Gelified Biofluids for High-Resolution Magic Angle Spinning 1H NMR Analysis: The Case of Urine

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• 作者：Panteleimon G. Takis ; Leonardo Tenori ; Enrico RaveraClaudio Luchinat
• 刊名：Analytical Chemistry
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：January 17, 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：89
• 期：2
• 页码：1054-1058
• 全文大小：382K
• ISSN：1520-6882

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In this letter, we propose an alternative, effective protocol for metabolomic characterization of biofluids based on their gelification and subsequent application of high-resolution magic angle spinning (HRMAS) ¹H nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR). The sample handling is very rapid and reproducible, and much less than 40 μL of neat urine are needed to obtain a sample. Our results indicate that the HRMAS spectra of gelified urine encompass all metabolites in the NMR fingerprint, as observed by solution NMR. The proposed approach can be efficiently integrated into the NMR based metabolomics analyses routines: multivariate statistical analysis of both solution and HRMAS data produced very similar statistical models, with high classification accuracy. One of the key advantages offered by the gelification approach is the improved short-term (up to 24 h) preservation of nonfrozen HRMAS NMR gel urine samples compared to the solution samples, which could lead to an alternative way for transportation or domestic collection of biofluids, without the need of cold-storage and reducing the risks of leakage.