title: Analysis of the hypoxia-activated dinitrobenzamide mustard phosphate pre-prodrug PR-104 and its alcohol metabolite PR-104A in plasma and tissues by liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry.
abstract: PR-104 is a dinitrobenzamide mustard pre-prodrug that is activated by reduction to a cytotoxic hydroxylamine metabolite in hypoxic tumour cells; it has recently commenced Phase I clinical trial. Here, we report two validated methods for the determination of PR-104 and its alcohol hydrolysis product, PR-104A in plasma and tissues across species. A high pH LC/MS/MS method was optimised for rapid and sensitive analysis of both analytes in rat, dog and human plasma. This assay was linear over the concentration range 0.005-2.5 microg/ml for PR-104 and 0.05-25 microg/ml for PR-104A (0.005-2.5 microg/ml for rat). A second method, using a low pH LC separation, was designed to provide higher chromatographic resolution, facilitating identification of metabolites. Both methods were successfully applied to the plasma pharmacokinetics of PR-104 and PR-104A in rats. In addition, cytotoxic reduced metabolites of PR-104A were identified in human tumour xenografts by the higher chromatographic resolution method.
authors.affiliation: Auckland Cancer Society Research Centre, University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland, New Zealand.
authors.forename: Kashyap
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Patel
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lewiston
authors.forename: Yongchuan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Gu
authors.forename: Kevin O
authors.initials: KO
authors.lastname: Hicks
authors.forename: William R
authors.initials: WR
authors.lastname: Wilson
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002138:Calibration; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D000860:Hypoxia / Q000378:metabolism*; D051379:Mice; D009588:Nitrogen Mustard Compounds / Q000097:blood / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D012015:Reference Standards; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D053719:Tandem Mass Spectrometry / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D009588:Nitrogen Mustard Compounds; C522381:PR-104