LC-MS/MS raises a handful of sensible questions. This page answers them in order, starting with the fundamentals and moving to applications.
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冻干状态下的肽通常比溶液状态更稳定，常规做法是维持 -20 °C 或更低温度、保持干燥并避开强光。复溶后的降解主要来自水解、氧化与脱酰胺，速率受 pH、缓冲液种类、离子强度与温度共同影响，碱性条件一般会加快这些反应。反复冻融会造成聚集与容器吸附损失，分装保存能降低该风险。容器材质与金属离子也可能参与氧化过程，需与操作条件一并考虑。
对 ipamorelin 的常规表征以反相高效液相色谱测定纯度，检测波长多设为 214 nm，因为肽键在该波长有较强吸收。身份确认通常借助电喷雾电离质谱或串联质谱，将实测分子量与理论值逐项比对。序列层面可用肽图分析或氨基酸分析进一步验证。这些手段组合起来，可以分别覆盖纯度、身份与序列三个不同层次的信息。
Compared with earlier growth hormone secretagogues such as GHRP-6 and hexarelin, ipamorelin has been reported to produce less stimulation of adrenocorticotropic hormone, cortisol, and prolactin in animal and early human studies. This selectivity is usually attributed to differences in receptor subtype interactions and to the tissue distribution of the receptor. Effects on appetite appear weaker than those of ghrelin itself, although the supporting evidence base is small. Whether these differences produce a distinct clinical profile remains an open question, since controlled human trials are limited.
Ipamorelin is a synthetic pentapeptide first described in the 1990s by researchers at Novo Nordisk during a program to develop selective growth hormone secretagogues. Its sequence is Aib-His-D-2-Nal-D-Phe-Lys-NH2, incorporating two non-natural residues, alpha-aminoisobutyric acid and D-2-naphthylalanine. The C-terminus is amidated, and the material is supplied as a white lyophilized powder. The molecular formula is C38H49N9O5 and the monoisotopic mass is approximately 711.85 daltons. The short chain and modified residues give it greater resistance to enzymatic degradation than many larger peptide hormones.
| Property | Value | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 纯度检测 | RP-HPLC，214 nm | 乙腈/水梯度，含 0.1% 三氟乙酸 |
| 身份确认 | ESI-MS 或 LC-MS/MS | 比对实测与理论分子量 |
| 冻干粉储存 | -20 °C，干燥避光 | 分装可减少开盖次数 |
| 复溶液储存 | 2-8 °C，短期使用 | 避免反复冻融与长时间室温放置 |
| 主要降解途径 | 水解、氧化、脱酰胺 | 碱性 pH 与强光会加快反应 |
现有文献多来自小规模、短期的研究，涉及生长激素缺乏、术后肠麻痹等方向。长期使用是否导致受体脱敏，以及重复给药后效应是否衰减，仍属开放问题。不同研究之间的剂量、给药途径和受试者特征差异较大，因此结论外推需谨慎。关于临床获益的确切证据尚不充分，需要更大规模的对照试验来澄清。
Ipamorelin 是一种合成五肽，在 20 世纪 90 年代被报道为生长激素促分泌剂。其结构基于胃饥饿素受体激动剂的设计思路，但并非天然激素。早期药理学研究显示，它可刺激垂体释放生长激素，而对应激激素轴的影响相对较小。该化合物常被用作研究生长激素调节通路的工具分子。
在机制层面，ipamorelin 与生长激素促分泌受体 1a 型结合，该受体也介导胃饥饿素的多种效应。受体激活后，细胞内信号促进生长激素从垂体前叶释放。由于对促肾上腺皮质激素和皮质醇的刺激较弱，它被视为选择性较高的促分泌剂。这种选择性在动物模型和少量人体研究中被观察到，但人体数据仍然有限。
The largest and sole study employing bicalutamide, an industry-sponsored, phase II, multicenter, international, open-label, single-arm clinical trial known as the Bicalutamide and Anastrozole Treatment of Testotoxicosis (BATT) study, assessed the combination of 12.5 to 100 mg/day bicalutamide and 0.5 to 1 mg/day anastrozole over a period of 12 months in 14 young boys with FMPP. The mean age of the boys was 4 ± 2 years, with a range of 2 to 9 years of age. At baseline, the boys weighed 23 ± 6 kg (52 ± 12 lbs) on average, with a range 17 to 35 kg (37 to 77 lbs). Mean total levels of testosterone in the boys were 277 ± 208 ng/dL at baseline and