Establishment of a Liquid Chromatography-Tandem Mass Spectrometry Method for the Determination of Immunosuppressant Levels in the Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells of Chinese Renal Transplant Recipients

BACKGROUND: Monitoring immunosuppressant levels, such as mycophenolic acid (MPA), cyclosporin A (CsA), and tacrolimus (TAC), in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) could be useful in organ transplant patients administered individualized therapy. The authors developed a liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry assay technique to simultaneously determine immunosuppressant levels in PBMCs and assess their pharmacokinetics in Chinese renal allograft recipients.

METHODS: PBMCs were isolated from the whole blood of 27 Chinese renal transplant patients using Ficoll-Paque Plus solution, and cell number was determined; acetonitrile treatment for protein precipitation, and gradient elution was performed on an Agilent Eclipse XDB-C18 column (3.5 μm, 2.1 × 100 mm) with mobile phase: water and methanol (containing 2 mM ammonium formate); flow rate: 0.3 mL·min.

RESULTS: The calibration curves of MPA, CsA, and TAC had a linear range (ng·mL): 0.098-39.2 (r = 0.9987), 0.255-102 (r = 0.9969), and 0.028-11.2 (r = 0.9993), respectively. The extraction effects, matrix effects, and mean relative recovery of these immunosuppressants were 70.4%-93.2%, 72.7%-96.5%, and 90.1%-112.4%, respectively. The within-day and between-day coefficients of variation were <15%. The AUC0-12 of MPA in PBMCs correlated well with those in plasma. The level of MPA, CsA, and TAC in PBMCs might be more stable during dosing interval.

CONCLUSIONS: The derived liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry assay is suitable for simultaneously monitoring different immunosuppressants in PBMCs. Pharmacokinetic of MPA, CsA, and TAC displayed considerable interindividual variability. Intracellular monitoring of immunosuppressants may facilitate individualized therapy for renal allograft recipients.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:42

Enthalten in:

Therapeutic drug monitoring - 42(2020), 5 vom: 01. Okt., Seite 686-694

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Chen, Bing [VerfasserIn]
Lu, Jia-Qian [VerfasserIn]
Shao, Kun [VerfasserIn]
Zhai, Xiao-Hui [VerfasserIn]
An, Hui-Min [VerfasserIn]
Shi, Hao-Qiang [VerfasserIn]
Zhou, Pei-Jun [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

83HN0GTJ6D
Cyclosporine
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Immunosuppressive Agents
Journal Article
Mycophenolic Acid
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Tacrolimus
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Date Completed 18.08.2021

Date Revised 07.12.2022

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1097/FTD.0000000000000765

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM314317732