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Clozapine (CLZ) -related accidents or crimes are common in the world. Oral fluid drug detection is a convenient measure of dealing with things like that. There has not been any literature reported detailedly the representation rule of clozapine and its metabolites in oral fluid so far. The study aimed to describe the pharmacokinetics of CLZ and its metabolites N-desmethylclozapine and clozapine-N-oxide in human oral fluid after a single 12.5 mg oral dose of CLZ. Twenty-nine volunteers, including 20 males and 9 females, were recruited, and 2 mL oral fluid was collected from each participant at post-consumption time-points of prior (zero), 0.5, 1.5, 3, 5, 8, 12, 24, 36, 51, 82, and 130 h, respectively. Analytes of interest were extracted with solid-phase extraction and analyzed with liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry method. Pharmacokinetic parameters were calculated using the pharmacokinetic software DAS according to the non-compartment model. The maximum concentration, the time of maximum concentration, oral clearance, and the elimination half-life of clozapine were 16.57 ± 9.63 ng/mL, 4.53 ± 3.61 h, 57.65 ± 23.77 L/h and 53.58 ± 52.28 h, respectively. The maximum concentration, the time of maximum concentration, and the elimination half-life of the metabolite N-desmethylclozapine were 3.08 ± 1.19 ng/mL, 9.38 ± 9.33 h and 62.67 ± 82.57 h, respectively; of clozapine-N-oxide were 1.15 ± 0.36 ng/mL, 4.53 ± 2.19 h and 19.15 ± 23.11 h, respectively. It was the first study on the pharmacokinetics of CLZ and its metabolites in the oral fluid of Chinese healthy volunteers, and it provided a basis for the therapeutic drug monitoring and toxicological interpretation in clozapine-related cases.
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OBJECTIVES: To establish a rapid screening method for 34 emerging contaminants in surface water by ultra-high performance liquid chromatography-quadrupole-time of flight mass spectrometry (UHPLC-Q-TOF-MS). METHODS: The pretreatment conditions of solid phase extraction (SPE) were optimized by orthogonal experimental design and the surface water samples were concentrated and extracted by Oasis® HLB and Oasis® MCX SPE columns in series. The extracts were separated by Kinetex® EVO C18 column, with gradient elution of 0.1% formic acid aqueous solution and 0.1% formic acid methanol solution. Q-TOF-MS 'fullscan' and 'targeted MS/MS' modes were used to detect 34 emerging contaminants and to establish a database with 34 emerging contaminants precursor ion, product ion and retention times. RESULTS: The 34 emerging contaminants exhibited good linearity in the concentration range respectively and the correlation coefficients (r) were higher than 0.97. The limit of detection was 0.2-10 ng/L and the recoveries were 81.2%-119.2%. The intra-day precision was 0.78%-18.70%. The method was applied to analyze multiple surface water samples and 6 emerging contaminants were detected, with a concentration range of 1.93-157.71 ng/L. CONCLUSIONS: The method is simple and rapid for screening various emerging contaminants at the trace level in surface water.
