Chiral characterization of deprenyl-N-oxide and other deprenyl metabolites by capillary electrophoresis using a dual cyclodextrin system in rat urine

Electrophoresis. 2003 Aug;24(15):2665-73. doi: 10.1002/elps.200305468.

Abstract

A chiral capillary electrophoresis method has been developed for the simultaneous separation of the enantiomers of deprenyl and eight of its metabolites, among them the recently described metabolite deprenyl-N-oxide. Although heptakis-(2,6-di-O-methyl)-beta-cyclodextrin (DIMEB) was suitable for the enantioresolution of deprenyl and its dealkylated derivatives, the enantiomers of deprenyl-N-oxide were just partly resolved. Carboxymethyl-beta-cyclodextrin (CMBCD) in as low as 2 mM concentration was capable of the enantiomer separation of all the nine examined compounds, however co-migration of 1R,2S-(-)-norephedrine and 1R,2R-(-)-pseudoephedrine, as well as 1S,2R-(+)-ephedrine and R-(-)-amphetamine was observed. This problem could be overcome by the use of a dual cyclodextrin system containing 4 mM DIMEB in addition to 2 mM CMBCD; simultaneous separation of all the compounds could be achieved. The optimized method was used for the analysis of rat urine samples after 10 days of treatment of animals with either R-(-)- or S-(+)-deprenyl. The stereospecific biotransformation of both deprenyl enantiomers was confirmed, and the stereoselectivity of N-oxide formation was demonstrated.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Amphetamine / analysis
  • Amphetamine / isolation & purification
  • Animals
  • Biotransformation
  • Cyclodextrins
  • Electrophoresis, Capillary / methods*
  • Electrophoresis, Capillary / standards
  • Ephedrine / analysis
  • Ephedrine / isolation & purification
  • Male
  • Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitors / metabolism
  • Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitors / urine
  • Phenylpropanolamine / analysis
  • Phenylpropanolamine / isolation & purification
  • Rats
  • Rats, Wistar
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Selegiline / analogs & derivatives
  • Selegiline / metabolism
  • Selegiline / urine*
  • Sensitivity and Specificity
  • Stereoisomerism

Substances

  • Cyclodextrins
  • Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitors
  • deprenyl-N-oxide
  • Selegiline
  • Phenylpropanolamine
  • Amphetamine
  • Ephedrine