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  • Title: Determination of N-n-propylnorapomorphine in serum and brain tissue by gas chromatography-negative ion chemical ionization mass spectrometry.
    Author: Trainor TM, Vouros P, Lampen P, Neumeyer JL, Baldessarini RJ, Kula NS.
    Journal: J Chromatogr; 1988 Dec 21; 457():257-66. PubMed ID: 3243885.
    Abstract:
    A method for the determination of the neuroactive compound N-n-propylnorapomorphine (NPA) in biological tissues is described. Isolation of NPA from serum or brain tissue was achieved via liquid-liquid extraction from phosphate-buffered tissue extract (0.25 M, pH 7.2) into ethyl acetate. The NPA, along with a [2H7]NPA analogue serving as internal standard, was converted to the corresponding bis(trifluoroacetyl) ester by treatment with excess trifluoroacetic anhydride at 75 degrees C. The electrophoric derivatives were analyzed by fused-silica capillary gas chromatography-mass spectrometry in the negative ion chemical ionization mode. Selected ion monitoring of the [M-CF3CO]- ions of derivatized NPA (m/z 390) and internal standard [2H7]NPA (m/z 397) permitted the quantitation of NPA in serum and brain samples obtained from rats treated with either free NPA or the prodrug methylenedioxy-NPA (MDO-NPA). Calibration was conducted down to a practical limit of assay sensitivity, at 0.50 ng NPA per ml of serum and 0.50 ng NPA per g of brain. The relative standard deviation for replicate serum samples spiked at 20 ng/ml was 4.2% (n = 5) and for brain samples at 10 ng/g, it was 3.6%. This method revealed differences in the free NPA brain/serum ratios in rats treated separately with the stereoisomers R-(-)-MDO-NPA and S-(+)-MDO-NPA.
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