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Perspective on high-throughput bioanalysis to support in vitro assays in early drug discovery. Bioanalysis 2023; 15:177-191. [PMID: 36917553 DOI: 10.4155/bio-2022-0207] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/16/2023] Open
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As the desire for a shortened design/make/test/learn cycle increases in early drug discovery, the pressure to rapidly deliver drug metabolism pharmacokinetic data continues to rise. From a bioanalytical standpoint, in vitro assays are challenging because they are amenable to automation and thus capable of generating a high number of samples for analysis. To keep up with analysis demands, automated method development workflows, rapid sample analysis approaches and efficient data analysis software must be utilized. This work provides an outline of how we implemented those three aspects to provide bioanalytical support for in vitro drug metabolism pharmacokinetic assays, which include developing hundreds of mass spectrometry methods and analyzing thousands of samples per week, while delivering a median bioanalytical turnaround time of 1-2 business days.
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Shou WZ. Acoustic ejection mass spectrometry: Development, applications, and future perspective. Biomed Chromatogr 2021; 36:e5278. [PMID: 34741338 DOI: 10.1002/bmc.5278] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2021] [Revised: 10/15/2021] [Accepted: 10/22/2021] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Mikhail IE, Tehranirokh M, Gooley AA, Guijt RM, Breadmore MC. Hyphenated sample preparation-electrospray and nano-electrospray ionization mass spectrometry for biofluid analysis. J Chromatogr A 2021; 1646:462086. [PMID: 33892255 DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2021.462086] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2020] [Revised: 03/18/2021] [Accepted: 03/19/2021] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Stand-alone electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (ESI-MS) has been advancing through enhancements in throughput, selectivity and sensitivity of mass spectrometers. Unlike traditional MS techniques which usually require extensive offline sample preparation and chromatographic separation, many sample preparation techniques are now directly coupled with stand-alone MS to enable outstanding throughput for bioanalysis. In this review, we summarize the different sample clean-up and/or analyte enrichment strategies that can be directly coupled with ESI-MS and nano-ESI-MS for the analysis of biological fluids. The overview covers the hyphenation of different sample preparation techniques including solid phase extraction (SPE), solid phase micro-extraction (SPME), slug flow micro-extraction/nano-extraction (SFME/SFNE), liquid extraction surface analysis (LESA), extraction electrospray, extraction using digital microfluidics (DMF), and electrokinetic extraction (EkE) with ESI-MS and nano-ESI-MS.
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- Ibraam E Mikhail
- ARC Training Centre for Portable Analytical Separation Technologies (ASTech), Australia; Australian Centre for Research on Separation Science (ACROSS), School of Natural Sciences (Chemistry), University of Tasmania, Private Bag 75, Hobart, Tasmania 7001, Australia; Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Mansoura University, 35516, Egypt
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- ARC Training Centre for Portable Analytical Separation Technologies (ASTech), Australia; Trajan Scientific and Medical, Ringwood, VIC, 3134, Australia
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- ARC Training Centre for Portable Analytical Separation Technologies (ASTech), Australia; Trajan Scientific and Medical, Ringwood, VIC, 3134, Australia
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- ARC Training Centre for Portable Analytical Separation Technologies (ASTech), Australia; Centre for Regional and Rural Futures, Deakin University, Geelong, VIC, 3220, Australia
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- ARC Training Centre for Portable Analytical Separation Technologies (ASTech), Australia; Australian Centre for Research on Separation Science (ACROSS), School of Natural Sciences (Chemistry), University of Tasmania, Private Bag 75, Hobart, Tasmania 7001, Australia.
