title: A highly sensitive high-performance liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry method for quantification of fludarabine triphosphate in leukemic cells.
abstract: A high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC)-mass spectrometry (MS) method has been developed for the analysis of 9-beta-D-arabinofuranosyl-2-fluoroadenine 5'-triphosphate (F-ara-ATP) from biological samples. Quantification is carried out by selected ion monitoring of the parent ion. Baseline separation of the monophosphate (F-ara-AMP) and diphosphate (F-ara-ADP) is achieved using the volatile ion-pairing reagent dimethylhexylamine. This method is selective and sensitive with an on-column detection limit of approximately 50 fmol. It also permits simultaneous monitoring of endogenous adenosine phosphates. The utility of the assay has been demonstrated by the analysis of F-ara-ATP in human leukemic cells after incubation with 9-beta-D-arabinosyl-2-fluoroadenine (F-ara-A) at clinically relevant concentrations.
authors.affiliation: Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA 98109, USA.
authors.forename: Thomas F
authors.initials: TF
authors.lastname: Kalhorn
authors.forename: Aaron G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Ren
authors.forename: John T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Slattery
authors.forename: Jeannine S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: McCune
authors.forename: Joanne
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000097:blood*; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D019169:Jurkat Cells; D007938:Leukemia / Q000097:blood* / Q000473:pathology; D013058:Mass Spectrometry / Q000379:methods*; D012015:Reference Standards; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D014740:Vidarabine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D014740:Vidarabine; C024352:fludarabine