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Espectrometria de Massas em Tandem , Água , Espectrometria de Massas em Tandem/métodos , Cromatografia Líquida de Alta Pressão/métodos , Formiatos , Extração em Fase Sólida/métodosRESUMO
OBJECTIVES: To investigate the toxicokinetic differences of 3,4-methylenedioxy-N-methylamphetamine (MDMA) and its metabolite 4,5-methylene dioxy amphetamine (MDA) in rats after single and continuous administration of MDMA, providing reference data for the forensic identification of MDMA. METHODS: A total of 24 rats in the single administration group were randomly divided into 5, 10 and 20 mg/kg experimental groups and the control group, with 6 rats in each group. The experimental group was given intraperitoneal injection of MDMA, and the control group was given intraperitoneal injection of the same volume of normal saline as the experimental group. The amount of 0.5 mL blood was collected from the medial canthus 5 min, 30 min, 1 h, 1.5 h, 2 h, 4 h, 6 h, 8 h, 10 h, 12 h after administration. In the continuous administration group, 24 rats were randomly divided into the experimental group (18 rats) and the control group (6 rats). The experimental group was given MDMA 7 d by continuous intraperitoneal injection in increments of 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17 mg/kg per day, respectively, while the control group was given the same volume of normal saline as the experimental group by intraperitoneal injection. On the eighth day, the experimental rats were randomly divided into 5, 10 and 20 mg/kg dose groups, with 6 rats in each group. MDMA was injected intraperitoneally, and the control group was injected intraperitoneally with the same volume of normal saline as the experimental group. On the eighth day, 0.5 mL of blood was taken from the medial canthus 5 min, 30 min, 1 h, 1.5 h, 2 h, 4 h, 6 h, 8 h, 10 h, 12 h after administration. Liquid chromatography-triple quadrupole tandem mass spectrometry was used to detect MDMA and MDA levels, and statistical software was employed for data analysis. RESULTS: In the single-administration group, peak concentrations of MDMA and MDA were reached at 5 min and 1 h after administration, respectively, with the largest detection time limit of 12 h. In the continuous administration group, peak concentrations were reached at 30 min and 1.5 h after administration, respectively, with the largest detection time limit of 10 h. Nonlinear fitting equations for the concentration ratio of MDMA and MDA in plasma and administration time in the single-administration group and continuous administration group were as follows: T=10.362C-1.183, R2=0.974 6; T=7.397 3C-0.694, R2=0.961 5 (T: injection time; C: concentration ratio of MDMA to MDA in plasma). CONCLUSIONS: The toxicokinetic data of MDMA and its metabolite MDA in rats, obtained through single and continuous administration, including peak concentration, peak time, detection time limit, and the relationship between concentration ratio and administration time, provide a theoretical and data foundation for relevant forensic identification.
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3,4-Metilenodioxianfetamina , Anfetaminas , N-Metil-3,4-Metilenodioxianfetamina , Ratos , Animais , Anfetamina , N-Metil-3,4-Metilenodioxianfetamina/toxicidade , 3,4-Metilenodioxianfetamina/análise , Toxicocinética , Solução SalinaRESUMO
Blueberry is a high-quality fruit tree with significant nutritional and economic value, but the intricate mechanism of sugar accumulation in its fruit remains unclear. In this study, the ripe fruits of blueberry cultivars 'Anna' and 'Misty' were utilized as experimental materials, and physiological and multi-omics methodologies were applied to analyze the regulatory mechanisms of the difference in sugar content between them. The results demonstrated that the 'Anna' fruit was smaller and had less hardness than the 'Misty' fruit, as well as higher sugar content, antioxidant capability, and lower active substance content. A total of 7067 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) (3674 up-regulated and 3393 down-regulated) and 140 differentially abundant metabolites (DAMs) (82 up-regulated and 58 down-regulated) were identified between the fruits of the two cultivars. According to KEGG analysis, DEGs were primarily abundant in phenylpropanoid synthesis and hormone signal transduction pathways, whereas DAMs were primarily enriched in ascorbate and aldarate metabolism, phenylpropanoid biosynthesis, and the pentose phosphate pathway. A combined multi-omics study showed that 116 DEGs and 3 DAMs in starch and sucrose metabolism (48 DEGs and 1 DAM), glycolysis and gluconeogenesis (54 DEGs and 1 DAM), and the pentose phosphate pathway (14 DEGs and 1 DAM) were significantly enriched. These findings suggest that blueberries predominantly increase sugar accumulation by activating carbon metabolism network pathways. Moreover, we identified critical transcription factors linked to the sugar response. This study presents new understandings regarding the molecular mechanisms underlying blueberry sugar accumulation and will be helpful in improving blueberry fruit quality through breeding.
