Urinary myoglobin quantification by high-performance liquid chromatography: An alternative measurement for exercise-induced muscle damage

Angus Lindsay; Sam Carr; Nick Draper; Steven P. Gieseg

doi:10.1016/j.ab.2015.09.001

Urinary myoglobin quantification by high-performance liquid chromatography: An alternative measurement for exercise-induced muscle damage

Angus Lindsay, Sam Carr, Nick Draper, Steven P. Gieseg

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Abstract

This study investigated a means of quantifying urinary myoglobin using a novel reverse-phase high-performance liquid chromatography (RP-HPLC) method that is an alternative measure of exercise-induced muscle damage. It also investigated the effect of storage and alkalization on urinary myoglobin stability issues. An RP-HPLC method was validated by precision and repeatability experiments. Myoglobin stability was determined through spiked urine samples stored at various temperatures over an 8-week period using alkalization and dilution in a pH 7.0 buffer. The method was validated with urine collected from mixed martial arts fighters during a competition and training session. The method produced linearity from 5 to 1000 μg/ml (R² = 0.997), intra- and inter-assay coefficients of variation from 0.32 to 2.94%, and a lower detection limit of 0.2 μg/ml in the final dilution and 2 μg/ml in the original urine sample. Recovery ranged from 96.4 to 102.5%, myoglobin remained stable at 4°C when diluted in a pH 7.0 buffer after 20 h, and a significant increase (P < 0.01) and an identifiable peak were observed following a mixed martial arts contest and training session. Storage length and conditions had significant effects (P < 0.05) on stability. The method's simplicity and noninvasive nature means it can be used as an alternative muscle damage assay following exercise and trauma.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	12187
Pages (from-to)	37-42
Number of pages	6
Journal	Analytical Biochemistry
Volume	491
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ab.2015.09.001
State	Published - Sep 10 2015
Externally published	Yes

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Funding Information:
The authors thank St. George's Hospital, Heart Centre, and the University of Canterbury for funding this project, Strikeforce Canterbury Gym, Karl Webber and each of the subjects for their planning and participation, and Matt Walters for his expertise in the preparation of the figures. S Carr was supported by a University of Canterbury Summer Research Scholarship funded by the Canterbury Medical Research Foundation.

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© 2015 Elsevier Inc.

Keywords

Exercise
HPLC
Mixed martial arts
Muscle damage
Myoglobin
Stability

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Urinary myoglobin quantification by high-performance liquid chromatography: An alternative measurement for exercise-induced muscle damage

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