TY - JOUR

T1 - Real Time Extraction Kinetics of Electro Membrane Extraction Verified by Comparing Drug Metabolism Profiles Obtained from a Flow-Flow Electro Membrane Extraction-Mass Spectrometry System with LC-MS

AU - Fuchs, David

AU - Jensen, Henrik

AU - Pedersen-Bjergaard, Stig

AU - Gabel-Jensen, Charlotte

AU - Hansen, Steen Honore

AU - Petersen, Nickolaj Jacob

PY - 2015/6/2

Y1 - 2015/6/2

N2 - A simple to construct and operate, "dip-in" electromembrane extraction (EME) probe directly coupled to electrospray ionization-mass spectrometry (ESI-MS) for rapid extraction and real time analysis of various analytes was developed. The setup demonstrated that EME-MS can be used as a viable alternative to conventional protein precipitation followed by liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS) for studying drug metabolism. Comparison of EME-MS with LC-MS for drug metabolism analysis demonstrated for the first time that real time extraction of analytes by EME is possible. Metabolism kinetics were investigated for three different drugs: amitriptyline, promethazine, and methadone. By comparing the EME-MS extraction profiles of the drug substances and formed drug metabolites with the metabolism profiles obtained by conventional protein precipitation followed by LC-MS good correlation was obtained with only very limited time delay in the extraction. The results indicate that, by tuning the electromembrane properties, for example, by optimizing the extraction voltage, extremely fast extraction kinetics can be obtained. A metabolic profile could be generated while the drug was metabolized offering a significant time saving as compared to conventional LC-MS where laborious protein precipitation or other sample pretreatments are required before analysis. This makes the developed EME-MS setup a highly promising sample preparation method for various kinds of applications where fast and real-time analysis of analytes is of interest.

AB - A simple to construct and operate, "dip-in" electromembrane extraction (EME) probe directly coupled to electrospray ionization-mass spectrometry (ESI-MS) for rapid extraction and real time analysis of various analytes was developed. The setup demonstrated that EME-MS can be used as a viable alternative to conventional protein precipitation followed by liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS) for studying drug metabolism. Comparison of EME-MS with LC-MS for drug metabolism analysis demonstrated for the first time that real time extraction of analytes by EME is possible. Metabolism kinetics were investigated for three different drugs: amitriptyline, promethazine, and methadone. By comparing the EME-MS extraction profiles of the drug substances and formed drug metabolites with the metabolism profiles obtained by conventional protein precipitation followed by LC-MS good correlation was obtained with only very limited time delay in the extraction. The results indicate that, by tuning the electromembrane properties, for example, by optimizing the extraction voltage, extremely fast extraction kinetics can be obtained. A metabolic profile could be generated while the drug was metabolized offering a significant time saving as compared to conventional LC-MS where laborious protein precipitation or other sample pretreatments are required before analysis. This makes the developed EME-MS setup a highly promising sample preparation method for various kinds of applications where fast and real-time analysis of analytes is of interest.

U2 - 10.1021/acs.analchem.5b00981

DO - 10.1021/acs.analchem.5b00981

M3 - Journal article

C2 - 25920035

VL - 87

SP - 5774

EP - 5781

JO - Industrial And Engineering Chemistry Analytical Edition

JF - Industrial And Engineering Chemistry Analytical Edition

SN - 0003-2700

IS - 11

ER -