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Mikhail IE, Tehranirokh M, Gooley AA, Guijt RM, Breadmore MC. In‐Syringe Electrokinetic Protein Removal from Biological Samples prior to Electrospray Ionization Mass Spectrometry. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202006481] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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- Ibraam E. Mikhail
- ARC Training Centre for Portable Analytical Separation Technologies (ASTech) Australia
- Australian Centre for Research on Separation Science (ACROSS) School of Natural Sciences (Chemistry) University of Tasmania Private Bag 75 Hobart Tasmania 7001 Australia
- Department of Analytical Chemistry Faculty of Pharmacy Mansoura University 35516 Mansoura Egypt
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- ARC Training Centre for Portable Analytical Separation Technologies (ASTech) Australia
- Trajan Scientific and Medical Ringwood VIC 3134 Australia
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- ARC Training Centre for Portable Analytical Separation Technologies (ASTech) Australia
- Trajan Scientific and Medical Ringwood VIC 3134 Australia
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- ARC Training Centre for Portable Analytical Separation Technologies (ASTech) Australia
- Centre for Regional and Rural Futures Deakin University Geelong VIC 3220 Australia
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- ARC Training Centre for Portable Analytical Separation Technologies (ASTech) Australia
- Australian Centre for Research on Separation Science (ACROSS) School of Natural Sciences (Chemistry) University of Tasmania Private Bag 75 Hobart Tasmania 7001 Australia
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Mikhail IE, Tehranirokh M, Gooley AA, Guijt RM, Breadmore MC. In‐Syringe Electrokinetic Protein Removal from Biological Samples prior to Electrospray Ionization Mass Spectrometry. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020; 59:23162-23168. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.202006481] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2020] [Revised: 06/24/2020] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Ibraam E. Mikhail
- ARC Training Centre for Portable Analytical Separation Technologies (ASTech) Australia
- Australian Centre for Research on Separation Science (ACROSS) School of Natural Sciences (Chemistry) University of Tasmania Private Bag 75 Hobart Tasmania 7001 Australia
- Department of Analytical Chemistry Faculty of Pharmacy Mansoura University 35516 Mansoura Egypt
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- ARC Training Centre for Portable Analytical Separation Technologies (ASTech) Australia
- Trajan Scientific and Medical Ringwood VIC 3134 Australia
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- ARC Training Centre for Portable Analytical Separation Technologies (ASTech) Australia
- Trajan Scientific and Medical Ringwood VIC 3134 Australia
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- ARC Training Centre for Portable Analytical Separation Technologies (ASTech) Australia
- Centre for Regional and Rural Futures Deakin University Geelong VIC 3220 Australia
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- ARC Training Centre for Portable Analytical Separation Technologies (ASTech) Australia
- Australian Centre for Research on Separation Science (ACROSS) School of Natural Sciences (Chemistry) University of Tasmania Private Bag 75 Hobart Tasmania 7001 Australia
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Heinle L, Sulaiman K, Olson A, Ruterbories K. A homologous series of internal standards for near universal application in the discovery LC-MS/MS bioanalytical laboratory. J Pharm Biomed Anal 2020; 190:113578. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jpba.2020.113578] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2020] [Revised: 08/11/2020] [Accepted: 08/12/2020] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Shou WZ. Current status and future directions of high-throughput ADME screening in drug discovery. J Pharm Anal 2020; 10:201-208. [PMID: 32612866 PMCID: PMC7322755 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpha.2020.05.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2020] [Revised: 05/14/2020] [Accepted: 05/14/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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During the last decade high-throughput in vitro absorption, distribution, metabolism and excretion (HT-ADME) screening has become an essential part of any drug discovery effort of synthetic molecules. The conduct of HT-ADME screening has been "industrialized" due to the extensive development of software and automation tools in cell culture, assay incubation, sample analysis and data analysis. The HT-ADME assay portfolio continues to expand in emerging areas such as drug-transporter interactions, early soft spot identification, and ADME screening of peptide drug candidates. Additionally, thanks to the very large and high-quality HT-ADME data sets available in many biopharma companies, in silico prediction of ADME properties using machine learning has also gained much momentum in recent years. In this review, we discuss the current state-of-the-art practices in HT-ADME screening including assay portfolio, assay automation, sample analysis, data processing, and prediction model building. In addition, we also offer perspectives in future development of this exciting field.
