Diksha Kaushik, Lan Gao, Kun Yuan, Bowen Tang, Ronald Kong
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Aim: Tetrahydrobiopterin (BH4), a natural cofactor of aromatic amino acid hydroxylases, and sepiapterin, a natural precursor of BH4, are endogenously present in human plasma. This is the first report on methods for direct quantification of sepiapterin and BH4 in human plasma by LC-MS/MS for pharmacokinetic assessment. Materials & methods: The analytes in plasma were harvested from blood that were treated with 10% ascorbic acid (AA) to a final concentration of 1% AA. Results & conclusion: The quantification methods were validated for calibration ranges of 0.75-500 ng/ml and 0.5-500 ng/ml for sepiapterin and BH4, respectively. Quantification of analytes was challenging due to their susceptibility to redox reactions. The validated methods were utilized successfully to support clinical development of sepiapterin.
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Accounts of Chemical Research presents short, concise and critical articles offering easy-to-read overviews of basic research and applications in all areas of chemistry and biochemistry. These short reviews focus on research from the author’s own laboratory and are designed to teach the reader about a research project. In addition, Accounts of Chemical Research publishes commentaries that give an informed opinion on a current research problem. Special Issues online are devoted to a single topic of unusual activity and significance.
Accounts of Chemical Research replaces the traditional article abstract with an article "Conspectus." These entries synopsize the research affording the reader a closer look at the content and significance of an article. Through this provision of a more detailed description of the article contents, the Conspectus enhances the article's discoverability by search engines and the exposure for the research.
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