2019
Quantification of Neuropeptide Y and Four of Its Metabolites in Human Plasma by Micro-UHPLC-MS/MS
Vocat C, Dunand M, Hubers SA, Bourdillon N, Millet G, Brown NJ, Wuerzner G, Grouzmann E, Eugster PJ. Quantification of Neuropeptide Y and Four of Its Metabolites in Human Plasma by Micro-UHPLC-MS/MS. Analytical Chemistry 2019, 92: 859-866. PMID: 31790196, PMCID: PMC8541045, DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.9b03505.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNeuropeptide YNPY3-36Hypertensive patientsHealthy volunteersConcentrations of NPYEndogenous neuropeptide YHuman plasmaNPY2-36Pathological processesReference intervalsEndogenous peptidesChromatography-tandem mass spectrometryPatientsAcid peptideMS/MSVolunteersMetabolitesInter-assay precisionPeptidesPrototype peptideTandem mass spectrometryDistinct effectsOrthostasisCatecholaminesSubpicomolar concentrations
2008
Simultaneous determination of uric acid metabolites allantoin, 6-aminouracil, and triuret in human urine using liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry
Kim KM, Henderson GN, Frye RF, Galloway CD, Brown NJ, Segal MS, Imaram W, Angerhofer A, Johnson RJ. Simultaneous determination of uric acid metabolites allantoin, 6-aminouracil, and triuret in human urine using liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry. Journal Of Chromatography B 2008, 877: 65-70. PMID: 19081307, PMCID: PMC2684329, DOI: 10.1016/j.jchromb.2008.11.029.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsUric acidUrinary metabolitesOxidative stressSelected-reaction monitoringUrinary creatinineNormal individualsNitric oxideUrine samplesLiquid chromatography-mass spectrometryBiological samplesPositive ion modeTandem mass spectrometry methodHigh-performance liquid chromatographyMass spectrometry methodChromatography-mass spectrometryUrineInter-day precisionMetabolitesUrinary allantoinIon modeLC-MS/MS analysisHuman urineGradient HPLCMost mammalsSpectrometry method
2000
Metabolism of bradykinin In vivo in humans: identification of BK1-5 as a stable plasma peptide metabolite.
Murphey LJ, Hachey DL, Oates JA, Morrow JD, Brown NJ. Metabolism of bradykinin In vivo in humans: identification of BK1-5 as a stable plasma peptide metabolite. Journal Of Pharmacology And Experimental Therapeutics 2000, 294: 263-9. PMID: 10871321.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBK1-5Stable metaboliteRole of bradykininMetabolism of bradykininDose of bradykininInfused bradykininBradykinin infusionVenous plasmaExogenous bradykininPlasma concentrationsPharmacologic alterationsSystemic circulationFmol/Total doseBradykinin generationPlasma metabolitesHuman volunteersBradykininDisease statesInfusionBloodDoseMetabolitesAmino acid fragmentHuman diseases