title: Quantitation of 1,3-butanediol and its acidic metabolites by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry.
abstract: A number of problems present themselves during the gas chromatographic-mass spectrometric assay of R,S-1,3-butanediol as its bis-tert-butyldimethylsilyl ether. To circumvent these problems, three labeled internal standards were synthesized: (i) R,S-1,3-[3,4-13C2]-butanediol, (ii) R,S-1,3-[1,1,3-2H3]butanediol, and (iii) R,S-1,3-[1,1,3-2H3,3,4-13C2]butanediol. The availability of internal standards with different degrees of labeling allows (i) assaying of either unlabeled or 13C-labeled R,S-1,3-butanediol and (ii) analysis of 1,3-butanediol in either blood or urine samples. Reproducible standard curves were obtained using both electron impact and ammonia chemical ionization modes. The latter provides greater sensitivity and a lower limit of detection (5 microM). We have also designed an indirect assay of S-3-hydroxybutyrate, a catabolite of R,S-1,3-butanediol, which is difficult to analyze by conventional methods. This assay relies on the difference between (i) the concentration of R,S-3-hydroxybutyrate assayed by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry and (ii) the concentration of R-3-hydroxybutyrate assayed enzymatically.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, University of Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Desrochers
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Montgomery
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Des Rosiers
authors.forename: B C
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Lincoln
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Brunengraber
mesh_terms: D020155:3-Hydroxybutyric Acid; D000818:Animals; D002072:Butylene Glycols / Q000032:analysis*; D055598:Chemical Phenomena; D002621:Chemistry; D002849:Chromatography, Gas; D004285:Dogs; D006885:Hydroxybutyrates / Q000032:analysis*; D013058:Mass Spectrometry
chemical_list: D002072:Butylene Glycols; D006885:Hydroxybutyrates; C028491:1,3-butylene glycol; D020155:3-Hydroxybutyric Acid