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Rigo-Bonnin R, García-Tejada L, Mas-Bosch V, Imaz A, Manuel Tiraboschi J, Scévola S, Niubó J, Navarro-Alcaraz A, Podzamczer D. Development and validation of equilibrium dialysis UHPLC-MS/MS measurement procedures for total and unbound concentrations of bictegravir, dolutegravir, darunavir and doravirine in human plasma. Application to patients with HIV. Clin Chim Acta 2024; 552:117678. [PMID: 38042460 DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2023.117678] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2023] [Revised: 11/03/2023] [Accepted: 11/20/2023] [Indexed: 12/04/2023]
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BACKGROUND Fixed-dose combinations of antiretroviral drugs are commonly used to treat HIV infection and therapeutic monitoring is not part of routine clinical practice. However, drug concentrations monitoring might have role in different clinical scenarios as well as for research purposes. This study aimed to develop and validate UHPLC-MS/MS procedures for measuring total and unbound concentrations of bictegravir, dolutegravir, darunavir and doravirine in human plasma. MATERIAL AND METHODS Equilibrium dialysis preceded sample preparation (based on protein precipitation) for measuring unbound antiretroviral concentrations. Chromatographic separations were achieved on an Acquity®-UPLC® HSS™-T3 column (50 mm × 2.1 mm; 1.8 µm) using a non-linear water/acetonitrile gradient containing 0.1 % formic acid at a 0.5 mL/min flow rate. Antiretrovirals were detected by tandem mass spectrometry in positive electrospray ionisation and multiple reaction monitoring modes. RESULTS No significant interferences or carry-over were observed. Imprecisions, absolute relative biases, normalised matrix effects and recoveries were ≤15.0 %, ≤11.1 %, (94.7-104.1)% and (96.7-105.5)%, respectively. Non-linear measuring intervals were observed between (25-10,000) µg/L for total/plasma dialysate concentrations and linearity schemes (1.00-100) µg/L for buffer dialysate concentrations. CONCLUSIONS The UHPLC-MS/MS procedures developed could be used for research purposes and therapeutic drug monitoring of antiretrovirals in routine clinical practice.
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- Raúl Rigo-Bonnin
- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Bellvitge University Hospital, Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), University of Barcelona, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain.
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Bellvitge University Hospital, Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), University of Barcelona, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Bellvitge University Hospital, Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), University of Barcelona, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain
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- Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and Sexually Transmitted Infection (STI) Unit, Department of Infectious Diseases, Bellvitge University Hospital, Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), University of Barcelona, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain
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- Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and Sexually Transmitted Infection (STI) Unit, Department of Infectious Diseases, Bellvitge University Hospital, Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), University of Barcelona, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain
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- Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and Sexually Transmitted Infection (STI) Unit, Department of Infectious Diseases, Bellvitge University Hospital, Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), University of Barcelona, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Microbiology, Bellvitge University Hospital, Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), University of Barcelona, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain
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- Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and Sexually Transmitted Infection (STI) Unit, Department of Infectious Diseases, Bellvitge University Hospital, Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), University of Barcelona, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain; Microbial Genomics Group, IrsiCaixa-Institut de Recerca de la SIDA, Badalona, Spain
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- Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and Sexually Transmitted Infection (STI) Unit, Department of Infectious Diseases, Bellvitge University Hospital, Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), University of Barcelona, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain; FLScience, Fight Infections Foundation, Badalona, Spain
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Klock E, Kane MP, Musteata FM. Measurement of free fraction, total concentration and protein binding for testosterone, triiodothyronine and thyroxine. Bioanalysis 2023; 15:1355-1368. [PMID: 37847058 PMCID: PMC10619191 DOI: 10.4155/bio-2023-0126] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2023] [Accepted: 09/20/2023] [Indexed: 10/18/2023] Open
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Aims: Measuring the total and free concentrations of hormones is useful, but the technology to do this simultaneously is lacking. Methods: A new method offers the ability to measure these parameters concurrently for testosterone, thyroxine and triiodothyronine. Results: The free concentrations showed significant correlations with patients' vital statistics. Overall, 67% of correlations for total concentration showed that the new and classical methods had equal accuracy, or that comprehensive ultrafiltration was more accurate. The protein binding term was found to correlate significantly with the patients' luteinizing hormone, prostate-specific antigen and height. Conclusion: Comprehensive ultrafiltration for measuring the total concentration, free concentration and protein binding term uses less sample and is much faster than measuring these parameters with three separate methods.
