Validation of an UHPLC–MS/MS Method for the Determination of Glaucocalyxin A, a Novel Potent Negative Akt Regulator in Rat Plasma, Lung and Brain Tissues: Application to a Pharmacokinetic Study

2019 ◽  
Vol 58 (3) ◽  
pp. 234-240
Author(s):  
Zhipeng Deng ◽  
Qian Liu ◽  
Jixiang He ◽  
Sixi Zhang ◽  
Wei Zhou

Abstract Glaucocalyxin A, a novel potent negative Akt regulator, is a major active constituent of Rabdosia japonica. A simple, specific and sensitive ultra-high pressure liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry (UHPLC–MS/MS) method was developed and validated for the quantification of glaucocalyxin A in rat plasma, lung and brain tissues after intravenous administration. Sample preparation was carried out through a simple liqiud–liquid extraction with ethyl acetate using bullatine A as internal standard. The chromatographic separation was achieved by using an Agilent ZORBAX Eclipse Plus C18 column (3.0 mm × 100 mm, 1.8 μm) with a mobile phase of acetonitrile and water containing 0.1% formic acid in a gradient elution. Mass spectrometry analysis was conducted in positive ionization mode with multiple reaction monitoring transitions at m/z 333.2 → 157.1 for glaucocalyxin A and m/z 344.2 → 128.1 for IS. Calibration curves were linear over the ranges of 20.0–4000 ng/mL for both plasma and tissue samples (r2 > 0.99). The Lower limit of quantification (LLOQ) was 0.284 ng/mL. The intra-day and inter-day precision relative standard deviation (RSD%) were <14.9%, while the accuracy ranged from −12.5 to 17.0% for LLOQ and quality control samples. This UHPLC–MS/MS method was successfully applied in the pharmacokinetics, lung and brain tissue distributions of glaucocalyxin A after intravenous administration.

Author(s):  
PRAVALLIKA KE ◽  
PRAMEELA RANI A ◽  
RATNA KUMAR M

Objective: The objective of the study was to develop and validate the bioanalytical liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry (LCMS/MS) method for the estimation of entrectinib in bulk and pharmaceutical drugs in rat plasma. Methods: Chromatographic separation of entrectinib with D4-entrectinib as internal standard (IS) was achieved using Waters Alliance high-performance liquid chromatography system, quaternary gradient pump of e2695, using Luna, 250×4.6 mm, 5 μm column and the mobile phase containing 0.1% formic acid and acetonitrile (ACN) within the ratio of 70:30% v/v. The flow was 1.0 ml/min; detection was carried out by absorption at 294 nm using a photodiode array detector at ambient temperature. Results: The peak of entrectinib was eluted at retention times of 5.225 min. The multiple reaction monitoring was 560.6/475.1 (m/z) for entrectinib and 580.6/496.3 (m/z) for IS entrectinib (D4). The linearity range was 1–20 ng/ml with a regression coefficient of 0.999. % relative standard deviation of peak areas of all measurements always <2.0. Conclusion: The method was successfully validated and it had been found to be within limits for accuracy, precision, and linearity and it is stable under analytical conditions used.


2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Yan Du ◽  
Hongliang Su ◽  
Jie Cao ◽  
Zhiwen Wei ◽  
Yujin Wang ◽  
...  

Male Sprague-Dawley rats (n=18) were randomly divided into three groups: a saline group (20 mL/kg by gavage), a ketamine (KET) group (100 mg/kg by gavage), and a KET (the same routes and doses) combined with levo-tetrahydropalmatine (l-THP; 40 mg/kg by gavage) group (n=6). Blood samples were acquired at different time points after drug administration. A simple and sensitive ultraperformance liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry (UPLC-MS/MS) method was established to determine the concentrations of KET and its metabolite, norketamine (NK), in rat plasma. Chromatographic separation was achieved using a BEH C18 column (2.1 mm×50 mm, 1.7 μm) with chlorpheniramine maleate (Chlor-Trimeton) as an internal standard (IS). The initial mobile phase consisted of acetonitrile–water with 0.1% methanoic acid (80 : 20, v/v). The multiple reaction monitoring (MRM) modes of m/z 238.1→m/z 179.1 for KET, m/z 224.1→m/z 207.1 for NK, and m/z 275→m/z 230 for Chlor-Trimeton (IS) were utilized to conduct a quantitative analysis. Calibration curves of KET and NK in rat plasma demonstrated good linearity in the range of 2.5–500 ng/mL (r>0.9994), and the lower limit of quantification (LLOQ) was 2.5 ng/mL for both. Moreover, the intra- and interday precision relative standard deviation (RSD) of KET and NK were less than 4.31% and 6.53%, respectively. The accuracies (relative error) of KET and NK were below -1.41% and -6.07%, respectively. The extraction recoveries of KET and NK were more than 81.23±3.45% and 80.42±4.57%, respectively. This sensitive, rapid, and selective UPLC-MS/MS method was successfully applied to study the pharmacokinetic effects of l-THP on KET after gastric gavage. The results demonstrated that l-THP could increase the bioavailability of KET and promote the metabolism of KET. The results showed that l-THP has pharmacokinetics effects on KET in rat plasma.


