著者

Shenghui MEI Leting ZHU Xingang LI Jiaqing WANG Xueyun JIANG Haiyan CHEN Jiping HUO Li YANG Song LIN Zhigang ZHAO

出版者

(社)日本分析化学会

雑誌

Analytical Sciences (ISSN:09106340)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.33, no.6, pp.665-670, 2017-06-10 (Released:2017-06-10)

参考文献数

25

被引用文献数

13

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Methotrexate (MTX) plasma concentration is routinely monitored to guide the dosage regimen of rescue drugs. This study aims to develop and validate an ultra-performance liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry (UPLC-MS/MS) method for plasma MTX analysis, and to establish its agreement with the fluorescence polarization immunoassay (FPIA) in patients with high-dose MTX therapy. Separation was achieved by gradient elution with methanol and water (0.05% formic acid) at 40°C with a run time of 3 min. The intra- and inter-day inaccuracy and imprecision of the UPLC-MS/MS method were –4.25 to 3.1 and less than 7.63%, respectively. The IS-normalized recovery and matrix effect were 87.05 to 92.81 and 124.43 to 134.57%. The correlation coefficients between UPLC-MS/MS and FPIA were greater than 0.98. The UPLC-MS/MS method was in agreement with the FPIA at high levels of MTX (1.0 – 100 μmol/L), but not at low levels (0.01 – 1.0 μmol/L). Further studies are warranted to confirm these results.