Therapeutic drug monitoring · 2011
Quantification of 6 glucocorticoids in human plasma by liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry: method development, validation, and assessment of matrix effects.
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Sæves Ingjerd, Vethe Nils T, Bergan Stein
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BACKGROUND: Glucocorticoids are a group of steroid hormones with immunosuppressive and anti-inflammatory properties. In this article, we report the development and the validation of a liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry method for the simultaneous quantification of prednisolone, prednisone, cortisol, cortisone, methylprednisolone, and dexamethasone in human plasma. Furthermore, matrix effects were assessed qualitatively and quantitatively.
METHODS: Plasma protein precipitation was performed with acetonitrile containing internal standards. Liquid-liquid extraction with dichloromethane and evaporation were used for cleanup and enrichment. The glucocorticoids were analyzed using reversed-phase chromatography and multiple reaction monitoring of positive ions.
RESULTS: The mean extraction recovery was in the range 66.5%-104.8%, whereas the lower limits of quantification ranged from 1.5 to 4.0 μg/L. The intraday and interday accuracies of all the analytes were within 89.4%-116.6%, and imprecision was <15.6%. Ion suppression ranged from 15.3% to 27.3%. However, the matrix effects did not compromise the assay performance, with mean deviations in calculated concentrations of -4.8% to 2.1% between methanol and matrix. Short-term stability was acceptable for 5 of the analytes, with deviations from baseline between -3.4% and 8.7% after 24 hours at 4°C, although methylprednisolone was stable for 6 hours with a degradation of 10.2%. Deviations from baseline in controls stored at -20°C for 6 months ranged from -22.3% to 6.3%. All analytes were stable after 3 repetitive freeze-thaw cycles, with a maximum degradation of 5.5%. In terms of postpreparative stability, the analytes were stable after 24 and 48 hours at 4°C, with maximum degradation of 6.1% and 9.4%, respectively.
CONCLUSIONS: A validated, sensitive, selective, and reproducible method for quantifying the concentrations of 6 glucocorticoids in human plasma by liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry is reported.
METHODS: Plasma protein precipitation was performed with acetonitrile containing internal standards. Liquid-liquid extraction with dichloromethane and evaporation were used for cleanup and enrichment. The glucocorticoids were analyzed using reversed-phase chromatography and multiple reaction monitoring of positive ions.
RESULTS: The mean extraction recovery was in the range 66.5%-104.8%, whereas the lower limits of quantification ranged from 1.5 to 4.0 μg/L. The intraday and interday accuracies of all the analytes were within 89.4%-116.6%, and imprecision was <15.6%. Ion suppression ranged from 15.3% to 27.3%. However, the matrix effects did not compromise the assay performance, with mean deviations in calculated concentrations of -4.8% to 2.1% between methanol and matrix. Short-term stability was acceptable for 5 of the analytes, with deviations from baseline between -3.4% and 8.7% after 24 hours at 4°C, although methylprednisolone was stable for 6 hours with a degradation of 10.2%. Deviations from baseline in controls stored at -20°C for 6 months ranged from -22.3% to 6.3%. All analytes were stable after 3 repetitive freeze-thaw cycles, with a maximum degradation of 5.5%. In terms of postpreparative stability, the analytes were stable after 24 and 48 hours at 4°C, with maximum degradation of 6.1% and 9.4%, respectively.
CONCLUSIONS: A validated, sensitive, selective, and reproducible method for quantifying the concentrations of 6 glucocorticoids in human plasma by liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry is reported.