2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qiong Wang ◽  
Xia Lan ◽  
Zhuofei Zhao ◽  
Xiaohang Su ◽  
Yuji Zhang ◽  
...  

Alpelisib, an oral selective and small-molecule phosphoinositide 3-kinase inhibitor, was lately approved in the United States to treat breast cancer. A sensitive method to quantify alpelisib levels in rat plasma on the basis of ultra-performance liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry technique was established and validated, which was successfully employed to explore the effects of CYP3A4 inhibitors on alpelisib pharmacokinetics in rats. A C18 column named Acquity UPLC BEH C18 was applied to achieve the separation of alpelisib and internal standard duvelisib after protein precipitation with acetonitrile. The mobile phase in this study had two components, namely, acetonitrile and water having 0.1% formic acid, and a program with gradient elution method was used at a flow rate of 0.40 ml/min. Mass spectrometry in a positive multiple reaction monitoring mode was operated. In the scope of 1–5,000 ng/ml, this assay had excellent linearity. Our newly developed assay was verified in all aspects of bioanalytical method validation, involving lower limit of quantification, selectivity, accuracy and precision, calibration curve, extraction recovery, matrix effect, and stability. Then, this assay was used to detect the plasma levels of alpelisib from a drug-drug interaction investigation, where ketoconazole remarkably increased the plasma concentration of alpelisib and changed alpelisib pharmacokinetics more than itraconazole. This study will help better understand the pharmacokinetic properties of alpelisib, and further clinical studies should be done to confirm this result in patients.


2020 ◽  
pp. 1-5
Author(s):  
Jianbo Li ◽  
Yujie Hu ◽  
Yajin Wu ◽  
Tiantian Feng ◽  
Congcong Wen ◽  
...  

Abstract Palmatine is a compound with good water solubility extracted from Coptis chinensis, Fibraurea recisa Pierre, Cortex Phellodendri Chinensis. Palmatine has good antibacterial activity and mainly used for the treatment of bacterial dysentery, gynecological inflammation, surgical infection, and conjunctivitis. It has anti-diabetic, anti-oxidant, and cognitive-enhancing activities. In this study, we used UPLC-MS/MS to determinate palmatine in rat plasma, and investigated its pharmacokinetics. Coptisine was utilized as an internal standard (IS), and acetonitrile precipitation method was used to process the plasma samples. Chromatographic separation was achieved using a UPLC BEH C18 column using mobile phase of acetonitrile- 0.1% formic acid with gradient elution. Electrospray ionization (ESI) tandem mass spectrometry in multiple reaction monitoring (MRM) mode with positive ionization was applied. The results indicated that within the range of 1–500 ng/mL, linearity of palmatine in rat plasma was acceptable (r > 0.995), and the lower limit of quantification (LLOQ) was 1 ng/mL. Intra-day and inter-day precision RSD of palmatine in rat plasma were less than 14%. Accuracy range was between 93.7 and 107.1%, and matrix effect was between 101.6 and 109.4%. The method was successfully applied in the pharmacokinetics of palmatine in rats after oral and intravenous administration. The absolute bioavailability of the palmatine was 15.5% in rats.


Author(s):  
Yonghui Shen ◽  
Deru Meng ◽  
Feifei Chen ◽  
Hui Jiang ◽  
Liming Hu ◽  
...  