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Mirtilos Azuis (Planta) , Lamiales , Mirtilos Azuis (Planta)/genética , Melhoramento Vegetal , Perfilação da Expressão Gênica , Via de Pentose Fosfato , AçúcaresRESUMO
DNA self-assembled fluorescent nanoprobes have been developed for bio-imaging owing to their high resistance to enzyme degradation and great cellular uptake capacity. In this work, we designed a new Y-shaped DNA fluorescent nanoprobe (YFNP) with aggregation-induced emission (AIE) characteristic for microRNA imaging in living cells. With the modification of the AIE dye, the constructed YFNP had a relatively low background fluorescence. However, the YFNP could emit a strong fluorescence due to the generation of microRNA-triggered AIE effect in the presence of target microRNA. Based on the proposed target-triggered emission enhancement strategy, microRNA-21 was detected sensitively and specifically with a detection limit of 122.8 pM. The designed YFNP showed higher bio-stability and cell uptake than the single-stranded DNA fluorescent probe, which has been successfully applied for microRNA imaging in living cells. More importantly, the microRNA-triggered dendrimer structure could be formed after the recognition of target microRNA, achieving a reliable microRNA imaging with a high spatiotemporal resolution. We expect that the proposed YFNP will become a promising candidate for bio-sensing and bio-imaging.
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MicroRNAs , MicroRNAs/metabolismo , Corantes Fluorescentes/química , Diagnóstico por Imagem , DNA/química , FluorescênciaRESUMO
Talent is one of the basic and strategic supports for building a modern socialist country in all aspects. Since the 1980s, the establishment of forensic medicine major and the cultivation of innovative talents in forensic medicine have become hot topics in higher education in forensic medicine. Over the past 43 years, the forensic medicine team of Shanxi Medical University has adhered to the joint education of public security and colleges, and made collaborative innovation, forming a training mode of "One Combination, Two Highlights, Three Combinations, Four in One" for innovative talents in forensic medicine. It has carried out "5+3/X" integrated reform, and formed a relatively complete talent training innovation mode and management system in teaching, scientific research, identification, major, discipline, team, platform and cultural construction. It has made a historic contribution to China's higher forensic education, accumulated valuable experience for the construction of first-class major and first-class discipline of forensic medicine, and provided strong support for the construction of the national new forensic talent training system. The popularization of this training mode is conducive to the rapid and sustainable development of forensic science, and provides more excellent forensic talents for national building, regional social development and the discipline construction of forensic science.
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Medicina Legal , Humanos , Medicina Legal/educação , AptidãoRESUMO
Cell, enzyme, and tissue activity in living organisms are closely related to intracellular pH. Detecting the changes of intracellular pH is important to understanding the physiological and pathological changes in the process of crucial cell metabolism. A pH probe (HTBI) based on hemicyanine was synthesized. The probe solution displayed a marked colour change from yellow to amaranth with the pH increase from neutral to basic; simultaneously, the emission spectra showed a significant red shift. The probe exhibited a ratiometric fluorescence emission (F586nm /F542nm ) characteristic of pKa 8.82. As expected, HTBI exhibited high sensitivity and selectivity for pH, fine photostability, reversibility, and low cytotoxicity. Therefore, it would be a very useful tool for measuring the intracellular pH changes.
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Colorimetria , Corantes Fluorescentes , Corantes Fluorescentes/química , Concentração de Íons de Hidrogênio , Imagem Óptica , Espectrometria de FluorescênciaRESUMO
OBJECTIVES: To establish a carbofuran intragastric administration death model in rabbits, and to observe the postmortem distribution and postmortem redistribution of carbofuran-7-phenyl glucuronic acid (Glu-7PH) in rabbits. METHODS: The postmortem distribution: Rabbits were given an administration of 1/2LD50, LD50, 2LD50 carbofuran. Dead rabbits were dissected immediately. Rabbits that had remained alive 2 hours were sacrificed by carbon dioxide (CO2) inhalation and dissected immediately. The myocardium, cardiac blood, liver, spleen, lung, kidney, brain and right hindlimb muscle were collected. The postmortem redistribution: After giving an administration of 4LD50 carbofuran, the myocardium, cardiac blood, liver, spleen, lung, kidney, brain, and right hindlimb muscle were collected at 0, 12, 24, 48, and 72 h postmortem in supine position at 15 â room temperature. The quantity of Glu-7PH was determined by LC-MS/MS. RESULTS: The postmortem distribution: Among the three dose groups, there were significant differences in the quantities of Glu-7PH in different tissues. The postmortem redistribution: There was no significant difference in the Glu-7PH quantities in cardiac blood, mycardium, spleen, kidney, brain and right hindlimb muscle, but there was a significant difference in the Glu-7PH quantities in the liver and lung. CONCLUSIONS: The mycardium, cardiac blood, liver, lung, kidney, brain and hindlimb muscle of rabbits can be used as appropriate samples for Glu-7PH detection. However, it should be noted that Glu-7PH was redistributed postmortem in rabbit liver and lung.