increased to 523 ± 258 ng/dL at 6 months and 427 ± 243 ng/dL at 12 months. Mean total levels of estradiol in the boys were 3.8 pg/mL at baseline and were relatively unchanged at 6 and 12 months (2.5 pg/mL and 3.5 pg/mL, respectively). The dosage of bicalutamide was initiated at 12.5 mg/day and was then increased, with adjustment as necessary to maintain trough circulating (R)-bicalutamide concentrations within a target range of 5 to 15 μg/mL. This range is similar to (R)-bicalutamide levels achieved with approximately 30 to 100 mg/day bicalutamide in adult men with prostate cancer. The mean final dosage of bicalutamide in the boys at 12 months was 60 ± 29 mg/day, with 86% of the boys on either 50 or 100 mg/day bicalutamide. Levels of (R)-bicalutamide were proportional to dosage and did not appear to be related to the age or weight of the boys.
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0) Normal kidney function – GFR above 90 mL/min/1.73 m2 and no proteinuria 1) CKD1 – GFR above 90 mL/min/1.73 m2 with evidence of kidney damage 2) CKD2 (mild) – GFR of 60 to 89 mL/min/1.73 m2 with evidence of kidney damage 3) CKD3 (moderate) – GFR of 30 to 59 mL/min/1.73 m2 4) CKD4 (severe) – GFR of 15 to 29 mL/min/1.73 m2 5) CKD5 kidney failure – GFR less than 15 mL/min/1.73 m2 Some people add CKD5D for those stage 5 patients requiring dialysis; many patients in CKD5 are not yet on dialysis. Note: others add a "T" to patients who have had a transplant regardless of stage. Not all clinicians agree with the above classification, suggesting that it may mislabel patients with mildly reduced kidney function, especially the elderly, as having a disease. A conference was held in 2009 regarding these controversies by Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) on CKD: Definition, Classification and Prognosis, gathering data on CKD prognosis to refine the definition and staging of CKD.
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== History == The first isolation and structure identifications of prednisone and prednisolone were done in 1950 by Arthur Nobile. The first commercially feasible synthesis of prednisone was carried out in 1955 in the laboratories of Schering Corporation, which later became Schering-Plough Corporation, by Arthur Nobile and coworkers. They discovered that cortisone could be microbiologically oxidized to prednisone by the bacterium Corynebacterium simplex. The same process was used to prepare prednisolone from hydrocortisone. The enhanced adrenocorticoid activity of these compounds over cortisone and hydrocortisone was demonstrated in mice. Prednisone and prednisolone were introduced in 1955 by Schering and Upjohn, under the brand names Meticorten and Delta-Cortef, respectively.
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肽键在 214 nm 附近有较强吸收，适合检测缺少芳香侧链的短肽。该波长的基线受流动相组成与梯度影响较大。因此流动相与梯度条件需要固定并完整记录。
仅凭保留时间不足以定性，通常需要质谱给出与理论值一致的分子量。进一步可用碎裂谱与参考谱比对。保留时间、分子量与碎裂谱三者吻合时，身份判断较为可靠。
这取决于缓冲液、pH、温度与微生物负荷，并不存在通用时限。常见做法是分装冷冻并尽量缩短室温放置时间。出现浑浊或沉淀时应弃用并重新配制。
碱性 pH、较高温度、强光照射与反复冻融都会加快水解、氧化或脱酰胺。溶液中的金属离子也可能催化氧化。控制这些变量比单纯降低浓度更有效。