Targeting human urinary metabolome by LC-MS/MS: a review

Urine is a biological matrix that contains hundreds of metabolic end products which constitute the urinary metabolome. The development and advances on LC-MS/MS have revolutionized the analytical study of biomolecules by enabling their accurate identification and quantification in an unprecedented ma...

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Autores: Rodríguez-Morató, Jose, 1987-, Pozo Mendoza, Óscar J., 1975-, Marcos del Águila, Josep, 1971-
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2018
País:España
Institución:Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Repositorio:Repositorio Digital de la UPF
OAI Identifier:oai:repositori.upf.edu:10230/52752
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10230/52752
http://dx.doi.org/10.4155/bio-2017-0285
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:LC–MS/MS
Amino acids
Lipids
Neurotransmitters
Quantitation
Steroids
Targeted metabolomics
Untargeted metabolomics
Urine
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Sumario:Urine is a biological matrix that contains hundreds of metabolic end products which constitute the urinary metabolome. The development and advances on LC-MS/MS have revolutionized the analytical study of biomolecules by enabling their accurate identification and quantification in an unprecedented manner. Nowadays, LC-MS/MS is helping to unveil the complexity of urine metabolome, and the results obtained have multiple biomedical applications. This review focuses on the targeted LC-MS/MS analysis of the urine metabolome. In the first part, we describe general considerations (from sample collection to quantitation) required for a proper targeted metabolic analysis. In the second part, we address the urinary analysis and recent applications of four relevant families: amino acids, catecholamines, lipids and steroids.