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. 2019 May;11(10):957-970.
doi: 10.4155/bio-2018-0311.

A sensitive antibody-free 2D-LC-MS/MS assay for the quantitation of myostatin in the serum of different species

Guodong Zhang  1 , Siwei Chen  1 , Kening Song  1 , Peng Pan  1 , Yongchang Qiu  1 , Lakshmi Amaravadi  1 , Jiang Wu  1
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A sensitive antibody-free 2D-LC-MS/MS assay for the quantitation of myostatin in the serum of different species

Guodong Zhang et al. Bioanalysis. 2019 May.

Abstract

Aim: Myostatin (MSTN) is an attractive therapeutic target for the treatment of muscle degeneration-related diseases and is being evaluated as a target engagement biomarker. Methods: A sensitive 2D-LC-MS/MS assay was developed to quantify MSTN in different animal species. Sample preparation involved SDS denaturation of serum proteins followed by tryptic digestion and peptide enrichment by SPE. Results: The assay was validated with LLOQ of 2.5 ng/ml in rat and monkey serum. The precision was within 13.7%, and the bias was within ±12.6% for all quality control samples in authentic matrices. Conclusion: This new assay was successfully applied to measure MSTN in mouse, rat, monkey and human serum. The total MSTN in rat and monkey serum was elevated following administration of an MSTN inhibitor.

Keywords: 2D-LC–MS/MS; antibody-free; follistatin; myostatin; protein quantitation; target engagement biomarker.

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