title: Simultaneous quantification of nicotine, opioids, cocaine, and metabolites in human fetal postmortem brain by liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry.
abstract: A validated method for simultaneous LCMSMS quantification of nicotine, cocaine, 6-acetylmorphine (6AM), codeine, and metabolites in 100 mg fetal human brain was developed and validated. After homogenization and solid-phase extraction, analytes were resolved on a Hydro-RP analytical column with gradient elution. Empirically determined linearity was from 5-5,000 pg/mg for cocaine and benzoylecgonine (BE), 25-5,000 pg/mg for cotinine, ecgonine methyl ester (EME) and 6AM, 50-5000 pg/mg for trans-3-hydroxycotinine (OH-cotinine) and codeine, and 250-5,000 pg/mg for nicotine. Potential endogenous and exogenous interferences were resolved. Intra- and inter-assay analytical recoveries were > or = 92%, intra- and inter-day and total assay imprecision were < or = 14% RSD and extraction efficiencies were > or = 67.2% with < or = 83% matrix effect. Method applicability was demonstrated with a postmortem fetal brain containing 40 pg/mg cotinine, 65 pg/mg OH-cotinine, 13 pg/mg cocaine, 34 pg/mg EME, and 525 pg/mg BE. This validated method is useful for determination of nicotine, opioid, and cocaine biomarkers in brain.
authors.affiliation: Chemistry and Drug Metabolism, Intramural Research Program, National Institute on Drug Abuse, Biomedical Research Center, 251 Bayview Boulevard Suite 5A721, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA.
authors.forename: Diaa M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Shakleya
authors.forename: Marilyn A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Huestis
mesh_terms: D000701:Analgesics, Opioid / Q000032:analysis*; D001921:Brain / Q000196:embryology / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D002853:Chromatography, Liquid / Q000379:methods; D003042:Cocaine / Q000032:analysis*; D006801:Humans; D009538:Nicotine / Q000032:analysis*; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D053719:Tandem Mass Spectrometry / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: D000701:Analgesics, Opioid; D009538:Nicotine; D003042:Cocaine