<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="static/style.xsl"?><OAI-PMH xmlns="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/ http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/OAI-PMH.xsd"><responseDate>2026-10-02T16:57:42Z</responseDate><request verb="GetRecord" identifier="oai:skemman.is:1946/35098" metadataPrefix="dim">https://skemman.is/oai/request</request><GetRecord><record><header><identifier>oai:skemman.is:1946/35098</identifier><datestamp>2020-09-23T14:02:28Z</datestamp><setSpec>com_1946_2061</setSpec><setSpec>com_1946_2057</setSpec><setSpec>col_1946_2069</setSpec></header><metadata><dim:dim xmlns:dim="http://www.dspace.org/xmlns/dspace/dim" xmlns:doc="http://www.lyncode.com/xoai" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.dspace.org/xmlns/dspace/dim http://www.dspace.org/schema/dim.xsd">
<dim:field mdschema="dc" element="contributor" lang="is">Háskóli Íslands</dim:field>
<dim:field mdschema="dc" element="contributor" qualifier="author">Pálmi Þorgeirsson 1992-</dim:field>
<dim:field mdschema="dc" element="description" qualifier="advisor">Margrét Þorsteinsdóttir 1962-</dim:field>
<dim:field mdschema="dc" element="description" qualifier="abstract" lang="en">Adenine phosphoribosyltransferase (APRT) deficiency is a rare genetic disorder.&#xd;
Since activity of the APRT enzyme is absent, adenine is oxidized and forms&#xd;
2,8-dihydroxyadenine (DHA). DHA is insoluble in urine and can precipitate and form&#xd;
kidney stones, which can cause acute and chronic kidney failure. The disease can be&#xd;
treated with the drugs allopurinol and febuxostat, which prevent the conversion of&#xd;
adenine to DHA and thus reduce formation of kidney stones in APRT deficiency&#xd;
patients.&#xd;
UPLC-MS/MS method for simultaneous quantification of DHA, adenine and the&#xd;
drugs, allopurinol, oxypurinol and febuxostat in human plasma had been developed.&#xd;
The objective of this study was to perform full validation of the UPLC-MS/MS&#xd;
quantification method according to method validation guideline from Food and Drug&#xd;
Administration (FDA Bioanalytical Method Validation Guidance for Industry, 2018).&#xd;
Following full validation of the UPLC-MS/MS method, plasma samples from patients&#xd;
with APRT deficiency will be studied.&#xd;
The sample preparation procedure was optimized prior to conductance of full&#xd;
validation of the UPLC-MS/MS quantification method. During the validation process,&#xd;
the performance of the analytical column changed, shown by a deterioration of&#xd;
chromatographic peak shape of the analytes and increased column pressure.&#xd;
Therefore, investigation of different batches of analytical columns was conducted and&#xd;
the results indicated that column properties changed following analysis of human&#xd;
plasma extracts. It was concluded that further investigation of this phenomena is&#xd;
needed before conducting the full validation procedure. However, due to COVID-19&#xd;
epidemic the laboratory was temporarily closed before the issue could be resolved&#xd;
and no further work could be conducted.</dim:field>
<dim:field mdschema="dc" element="description" qualifier="abstract" lang="is">Adenine phosphoribosyltransferase (APRT) skortur er sjaldgæfur erfðasjúkdómur.&#xd;
Þar sem virkni APRT ensímsins er ekki til staðar er adenine umbreytt í&#xd;
2,8-dihydroxyadenine (DHA). DHA er torrleyst við sýrustig þvags og getur fallið út og&#xd;
myndað nýrnasteina, þetta getur leitt til bráðrar og krónískrar nýrnabilunar. Hægt er&#xd;
að meðhöndla sjúkdóminn með lyfjunum allopurinol og febuxostat, sem koma í veg&#xd;
fyrir myndun á DHA og draga þannig úr nýmyndun á nýrnasteinum.&#xd;
UPLC-MS/MS mæliaðferð fyrir samtímis magngreiningu á DHA, adenine og lyfjunum&#xd;
allopurinol, oxypurinol og febuxostat í blóðvökva hefur verið þróuð. Markmið&#xd;
verkefnisins var að framkvæma fulla gildingu á þessari mæliaðferð, þar sem stuðst&#xd;
verður við verklýsingar um gildingu frá Food and Drug Administration í&#xd;
Bandaríkjunum (FDA Bioanalytical Method Validation Guidance for Industry, 2018).&#xd;
Þegar að mæliaðferðin hefur verið fullgilduð þá verða blóðvökvasýni frá sjúklingum&#xd;
með APRT skort rannsökuð.&#xd;
Sýnameðhöndlunin fyrir mæliaðferðina var betrumbætt áður en hefja átti gildinguna.&#xd;
Tæknilegir erfileikar varðandi súluna í UPLC-MS/MS tækjabúnaðnum sem&#xd;
einkenndust af hækkuðum þrýstingi og minni greiningarsvörun komu upp þegar&#xd;
tilraunir fyrir gildingu hófust. Rannsókn á mismunandi súlum var gerð, niðurstöðurnar&#xd;
bentu til þess að eiginleikar súlunnar breyttust í kjölfar greiningar á blóðvökvasýnum.&#xd;
Það var komist að þeirri niðurstöðu að frekari rannsókn á þessu vandamáli þyrfti að&#xd;
framkvæma áður en full gilding á mæliaðferðinni væri framkvæmd. Vegna COVID-19&#xd;
faraldursins var rannsóknarstofunni tímabundið lokað áður en hægt var að leysa&#xd;
vandamálið.</dim:field>
<dim:field mdschema="dc" element="date" qualifier="accessioned">2020-04-27T15:46:56Z</dim:field>
<dim:field mdschema="dc" element="date" qualifier="available">2020-04-27T15:46:56Z</dim:field>
<dim:field mdschema="dc" element="date" qualifier="issued">2020-04-27T15:46:57Z</dim:field>
<dim:field mdschema="dc" element="date" qualifier="submitted">2020-04-27T15:32:39Z</dim:field>
<dim:field mdschema="dc" element="date" qualifier="published">2020-04</dim:field>
<dim:field mdschema="dc" element="identifier" qualifier="uri">http://hdl.handle.net/1946/35098</dim:field>
<dim:field mdschema="dc" element="language" qualifier="iso">en</dim:field>
<dim:field mdschema="dc" element="subject" lang="is">Lyfjafræði</dim:field>
<dim:field mdschema="dc" element="subject" lang="is">Erfðasjúkdómar</dim:field>
<dim:field mdschema="dc" element="subject" lang="is">Lyfjameðferð</dim:field>
<dim:field mdschema="dc" element="title" lang="en">Biomarker analysis for APRT deficiency diagnosis using UPLC-MS/MS</dim:field>
<dim:field mdschema="dc" element="title" lang="is">UPLC-MS/MS magngreining á lífmerkjum og lyfjum fyrir APRT skort</dim:field>
<dim:field mdschema="dc" element="type">Thesis</dim:field>
<dim:field mdschema="dc" element="type" qualifier="degree">Master's</dim:field>
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