Evaluation of a four-channel multiplexed electrospray triple quadrupole mass spectrometer for the simultaneous validation of LC/MS/MS methods in four different preclinical matrixes

Anal Chem. 2001 Apr 15;73(8):1740-7. doi: 10.1021/ac0012694.

Abstract

A four-channel multiplexed electrospray interface on a triple quadrupole mass spectrometer was evaluated for the simultaneous validation of LC/MS/MS methods for the quantitation of loratadine and its metabolite, descarboethoxyloratadine, in four different biological matrixes. The assays were performed in rat, rabbit, mouse, and dog plasma from 1 to 1000 ng/mL using 96-well solid-phase extraction for sample preparation. The limit of quantitation of 1 ng/mL corresponded to 5.56 pg of each analyte injected on-column. For the drug, quality control samples (n = 6 at four concentrations) had precision ranging from 0.967 to 16.0% and accuracy ranging from -8.44 to 10.5% across all four species. For the metabolite, the precision ranged from 0.684 to 11.0% and the accuracy was between 6.36 and -9.06%. Intersprayer cross talk for the multiplexed electrospray ion source was evaluated as a function of analyte concentration and was less than 0.08% at concentrations as high as 1000 ng/mL. These results demonstrate the feasibility of using parallel analysis to reduce the time required for method validation and to increase sample throughput in drug development studies.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid
  • Dogs
  • Histamine H1 Antagonists / blood*
  • Histamine H1 Antagonists / pharmacokinetics
  • Humans
  • Indicators and Reagents
  • Loratadine / blood*
  • Loratadine / pharmacokinetics
  • Mice
  • Rabbits
  • Rats
  • Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization

Substances

  • Histamine H1 Antagonists
  • Indicators and Reagents
  • Loratadine