We used ultra-high-performance liquid chromatography (
I-Class Acquity UPLC system, Waters Inc., Milford, MA) coupled with electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry (ESI-MS/MS; Sciex 5500 Triple quad, Sciex, Framingham, MA) for the measurement of urinary 2CyEMA.
22 (link) The details about the experimental workflow are described elsewhere.
22 (link) Briefly, the chromatographic separation was achieved using an Acquity UPLC® HSS T3, 100 Å, 1.8 μm, 2.1mm × 150 mm column (Waters Inc., Milford, MA) with a Waters HSS T3 VanGuard pre-column (Waters Corporation, Milford, MA). The mass spectrometer was operated in negative ion ESI scheduled multiple reaction monitoring mode. Data was acquired using
Analyst software (Sciex, Framingham, MA), and processed in
MultiQuant 3.0.3 (Sciex, Framingham, MA). Sample concentrations were determined based on their relative response ratio (ratio of native analyte to stable isotope-labeled internal standard) against a calibration curve with known standard concentrations. The limit of detection (LOD) was 0.5 ng/mL.
Serum cotinine was measured by an isotope dilution HPLC-APCI-MS/MS method, and creatinine was measured using Enzymatic Roche
Cobas 6000 Analyzer. A detailed description of the laboratory methodologies can be found elsewhere.
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Bhandari D., Zhang L., Zhu W., De Jesús V.R, & Blount B.C. (2022). Optimal Cutoff Concentration of Urinary Cyanoethyl Mercapturic Acid for Differentiating Cigarette Smokers from Nonsmokers. Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco, 24(5), 761-767.