Chemotyping the distribution of vitamin D metabolites in human serum

Sci Rep. 2016 Feb 11:6:21080. doi: 10.1038/srep21080.

Abstract

Most studies examining the relationships between vitamin D and disease or health focus on the main 25-hydroxyvitamin D3 (25(OH)D3) metabolite, thus potentially overlooking contributions and dynamic effects of other vitamin D metabolites, the crucial roles of several of which have been previously demonstrated. The ideal assay would determine all relevant high and low-abundant vitamin D species simultaneously. We describe a sensitive quantitative assay for determining the chemotypes of vitamin D metabolites from serum after derivatisation and ultra-high performance liquid chromatography-electrospray ionisation-tandem mass spectrometry (UHPLC-ESI-MS/MS). We performed a validation according to the 'FDA Guidance for Industry Bioanalytical Method Validation'. The proof-of-concept of the method was then demonstrated by following the metabolite concentrations in patients with chronic liver diseases (CLD) during the course of a vitamin D supplementation study. The new quantitative profiling assay provided highly sensitive, precise and accurate chemotypes of the vitamin D metabolic process rather than the usually determined 25(OH)D3 concentrations.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • 24,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D 3 / blood*
  • Calcifediol / blood*
  • Calcitriol / administration & dosage
  • Calcitriol / blood*
  • Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid / methods
  • Dietary Supplements
  • Humans
  • Liver / metabolism
  • Liver / pathology
  • Liver Cirrhosis / blood*
  • Liver Cirrhosis / diet therapy
  • Liver Cirrhosis / pathology
  • Sensitivity and Specificity
  • Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization
  • Tandem Mass Spectrometry
  • Vitamin D Deficiency / blood*
  • Vitamin D Deficiency / diet therapy
  • Vitamin D Deficiency / pathology

Substances

  • 24,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D 3
  • Calcitriol
  • Calcifediol