Matrix‐assisted laser desorption/ionization imaging mass spectrometry for direct measurement of clozapine in rat brain tissue
- 9 February 2006
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry
- Vol. 20 (6) , 965-972
- https://doi.org/10.1002/rcm.2397
Abstract
Matrix‐assisted laser desorption/ionization hyphenated with quadrupole time‐of‐flight (QTOF) mass spectrometry (MS) has been used to directly determine the distribution of pharmaceuticals in rat brain tissue slices which might unravel their disposition for new drug development. Clozapine, an antipsychotic drug, and norclozapine were used as model compounds to investigate fundamental parameters such as matrix and solvent effects and irradiance dependence on MALDI intensity but also to address the issues with direct tissue imaging MS technique such as (1) uniform coating by the matrix, (2) linearity of MALDI signals, and (3) redistribution of surface analytes. The tissue sections were coated with various matrices on MALDI plates by airspray deposition prior to MS detection. MALDI signals of analytes were detected by monitoring the dissociation of the individual protonated molecules to their predominant MS/MS product ions. The matrices were chosen for tissue applications based on their ability to form a homogeneous coating of dense crystals and to yield greater sensitivity. Images revealing the spatial localization in tissue sections using MALDI‐QTOF following a direct infusion of 3H‐clozapine into rat brain were found to be in good correlation with those using a radioautographic approach. The density of clozapine and its major metabolites from whole brain homogenates was further confirmed using fast high‐performance liquid chromatography/tandem mass spectrometry (HPLC‐MS/MS) procedures. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.Keywords
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