Kim, H.-J.; Jung, S.-H.; Gulyamov, S.; Lee, H.-G.; Boyjigitov, O.; Lee, Y.-M. HPLC-MS/MS Analysis for Sphingosine 1-Phosphate after the Dephosphorylation by Hydrogen Fluoride. Separations2024, 11, 34.
Kim, H.-J.; Jung, S.-H.; Gulyamov, S.; Lee, H.-G.; Boyjigitov, O.; Lee, Y.-M. HPLC-MS/MS Analysis for Sphingosine 1-Phosphate after the Dephosphorylation by Hydrogen Fluoride. Separations 2024, 11, 34.
Kim, H.-J.; Jung, S.-H.; Gulyamov, S.; Lee, H.-G.; Boyjigitov, O.; Lee, Y.-M. HPLC-MS/MS Analysis for Sphingosine 1-Phosphate after the Dephosphorylation by Hydrogen Fluoride. Separations2024, 11, 34.
Kim, H.-J.; Jung, S.-H.; Gulyamov, S.; Lee, H.-G.; Boyjigitov, O.; Lee, Y.-M. HPLC-MS/MS Analysis for Sphingosine 1-Phosphate after the Dephosphorylation by Hydrogen Fluoride. Separations 2024, 11, 34.
Abstract
Sphingosine 1-phosphate (S1P) is a signaling lipid molecule involved in various cellular processes. It is important to develop a quantitative method for S1P to determine endogenous levels and to investigate its functions. Especially since S1P is a tiny lipid component of most biological samples, highly sensitive analysis by LC-MS/MS is required. The main challenge in S1P analysis by chromatography is peak broadening due to the presence of a polar phosphate and zwitterion formation in S1P. In this study, we used hydrogen fluoride (HF) to efficiently remove a phosphate and then analyzed the surrogate, sphingosine, as a sharp peak by LC-ESI-MS/MS. We optimized the dephosphorylation reaction in terms of reaction time, temperature, and HF concentration. Multiple reaction monitoring (MRM) for dephosphorylated form of S1P and C17-S1P as internal standard at m/z transition 300.4>282.4 (quantification ion), 300.4>262.4 (qualification ion), 286.3>268.2 (internal standard). This method was validated by essential parameters such as specificity, linearity, range, LOQ, LOD, accuracy, precision, and repeatability. To confirm this new method, we quantified S1P levels in various serum products (100.02 ~ 284.38 nM). To apply the method in vivo, we analyzed S1P in plasma and kidney tissues obtained from a chronic kidney disease (CKD) mouse model. S1P levels were increased only in CKD kidney tissue but not in plasma. In conclusion, by applying the dephosphorylation step with HF, we established a new sensitive LC-MS/MS quantitative method for S1P that can be applied to biological samples.
Chemistry and Materials Science, Analytical Chemistry
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