Quantitative assay for bradykinin in rat plasma by liquid chromatography coupled to tandem mass spectrometry

Autor: D. Palomba, Elena Baralla, Maria Vittoria Varoni, Gianpiero Boatto, Valeria Pasciu, Vittorio Anania, Maria Piera Demontis, Maria Nieddu
Rok vydání: 2011
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Zdroj: Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis. 54:557-561
ISSN: 0731-7085
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpba.2010.09.041
Popis: An assay to quantify bradykinin in rat plasma has been developed and validated, using liquid chromatography coupled to tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS). Sar-D-Phe(8)-des-Arg(9)-bradykinin was used as internal standard. Aprotinin was added to rat plasma to inhibit the activity of proteinases. Recoveries for solid-phase extraction (SPE) on Strata X reversed phase were greater than 80%. Multiple reaction monitoring (MRM) on a triple quadrupole mass spectrometer equipped with an electrospray source (ESI), operating in the positive ion-mode, was used for detection. The assay was validated and stability was explored. Bradykinin (10-500 ng/mL) was quantified with accuracy values (% RE) below 10% and intra- and inter-day precisions (% RSD) below 12 and 16%, respectively, for all concentrations. The method was successfully applied to several plasma samples from low levels kallikrein rats (LKRs) compared with normal kallikrein rats (NKRs).
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