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  • Title: Metabolic profiling of valproic acid by cDNA-expressed human cytochrome P450 enzymes using negative-ion chemical ionization gas chromatography-mass spectrometry.
    Author: Anari MR, Burton RW, Gopaul S, Abbott FS.
    Journal: J Chromatogr B Biomed Sci Appl; 2000 Jun 09; 742(2):217-27. PubMed ID: 10901126.
    Abstract:
    A sensitive negative ion chemical ionization (NCI) gas chromatographic-mass spectrometric (GC-MS) method was modified for the quantitation of valproic acid (VPA) metabolites generated from in vitro cDNA-expressed human microsomal cytochrome P450 incubations. The use of the inherent soft ionization nature of electron-capture NCI to achieve high sensitivity enabled us to conduct kinetic studies using small amounts of recombinant human P450 enzymes. The assay is based on the selective ion monitoring of the intense [M-181] fragments of pentafluorobenzyl (PFB) esters in the NCI mode, and has the following features: (1) a micro-extraction procedure to isolate VPA metabolites from small incubation volumes (100 microl); (2) a second step derivatization with tert.-butyldimethylsilylating reagents to enhance sensitivity for hydroxylated metabolites; (3) a short run-time (<30 min) while maintaining full separation of 15 VPA metabolites by using a narrow-bore non-polar DB-1 column plus a new temperature gradient; and (4) good reproducibility and accuracy (intra- and inter-assay RSDs <15%, bias <15%) by using seven deuterated derivatives of analytes as internal standards. The derivatives of mono-and diunsaturated metabolites, like the parent drug, produced abundant [M-181](-) ions while the hydroxylated metabolites gave an ion at m/z of 273, corresponding to the [M-181](-) ion of the tert.-butyldimethylsilyl ethers. In conclusion, the GC-NCI-MS analysis of valproate metabolites provided us with a high resolution and sensitivity necessary to conduct metabolic and kinetic studies of valproic acid in small volume samples typical of the in vitro cDNA-expressed micro-incubation enzymatic systems.
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