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Article Dans Une Revue Clinical Chemistry Année : 2023

Quantification of urine and plasma porphyrin precursors using LC–MS in acute hepatic porphyrias: improvement in routine diagnosis and in the monitoring of kidney failure patients

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BACKGROUND: The quantification of delta-aminolevulinic acid (ALA) and porphobilinogen (PBG) in urine are the first-line tests for diagnosis and monitoring of acute hepatic porphyrias (AHP). Ion-exchange chromatography (IEC), which is time-and staff-consuming and limited to urine, is still the preferred method in many specialized laboratories, despite the development of mass spectrometry-based methods. METHODS: We describe a new LC-MS method that allows for rapid and simple quantification of ALA and PBG in urine and plasma with an affordable instrument that was used to analyze 2260 urine samples and 309 blood samples collected in 2 years of routine activity. The results were compared to those obtained with IEC, and urine reference ranges and concentrations in asymptomatic carriers were determined. Plasma concentrations were measured in healthy subjects and subgroups of symptomatic and asymptomatic AHP carriers. RESULTS: In urine, the clinical decision limits were not impacted by the change of method despite discrepancies in low absolute concentrations, leading to lower normal values. Two-thirds of asymptomatic AHP carriers (with the exception of coproporphyria carriers) showed an increased urine PBG concentration. Urine and plasma levels showed a good correlation except in patients with kidney disease in whom the urine/plasma ratio was relatively low. CONCLUSION: We described an LC-MS based method for the routine diagnosis and monitoring of AHP that allows for the detection of more asymptomatic carriers than the historical method. Blood analysis appears to be particularly relevant for patients with kidney disease, where urine measurement underestimates the increase in ALA and PBG levels.
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cea-04318571 , version 1 (01-12-2023)

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Antoine Poli, Hana Manceau, Anvi Laetitia Nguyen, Boualem Moulouel, Nathalie Dessendier, et al.. Quantification of urine and plasma porphyrin precursors using LC–MS in acute hepatic porphyrias: improvement in routine diagnosis and in the monitoring of kidney failure patients. Clinical Chemistry, 2023, 69 (10), pp.1186 - 1196. ⟨10.1093/clinchem/hvad117⟩. ⟨cea-04318571⟩
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