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Comprehensive Screening of Urine Samples for Inborn Errors of Metabolism by Electrospray Tandem Mass Spectrometry

James J. Pitt1a, Mary Eggington1 and Stephen G. Kahler1

1 Genetic Health Services Victoria, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Royal Children’s Hospital, Parkville 3052, Australia.

aAuthor for correspondence. Fax 61-3-8341-6389; e-mail jpitt{at}cryptic.rch.unimelb.edu.au.

Background: Detection of abnormal metabolites in urine is important for the diagnosis of many inborn errors of metabolism (IEM). Rapid, comprehensive screening methods are needed.

Methods: We used electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry in positive- and negative-ion modes to detect selected metabolites in urine. For positive-ion analysis, samples were dried and butylated, whereas for negative-ion analysis, samples were merely diluted with the mobile phase. Analysis was by direct injection with multiple reaction monitoring for 32 metabolites in positive mode (amino acids and acylcarnitines) and 30 metabolites in negative mode (organic acids). Run time was 2.1 min in each mode.

Results: Interbatch CVs ranged from 4.8% to 32%, enabling quantification of many metabolites. The procedure was applied to controls (278 and 120 in positive- and negative-ion mode, respectively) and 108 IEM individuals representing 37 different IEM. In 105 IEM individuals, representing 36 different IEM, concentrations of one or more diagnostic metabolites were above the 99th percentiles of the control values.

Conclusions: The procedure is faster and less labor-intensive than conventional methods of testing for IEM by amino and organic acid profiling and has similar diagnostic sensitivity. The ability to include a greater range of metabolites offers the potential of a more comprehensive screening procedure.




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