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Ultra sensitive quantitation of endogenous oxytocin in rat and human plasma using a two-dimensional liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry assay

Zhang, Guodong, Zhang, Yizhong, Fast, Douglas M., Lin, Zhaosheng, Steenwyk, Rick·2011·Analytical Biochemistry

Abstract

Oxytocin (OT) is a neuropeptide with an extremely low endogenous level (low pg/ml) in human plasma. It is very challenging to develop a highly sensitive assay to measure endogenous OT, including radioimmunoassay (RIA) and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). Electrospray ionization (ESI) liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) can provide high-throughput and selective methods for quantification of peptides in biological samples. A novel and highly sensitive two-dimensional LC-MS/MS (2D-LC-MS/MS) assay combining solid-phase extraction (SPE) has been developed and validated for the determination of endogenous OT in both human and rat plasma. The lower limit of quantification (LLOQ) was 1.00 pg/ml for human and 50.0 pg/ml for rat. Human plasma diluted with water (1:6, v/v) was successfully optimized as a surrogate matrix for human to prepare standard curves without endogenous interference. The extraction efficiency and absolute recovery were above 65.8% using the HLB SPE procedure, and matrix effects were lower than 12%. The method was validated in the range of 1.00-250 pg/ml for human plasma and 50.0-10,000 pg/ml for rat plasma with precision less than 12.7% and accuracy less than 7%.

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  • Validated radioimmunoassays, confirmed by combined liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry, indicate that basal circulating oxytocin and vasopressin levels in humans are 1-10 pg/ml.

    “Validated radioimmunoassays have long converged on the conclusion that basal circulating levels of oxytocin and vasopressin in man are in the range 1-10pg/ml, confirmed recently by combined LC/mass spectrometry (57).”

    From Intranasal Oxytocin: Myths and Delusions (2016) · cites this paper as [57]

  • Plasma oxytocin was measured using human plasma diluted with water (1:6) as a surrogate matrix, and basal levels of 2.4 pg/ml for human but 298 pg/ml for rat were reported; these high levels in the rat may indicate that human plasma is not a suitable surrogate matrix for measurements in rat.

    “Plasma oxytocin was measured using human plasma diluted with water (1 : 6) as a surrogate matrix, and basal levels of 2.4 pg/ml for human but 298 pg/ml for rat were reported; these high levels in the rat may indicate that human plasma is not a suitable surrogate matrix for measurements in rat.”

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Authors
Zhang, G., Zhang, Y., Fast, D. M., Lin, Z., & Steenwyk, R.
Affiliations
Pfizer (United States) (US)
Corresponding author
Zhang, Guodong
Venue
Analytical Biochemistry
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2011-09
Volume
416
Issue
1
Pages
45-52
ISSN
0003-2697 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2081826142
Cited by
79
References
40
Citations by year
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FWCI
6.96
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Analytical Biochemistry (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior
  • Physical Sciences › Chemistry › Spectroscopy › Mass Spectrometry Techniques and Applications
  • Physical Sciences › Chemistry › Analytical Chemistry › Analytical Methods in Pharmaceuticals
Keywords
oxytocin, two-dimensional liquid chromatography, tandem mass spectrometry, solid-phase extraction, human plasma, rat plasma, matrix effects, HLB extraction
MeSH terms
Animals, Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid, Humans, Oxytocin, Sensitivity and Specificity, Rats, Solid Phase Extraction, Tandem Mass Spectrometry

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