title: High-performance liquid chromatography method to analyze free and total urinary pyridinoline and deoxypyridinoline.
abstract: The pyridinium cross-links pyridinoline (PYD) and deoxypyridinoline (DPD) are established markers of bone resorption measured in blood and urine and are used to investigate bone metabolism and manage bone diseases. Unfortunately, the currently observed interlaboratory variability caused by inconsistent assay calibration limits the optimal use of these markers. A high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC)-based assay was developed using synthetic PYD and DPD as calibrators to analyze free and total PYD and DPD in urine. The spectroscopic characteristics of the synthetic calibrators were identical to those of calibrators isolated from bone. The mean intraassay variabilities of the HPLC method were 4.1 and 3.8%, respectively, for total DPD and PYD and 9.8 and 9.5%, respectively, for free DPD and PYD. The mean interassay variabilities were 9.1 and 8.2% for total DPD and PYD and 8.6 and 7.0% for free DPD and PYD, respectively. The mean recoveries were 98.1% for total DPD, 100.8% for total PYD, 98.6% for free DPD, and 94.9% for free PYD. The method exhibits a good correlation with a commercial immunoassay and with other HPLC assays currently used in hospital laboratories.
authors.affiliation: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Environmental Health, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA. hvesper@cdc.gov
authors.forename: H W
authors.initials: HW
authors.lastname: Vesper
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Audain
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Woolfitt
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ospina
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Barr
authors.forename: S P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Robins
authors.forename: G L
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Myers
mesh_terms: D000596:Amino Acids / Q000652:urine*; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000652:urine; D002138:Calibration; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008958:Models, Molecular; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013057:Spectrum Analysis
chemical_list: D000596:Amino Acids; D015415:Biomarkers; C015484:pyridinoline; C036020:deoxypyridinoline