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Carbofurano , Animais , Coelhos , Cromatografia Líquida , Mudanças Depois da Morte , Espectrometria de Massas em Tandem , AutopsiaRESUMO
Organophosphorus pesticides (OPS) are widely used in the world, and many poisoning cases were caused by them. Phorate intoxication is especially common in China. However, there are currently few methods for discriminating phorate poisoning death from phorate exposure after death and interpretation of false-positive results due to the lack of effective biomarkers. In this study, we investigated the metabonomics of rat plasma at different dose levels of acute phorate intoxication using ultra-performance liquid chromatography quadrupole-time of flight mass spectrometry (UPLC-Q-TOF-MS) analysis. A total of 11 endogenous metabolites were significantly changed in the groups exposed to phorate at LD50 level and three times of LD50 (3LD50) level compared with the control group, which could be potential biomarkers of acute phorate intoxication. Plasma metabonomics analysis showed that diethylthiophosphate (DETP) could be a useful biomarker of acute phorate intoxication. The levels of uric acid, acylcarnitine, succinate, gluconic acid, and phosphatidylcholine (PC) (36:2) were increased, while pyruvate level was decreased in all groups exposed to phorate. The levels of ceramides (Cer) (d 18:0/16:0), palmitic acid, and lysophosphatidylcholine (lysoPC) (18:1) were only changed after 3LD50 dosage. The results of this study indicate that the dose-dependent relationship exists between metabolomic profile change and toxicities associated with apoptosis, fatty acid metabolism disorder, energy metabolism disorder especially tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle, as well as liver, kidney, and nervous system functions after acute exposure of phorate. This study shows that metabonomics is a useful tool in identifying biomarkers for the forensic toxicology study of phorate poisoning.
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Metaboloma , Metabolômica , Intoxicação por Organofosfatos/sangue , Intoxicação por Organofosfatos/metabolismo , Forato/sangue , Forato/metabolismo , Animais , Biomarcadores/sangue , Biomarcadores/metabolismo , Cromatografia Líquida de Alta Pressão , Modelos Animais de Doenças , Dose Letal Mediana , Espectrometria de Massas , RatosRESUMO
Oral fluid assays for quantifying drugs are useful in forensic toxicology and drug monitoring. Compared with blood and urine specimens, oral fluid collection is simple, non-invasive, and more difficult to adulterate. Therefore, we investigated whether meperidine and its metabolites could be detected in oral fluid and whether there was a predictable relationship between oral fluid and plasma concentrations. Male New Zealand white rabbits (n = 10) were administered meperidine hydrochloride (20 mg/kg, intravenous). Then, plasma and oral fluid were collected at various time points up to 10 h after administration. We developed a simple and sensitive gas chromatography-mass spectrometry method for the determination of meperidine and normeperidine in oral fluid and plasma. We estimated the apparent pharmacokinetic parameters for meperidine in oral fluid and plasma and determined the ratio and correlation between oral fluid and plasma concentrations. The results demonstrate that this method has excellent specificity, linearity, precision, and recovery. Meperidine and normeperidine were detected in both body fluids; meperidine was the most abundant analyte in oral fluid. The oral fluid-to-plasma drug concentration ratios did not differ significantly over time (p > 0.05). In addition, oral fluid and plasma levels of meperidine and normeperidine were significantly correlated over time (r = 0.713 and 0.725, respectively; p < 0.05). These results provide context for interpreting meperidine and metabolite concentrations in oral fluid and support the utility of oral fluid as an alternative matrix in clinical and forensic testing.
