Quantitative analysis of the experimental cytotoxic drug cyclopentenyl cytosine and its metabolite in plasma with HPLC tandem mass spectrometry.

Kirsten Schimmel, Henk van Lenthe, Rene Leen, Willem Kulik, Arnauld Verschuur, Henk-Jan Guchelaar, André van Kuilenburg

Leiden University Medical Center, Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Toxicology, Leiden, The Netherlands. k.j.m.schimmel@lumc.nl

Biomedical chromatography : BMC 2008 Dec

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The cytotoxic drug cyclopentenyl cytosine (CPEC) is currently being investigated in early clinical trials. Monitoring of plasma levels is required for pharmacokinetic analysis and management of toxicity. This paper describes the analysis of CPEC and cyclopentenyl uracil (CPEU) in plasma by HPLC-electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry. The calibration curves for CPEC and the metabolite CPEU were linear up to 10 microm with correlation coefficients of 0.997 (SD = 0.002, n = 10) and 0.997 (SD = 0.004, n = 10), respectively. The detection limit for CPEC was 0.03 and 0.12 microM for CPEU. The intra- and interassay coefficients of variation for CPEC and CPEU were less then 10%. The usefulness of the method was demonstrated by analyzing CPEC and CPEU in plasma of a patient treated with CPEC. HPLC with electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry allowed rapid and sensitive determination of CPEC and CPEU levels in plasma.

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Kirsten Schimmel, Henk van Lenthe, Rene Leen, Willem Kulik, Arnauld Verschuur, Henk-Jan Guchelaar, André van Kuilenburg. Quantitative analysis of the experimental cytotoxic drug cyclopentenyl cytosine and its metabolite in plasma with HPLC tandem mass spectrometry. Biomedical chromatography : BMC. 2008 Dec;22(12):1368-73