Characterization of Oligonucleotide MetabolismIn Vivovia Liquid Chromatography/Electrospray Tandem Mass Spectrometry with a Quadrupole Ion Trap Mass Spectrometer

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Abstract
The pattern of nuclease degradation observed for an antisense phosphorothioate oligonucleotide in pig kidney was determined using liquid chromatography/electrospray mass spectrometry (LC/ESI‐MS) and LC/ESI‐MS/MS with a quadrupole ion trap mass spectrometer. Metabolites were separated by length using reversed‐phase high‐performance liquid chromatography with aqueous hexafluoropropan‐2‐ol–triethylamine and a methanol gradient. The individual masses of metabolites in each LC peak were determined via deconvolution and converted into potential nucleotide compositions. The nucleotide composition was used to locate metabolites within the known oligomer sequence. The identity of metabolites was confirmed using on‐line LC/MS/MS to generate fragment ions suitable for sequence verification. A limited number of shorter oligonucleotide fragments were observed, suggesting that metabolism in vivo may be sequence dependent. © 1997 by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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