抄録
We have developed a fluorometric method for routine analyses of 25-hydroxyvitamin D3 (25-OHD3) and 24, 25- and 1, 25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 [24, 25- and 1, 25-(OH)2D3] in human plasma. Lipid extracts from plasma (2.5ml) were purified using a Sep-Pak silica cartridge followed by normal-phase HPLC, and each of the three metabolites was assayed in separate lines. Each metabolite fraction was treated with fluorescent dienophile (DMEQ-TAD) and quantified on reversed-phase HPLC after appropriate cleanup steps. Labeled 25-OHD3 was quantified directly, 24, 25-(OH)2D3 was analyzed after cleanup by a Bond Elut PSA cartridge and 1, 25-(OH)2D3 was quantified after purification by a Bond Elut PSA cartridge and normal-phase HPLC. In the assay of 25-OHD3, we demonstrated the usefulness of a non-radioactive internal standard for the fluorometric assay. The multiple fluorometric assay was successfully applied to the clinical monitoring of vitamin D3 therapy in a vitamin D-deficient patient with metabolic bone disease.