Determination of a hydrophilic paclitaxel derivative, 7-xylosyl-10-deacetylpaclitaxel in rat plasma by LC-MS/MS.

ABSTRACT

A LC-MS/MS method for the determination of a hydrophilic paclitaxel derivative 7-xylosyl-10-deacetylpaclitaxel in rat plasma was developed to evaluate the pharmacokinetics of 7-xylosyl-10-deacetylpaclitaxel in the rats. 7-Xylosyl-10-deacetylpaclitaxel and docetaxel (IS for 7-xylosyl-10-deacetylpaclitaxel) were extracted from rat plasma with acetic ether and analyzed on a Hypersil C(18 )column (4.6 x 150 mm i.d., particle size 5 microm) with the mobile phase of ACN/0.05% formic acid (5050, v/v). The analytes were detected using an ESI MS/MS in the multiple reaction monitoring mode. The standard curves for 7-xylosyl-10-deacetylpaclitaxel in plasma were linear (r > 0.999) over the concentration range of 2.0-1000 ng/mL with a weighting of 1/concentration(2). The method showed a satisfactory sensitivity (2.0 ng/mL using 50 microL plasma), precision (CV method was successfully applied to the pharmacokinetic study of 7-xylosyl-10-deacetylpaclitaxel in rat plasma after intravenous administration of 7-xylosyl-10-deacetylpaclitaxel to female Wistar rats.