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Analgésicos Opioides/farmacocinética , Cromatografia Gasosa-Espectrometria de Massas/métodos , Meperidina/análogos & derivados , Meperidina/farmacocinética , Administração Intravenosa , Analgésicos Opioides/administração & dosagem , Analgésicos Opioides/análise , Animais , Monitoramento de Medicamentos/métodos , Masculino , Meperidina/administração & dosagem , Meperidina/análise , Coelhos , Reprodutibilidade dos Testes , Fatores de TempoRESUMO
Poisoning by organophosphorus insecticides such as methamidophos makes up a significant portion of forensic identification cases in China. Stability of methamidophos during specimen storage remains largely unknown. This study aimed to examine the long-term stability of methamidophos in postmortem specimens. Three experimental dogs after oral administration of methamidophos were sacrificed, and blood and liver specimens were collected and stored at various conditions. Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC/MS) was used to measure the methamidophos concentrations after 0, 4, 7, 12, 16, 60, and 180 days of storage. The results showed that methamidophos was not stable and followed first-order degradation kinetics at all storage conditions investigated. The degradation half-life in blood was 12.2, 16.9, 11.0, and 1.0 days when the samples were stored at room temperature (RT, 20 °C), 4 °C, -20 °C, and at RT with 1 % sodium fluoride (NaF), respectively. The degradation half-life in liver was 4.1, 9.8, 17.8, and 2.0 days when the samples were stored at RT, 4 °C, -20 °C, and at RT with liver fixed in 10 % formaldehyde solution, respectively. These findings are significant in guiding sample storage and data interpretation. Specimens containing methamidophos should be stored at -20 °C and analyzed as early as possible. Addition of NaF in blood and fixation of liver in formaldehyde should be avoided due to the accelerated degradation of methamidophos under these conditions. The preliminary study suggests that it might be possible to calculate methamidophos concentration at the time of death based on its first-order degradation kinetic under specific storage conditions.
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Estabilidade de Medicamentos , Inseticidas/química , Compostos Organotiofosforados/química , Manejo de Espécimes , Animais , Cães , Fixadores , Toxicologia Forense , Formaldeído , Meia-Vida , Inseticidas/análise , Fígado/química , Compostos Organotiofosforados/análise , Fluoreto de Sódio , TemperaturaRESUMO
Three chromone analogs, 1-3, a chlorinated alkaloid sclerotioramine (4), together with two 11-noreremophilane-type sesquiterpenes with a conjugated enolic OH group and a brominated one, 5 and 6, respectively, were isolated from Penicillium citreonigrum (HQ738282). Compounds 1, 5, and 6 were new. Biological tests revealed that 4 exhibited a significant activity (IC50 7.32â µg/ml), and 6 showed a moderate activity (IC50 16.31â µg/ml) in vitro against HepG2 cell line, and 4 also displayed an activity comparable to that of acarbose against α-glucosidase.
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Alcaloides/química , Alcaloides/farmacologia , Penicillium/química , Sesquiterpenos/química , Sesquiterpenos/farmacologia , Alcaloides/isolamento & purificação , Antineoplásicos/química , Antineoplásicos/isolamento & purificação , Antineoplásicos/farmacologia , Inibidores da Colinesterase/química , Inibidores da Colinesterase/isolamento & purificação , Inibidores da Colinesterase/farmacologia , Cristalografia por Raios X , Inibidores de Glicosídeo Hidrolases/química , Inibidores de Glicosídeo Hidrolases/isolamento & purificação , Inibidores de Glicosídeo Hidrolases/farmacologia , Halogenação , Células Hep G2 , Humanos , Modelos Moleculares , Neoplasias/tratamento farmacológico , Sesquiterpenos/isolamento & purificaçãoRESUMO
This study established a method to prepare and detect OPs adducts on butyrylcholinesterase (BChE) and human serum albumin (HSA). OPs (methyl paraoxon, ethyl paraoxon, methyl parathion, parathion) were incubated with BChE or HSA in vitro, and the adducts of OPs-BChE or OPs-HSA were prepared and qualitatively analyzed by ultra-performance liquid chromatography data-dependent high-resolution tandem mass spectrometry (UPLC-ddHRMS/MS). The amounts of BChE and HSA in the incubating systems were varied and the resulting amounts of the adducts were determined using linear regression. OPs-BChE in the blood were isolated by immunomagnetic separation (IMS), and then digested into the OPs-nonapeptide adduct by pepsin. The proteins in the remaining blood plasma were precipitated and digested by pronase to OPs-tyrosines(OPs-Tyr), which were quantified by UPLC-ddHRMS/MS. 4 OPs-nonapeptides and 4 OPs-Tyr adducts were obtained through the process above. The relative mass deviation of incubated adducts between the actual and theoretical exact masses was less than 10 ppm, and further confirmed by fragmentation mass spectra analysis. Calibration curves were linear for all adducts with a coefficient of determination value (R2) ≥0.995. The limits of detection (LOD) and limits of quantification (LOQ) for adducts detected by MS ranged from 0.05 to 1.0 ng/mL, and from 0.1 to 2.0 ng/mL, respectively. The recovery percentages for adducts ranged from 76.1 % to 107.1 %, matrix effects ranged from 83.4 % to 102.1 %. The inter-day and intra-day precision were 6.1-10.1 % and 6.9-12.9 % for adducts. This study provides a new reference method for the detection of organophosphorus pesticide poisoning. In addition, two blood samples with organophosphorus poisoning were tested by the designed method, and the corresponding adducts were detected in both samples.
