Expedient measurement of total protein in human serum and plasma via the biuret method using fiber optic probe for patient samples and certified reference materials.
Fiber optic probe
Plasma total protein
Reference measurement procedure
Serum total protein
UV–Vis
Journal
Analytical and bioanalytical chemistry
ISSN: 1618-2650
Titre abrégé: Anal Bioanal Chem
Pays: Germany
ID NLM: 101134327
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
03 Oct 2024
03 Oct 2024
Historique:
received:
25
07
2024
accepted:
17
09
2024
revised:
11
09
2024
medline:
3
10
2024
pubmed:
3
10
2024
entrez:
2
10
2024
Statut:
aheadofprint
Résumé
The biuret method is currently recognized as a reference measurement procedure for serum/plasma total protein by the Joint Committee for Traceability in Laboratory Medicine (JCTLM). However, as the reaction involved in this method is highly time-dependent, to ensure identical measurement conditions for calibrator and samples for high accuracy, a fast and simple measurement procedure is critical to ensure the precision and trueness of this method. We measured serum/plasma total protein using a Cary 60 spectrophotometer coupled with a fiber optic probe, which was faster and simpler than the conventional cuvette method. The biuret method utilizing alkaline solutions of copper sulfate and potassium sodium tartrate was added to the sample and calibrator (NIST SRM 927e) incubated for 1 h before measurement. A panel of samples consisting of pooled human serum, single donor serum, and certified reference materials (CRMs) from three sources were measured for method validation. Sixteen native patient samples were measured using the newly developed biuret method and compared against clinical analyzers. Additionally, the results of three cycles of a local External Quality Assessment (EQA) Programme submitted by participating clinical laboratories were compared against the biuret method. Our biuret method using fiber optic probe demonstrated good precision with within-day relative standard deviation (RSD) of 0.04 to 0.23% and between-day RSD of 0.58%. The deviations between the obtained values and the certified values for all three CRMs ranged from -0.38 to 1.60%, indicating good method trueness. The routine methods using clinical analyzers were also found to agree well with the developed biuret method using fiber optic probe for EQA samples and native patient samples. The biuret method using a fiber optic probe represented a convenient and reliable way of measuring serum total protein. It also demonstrated excellent precision and trueness using CRMs and patient samples, which made the method a simpler candidate reference method for serum protein measurement.
Identifiants
pubmed: 39358468
doi: 10.1007/s00216-024-05561-w
pii: 10.1007/s00216-024-05561-w
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
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Informations de copyright
© 2024. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer-Verlag GmbH, DE part of Springer Nature.
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