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  • Title: A rapid and sensitive chiral LC-MS/MS method for the determination of ketamine and norketamine in mouse plasma, brain and cerebrospinal fluid applicable to the stereoselective pharmacokinetic study of ketamine.
    Author: Toki H, Ichikawa T, Mizuno-Yasuhira A, Yamaguchi JI.
    Journal: J Pharm Biomed Anal; 2018 Jan 30; 148():288-297. PubMed ID: 29126076.
    Abstract:
    A novel method for the rapid and sensitive chiral determination of ketamine and norketamine in mouse plasma, brain and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) was developed using liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS). This method reduces the required matrix volume, compared with a previously reported chiral assay method for ketamine and norketamine. The method involves the deproteinization of a small amount of biological matrix (corresponding to 5μL of plasma, 10mg of brain, or 2.5μL of CSF) using a water-miscible organic solvent containing 2H4-norketamine as an internal standard, the direct injection of the organic supernatant into an LC-MS/MS system, chiral separation on a CHIRALPAK AS-3R column (4.6mm i.d.×100mm, 3μm particles), and detection by electrospray ionization-selected reaction monitoring with an analytical run time of 5min. The lower limits of quantification for ketamine and norketamine enantiomers were 1ng/mL (plasma), 0.5ng/g (brain) and 2ng/mL (CSF). A good linearity of the calibration curves was obtained within a range of 1000-fold. The newly developed method was successfully used to determine the concentrations of ketamine and norketamine in mouse samples (plasma, brain and CSF) in a stereoselective manner. Therefore, this method is expected to contribute to the elucidation of the roles of ketamine and its metabolites in the antidepressant actions of ketamine.
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