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- Emily Klock
- Albany College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 106 New Scotland Avenue, Albany, NY 12208, USA
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- Albany College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences, Department of Pharmacy Practice, 106 New Scotland Avenue, Albany, NY 12208, USA
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- Albany College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 106 New Scotland Avenue, Albany, NY 12208, USA
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Dimitrijevic D, Fabian E, Funk-Weyer D, Landsiedel R. Rapid equilibrium dialysis, ultrafiltration or ultracentrifugation? Evaluation of methods to quantify the unbound fraction of substances in plasma. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2023; 651:114-120. [PMID: 36812744 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2023.02.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2023] [Accepted: 02/09/2023] [Indexed: 02/12/2023]
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In pharmacokinetics plasma protein binding (PPB) is a well-established parameter impacting drug disposition. The unbound fraction (fu) is arguably regarded the effective concentration at the target site. Pharmacology and toxicology, increasingly use in vitro models. The translation of in vitro concentrations to in vivo doses can be supported by toxicokinetic modelling, e.g. physiologically based toxicokinetic models (PBTK). PPB of a test substance is an input parameter for PBTK. We compared three methods to quantify fu: rapid equilibrium dialysis (RED), ultrafiltration (UF) and ultracentrifugation (UC) using twelve substances covering a wide range of Log Pow (-0.1 to 6.8) and molecular weights (151 and 531 g/mol): Acetaminophen, Bisphenol A, Caffeine, Colchicine, Fenarimol, Flutamide, Genistein, Ketoconazole, α-Methyltestosterone, Tamoxifen, Trenbolone and Warfarin. After RED and UF separation, three polar substances (Log Pow < 2) were largely unbound (fu > 70%), while more lipophilic substances were largely bound (fu < 33%). Compared to RED or UF, UC resulted in a generally higher fu of lipophilic substances. fu obtained after RED and UF were more consistent with published data. For half of the substances, UC resulted in fu higher than the reference data. UF, RED and both UF and UC, resulted in lower fu of Flutamide, Ketoconazole and Colchicine, respectively. For fu quantifications, the separation method should be selected according to the test substance's properties. Based on our data, RED is suitable for a broader range of substances while UC and UF are suitable for polar substances.
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- Dunja Dimitrijevic
- Free University of Berlin, Institute of Pharmacy, Pharmacology and Toxicology, Königin-Luise-Straße 2-4, 14195, Berlin, Germany.
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- BASF SE, Experimental Toxicology and Ecology, Carl-Bosch-Straße 38, 67063, Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany.
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- BASF SE, Experimental Toxicology and Ecology, Carl-Bosch-Straße 38, 67063, Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany.
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- Free University of Berlin, Institute of Pharmacy, Pharmacology and Toxicology, Königin-Luise-Straße 2-4, 14195, Berlin, Germany; BASF SE, Experimental Toxicology and Ecology, Carl-Bosch-Straße 38, 67063, Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany.
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Determination of unbound piperaquine in human plasma by ultra-high performance liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry. JOURNAL OF CHROMATOGRAPHY OPEN 2022; 2. [PMID: 35531322 PMCID: PMC9068709 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcoa.2022.100042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Piperaquine (PQ) is an antimalarial drug that is highly protein-bound. Variation in plasma protein contents may affect the pharmacokinetic (PK) exposure of unbound drug, leading to alteration of clinical outcomes. All published methods for determination of PQ in human plasma measure the total PQ including both bound and unbound PQ to plasma proteins. There is no published method for unbound PQ determination. Here we report an ultra-high performance liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry (UHPLC-MS/MS) method for determination of PQ in human plasma filtrate prepared by filtering human plasma through Millipore Microcon® centrifugal filters (10k NMWL). The filter cup had to be treated with 5% benzalkonium chloride to reduce non-specific binding to the filter devices before filtration of plasma samples. Multiple reactions monitoring (MRM) of the ion pairs m/z 535/288 for PQ and m/z 541/294 for the internal standard (IS) was selected for quantification. When electrospray ionization (ESI+) was used, paradoxical matrix effect was observed despite the structure similarity of the deuterated IS: Ion suppression for PQ versus ion enhancement for the PQ-d6, even though they were closely eluted: 0.62 min versus 0.61 min. Separation was achieved on Evo C18 column (50 × 2.1 mm, 1.7 μm, Phenomenex Inc.) eluted with 10 mM NH4OH and MeCN. When atmospheric pressure chemical ionization in positive mode (APCI+) was used for ion source, matrix effect diminished. Separation was achieved on a PFP column (30 × 2.1 mm, 1.7 μm, Waters, Corp.) eluted with aqueous 20 mM ammonium formate 0.14% trifluoroacetic acid (A) and methanol-acetonitrile (4:1, v/v) containing 0.1% trifluoroacetic acid (B) at 0.8 mL/min flow rate in a gradient mode: 30–30–80–80–30–30%B (0–0.1–1.0–1.40–1.41–1.50 min). The retention time was 0.67 min for both PQ and the IS. The method was validated with a linear calibration range from 20 to 5,000 pg/mL and applied to clinical samples.
