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ArticleJournal of chromatography. B, Analytical technologies in the biomedical and life sciences2018

A sensitive liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry method for the quantification of valacyclovir and its metabolite acyclovir in mouse and human plasma.

Jian Shi, Yongjun Hu, David E Smith, Hao-Jie Zhu

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Article in Journal of chromatography. B, Analytical technologies in the biomedical and life sciences, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 26% of its field
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Jian ShiDepartment of Clinical Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, United States of America.
Yongjun HuDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, United States of America.
David E SmithDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, United States of America.
Hao-Jie ZhuDepartment of Clinical Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, United States of America. Electronic address: hjzhu@med.umich.edu.
University of Michigan · US

Funding

Novel Transport and Activation Strategy to Improve the Bioavailability of Targeted ProdrugsR01GM115481 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI AMIDON, GORDON L, SMITH, DAVID E · 2015 to 2018
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NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM115481
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

It is challenging to conduct a pharmacokinetic (PK) study on mice due to the limited amount of plasma one can obtain, which is also true for some clinical studies. Here, we developed and validated a simple, sensitive and robust LC-MS/MS method for measuring the prodrug valacyclovir (VACV) and its metabolite acyclovir (ACV) in mouse and human plasma. This assay utilized an acetonitrile protein precipitation method with isotope-labeled internal standards (IS) and enabled precise and accurate quantification of VACV and ACV in 10 μL plasma samples with a nine-min gradient. The analytes were separated on a Waters Atlantis T3 C18 column. The precursor-product ion transitions for VACV (m/z 325.2 > 152.1), ACV (m/z 226.2 > 152.1), VACV-D4 (m/z 329.2 > 152.1, IS) and ACV-D4 (m/z 230.2 > 152.1, IS) were detected in a multiple reaction monitoring (MRM) positive ion mode using an API4000 LC-MS/MS system. The lower limit of quantification (LLOQ) was 2 nM for both VACV and ACV. The linear range was validated over the concentration ranges of 2-200 nM and 200-5000 nM for both compounds. The matrix effect and stability of VACV and ACV were also evaluated. This assay was successfully applied to a PK study in mice.

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AcyclovirAnimalsChromatography, LiquidDrug StabilityHumansLinear ModelsMiceReproducibility of ResultsSensitivity and SpecificityTandem Mass SpectrometryValacyclovirValineAcyclovirValacyclovirValineAcyclovirLC-MS/MSMousePlasmaValacyclovir

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PMID29945109
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