Development of a LC-MS/MS method for the quantification of toxic payload DM1 cleaved from BT1718 in a Phase I study

Autor: Catherine Gowland, Gareth J. Veal, Philip Berry, Phillip Jeffrey, Marc Pittman, Andrew Niewiarowski, Julie Errington, Lisa Godfrey, Stefan Symeonides, Gavin Bennett
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Gowland, C, Berry, P, Errington, J, Jeffrey, P, Bennett, G, Godfrey, L, Pittman, M, Niewiarowski, A, Symeonides, S N & J Veal, G 2021, ' Development of a LC-MS/MS method for the quantification of toxic payload DM1 cleaved from BT1718 in a Phase I study ', Bioanalysis . https://doi.org/10.4155/bio-2020-0256
ISSN: 1757-6199
DOI: 10.4155/bio-2020-0256
Popis: Background: BT1718 is a novel bicyclic peptide anticancer drug targeting membrane type I matrix metalloproteinase to release its toxic payload DM1. A LC–MS/MS method was validated to quantify DM1 generated from BT1718 in a Phase I/IIa clinical trial. Materials & methods: Plasma samples underwent a reduction reaction to artificially cleave BT1718 into DM1 and its bicycle components. An alkylation step was carried out to stabilize the reaction products, and plasma proteins extracted using acetonitrile. LC–MS/MS analysis utilized a C18 column and Agilent 6460 triple quadrupole mass spectrometer (Agilent, Cheshire, UK). Results: The method was fully validated over a linear range of 200–50,000 ng/ml BT1718, with overall precision ≤10% and accuracy 89–102%. Conclusion: A novel method for quantifying DM1 yielded from BT1718 has been validated and is now being utilized clinically.
Databáze: OpenAIRE