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Moriyama H, Ogata G, Nashimoto H, Sawamura S, Furukawa Y, Hibino H, Kusuhara H, Einaga Y. A rapid and simple electrochemical detection of the free drug concentration in human serum using boron-doped diamond electrodes. Analyst 2022; 147:4442-4449. [DOI: 10.1039/d2an01037b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Monitoring drug concentration in blood and reflecting this in the dosage are crucial for safe and effective drug treatment.
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- Hideto Moriyama
- Department of Chemistry, Keio University, 3-14-1 Hiyoshi, Yokohama 223-8522, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Keio University, 3-14-1 Hiyoshi, Yokohama 223-8522, Japan
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- Laboratory of Molecular Pharmacokinetics, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- Division of Glocal Pharmacology, Department of Pharmacology, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, 2-2 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Keio University, 3-14-1 Hiyoshi, Yokohama 223-8522, Japan
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- Division of Glocal Pharmacology, Department of Pharmacology, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, 2-2 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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- Laboratory of Molecular Pharmacokinetics, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Keio University, 3-14-1 Hiyoshi, Yokohama 223-8522, Japan
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The Effect of Plasma Protein Binding on the Therapeutic Monitoring of Antiseizure Medications. Pharmaceutics 2021; 13:pharmaceutics13081208. [PMID: 34452168 PMCID: PMC8401952 DOI: 10.3390/pharmaceutics13081208] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2021] [Revised: 07/27/2021] [Accepted: 07/27/2021] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Epilepsy is a widely diffused neurological disorder including a heterogeneous range of syndromes with different aetiology, severity and prognosis. Pharmacological treatments are based on the use, either in mono- or in polytherapy, of antiseizure medications (ASMs), which act at different synaptic levels, generally modifying the excitatory and/or inhibitory response through different action mechanisms. To reduce the risk of adverse effects and drug interactions, ASMs levels should be closely evaluated in biological fluids performing an appropriate Therapeutic Drug Monitoring (TDM). However, many decisions in TDM are based on the determination of the total drug concentration although measurement of the free fraction, which is not bound to plasma proteins, is becoming of ever-increasing importance since it correlates better with pharmacological and toxicological effects. Aim of this work has been to review methodological aspects concerning the evaluation of the free plasmatic fraction of some ASMs, focusing on the effect and the clinical significance that drug-protein binding has in the case of widely used drugs such as valproic acid, phenytoin, perampanel and carbamazepine. Although several validated methodologies are currently available which are effective in separating and quantifying the different forms of a drug, prospective validation studies are undoubtedly needed to better correlate, in real-world clinical contexts, pharmacokinetic monitoring to clinical outcomes.
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Development of a simple and rapid method to determine the unbound fraction of dolutegravir, raltegravir and darunavir in human plasma using ultrafiltration and LC-MS/MS. J Pharm Biomed Anal 2021; 196:113923. [PMID: 33571728 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpba.2021.113923] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2020] [Revised: 01/19/2021] [Accepted: 01/19/2021] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Dolutegravir, raltegravir and darunavir are three antiretroviral drugs widely used in combined antiretroviral therapies. These three drugs are highly bound to plasma proteins. Compared to the total concentration, the concentration of unbound drug which is considered as the only pharmacological active form should be more informative to improve therapeutic drug monitoring in patients to avoid virological failure or toxicity. The aim of the present study was to develop an ultrafiltration protocol and a LC-MS/MS method to simultaneously determine the concentrations of the unbound dolutegravir, raltegravir and darunavir in human plasma. Finally, 150 μL of plasma was ultrafiltrated using Centrifree® ultrafiltration devices with ultracel YM-T membrane (cutoff 30 KDa) during 5 min at 37 °C at 1500 g. Then, 20 μL of the ultrafiltrate were injected into the LC-MS/MS system. The chromatographic separation was carried out on a BEH C18 column using a mobile phase containing deionized water and acetonitrile, both with 0.05 % (v/v) of formic acid, with a gradient elution at a flow rate of 0.5 mL/min. The run time was only 4 min. The calibration curve ranged from 0.5-200 ng/mL for dolutegravir, 1 to 400 ng/mL for raltegravir and 10-4000 ng/mL for darunavir. This method was validated with a good precision (inter- and intra-day CV% lower than 14 %) and a good accuracy (inter- and intra-day bias between -5.6-8.8 %) for all the analytes. This method is simple, reliable and suitable for pharmacokinetic studies.
