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An effective QWBA/UHPLC-MS/tissue punch approach: solving a pharmacokinetic issue via quantitative Met-ID

Journal Article · · Drug Metabolism Letters
Methods to provide absolute quantitation of the administered drug and corresponding metabolites in tissue in a spatially resolved manner is a challenging but much needed necessity in pharmaceutical research. Quantitative whole-body autoradiography (QWBA) after a single-dose intravenous (3 mg/kg) and extravascular (30 mg/kg) administrations of an in vitro metabolically stable test compound (structure not reported here) indicated quick tissue distribution and excretion. Good bioavailability and short in vivo half-lives were determined formerly for the same test compound. For closing gaps in the understanding of pharmacokinetic data and in vitro results, radioactive hot spots on whole-body tissue sections had been profiled. Punches from selected tissue regions containing high radioactivity in the tissue sections previously analyzed by QWBA were extracted by a highly organic solvent and analyzed without any consecutive sample preparation step, applying ultra high performance liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (UHPLC-MS) and off-line radioanalysis to maximize signal levels for metabolite identification and profiling. The analysis revealed that the test compound was metabolized intensively by phase I reactions in vivo and the metabolites formed were excreted in bile and in urine. The predominant metabolites showed abundant signal intensities both by MS and by radioanalysis but the MS signal intensities generally underestimated the real abundances of metabolites relative to the unchanged drug. In this work we illustrate that maximizing the sensitivity of tissue punch radioanalysis and the combination with UHPLC-MS leads to a better insight of pharmacokinetic processes by providing quantitative data with high molecular selectivity.
Research Organization:
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER)
Grant/Contract Number:
AC05-00OR22725
OSTI ID:
1820830
Journal Information:
Drug Metabolism Letters, Journal Name: Drug Metabolism Letters Journal Issue: 2 Vol. 14; ISSN 1872-3128
Publisher:
Bentham Science PublishersCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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