Methods: We used reversed-phase HPLC with postcolumn derivatization with alkaline potassium ferricyanide and fluorescence detection. Samples were deproteinized and injected directly onto a C₁₈ column. TDP concentrations in erythrocytes were compared with those in whole blood. Reference intervals for erythrocyte TDP (n = 147; 79 males and 68 females; mean age, 54 years) and whole blood TDP (n = 124; 68 males and 56 females; mean age, 54 years) were determined in an apparently healthy population. We compared erythrocyte TDP with results of the erythrocyte transketolase activation test in 63 patients who were considered at risk of thiamin deficiency.

Results: The method was linear to at least 200 µg/L. The between-run CV was <8%. The lower limit of quantification for both whole blood and packed erythrocytes was 300 pg on column with a detection limit of 130 pg on column. Recovery of TDP from blood samples was >90%. TDP in erythrocytes correlated strongly with that in whole blood (r = 0.97). Reference intervals for erythrocyte and whole blood TDP were 280–590 ng/g hemoglobin and 275–675 ng/g hemoglobin, respectively. Of the 63 patients suspected of thiamin deficiency, 46 were normal by both TDP and activation tests, 13 were deficient by both tests, 1 was deficient by the activation test but had normal erythrocyte TDP concentrations, and 4 were normal by the activation test but had low TDP.

Conclusions: The HPLC method is precise and yields results similar to the erythrocyte activation assay.

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