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- Wilson Z. Shou
- Bristol-Myers Squibb, PO Box 4000, Princeton, NJ, 08540, USA
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Winter M, Bretschneider T, Thamm S, Kleiner C, Grabowski D, Chandler S, Ries R, Kley JT, Fowler D, Bartlett C, Binetti R, Broadwater J, Luippold AH, Bischoff D, Büttner FH. Chemical Derivatization Enables MALDI-TOF-Based High-Throughput Screening for Microbial Trimethylamine (TMA)-Lyase Inhibitors. SLAS DISCOVERY 2019; 24:766-777. [PMID: 31059309 DOI: 10.1177/2472555219838216] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Microbial-dependent trimethylamine (TMA) generation from dietary precursors such as choline was recently linked to cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) as well as chronic kidney disease (CKD). Inhibition of TMA-generating enzymes in gut bacteria would be an innovative approach to treat these diseases. The potential to accurately quantify secreted TMA levels highlights the capacity of mass spectrometry (MS) for tracking microbial TMA-lyase activity. However, high-throughput screening (HTS) by conventional MS instrumentation is hampered by limited sample throughput. Recent advancement in liquid handling and instrumentation of matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight (MALDI-TOF) MS provides an HTS-compatible MS technology. The deciphering of enzymatic reactions using this label-free readout has been successfully applied but has thus far been limited to peptide/protein-centric activity assays. Here, we demonstrate the versatile applicability of MALDI-TOF by tracking a small molecule within a highly complex sample background. The key to success for this concept was chemical derivatization of the target molecule enabling quantitative assessment of microbial TMA formation. Further, its potential was demonstrated in a side-by-side comparison to RapidFire-MS in a primary screen and subsequent dose-response experiments. Overall, the established assay enables the screening for microbial TMA-lyase inhibitors and serves as a proof of concept for the applicability of MALDI-TOF for demanding assay concepts per se.
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- Martin Winter
- 1 Drug Discovery Sciences, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KG, Biberach an der Riß, Germany
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- 1 Drug Discovery Sciences, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KG, Biberach an der Riß, Germany
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- 1 Drug Discovery Sciences, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KG, Biberach an der Riß, Germany
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- 1 Drug Discovery Sciences, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KG, Biberach an der Riß, Germany
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- 1 Drug Discovery Sciences, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KG, Biberach an der Riß, Germany
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- 1 Drug Discovery Sciences, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KG, Biberach an der Riß, Germany
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- 1 Drug Discovery Sciences, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KG, Biberach an der Riß, Germany
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- 2 Medicinal Chemistry, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KG, Biberach an der Riß, Germany
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- 3 Cardiometabolic Diseases Research, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Ridgefield, CT, USA
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- 3 Cardiometabolic Diseases Research, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Ridgefield, CT, USA
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- 4 Cancer Immunology & Immune Modulation, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Ridgefield, CT, USA
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- 3 Cardiometabolic Diseases Research, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Ridgefield, CT, USA
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- 1 Drug Discovery Sciences, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KG, Biberach an der Riß, Germany
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- 1 Drug Discovery Sciences, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KG, Biberach an der Riß, Germany
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- 1 Drug Discovery Sciences, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KG, Biberach an der Riß, Germany
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Tascon M, Singh V, Huq M, Pawliszyn J. Direct Coupling of Dispersive Extractions with Magnetic Particles to Mass Spectrometry via Microfluidic Open Interface. Anal Chem 2019; 91:4762-4770. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.9b00308] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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- Marcos Tascon
- Department of Chemistry, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1, Canada
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Coated blade spray: shifting the paradigm of direct sample introduction to MS. Bioanalysis 2018; 10:257-271. [DOI: 10.4155/bio-2017-0153] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Coated blade spray (CBS) is a solid-phase microextraction-based technology that can be directly coupled to MS to enable the rapid qualitative and quantitative analysis of complex matrices. The goal of this mini review is to concisely introduce CBS's operational fundamentals and to consider how it correlates/contrasts with existing direct-to-MS technologies suitable for bioanalytical applications. In addition, we provide a fair comparison of CBS to other existing solid-phase microextraction-to-MS approaches, as well as an overview of recent CBS applications/strategies that have been developed to analyze diverse compounds present in biofluids.
