Objectives: Several studies have demonstrated that synovial calprotectin is a highly accurate biomarker in diagnosing periprosthetic joint infections (PJI). Assuring reliability is of great importance and coincides with adequate preanalytical handling. This study focuses on potentially interfering factors.
Methods: To assess the stability of synovial calprotectin, the effect of time, storage temperature, EDTA, freeze-thaw cycles, viscosity, and blood and lipid contamination was investigated. In the blood and lipid contamination experiments, hemolyzed and non-hemolyzed blood, homogenized adipose tissue, intralipid and chylomicrons were added. The effect of viscosity was investigated using freeze-thaw cycles, enzymatic pretreatment and sonification.
Results: No effect on synovial calprotectin levels was observed in synovial samples kept at room temperature compared to samples kept at 4 °C for up to seven days of storage. Freeze-thaw cycles did not result in significantly different calprotectin levels, although samples without EDTA resulted in higher recoveries after 1 and 2 freeze-thaw cycles. Blood and lipid contamination did not interfere with accurate synovial calprotectin analysis. Sample pretreatment to reduce sample viscosity by pretreating samples with DNAse and/or hyaluronidase did not influence calprotectin analysis. Sonification, however, resulted in increased calprotectin values.
Conclusions: Synovial calprotectin is a stable biomarker and its analysis is not easily influenced by potential interfering factors.
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