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Enabling direct and definitive free fraction determination for highly-bound compounds in protein binding assay. J Pharm Biomed Anal 2020; 194:113765. [PMID: 33272788 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpba.2020.113765] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2020] [Revised: 11/09/2020] [Accepted: 11/11/2020] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Protein binding determination for highly-bound compounds using equilibrium dialysis remains a challenge in drug discovery. The reasons are mainly three-fold; 1. due to their slow diffusion rate, highly-bound compounds require a much longer incubation time to reach dialysis equilibrium than typically needed; 2. highly-bound compounds are often hydrophobic and prone to non-specific binding in dialysis; 3. free drug concentration in the post incubation dialysate is too low for reliable analytical quantification. Modified equilibrium dialysis approaches include using diluted plasma for dialysis, or pre-saturating the non-specific binding sites in the dialysis device with compounds of interest prior to dialysis. In this study, we developed a customized equilibrium dialysis assay with an extended incubation time of 24 h, followed by microflow (μF) LC-MS/MS for bioanalysis, for direct and definitive free fraction determination of highly protein-bound compounds. The extended incubation time ensured the dialysis to reach equilibrium and saturating the non-specific binding sites, while μFLC-MS/MS provided far better sensitivity than the conventional LC-MS/MS typically used for post incubation bioanalysis. For a group of commercially available, highly protein-bound compounds, the free fraction data generated by the developed assay correlated very well with the literature values generated with diluted plasma method or pre-saturation method. This novel assay approach has been successfully used to generate protein binding results for highly-bound compounds to support ongoing drug discovery research.
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Metsu D, Lanot T, Fraissinet F, Concordet D, Gayrard V, Averseng M, Ressault A, Martin-Blondel G, Levade T, Février F, Chatelut E, Delobel P, Gandia P. Comparing ultrafiltration and equilibrium dialysis to measure unbound plasma dolutegravir concentrations based on a design of experiment approach. Sci Rep 2020; 10:12265. [PMID: 32703975 PMCID: PMC7378073 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-69102-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2018] [Accepted: 06/30/2020] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Dolutegravir therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) could be improved by measuring the unbound dolutegravir plasma concentration (Cu), particularly in patients experiencing virological failure or toxicity despite achieving appropriate DTG total plasma concentrations. Equilibrium dialysis (ED) is the gold standard to measure Cu, but ED is time consuming, precluding its use in clinical practice. In contrast, ultrafiltration is applicable to TDM, but is sensitive to numerous analytical conditions. In order to evaluate measurements of Cu by ultrafiltration, ultrafiltration conditions were validated by comparison with ED. DTG concentrations were measured by LC–MS/MS. Three ultrafiltration factors (temperature, duration and relative centrifugal force [RCF]) were evaluated and compared to ED (25/37 °C), using a design of experiment strategy. Temperature was found to influence Cu results by ED (p = 0.036) and UF (p = 0.002) when results were analysed with ANOVA. Relative centrifugal force (2000 g) and time (20 min) interacted to influence Cu (p = 0.006), while individually they did not influence Cu (p = 0.88 and p = 0.42 for RCF and time). Ultrafiltration conditions which yielded the most comparable results to ED were 37 °C, 1000 g for 20 min. Ultrafiltration results greatly depended on analytical conditions, confirming the need to validate the method by comparison with ED in order to correctly interpret DTG Cu.
