title: Ultra-fast quantitative bioanalysis of a pharmaceutical compound using liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry.
abstract: This paper describes the ultra-fast determination of a pharmaceutical compound using TurboIonSpray LC-MS-MS on an API 4000 mass spectrometer. Sample preparation consisted of plasma protein precipitation, centrifugation and dilution of the supernatant. The use of small analytical column dimensions (2.1 mm x 10 mm) and high eluent flow rates (up to 2.2 ml/min) in isocratic mode led to a retention time of 9s. A sample-to-sample cycle time of only 10s was achieved by coupling two autosamplers. Partial separation of the drug and its main metabolite could be obtained. The d5-labeled drug used as internal standard compensated for matrix suppression effects. The assay was linear in the concentration range 1-1000 ng/ml, using standards prepared in human plasma. Inter-assay accuracy and precision were 98.5 and 6.2%, respectively. Mean intra-assay accuracy and precision calculated from quality control (QC) samples in human, rat and dog plasma at 3, 30 and 800 ng/ml were 100.8 and 3.8%, respectively. The ultra-fast LC-MS-MS method was successfully cross-validated against a commonly used column-switching LC-MS-MS assay with 2.3 min run time by analyzing real study samples.
authors.affiliation: F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd., Pharmaceuticals Division, Non-Clinical Drug Safety, Bioanalytical Section, Grenzacherstrasse, Building 68/101, CH-4070 Basel, Switzerland. katja.heinig@roche.com
authors.forename: Katja
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Heinig
authors.forename: Franz
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bucheli
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid / Q000379:methods*; D004285:Dogs; D006801:Humans; D013058:Mass Spectrometry / Q000379:methods*; D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations / Q000032:analysis*; D051381:Rats; D012015:Reference Standards; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity
chemical_list: D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations