Analysis of novel melphalan hydrolysis products formed under isolated lung perfusion conditions using liquid chromatography/tandem mass spectrometry
作者:Jasper Boschmans、Ernst de Bruijn、Paul Van Schil、Filip Lemière
DOI:10.1002/rcm.6515
日期:2013.4.15
ultra-performance liquid chromatography (UPLC) tandem mass spectrometry (MS/MS). Aqueous melphalan solutions were incubated at elevated temperatures and analyzed by UPLC/MS/MS. Two previously described hydrolysis products, mono- and dihydroxymelphalan (MOH and DOH), were formed in vitro and could be characterized during MS/MS and high-resolution experiments. RESULTS Novel compounds with m/z values >500 Da
RATIONALE Melphalan是在癌症治疗中被广泛使用的细胞毒剂。该苯丙氨酸类似物已被证明可有效治疗乳腺癌,多发性骨髓瘤和四肢黑色素瘤。对药物降解和代谢的充分了解对于了解其在癌症治疗过程中的活性至关重要。方法使用超高效液相色谱(UPLC)串联质谱(MS / MS)研究美法仑水解产物的形成。在高温下孵育美法仑水溶液,并通过UPLC / MS / MS进行分析。在体外形成了两种先前描述的水解产物,单和二羟基马法兰(MOH和DOH),可以在MS / MS和高分辨率实验中进行表征。结果发现了m / z值> 500 Da的新型化合物。这些新分子与MOH和DOH的断裂模式的比较显示出很大的相似性。较高的质量可以通过存在两个或多个马法兰单元来解释。总共发现了15种以上的新水解产物。建立实验来研究这些分子的形成和化学结构。结论在II期临床试验(隔离肺灌注,ILuP)的范围内研究了美法仑的水解。筛选