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- David Metsu
- Department of Pharmacokinetics and Toxicology, Toulouse University Hospital, Toulouse, France.,INSERM, CRCT, Toulouse University, UPS, Toulouse, France
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- Department of Pharmacokinetics and Toxicology, Toulouse University Hospital, Toulouse, France
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- Department of Pharmacokinetics and Toxicology, Toulouse University Hospital, Toulouse, France
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- Department of Pharmacokinetics and Toxicology, Toulouse University Hospital, Toulouse, France
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- Department of Pharmacokinetics and Toxicology, Toulouse University Hospital, Toulouse, France
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, University Hospital of Toulouse, Toulouse, France.,Inserm U1043 - CNRS UMR 5282, Toulouse-Purpan Pathophysiology Center, 31173, Toulouse Cedex, France
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- Department of Biochemistry, Toulouse University Hospital, Toulouse, France.,INSERM UMR1037, CRCT (Cancer Research Centre of Toulouse), Toulouse University, UPS, Toulouse, France
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, GCS Ingres-Quercy, Montauban Hospital, Montauban, France
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- INSERM, CRCT, Toulouse University, UPS, Toulouse, France.,Institut Claudius-Regaud, IUCT-Oncopole, Toulouse, France
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, University Hospital of Toulouse, Toulouse, France.,Inserm U1043 - CNRS UMR 5282, Toulouse-Purpan Pathophysiology Center, 31173, Toulouse Cedex, France
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- Department of Pharmacokinetics and Toxicology, Toulouse University Hospital, Toulouse, France. .,INTHERES, INRA, ENVT, Toulouse University, Toulouse, France. .,Laboratoire de Pharmacocinétique Et Toxicologie (Pharmacokinetics and Toxicology Laboratory), Centre Hospitalo-Universitaire Purpan (Purpan University Medical Centre), 330 avenue de Grande-Bretagne, 31059, Toulouse, France.
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Castro TNE, Costa ER, Gonçalves JCS, Estrela RDCE. Pretreatment and non-specific binding in ultrafiltration device: Impact on protease inhibitor quantification. J Chromatogr B Analyt Technol Biomed Life Sci 2020; 1146:122127. [PMID: 32371328 DOI: 10.1016/j.jchromb.2020.122127] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2019] [Revised: 04/22/2020] [Accepted: 04/23/2020] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Ultrafiltration (UF) is used to separate unbound drugs; however, non-specific binding (NSB) may be a limiting factor of this technique. Pretreatment of UF devices has been suggested to reduce NSB. Therefore, the pretreatment methodologies for UF devices were evaluated in order to test their effectiveness in reducing NSB of protease inhibitors (PIs). METHODOLOGY Two PIs (lopinavir-LPV and ritonavir-RTV) were tested. UF devices were pretreated with ultrapure water, Tween-20 or Tween-80. To evaluate the NSB, after UF devices being pretreated, ultrafiltrate solutions containing the analytes at two concentrations (low and high) were used. Samples were quantified by LC-MS/MS. RESULTS UF devices pretreated with Tween-5% had the lowest NSB for both analytes. NSB values varied between 7 and 11% at low concentration 16-34% at high LPV concentration, respectively. For RTV, NSB was approximately 6% for low concentration and 18% for high concentration. Failure to completely remove Tween in UF devices could results in an overestimation of NSB. CONCLUSION Pretreatment of UF device with Tween and subsequent removal proved to be effective in reducing NSB of PI.
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- Thales Nascimento E Castro
- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Saúde Pública e Meio Ambiente, Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública Sergio Arouca, FIOCRUZ, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil; Faculdade de Farmácia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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- Faculdade de Farmácia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Saúde Pública e Meio Ambiente, Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública Sergio Arouca, FIOCRUZ, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil; Faculdade de Farmácia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil; Instituto Nacional de Infectologia Evandro Chagas, FIOCRUZ, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
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Rigo-Bonnin R, Tiraboschi JM, Álvarez-Álvarez M, Pérez-Fernández GA, Sanjuás-Iglesias M, Scévola S, Niubó J, Videla S, Podzamczer D. Measurement of total and unbound bictegravir concentrations in plasma and cerebrospinal fluid by UHPLC-MS/MS. J Pharm Biomed Anal 2020; 185:113250. [PMID: 32199329 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpba.2020.113250] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/02/2020] [Revised: 03/08/2020] [Accepted: 03/09/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Bictegravir is a novel integrase strand transfer inhibitor, administrated in co-formulation with tenofovir alafenamide and emtricitabine (Biktarvy®), indicated in the management of HIV-1 infection in patients not previously treated with antiretroviral therapy. Bictegravir is highly bound to plasma proteins, and this significantly determines its clearance, solubility, and activity. These characteristics are crucial determinants of bictegravir penetration into human body compartments, as the central nervous system. We developed