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Butirilcolinesterase , Compostos Organofosforados , Espectrometria de Massas em Tandem , Humanos , Butirilcolinesterase/sangue , Butirilcolinesterase/química , Butirilcolinesterase/metabolismo , Compostos Organofosforados/química , Compostos Organofosforados/sangue , Compostos Organofosforados/análise , Espectrometria de Massas em Tandem/métodos , Modelos Lineares , Cromatografia Líquida de Alta Pressão/métodos , Praguicidas/sangue , Praguicidas/análise , Praguicidas/química , Limite de Detecção , Albumina Sérica Humana/química , Albumina Sérica Humana/análise , Reprodutibilidade dos TestesRESUMO
Phase II metabolites play an important role in diazepam-related cases. The study aimed to assess the stability of diazepam's phase II metabolites in dried blood spots on filter paper. METHODS: A piece of filter paper was spotted with 100 µL of whole blood (added 1% sodium fluoride as needed) obtained from participant who received 5 mg diazepam orally, air dried for 2 h at room temperature, and then stored at different conditions. Whole spots were cut at 0.1 cm from the outer edge of blood spots at post-consumption time-points of prior (zero), 5, 16, 35, 61, 120 days and 1, 1.5 years. Analytes were extracted with methanol/water mixture (8:2, v/v) and determined using HPLC-MS/MS. Decomposition rules were analyzed by a statistical software "SPSS". RESULTS: Temazepam glucuronide remained stable (0.5-18.6% loss) at 20 â and at 20 â with 1% sodium fluoride for 16 days, while it was unstable after 5 days at 4 â (21.1-26.2% loss) and - 20 â (28.9 - 34.4% loss). After 35 days, temazepam glucuronide concentrations began to fluctuate significantly under all conditions, and an obvious increase (290.4-355.1%) was observed in 1.5 years. Oxazepam glucuronide was always unstable after 5 days, the percentage loss was even 100% when it was stored for 61 days and 1.5 years. CONCLUSIONS: Dried blood spots on ordinary filter paper are recommended to be stored at 20 â or 20 â with 1% sodium fluoride within 16 days. Samples should be analyzed immediately or stored in sterile and dry media.
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Fluoreto de Sódio , Espectrometria de Massas em Tandem , Humanos , Fase S , Diazepam , FiltraçãoRESUMO
PURPOSE: A rapid and reliable method was developed and validated for the simultaneous analysis of 52 antibiotics (cephalosporins, penicillins, carbapenems, lincosamides, quinolones, nitroimidazoles, macrolides, sulfonamides, tetracyclines, glycopeptide) in urine and whole blood by high-performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (HPLC-MS/MS). METHOD: Analytes were extracted by dilution or protein precipitation and analyzed on an Agilent 1260 HPLC system coupled to an Agilent 6470 Triple Quadrupole Mass Spectrometer. RESULTS: The method attended method validation criteria. The limits of detection were equal or lower than 2.0 ng/mL, whereas the limits of quantification ranged from 0.1 to 10.0 ng/mL, from 0.1 to 5.0 ng/mL, in urine and whole blood, respectively. For all analytes, the bias and intra- and inter-day precision values were less than 14.7%. The ranges of recovery values of all antibiotics were 76.5-124.5% in whole blood and 76.3-121.8% in urine, values of the effects were lower than 25% in two matrices. No evidence of carryover was observed. The study of sample stability showed that almost all analytes were stable at 24 °C for 24 h, all analytes were stable at -20 °C for 14 days and at -80 °C for 30 days. Freeze-thaw cycles stability showed that antibiotics were stable except for imipenem. Autosampler stability study showed that all analytes were stable for 24 h, except for imipenem and amoxicillin. Applicability was proven by analyzing authentic whole blood (n = 86) and urine (n = 79) samples from patients under antibiotics treatment. Therefore, this method was applied to the analysis 3 forensic allergy cases, which were positive for at least one analyte. CONCLUSIONS: A simple, sensitive and high-throughput method for the simultaneous determination of different classes of antibiotics in urine and whole blood samples was developed and applied. This sensitive method was successfully applied to forensic cases.
