title: Determination of morphine, morphine-3-glucuronide and morphine-6-glucuronide in monkey and dog plasma by high-performance liquid chromatography-electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry.
abstract: A specific and simultaneous assay of morphine, morphine-3-glucuronide (M-3-G) and morphine-6-glucuronide (M-6-G) in monkey and dog plasma has been developed. These methods are based on rapid isolation using solid phase extraction cartridge, and high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC)-electrospray ionization (ESI)-tandem mass spectrometric (MSMS) detection. Analytes were separated on a semi-micro ODS column in acetonitrile-formic (or acetic) acid mixed solution. The selected reaction monitoring for assay in monkey and dog plasma, as precursor-->product ion combinations of m/z 286-->286 for morphine, m/z 462-->286 for glucuronides and m/z 312-->312 for internal standard (IS, nalorphine) were used. The linearity of morphine, M-3-G and M-6-G was confirmed in the concentration range of 0.5-50, 25-2500, 2.5-250 ng/ml in monkey plasma, 0.5-100, 25-5000, 2.5-500 ng/ml in dog plasma, respectively. The precision of this assay method, expressed as CV, was less than 15% over the entire concentration range with adequate assay accuracy. Therefore, the HPLC-ESI-MSMS method is useful for the determination of morphine, M-3-G and M-6-G with sufficient sensitivity and specificity in pharmacokinetic studies.
authors.affiliation: Analytical Development Laboratory, Tanabe Seiyaku Co., Ltd., 16-89, Kashima 3-chome, Yodogawa-ku, Osaka 532-8505, Japan. mmabuchi@tanabe.co.jp
authors.forename: Masanari
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mabuchi
authors.forename: Satomi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Takatsuka
authors.forename: Masayuki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Matsuoka
authors.forename: Kozo
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tagawa
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid / Q000379:methods; D004285:Dogs; D000882:Haplorhini; D009020:Morphine / Q000097:blood* / Q000737:chemistry; D009022:Morphine Derivatives / Q000097:blood* / Q000737:chemistry; D021241:Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D009022:Morphine Derivatives; C035349:morphine-6-glucuronide; D009020:Morphine; C018108:morphine-3-glucuronide