一种用于测定生物样品中54种苯二氮䓬类药物(药品、新型精神活性物质及代谢物)和Z类药物的超灵敏超高效液相色谱-串联四极杆质谱联用方法。

An ultra-sensitive UHPLC-QqQ-MS/MS method for determination of 54 benzodiazepines (pharmaceutical drugs, NPS and metabolites) and z-drugs in biological samples.

作者信息

Wachełko Olga, Szpot Paweł, Tusiewicz Kaja, Nowak Karolina, Chłopaś-Konowałek Agnieszka, Zawadzki Marcin

机构信息

Institute of Toxicology Research, 45 Kasztanowa Street, Borowa, 55093, Poland.

Wroclaw Medical University Department of Forensic Medicine, 4 J. Mikulicza-Radeckiego Street, Wroclaw, 50345, Poland.

出版信息

Talanta. 2023 Jan 1;251:123816. doi: 10.1016/j.talanta.2022.123816. Epub 2022 Aug 7.

Abstract

Benzodiazepines exhibit central nervous system depressive activity as well as sedative, hypnotic, and anticonvulsant properties, which enable to use them as medical treatment in anxiety, epilepsy, insomnia and alcohol withdrawal syndrome. However, from 2000s illegal benzodiazepine derivatives have started to emerge on illicit drug market as new psychoactive substances (NPSs) monitored in many countries. Analysis of both pharmaceutical drugs and NPSs from benzodiazepines group could be challenging, as usually very low concentrations need to be determined. Thus, an ultra-sensitive UHPLC-QqQ-MS/MS method was developed for simultaneous determination of 54 benzodiazepines (pharmaceutical drugs, NPS and their metabolites) and 3 z-drugs with one metabolite in biological fluid samples. The lower limit of quantification for most substances was 50 pg/mL, whereas for 17 substances as low as 10 pg/mL was achieved. Together with reduced sample volume to 100 μL it makes the developed method suitable for a sensitive multidrug toxicological analysis. Presented method was applied in routine toxicological practice as well as for the determination of benzodiazepines, z-drugs and their metabolites in 25 authentic biological fluids (blood, urine, vitreous humor and bile), both antemortem and postmortem. 19 different compounds, including benzodiazepines, their metabolites and z-drugs were determined. Antemortem blood concentrations were within 0.2-114.5 ng/mL, whereas concentrations in antemortem urine samples were 0.03-102.6 ng/mL. In postmortem specimens, concentrations ranged within 0.2-473.2 ng/mL, 0.5-94.1 ng/mL, 1.3-208.8 ng/mL and 41.5-42.0 ng/mL in blood, vitreous humor, urine and bile, respectively. The developed method is suitable for a forensic toxicology analysis, as well as clinical toxicology which is evidenced by the positive results of international proficiency tests.

摘要

苯二氮䓬类药物具有中枢神经系统抑制活性以及镇静、催眠和抗惊厥特性,这使得它们能够用于治疗焦虑症、癫痫、失眠和酒精戒断综合征。然而,自21世纪以来,非法苯二氮䓬衍生物开始作为新精神活性物质(NPSs)出现在非法药物市场上,许多国家都对其进行监测。对苯二氮䓬类药物组中的药品和新精神活性物质进行分析可能具有挑战性,因为通常需要测定的浓度非常低。因此,开发了一种超灵敏的超高效液相色谱-四极杆-线性离子阱质谱联用(UHPLC-QqQ-MS/MS)方法,用于同时测定生物流体样品中的54种苯二氮䓬类药物(药品、新精神活性物质及其代谢物)和3种含一种代谢物的Z类药物。大多数物质的定量下限为50 pg/mL,而17种物质的定量下限低至10 pg/mL。再加上将样品体积减少到100 μL,使得所开发的方法适用于灵敏的多药毒理学分析。所提出的方法应用于常规毒理学实践以及测定25份真实生物流体(血液、尿液、玻璃体液和胆汁)中苯二氮䓬类药物、Z类药物及其代谢物,包括生前和死后样本。共测定了19种不同的化合物,包括苯二氮䓬类药物及其代谢物和Z类药物。生前血液浓度在0.2 - 114.5 ng/mL之间,而生前尿液样本中的浓度为0.03 - 102.6 ng/mL。在死后样本中,血液、玻璃体液、尿液和胆汁中的浓度分别在0.2 - 473.2 ng/mL、0.5 - 94.1 ng/mL、1.3 - 208.8 ng/mL和41.5 - 42.0 ng/mL范围内。所开发的方法适用于法医毒理学分析以及临床毒理学,国际能力验证试验的阳性结果证明了这一点。

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