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Antibacterianos , Toxicologia Forense , Espectrometria de Massas em Tandem , Humanos , Espectrometria de Massas em Tandem/métodos , Antibacterianos/urina , Antibacterianos/sangue , Toxicologia Forense/métodos , Cromatografia Líquida de Alta Pressão/métodos , Reprodutibilidade dos Testes , Masculino , Limite de DetecçãoRESUMO
Ketamine has recently become an anesthetic drug used in human and veterinary clinical medicine for illicit abuse worldwide, but the detection of illicit abuse and inference of time intervals following ketamine abuse are challenging issues in forensic toxicological investigations. Here, we developed methods to estimate time intervals since ketamine use is based on significant metabolite changes in rat serum over time after a single intraperitoneal injection of ketamine, and global metabolomics was quantified by ultra-performance liquid chromatography-quadrupole-time-of-flight mass spectrometry (UPLC-Q-TOF-MS). Thirty-five rats were treated with saline (control) or ketamine at 3 doses (30, 60, and 90 mg/kg), and the serum was collected at 21 time points (0 h to 29 d). Time-dependent rather than dose-dependent features were observed. Thirty-nine potential biomarkers were identified, including ketamine and its metabolites, lipids, serotonin and other molecules, which were used for building a random forest model to estimate time intervals up to 29 days after ketamine treatment. The accuracy of the model was 85.37% in the cross-validation set and 58.33% in the validation set. This study provides further understanding of the time-dependent changes in metabolites induced by ketamine abuse.
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Ketamina , Aprendizado de Máquina , Transtornos Relacionados ao Uso de Substâncias , Animais , Ratos , Masculino , Transtornos Relacionados ao Uso de Substâncias/metabolismo , Metabolômica/métodos , Ratos Sprague-Dawley , Biomarcadores/sangueRESUMO
Melatonin is a neurohormone synthesized by the pineal gland to regulate the circadian rhythms and has proven to be effective in treating drug addiction and dependence. However, the effects of melatonin to modulate the drug-seeking behavior of fentanyl and its underlying molecular mechanism is elusive. This study was designed to investigate the effects of melatonin on fentanyl - induced behavioral sensitization and circadian rhythm disorders in mice. The accompanying changes in the expression of Brain and Muscle Arnt-Like (BMAL1), tyrosine hydroxylase (TH), and monoamine oxidase A (MAO-A) in relevant brain regions including the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN), nucleus accumbens (NAc), prefrontal cortex (PFC), and hippocampus (Hip) were investigated by western blot assays to dissect the mechanism by which melatonin modulates fentanyl - induced behavioral sensitization and circadian rhythm disorders. The present study suggest that fentanyl (0.05, 0.1 and 0.2 mg/kg) could induce behavioral sensitization and melatonin (30.0 mg/kg) could attenuate the behavioral sensitization and circadian rhythm disorders in mice. Fentanyl treatment reduced the expression of BMAL1 and MAO-A and increased that of TH in relevant brain regions. Furthermore, melatonin treatment could reverse the expression levels of BMAL1, MAO-A, and TH. In conclusion, our study demonstrate for the first time that melatonin has therapeutic potential for fentanyl addiction.
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Transtornos Cronobiológicos , Melatonina , Camundongos , Animais , Melatonina/farmacologia , Melatonina/uso terapêutico , Melatonina/metabolismo , Fatores de Transcrição ARNTL , Fentanila/farmacologia , Fentanila/uso terapêutico , Fentanila/metabolismo , Núcleo Supraquiasmático/metabolismo , Ritmo Circadiano/fisiologia , Transtornos Cronobiológicos/metabolismo , Monoaminoxidase/metabolismo , Monoaminoxidase/farmacologiaRESUMO
OBJECTIVE: To establish an animal model in acute poisoned rat by deltamethrin and an analysis method for determination of deltamethrin by gas chromatography-electron capture detector (GC-ECD) and to study the distribution of deltamethrin in rats in order to provide the references for forensic medicine identification about such cases. METHODS: Rats were administered with deltamethrin of different doses(512 and 1,024 mg/kg) and killed 1.5 h later to be dissected rapidly for tissues (blood, hearts, livers, lungs, kidneys and brains etc.). Samples were dehydrated by anhydrous sodium sulfate and extracted with petroleum ether and acetone (V:V=4:1). The level of deltamethrin was determined by GC-ECD. RESULTS: There was a good separate between deltamethrin and endogenous impurities. The limit of quantification for deltamethrin in blood and liver were 0.1 microg/mL and 0.1 microg/g (S/N> or =10), respectively. The recovery rate of deltamethrin in blood was 91.55%-134.37% and both inter-day and intra-day precisions were less than 5.67%. The distribution of deltamethrin in poisoned rats with 512 mg/kg was as follow: lungs > livers > hearts > kidneys > blood > brains and with 1 024 mg/kg dose was lungs > blood > hearts > kidneys > brains > livers (P<0.05). CONCLUSION: The GC-ECD method is sensitive for determination of deltamethrin. The distribution of deltamethrin in rats has a dose-dependent manner. The study suggests that samples of blood, hearts, livers, lungs, kidneys and brains are suitable for deltamethrin poisoned analysis.
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Cromatografia Gasosa/métodos , Pulmão/metabolismo , Nitrilas/farmacocinética , Nitrilas/intoxicação , Piretrinas/farmacocinética , Piretrinas/intoxicação , Animais , Cromatografia Gasosa/instrumentação , Modelos Animais de Doenças , Toxicologia Forense/métodos , Rim/metabolismo , Modelos Lineares , Fígado/metabolismo , Masculino , Nitrilas/sangue , Piretrinas/sangue , Ratos , Reprodutibilidade dos Testes , Sensibilidade e Especificidade , Distribuição TecidualRESUMO
Bio-based C3 and C4 bi-functional chemicals are useful monomers in biopolymer production. This review describes recent progresses in the biosynthesis of four such monomers as a hydroxy-carboxylic acid (3-hydroxypropionic acid), a dicarboxylic acid (succinic acid), and two diols (1,3-propanediol and 1,4-butanediol). The use of cheap carbon sources and the development of strains and processes for better product titer, rate and yield are presented. Challenges and future perspectives for (more) economical commercial production of these chemicals are also briefly discussed.
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Ácidos Dicarboxílicos , Engenharia Metabólica , Ácidos Dicarboxílicos/metabolismo , Ácido Succínico/metabolismoRESUMO
To study the optimal form of nitrogen (N) application and to determine the best harvest date for blackberries, different N fertilizers were applied during the critical growth period of blackberry plants. The results showed that NH4+-N significantly improved the appearance of blackberry fruits, including their size, firmness, and color, and promoted the accumulation of soluble solids, sugars, anthocyanin, ellagic acid, and vitamin C (VC), while fruit treated with NO3--N accumulated more flavonoids and organic acids and had improved antioxidant capacity. In addition, the fruit size, firmness, and color brightness decreased with the harvest period. While the contents of sugars, anthocyanin, ellagic acid, flavonoids, and VC were higher in the early harvests and then decreased as the season progressed, the total antioxidant capacity and DPPH radical scavenging capacity increased. In all, application of NH4+-N is recommended, as it is more beneficial to fruit appearance, taste, and nutritional quality. Harvests in the early stage help to obtain a good fruit appearance, while harvests in the middle and later stages are more beneficial to fruit taste and quality. This study may help growers to determine the best fertilization scheme for blackberries and choose the appropriate harvest time according to their needs.