and validated UHPLC-MS/MS procedures to measure total and unbound bictegravir concentrations in plasma and cerebrospinal fluid. Simple protein precipitation with acetonitrile was implemented to prepare plasma and cerebrospinal fluid samples. Sample preparation was preceded by ultrafiltration for measuring unbound bictegravir concentrations. Chromatographic separations were achieved on an Acquity® UHPLC® BEHTM (2.1 × 100 mm id, 1.7 μm) reverse-phase C18 column using an isocratic mobile phase 20:80 (v/v) water/acetonitrile with 0.1% formic. Bictegravir and its internal standard (bictegravir-15N d2) were detected by electrospray ionization mass spectrometry in positive and multiple reaction monitoring modes, using transitions of 450.2→289.2/145.4 and 453.2→289.2, respectively. Ultrafiltration procedures presented non-specific bindings of (8.6 ± 1.2) % for bictegravir in plasma and (26.6 ± 3.1) % for bictegravir in cerebrospinal fluid. Linearity was observed between (10.70-8560) μg/L, (1.07-856.0) μg/L for total and unbound bictegravir in plasma, and 0.107-26.75 μg/L for total and unbound bictegravir in cerebrospinal fluid. Imprecisions, absolute relative biases, normalized-matrix factors, and normalized-recoveries were ≤14.4%, ≤13.8%, (97.4-102.5) %, and (99.8-105.1) %, respectively. No significant interferences and carry-over were observed. The validated UHPLC-MS/MS procedures could be useful for pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic studies.
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- Raúl Rigo-Bonnin
- Laboratori Clínic Department, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge-IDIBELL, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain.
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- HIV and STI Unit, Department of Infectious Diseases, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge-IDIBELL, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain
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- Laboratori Clínic Department, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge-IDIBELL, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain
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- Laboratori Clínic Department, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge-IDIBELL, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain
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- Laboratori Clínic Department, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge-IDIBELL, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain
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- HIV and STI Unit, Department of Infectious Diseases, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge-IDIBELL, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain
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- Microbiology Department, IDIBELL, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain
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- Clinical Research Support Unit, Clinical Pharmacology Department, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge-IDIBELL, University of Barcelona, L'Hospitalet del Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain
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- HIV and STI Unit, Department of Infectious Diseases, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge-IDIBELL, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain
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Märtson AG, Veringa A, Bakker M, van den Heuvel ER, Touw DJ, van der Werf TS, Span LFR, C Alffenaar JW. Posaconazole trough concentrations are not influenced by inflammation: A prospective study. Int J Antimicrob Agents 2019; 53:325-329. [PMID: 30639628 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2019.01.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2018] [Revised: 01/02/2019] [Accepted: 01/08/2019] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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During inflammation, several cytochrome P450 enzymes are downregulated. Recently it was shown that voriconazole metabolism is reduced during inflammation. Posaconazole, another triazole with broad-spectrum antifungal activity, is metabolised only to a limited extent by cytochrome P450 enzymes and to a wider extent by phase 2 enzyme systems. The aim of this study was to investigate posaconazole concentrations during inflammation. Patients aged ≥18 years receiving posaconazole prophylaxis or treatment for fungal infections were enrolled in a prospective observational study. Samples for posaconazole and C-reactive protein (CRP) concentrations were collected routinely for each patient. Longitudinal data analysis was performed to analyse the correlation between posaconazole serum trough concentrations and CRP values, corrected for potential factors that could influence the posaconazole concentration. Between August 2015 and June 2017, 64 patients were recruited to this study. Data for 55 patients (511 posaconazole samples) were included in the final analysis. The overall median posaconazole concentration was 1.8 mg/L [interquartile range (IQR) 1-2.9 mg/L, range 0.1-7.94 mg/L] and the overall median CRP concentration was 23.5 mg/L (IQR 5-75 mg/L, range 0-457 mg/L). Longitudinal data analysis showed that only the posaconazole daily dose (in mg/kg body weight) had a significant influence on posaconazole concentration after correction for other factors (P < 0.0001). Posaconazole concentrations were not influenced by CRP concentrations (P = 0.77). Posaconazole concentrations are not influenced by inflammation, reflected by CRP concentration. Therefore, more frequent therapeutic drug monitoring of posaconazole during inflammation or after an infection subsides is not necessary.
