Anouk Olthof, Vera H de Kleijne, Anita Boelen, Annemieke C Heijboer
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Abstract
Background: An important aspect of the shift towards dried blood spots (DBS) as a sample matrix for laboratory measurements, is the availability of robust liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) methods that can reliably quantify analyte concentrations in DBS. The development and validation of these LC-MS/MS methods, however, concerns an extensive process, for which large amounts of DBS samples are required. DBS are usually obtained from capillary blood samples, but they can also be prepared from venous (residual) blood samples, which are widely available in clinical laboratories. Therefore, we aimed to determine whether DBS prepared from (residual) venous blood samples, collected in EDTA blood tubes, can be used for future development and validation of LC-MS/MS methods to quantify steroid hormones in DBS.
Methods: Capillary DBS and venous blood samples (EDTA tube and tube without additives) were collected from twenty healthy volunteers (12F/8M). From both venous blood samples, DBS were prepared volumetrically. Samples were analyzed using in-house developed LC-MS/MS methods for testosterone, androstenedione, 17-hydroxyprogesterone (17-OHP), cortisol, cortisone, corticosterone, and for dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate (DHEA-S).
Results: DBS made from venous blood collected in EDTA tubes compared with capillary blood showed a correlation coefficient of ≥ 0.89 for all steroid hormones except corticosterone (0.67). DBS made from venous blood collected in tubes without additives showed a strong correlation with both DBS made from venous blood collected in EDTA tubes (≥0.97 for all steroid hormones) and capillary DBS (>0.90) except corticosterone (0.64).
Conclusion: DBS prepared from (residual) venous blood collected in EDTA blood tubes can be used for future development and validation of LC-MS/MS methods to quantify steroid hormones, except for corticosterone, in capillary DBS.
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The Official Journal of the International Federation of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (IFCC)
Clinica Chimica Acta is a high-quality journal which publishes original Research Communications in the field of clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine, defined as the diagnostic application of chemistry, biochemistry, immunochemistry, biochemical aspects of hematology, toxicology, and molecular biology to the study of human disease in body fluids and cells.
The objective of the journal is to publish novel information leading to a better understanding of biological mechanisms of human diseases, their prevention, diagnosis, and patient management. Reports of an applied clinical character are also welcome. Papers concerned with normal metabolic processes or with constituents of normal cells or body fluids, such as reports of experimental or clinical studies in animals, are only considered when they are clearly and directly relevant to human disease. Evaluation of commercial products have a low priority for publication, unless they are novel or represent a technological breakthrough. Studies dealing with effects of drugs and natural products and studies dealing with the redox status in various diseases are not within the journal''s scope. Development and evaluation of novel analytical methodologies where applicable to diagnostic clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine, including point-of-care testing, and topics on laboratory management and informatics will also be considered. Studies focused on emerging diagnostic technologies and (big) data analysis procedures including digitalization, mobile Health, and artificial Intelligence applied to Laboratory Medicine are also of interest.
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