title: Development and validation of a sensitive LC/MS/MS method for the simultaneous determination of naloxone and its metabolites in mouse plasma.
abstract: A rapid, specific, and reliable LC-MS/MS based bioanalytical method was developed and validated for the simultaneous determination of naloxone (NLX) and its two metabolites, 6β-naloxol (NLL) and naloxone-3β-D-glucuronide (NLG) in mouse plasma. The optimal chromatographic behavior of these analytes was achieved on an Aquasil C18 column (50 mm × 2.1 mm, 5 μm) using reversed phase chromatography. The total LC analysis time per injection was 2.5 min with a flow rate of 1.0 mL/min with gradient elution. Sample preparation via protein precipitation with acetonitrile in a 96-well format was applied for analyses of these analytes. The analytes were monitored by electrospray ionization in positive ion multiple reaction monitoring (MRM) mode. Modification of collision energy besides chromatographic separation was applied to further eliminate interference peaks for NLL and NLG. The method validation was conducted over the curve range of 0.200/0.400/0.500 to 100/200/250 ng/mL for NLX/NLL/NLG, respectively, using 0.0250 mL of plasma sample. The intra- and inter-day precision and accuracy of the quality control samples at low, medium, and high concentration levels showed ≤ 6.5% relative standard deviation (RSD) and -8.3 to -2.5% relative error (RE). The method was successfully applied to determine the concentrations of NLX, NLL, and NLG in incurred mouse plasma samples.
authors.affiliation: Tongji School of Pharmacy, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 13 Hangkong Road, Wuhan 430030, Hubei, China. jianghlf@gmail.com
authors.forename: Hongliang
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: Yurong
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Manjunath S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Shet
authors.forename: Yang
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Duane
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Zenke
authors.forename: Douglas M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Fast
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D056148:Chromatography, Reverse-Phase / Q000379:methods*; D004355:Drug Stability; D016018:Least-Squares Analysis; D051379:Mice; D009270:Naloxone / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000097:blood* / Q000378:metabolism; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D053719:Tandem Mass Spectrometry / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D009270:Naloxone; C518509:naloxone-3-glucuronide