HPLC-Electrospray Tandem Mass Spectrometry for Rapid Determination of Dihydropyrimidine Dehydrogenase Activity
Author(s) -
André B. P. Kuilenburg,
Henk van Lenthe,
Lida Zoetekouw,
Willem Kulik
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
clinical chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.705
H-Index - 218
eISSN - 1530-8561
pISSN - 0009-9147
DOI - 10.1373/clinchem.2006.074096
Subject(s) - chemistry , high performance liquid chromatography , chromatography , tandem mass spectrometry , selected reaction monitoring , electrospray ionization , dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase , detection limit , mass spectrometry , thymine , biochemistry , fluorouracil , dna , medicine , surgery , chemotherapy , thymidylate synthase
Patients with a partial dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase (DPD) deficiency have an increased risk of developing severe 5-fluorouracil-associated toxicity. We developed a rapid and specific method to measure the DPD activity in peripheral blood mononuclear cells using HPLC tandem-mass spectrometry (HPLC-MS/MS).
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