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Development of a high-performance, enterprise-level, multimode LC–MS/MS autosampler for drug discovery. Bioanalysis 2017; 9:1643-1654. [DOI: 10.4155/bio-2017-0149] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Recent developments in software tools for high-throughput in vitro ADME support with high-resolution MS. Bioanalysis 2016; 8:1723-33. [PMID: 27487387 DOI: 10.4155/bio-2016-0074] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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The last several years have seen the rapid adoption of the high-resolution MS (HRMS) for bioanalytical support of high throughput in vitro ADME profiling. Many capable software tools have been developed and refined to process quantitative HRMS bioanalysis data for ADME samples with excellent performance. Additionally, new software applications specifically designed for quan/qual soft spot identification workflows using HRMS have greatly enhanced the quality and efficiency of the structure elucidation process for high throughput metabolite ID in early in vitro ADME profiling. Finally, novel approaches in data acquisition and compression, as well as tools for transferring, archiving and retrieving HRMS data, are being continuously refined to tackle the issue of large data file size typical for HRMS analyses.
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Performance of the New RapidFire System for Therapeutic Monitoring of Immunosuppressants. Ther Drug Monit 2015; 37:400-4. [DOI: 10.1097/ftd.0000000000000139] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Rye PT, LaMarr WA. Measurement of glycolysis reactants by high-throughput solid phase extraction with tandem mass spectrometry: Characterization of pyrophosphate-dependent phosphofructokinase as a case study. Anal Biochem 2015; 482:40-7. [PMID: 25849585 DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2015.03.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2014] [Revised: 02/26/2015] [Accepted: 03/28/2015] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Glycolysis is a 10-step metabolic pathway involved in producing cellular energy. Many tumors exhibit accelerated glycolytic rates, and enzymes that participate in this pathway are focal points of cancer research. Here, a novel method for the measurement of glycolysis reactants from in vitro samples is presented. Fast and direct measurement is achieved by an automated system that couples on-line solid phase extraction (SPE) with tandem mass spectrometry (MS/MS). The single analytical method enables multiple reactants to be measured concurrently, sustains a cycle time of 8s, and permits the measurement of up to 10,000 samples per day. Concentration-response curves were conducted using standards for 10 metabolic intermediates, and the results demonstrate that the detection strategy has excellent sensitivity (average limit of detection = 5.4 nM), dynamic range (nanomolar to micromolar), and linear response (average R(2) = 0.998). To test the analysis method on reactions, pyrophosphate-dependent phosphofructokinase (PPi-PFK) was used as a model system. Data that corroborate the activation and inhibition of PPi-PFK are presented, and the ways in which SPE-MS/MS simplifies experimental design and interpretation are highlighted. In summary, the method for measuring metabolic intermediates described here demonstrates unprecedented speed, performance, and versatility.
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- Peter T Rye
- Agilent Technologies, Wakefield, MA 01880, USA.
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Application of Two-dimensional Liquid Chromatography in Bioanalysis of Drugs and Toxicants. CHINESE JOURNAL OF ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/s1872-2040(14)60790-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Fontana S. Approaches for high-throughput pharmacokinetic screening of low-molecular-weight drug candidates. Expert Opin Drug Metab Toxicol 2013; 10:139-42. [DOI: 10.1517/17425255.2014.870153] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Zhu GT, He XM, Li XS, Wang ST, Luo YB, Yuan BF, Feng YQ. Preparation of mesoporous silica embedded pipette tips for rapid enrichment of endogenous peptides. J Chromatogr A 2013; 1316:23-8. [DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2013.09.068] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2013] [Revised: 09/16/2013] [Accepted: 09/18/2013] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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High-resolution MS (HRMS) in conjunction with LC (LC–HRMS) has become available to many laboratories in the pharmaceutical industry. Due to its enhanced, though sometime perceived, specificity using the high-resolution power and its capability of simultaneous quantitation and structural elucidation using the post-acquisition data mining feature, utilization of LC–HRMS for bioanalysis could lead to potential rapid and reliable method development as well as sample analysis, thus generating both cost and resource savings. Here, we would like to share our perspectives about several current and future applications of LC–HRMS in bioanalysis. We will also discuss the factors influencing the quality of method establishment and potential pitfalls that need to be considered for the utilization of LC–HRMS in the field of regulated bioanalysis. We believe when utilized appropriately, LC–HRMS will play a significant role in the future landscape of quantitative bioanalysis.
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