AbstractSarecycline is a narrow-spectrum antibiotic for the treatment of acne, which is a chronic inflammatory disease of the hair follicle sebaceous glands. In the study, UPLC-MS/MS was used to establish a rapid and accurate analytical method. The sarecycline was determined with poziotinib as internal standard (IS) in rat plasma. An ACQUITY UPLC HSS T3 column (2.1 × 100 mm, 1.8 μm) could performe chromatographic separation with the mobile phase (methanol: water of 0.1% formic acid) with gradient elution. The ions of target fragment were m/z 488.19→410.14 for sarecycline and m/z 492.06→354.55 for poziotinib, which could quantify the electrospray ionization of positive multiple reaction monitoring (MRM) mode. The linear calibration curve of the concentration range was 1–1,000 ng/mL for sarecycline with a lower limit of quantification (LLOQ) of 1 ng/mL. The mean recovery was between 82.46 and 95.85% for sarecycline and poziotinib in rat plasma. RSD for precision of inter-day and intra-day were between 3.24 and 13.36%, and the accuracy ranged from 105.26 to 109.75%. The developed and validated method was perfectly used in the pharmacokinetic study and bioavailability of sarecycline after intravenous and oral administration in rats.


2020 ◽  
Vol 32 (4) ◽  
pp. 260-263
Author(s):  
Haichao Zhan ◽  
Zhen Wei ◽  
Ke Ren ◽  
Shuhua Tong ◽  
Xianqin Wang ◽  
...  

Isocorynoxeine is one of the main alkaloids in Chinese medicinal herbs, and has pharmacological activities such as antihypertensive, sedative, anticonvulsant, and neuronal protection. It is an effective component of Uncaria for the treatment of hypertension. In this study, we used a fast and sensitive ultra-performance liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry (UPLC–MS/MS) to detect isocorynoxeine in rat plasma and investigated its pharmacokinetics in rats. Six rats were given isocorynoxeine (15 mg/kg) by intraperitoneal (i.p.) administration. Blood (100 μL) was withdrawn from the caudal vein at 5 and 30 min and 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 12, and 24 h after administration. Chromatographic separation was achieved using a UPLC BEH C18 column using a mobile phase of acetonitrile–0.1% formic acid with gradient elution. Electrospray ionization (ESI) tandem mass spectrometry in the multiple reaction monitoring (MRM) mode with positive ionization was applied. Intra-day and inter-day precisions (relative standard deviation, %RSD) of isocorynoxeine in rat plasma were lower than 12%. The method was successfully applied in the pharmacokinetics of isocorynoxeine in rats after intraperitoneal administration. The t1/2 of isocorynoxeine is 4.9 ± 2.1 h, which indicates quick elimination.


Molecules ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 24 (21) ◽  
pp. 3953 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhao ◽  
Tan ◽  
Chen ◽  
Sun ◽  
Wang ◽  
...  

As a novel monoterpenoid indole alkaloid, gardneramine has been confirmed to possess excellent nervous depressive effects. However, there have been no reports about the measurement of gardneramine in vitro and in vivo. The motivation of this study was to establish and validate a specific, sensitive, and robust analytical method based on UHPLC-MS/MS for quantification of gardneramine in rat plasma and various tissues after intravenous administration. The analyte was extracted from plasma and tissue samples by protein precipitation with methanol using theophylline as an internal standard (I.S.). The analytes were separated on an Agilent ZORBAX Eclipse Plus C18 column using a gradient elution of acetonitrile and 0.1% formic acid in water at a flow rate of 0.3 mL/min. Gardneramine and I.S. were detected and quantified using positive electrospray ionization in multiple reaction monitoring (MRM) mode with transitions of m/z 413.1→217.9 for gardneramine and m/z 181.2→124.1 for I.S.. Perfect linearity range was 1–2000 ng/mL with a correlation coefficient (r2) of ≥0.990. The lower limit of quantification (LLOQ) of 1.0 ng/mL was adequate for application to different preclinical studies. The method was successfully applied for determination of gardneramine in bio-samples.


