4-Acetamidophenol (acetaminophen, APAP, 98%), cholic acid (CA), chenodeoxycholic acid (CDCA), glycocholic acid (GCA), glycochenodeoxycholic acid (GCDCA), deoxycholic acid (DCA), lithocholic acid (LCA), taurocholic acid (TCA), taurodeoxycholic acid (TDCA), taurolithocholic acid (TLCA), ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA), uridine-5′-diphosphoglucuronic acid (UDPGA), 3′-phosphoadenosine-5′-phosphosulfate (PAPS), nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADP+), glucose-6-phosphate, MgCl2, glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase, acetonitrile (ACN), and methanol (MeOH) (both HPLC grade) as well as formic acid (LC-MS grade) were all purchased from Sigma-Aldrich (Oakville, ON, Canada). Rat (Sprague−Dawley) liver microsomes (RLM, part #452501) and S9 hepatic fractions (RS9, part #452591) were purchased from Corning (Corning, NY, USA). Ultrapure water was from a Millipore Synergy UV system (Billerica, MA, USA). MetaboloMetricsTM bile acid analysis kits contained a standard mix of 46 bile acids and 14 deuterated isotope-labeled internal standards and were obtained from MRM Proteomics Inc. (Montreal, QC, Canada). Sprague Dawley rats were treated by intraperitoneal injection with 75, 150, 300, and 600 mg/kg APAP in triplicate. Rat plasma was collected after 24 h at the INRS Centre de Biologie Expérimentale (Laval, QC, Canada), within standard ethical practices of the Canadian Council on Animal Care (project UQLK.14.02). These samples were collected in February 2014 and stored at −80 °C until proceeding with sample preparation.
A standard mix of 46 bile acids was provided as a dried sample (tube A). Bile acids were present at a concentration of 2.5 nmol, except for deoxycholic acid (DCA) at 5 nmol and taurohyocholic acid (THCA) at 6.5 nmol. The bile acids in the standard mix were as follows: 12-ketodeoxycholic acid (12-keto-DCA), 12-ketolithocholic acid (12-keto-LCA), 3-dehydrocholic acid (3-DHCA), 7-ketodeoxycholic acid (7-keto-DCA), 7-ketolithocholic acid (7-keto-LCA), allocholic acid (ACA), alloisolithocholic acid (AILCA), apocholic acid (APCA), chenodeoxycholic acid (CDCA), cholic acid (CA), dehydrocholic acid (DHCA), deoxycholic acid (DCA), dioxolithocholic acid (di-oxo-LCA), glycochenodeoxycholic acid (GCDCA), glycocholic acid (GCA), glycodeoxycholic acid (GDCA), glycohyocholic acid (GHCA), glycohyodeoxycholic acid (GHDCA), glycolithocholic acid (GLCA), glycoursodeoxycholic acid (GUDCA), hyodeoxycholic acid (HDCA), isodeoxycholic acid (IDCA), isolithocholic acid (ILCA), lithocholic acid (LCA), murocholic acid (muro-CA), norcholic acid (NCA), nordeoxycholic acid (NDCA), norursodeoxycholic acid (NUDCA), tauro-α-muricholic acid (α-TMCA), tauro-β-muricholic acid (β-TMCA), tauro-ω-muricholic acid (ω-TMCA), taurochenodeoxycholic acid (TCDCA), taurocholic acid (TCA), taurodehydrocholic acid (TDHCA), taurodeoxycholic acid (TDCA), taurohyocholic acid (THCA), taurolithocholic acid (TLCA), tauroursodeoxycholic acid (TUDCA), ursocholic acid (UCA), ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA), α-muricholic acid (α-MCA), β-muricholic acid (β-MCA), ω-muricholic acid (ω-MCA), 6,7-diketolithocholic acid (6,7-diketo-LCA), dehydrolithocholic acid (DHLCA), and glycodehydrocholic acid (GDHCA).
A mix of isotopically labeled bile acids (0.1–0.75 nmol) was provided as a dried sample (tube B) and was used as internal standard for data normalization. The labeled bile acids in the internal standard mix were as follows: glycoursodeoxycholic acid-d4 (d4-GUDCA), glycocholic acid-d4 (d4-GCA), tauroursodeoxycholic acid-d4 (d4-TUDCA), taurocholic acid-d4 (d4-TCA), cholic acid-d4 (d4-CA), ursodeoxycholic acid-d4 (d4-UDCA), glycochenodeoxycholic acid-d4 (d4-GCDCA), glycodeoxycholic acid-d4 (d4-GDCA), taurochenodeoxycholic acid-d4 (d4-TCDCA), taurodeoxycholic acid-d6 (d6-TDCA), chenodeoxycholic acid-d4 (d4-CDCA), deoxycholic acid-d4 (d4-DCA), glycolithocholic acid-d4 (d4-GLCA), and lithocholic acid-d4 (d4-LCA).
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