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- Anne-Grete Märtson
- University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacology, P.O. Box 30.001, 9700 RB Groningen, the Netherlands
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- University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacology, P.O. Box 30.001, 9700 RB Groningen, the Netherlands
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- University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Department of Hematology, Groningen, the Netherlands
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- Eindhoven University of Technology, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Eindhoven, the Netherlands
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- University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacology, P.O. Box 30.001, 9700 RB Groningen, the Netherlands
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- University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Department of Internal Medicine, Groningen, the Netherlands; University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Department of Pulmonary Diseases and Tuberculosis, Groningen, the Netherlands
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- University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Department of Hematology, Groningen, the Netherlands
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- University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacology, P.O. Box 30.001, 9700 RB Groningen, the Netherlands.
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Archibald TL, Murrell DE, Brown SD. Chromatographic methods in HIV medicine: Application to therapeutic drug monitoring. Biomed Chromatogr 2018; 32. [PMID: 29240228 DOI: 10.1002/bmc.4170] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2017] [Revised: 12/01/2017] [Accepted: 12/05/2017] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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HIV antiretroviral therapy spans several different drug classes, meant to combat various aspects of viral infection and replication. Many authors have argued the benefits of therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) for the HIV patient including compliance assurance and assessment of appropriate drug concentrations; however, the array of drug chemistries and combinations makes TDM an arduous task. HPLC-UV and LC-MS/MS are both frequent instruments for the quantification of HIV drugs in biological matrices with investigators striving to balance sensitivity and affordability. Plasma, the dominant matrix for these analyses, is prepared using protein precipitation, liquid-liquid extraction or solid-phase extraction depending on the specific complement of analytes. Despite the range of polarities found in drug classes relevant to HIV therapeutics, most chromatographic separations utilize a hydrophobic column (C18 ). Additionally, as the clinically relevant samples for these assays are infected with HIV, along with possible co-infections, another important aspect of sample preparation concerns viral inactivation. Although not routine in clinical practice, many published analytical methods from the previous two decades have demonstrated the ability to conduct TDM in HIV patients receiving various medicinal combinations. This review summarizes the analytical methods relevant to TDM of HIV drugs, while highlighting respective challenges.
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- Timothy L Archibald
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Bill Gatton College of Pharmacy, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Bill Gatton College of Pharmacy, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Bill Gatton College of Pharmacy, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN, USA
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Bionalytical validation study for the determination of unbound ambrisentan in human plasma using rapid equilibrium dialysis followed by ultra performance liquid chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry. J Pharm Biomed Anal 2018; 150:427-435. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jpba.2017.12.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2017] [Revised: 12/13/2017] [Accepted: 12/15/2017] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Metsu D, Lanot T, Fraissinet F, Picot M, Concordet D, Cabrol M, Dubois-Galopin F, Chatelut E, Delobel P, Gandia P. Determination of dolutegravir's unbound fraction in human plasma using validated equilibrium dialysis and LC-MS/MS methods. Clin Chim Acta 2017; 479:56-65. [PMID: 29277535 DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2017.12.034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2017] [Revised: 12/20/2017] [Accepted: 12/21/2017] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Assessment of the unbound pharmacologically active fraction (fu; as the ratio of unbound to total concentration) of dolutegravir could improve therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) in patients that experience virological failure or toxicity, despite receiving adequate total concentrations. This study evaluated (i) dolutegravir's fu through equilibrium dialysis (ED), (ii) the pre-analytical parameters that influence fu, and (iii) fu's inter-individual variability in HIV patients. Validation of the LC-MS/MS method followed FDA guidelines. The results, based on coefficients of variation (results from nominal concentrations <15%), allowed accurate measurement of unbound and total dolutegravir concentrations. Equilibrium during ED was obtained in 4h. Sparse non-specific binding (9%) was observed, allowing results interpretation without interference. Steps before analysis (e.g., conservation at +4°C, freeze/thaw cycles) did not influence fu, allowing easy integration of fu analysis within laboratory routines. Anticoagulants from samples (citrated versus heparinized; p<0.001) and hemolysis (p=0.007) influenced fu and could lead to misinterpretation. Developed was then performed to the HIV-patients' plasma (n=54). Results, expressed as median InterQuartile Range [25%;75%] were 0.45% IQR [0.38; 0.55] for fu, 9.26μg/L IQR [4.62; 15.14] for unbound, and 2035μg/L IQR [878.5; 2640] for total concentration. The high inter-individual variability observed in the unbound form from HIV patients was a first step towards integrating dolutegravir TDM.