2009 ◽  
Vol 55 (6) ◽  
pp. 1196-1202 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas M Annesley ◽  
Larry T Clayton

Abstract Background: Iohexol is an iodinated contrast dye that has been shown to be useful in the estimation of glomerular filtration rate (GFR) in patients with suspected renal insufficiency. We developed and validated an ultraperformance liquid chromatography (UPLC)–triple quadrupole mass spectrometry (MS/MS) assay for quantifying iohexol in human serum. Methods: Sample preparation involved dilution of 50 μL serum with 400 μL water, followed by protein precipitation with zinc sulfate and methanol containing the structural analog ioversol as the internal standard. After 1:20 dilution of the supernatant with water, 5 μL was injected into the UPLC-MS/MS system. Chromatography was performed using a Waters Oasis HLB 5-μm particle size, 2.1 × 20 mm column maintained at 50 °C. We used a 1-step acetonitrile/0.1% formic acid gradient to elute the compounds of interest at a common retention time of 0.96 min. The multiple reaction monitoring transitions used for integration and quantification were m/z 821.7→803.7 for iohexol and m/z 807.9→589.0 for ioversol in the electrospray positive ionization mode. Results: The assay was linear from 2.5 mg/L (lower limit of quantification) to 1500 mg/L iohexol, with a mean extraction efficiency of &gt;99%. Recovery of nominal target concentrations was 99%–102%. Interassay imprecision ranged from 7.9% at a concentration of 2.5 mg/L to 4.1% at 1000 mg/L. Ion suppression studies showed no matrix effects on the ionization of the 2 compounds. Conclusions: This rapid UPLC-MS/MS method can be successfully used for quantifying iohexol in human serum. .


Molecules ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 25 (9) ◽  
pp. 2039
Author(s):  
Na Yoon Kim ◽  
Yong-Chul Kim ◽  
Yoon Gyoon Kim

This study aimed to develop and validate a sensitive liquid chromatography-coupled tandem mass spectrometry method for the quantification of LDD-2614, an indirubin derivative and novel FLT3 inhibitor, in rat plasma. In addition, the developed analytical method was applied to observe the pharmacokinetic properties of LDD-2614. Chromatographic separation was achieved on a Luna omega C18 column using a mixture of water and acetonitrile, both containing 0.1% formic acid. Quantitation was performed using positive electrospray ionization in a multiple reaction monitoring (MRM) mode. The MRM transitions were optimized as m/z 426.2→113.1 for LDD-2614 and m/z 390.2→113.1 for LDD-2633 (internal standard), and the lower limit of quantification (LLOQ) for LDD-2614 was determined as 0.1 ng/mL. Including the LLOQ, the nine-point calibration curve was linear with a correlation coefficient greater than 0.9991. Inter- and intraday accuracies (RE) ranged from −3.19% to 8.72%, and the precision was within 9.02%. All validation results (accuracy, precision, matrix effect, recovery, stability, and dilution integrity) met the acceptance criteria of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the Korea Ministry of Food and Drug Safety guidelines. The proposed method was validated and demonstrated to be suitable for the quantification of LDD-2614 for pharmacokinetics studies.


Author(s):  
Jianwei Han ◽  
Wenbo Zhu ◽  
Ling Yu ◽  
Yajun Chen ◽  
Gaosong Wu ◽  
...  

AbstractA rapid, sensitive and convenient method based on ultra-high performance liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry (UHPLC-MS/MS) was developed and validated for the simultaneous quantification of calycosin-7-O-β-d-glucoside (CCSG), ononin, calycosin, (6aR,11aR)-9,10-dimethoxypterocarpan-3-O-β-d-glucopyanoside (DPPG), and 7,2′-dihydroxy-3′,4′-dimethoxyisoflavan-7-O-β-d-glucopyanoside (DIFG) in rat plasma after oral administration of the methanol extraction from Radix Astragali. Theophylline played the role of internal standard (IS). Preparation of plasma samples by liquid-liquid extraction method with ethyl acetate after precipitation of protein with methanol. The analytes were detected with a triple quadrupole tandem mass spectrometery (MS) in multiple reaction monitoring (MRM) mode and a positive ion electrospray ionization (ESI). The method was validated with the concentration ranges of 1.96–62.69 ng/mL for CCSG, 1.70–54.5 ng/mL for ononin, 1.85–59.06 ng/mL for calycosin, 2.14–137.24 ng/mL for DPPG and1.96–125.25 ng/mL for DIFG, respectively. The method had the lower limit of quantification (LLOQ) with 0.49, 0.21, 0.92, 1.07, and 0.98 ng/mL for CCSG, ononin, calycosin, DPPG and DIFG respectively, and the precision less than 10%. The RSD of the accuracy was in the range of −4.35–8.91%. The results may be helpful to provide more accurate references to clinical application of this herb.


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