Mass spectrometric analysis of carisoprodol and meprobamate in rat brain microdialysates

Laszlo Prokai, Petr Fryčák, Vien Nguyen, Michael J. Forster

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Abstract

We report the evaluation of several mass spectrometry-based methods for the determination of carisoprodol and meprobamate in samples obtained from the rat brain by in vivo intracranial microdialyis. Among the techniques that aspire to perform analyses without chromatographic separation and thereby increase throughput, chip-based nanoelectrospray ionization and the use of an atmospheric pressure solids analysis probe fell short of requirements because of insufficient detection sensitivity and hard ionization, respectively. Although direct analysis in real time provided the required soft ionization, shortcomings of a tandem mass spectrometry-based assay also included inadequate detection sensitivity and, in addition, poor quantitative reproducibility. Therefore, liquid chromatography coupled with atmospheric pressure chemical ionization tandem mass spectrometry was developed to determine carisoprodol and meprobamate from artificial cerebrospinal fluid as the medium. No desalting and/or extraction of the samples was necessary. The assay, combined with in vivo sampling via intracranial microdialyis, afforded time-resolved concentration profiles for the drug and its major metabolite from the nucleus accumbens region of the brain in rats after systemic administration of carisoprodol.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)900-907
Number of pages8
JournalJournal of Mass Spectrometry
Volume51
Issue number10
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Oct 2016

Keywords

  • LC-MS/MS
  • atmospheric pressure chemical ionization
  • atmospheric pressure solids analysis probe
  • carisoprodol
  • direct analysis in real time
  • in vivo intracranial microdialysis
  • meprobamate
  • nanoelectrospray ionization

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