150 × 2.0 mm Luna NH2 column (Phenomenex); mobile phase A: 20mM
ammonium acetate, 20mM ammonium hydroxide in water; mobile phase B: l0mM
ammonium hydroxide in 10% water/22.5% methanol/67.5% acetonitrile. The
column was eluted isocratically with a linear gradient from 100% to 0%
mobile phase B over 10 minutes, then 2 minutes at 0% mobile phase B. MS
data were acquired with multiple reaction monitoring in the negative ion
mode on a TSQ Quantiva triple quadrupole MS (Thermo Fisher Scientific).
Raw data were integrated and visually inspected using TraceFinder 2.1
software (Thermo Fisher Scientific). MRM transitions were as follows:
pyruvate (87/43), lactate (89.1/43.1), lactate-d3 (92.1/45.1).
Metabolite identifications were confirmed using synthetic mixtures of
reference compounds.