Title

High-performance liquid chromatography method for the determination of mycophenolic acid and its acyl and phenol glucuronide metabolites in human plasma

Document Type

Article

Date of Original Version

2-1-2006

Abstract

Measuring the concentration of the pharmacologically active metabolite of mycophenolic acid (MPA), acyl-MPAG (AcMPAG), in addition to the pharmacologically inactive phenol glucuronide metabolite (MPAG) may prove useful in the therapeutic drug monitoring of MPA. A simple high-performance liquid chromatography method with ultraviolet detection (HPLC-UV) was established for simultaneous determination of MPA, AcMPAG, and MPAG in human plasma. The method utilizes 2 internal standards (IS), phenolphthalein glucuronic acid (PGA) for MPAG and a carboxy butoxy derivative of MPA (MPAC) for AcMPAG and MPA. The method consists of solid-phase extraction of the analytes followed by analysis over a Zorbax Rx C8 column (150 × 4.6 mm, 5 μm) at 254 nm. The analytes were separated with a gradient mixture of methanol and 0.1% phosphoric acid over a run time of 14 minutes at a flow rate of 1 mL/min. The assay was linear in the concentration range from 0.2 to 50 mg/L for MPA, 0.5 to 25 mg/L for AcMPAG, and 2 to 500 mg/L for MPAG. The mean ± SD interday accuracy and %CV for MPA were 100.3 ± 5.7 and 5.7%, for AcMPAG, 102.6 ± 5.7 and 5.6%, and for MPAG 100.5 ± 5.3 and 5.3%, respectively. The average ± SD of MPA, MPAG, and AcMPAG maximum concentrations (Cmax) in 23 kidney transplant recipients on 500 or 1000 mg twice daily mycophenolate mofetil were 11.77 ± 9.43, 88.15 ± 46.4, and 3.01 ± 1.73 mg/L, respectively, and the predose trough (Cmin morning) concentrations were 2.24 ± 3.11, 55.44 ± 29.55, and 1.42 ± 0.74 mg/L, respectively. The method described is robust, sensitive, reproducible, and will be useful in therapeutic drug monitoring or pharmacokinetic studies of MPA. Copyright © 2006 by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.

Publication Title, e.g., Journal

Therapeutic Drug Monitoring

Volume

28

Issue

1

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