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Background: Due to the ability of metal ions to cross the blood-brain barrier, there has been interest in analyzing cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) for trace element concentrations to investigate possible correlations with neurodegenerative diseases. In this study, Sarstedt polypropylene CSF collection tubes were analyzed to determine the contamination levels of aluminum, titanium, chromium, manganese, cobalt, nickel, molybdenum, gadolinium, vanadium, arsenic, cadmium, mercury, lead, thallium, selenium, copper, zinc, and iron.
Methods: Sarstedt polypropylene CSF collection tubes from 2 separate lots (n = 10 per lot) were filled with a 2 mL aliquot of a CSF pool with known element concentrations. After 24 hours of leaching at room temperature, all 18 elements were analyzed via inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS). Results were subtracted from the initial pool concentration to determine contamination levels.
Results: No detectable contamination above the assay limit of detection was found in 11 analytes. Molybdenum and selenium contamination was measured in all tubes, and aluminum, titanium, manganese, thallium, and zinc had minimal levels of sporadic detectable contamination in 25% or fewer of the tubes tested.
Conclusions: Sarstedt polypropylene CSF tubes are an acceptable collection tube for the analysis of most assessed metals in CSF.
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