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- David Metsu
- Department of Pharmacokinetic and Toxicology, Toulouse University Hospital, France; INSERM, CRCT, Toulouse University, UPS, Toulouse, France
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- Department of Pharmacokinetic and Toxicology, Toulouse University Hospital, France
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- Department of Pharmacokinetic and Toxicology, Toulouse University Hospital, France
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- Department of Pharmacokinetic and Toxicology, Toulouse University Hospital, France
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- INRA, Toxalim, INP-ENVT, Toulouse University, UPS, Toulouse, France
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- Department of Pharmacokinetic and Toxicology, Toulouse University Hospital, France
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- INSERM, CRCT, Toulouse University, UPS, Toulouse, France; Institut Claudius-Regaud, IUCT-Oncopole, Toulouse, France
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- INSERM, UMR1043, Toulouse University, UPS, Toulouse, France; Department of Infectious Diseases, University Hospital of Toulouse, France
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- Department of Pharmacokinetic and Toxicology, Toulouse University Hospital, France; INRA, Toxalim, INP-ENVT, Toulouse University, UPS, Toulouse, France.
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Łuszczyńska P, Pawiński T, Kunicki PK, Sikorska K, Marszałek R. Free mycophenolic acid determination in human plasma ultrafiltrate by a validated liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry method. Biomed Chromatogr 2017; 31. [DOI: 10.1002/bmc.3976] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2016] [Revised: 02/17/2017] [Accepted: 03/14/2017] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Paulina Łuszczyńska
- Department of Drug Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy; Medical University of Warsaw; Banacha 1, 02-097 Warsaw Poland
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- Department of Drug Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy; Medical University of Warsaw; Banacha 1, 02-097 Warsaw Poland
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- Department of Drug Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy; Medical University of Warsaw; Banacha 1, 02-097 Warsaw Poland
- Clinical Pharmacology Unit, Department of Medical Biology, (previous name: Department of Clinical Biochemistry); Institute of Cardiology; Alpejska 42, 04-628 Warsaw Poland
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- Department of Drug Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy; Medical University of Warsaw; Banacha 1, 02-097 Warsaw Poland
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- Department of Bioanalysis and Drugs Analysis, Faculty of Pharmacy; Medical University of Warsaw; Banacha 1, 02-097 Warsaw Poland
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Stępnik KE, Malinowska I, Maciejewska M. A new application of micellar liquid chromatography in the determination of free ampicillin concentration in the drug-human serum albumin standard solution in comparison with the adsorption method. Talanta 2016; 153:1-7. [PMID: 27130082 DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2016.02.045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2015] [Revised: 02/15/2016] [Accepted: 02/19/2016] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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The determination of free drug concentration is a very important issue in the field of pharmacology because only the unbound drug fraction can achieve a pharmacological effect. Due to the ability to solubilize many different compounds in micellar aggregates, micellar liquid chromatography (MLC) can be used for direct determination of free drug concentration. Proteins are not retained on the stationary phase probably due to the formation of protein - surfactant complexes which are excluded from the pores of stationary phase. The micellar method is simple and fast. It does not require any pre-preparation of the tested samples for analysis. The main aim of this paper is to demonstrate a completely new applicability of the analytical use of MLC concerning the determination of free drug concentration in the standard solution of human serum albumin. The well-known adsorption method using RP-HPLC and the spectrophotometric technique was applied as the reference method. The results show that the free drug concentration value obtained in the MLC system (based on the RP-8 stationary phase and CTAB) is similar to that obtained by the adsorption method: both RP-HPLC (95.83μgmL(-1), 79.86% of free form) and spectrophotometry (95.71μgmL(-1), 79.76%). In the MLC the free drug concentration was 93.98μgmL(-1) (78.3%). This indicates that the obtained results are within the analytical range of % of free ampicillin fraction and the MLC with direct sample injection can be treated like a promising method for the determination of free drug concentration.
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- Katarzyna E Stępnik
- Faculty of Chemistry, Chair of Physical Chemistry, Department of Planar Chromatography, Maria Curie - Skłodowska University, M. Curie - Skłodowska Sq. 3, 20-031 Lublin, Poland.
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- Faculty of Chemistry, Chair of Physical Chemistry, Department of Planar Chromatography, Maria Curie - Skłodowska University, M. Curie - Skłodowska Sq. 3, 20-031 Lublin, Poland
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- Faculty of Chemistry, Department of Polymer Chemistry, Maria Curie - Skłodowska University, Gliniana St. 33, 20-614 Lublin, Poland
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