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An improved high-performance liquid chromatography method for quantification of methotrexate polyglutamates in red blood cells of children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis.

Abstract
Methotrexate is used widely in the pharmacotherapy of juvenile idiopathic arthritis. Polyglutamates of methotrexate are active metabolites which accumulate in cells including erythrocytes. Their intracellular concentration may reflect methotrexate bioavailability and, at the same time, may serve as a bioindicator for optimization of methotrexate therapy and drug monitoring. Therefore, a simple and selective isocratic reversed phase chromatographic method with fluorescence detection (excitation/emission wavelengths of 370/463 nm) was developed which quantifies the sum of all methotrexate polyglutamates in erythrocytes as methotrexate after their enzymatic conversion with gamma-glutamylhydrolase. Separation was carried out on a Phenomenex GEMINI C18 column using a mobile phase flowing at a rate of 0.6 ml/min and consisting of a mixture (110:890:0.25 v/v) of acetonitrile, ammonium acetate buffer (0.05 M, pH=5.5) and hydrogen peroxide 30% (w/w). The method was found linear over the concentration range of 25-400 nmol/l. Its intra- and inter-day precision and accuracy were characterized by coefficients of variation and relative errors less than 20%. The limits of detection and quantification achieved 10.9 and 32.9 nmol/l, respectively. The method was proved suitable for monitoring the concentration of methotrexate polyglutamates in erythrocytes of patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis.
AuthorsMilos Hroch, Jana Tuková, Pavla Dolezalová, Jaroslav Chládek
JournalBiopharmaceutics & drug disposition (Biopharm Drug Dispos) Vol. 30 Issue 3 Pg. 138-48 (Apr 2009) ISSN: 1099-081X [Electronic] England
PMID19322908 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
Chemical References
  • Antirheumatic Agents
  • Polyglutamic Acid
  • methotrexate polyglutamate
  • Methotrexate
Topics
  • Antirheumatic Agents (blood, pharmacokinetics, therapeutic use)
  • Arthritis, Juvenile (blood, drug therapy)
  • Biological Availability
  • Biotransformation
  • Calibration
  • Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid (standards)
  • Drug Monitoring (methods, standards)
  • Erythrocytes (metabolism)
  • Fluorescence
  • Humans
  • Hydrolysis
  • Methotrexate (analogs & derivatives, blood, pharmacokinetics, therapeutic use)
  • Polyglutamic Acid (analogs & derivatives, blood, pharmacokinetics)
  • Reproducibility of Results

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