Identification of cytochrome P-450 isozymes involved in the hydroxylation of dantrolene by rat liver microsomes.

The role of individual rat liver cytochrome P-450 isozymes in the metabolism of the skeletal muscle relaxant, dantrolene, was studied. Following incubation of dantrolene with hepatic microsomes from 3-methylcholanthrene-treated rats, two major hydroxylated metabolites were identified. Using inhibitory antibodies specific for individual cytochrome P-450 isozymes, cytochromes P-450 1A1, 1A2, and 3A were identified to be involved in dantrolene hydroxylations.

Capillary gas chromatography and tandem mass spectrometry of paf-acether and analogs: absence of 1-O-alkyl-2-propionyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine in human polymorphonuclear neutrophils.

Fast atom bombardment-tandem mass spectrometry was used to identify molecular species of paf-acether (paf) produced by human polymorphonuclear neutrophils. Using this biological material, normal phase high performance liquid chromatography was necessary prior to the fast atom bombardment-tandem mass spectrometry step. Gas liquid chromatography/electron capture detection after hydrolysis with phospholipase C and conversion to heptafluorobutyrate derivatives was used to confirm the results.

Thermospray-mass spectrometric analysis of underivatized monohydroxy fatty acids: application to stimulated platelets.

Monohydroxylated fatty acids prepared from polyunsaturated fatty acids of nutritional value were analysed by thermospray-mass spectrometry without prior chemical derivatization. Positive and negative ionization modes were compared. The highest sensitivity was observed with the negative ionization mode with detection limits of 10 pmol based on the 12-hydroxy derivative of eicosatrienoic acid (12-OH-8,10,14-20:3).

Thermospray liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry: application to the elucidation of zolpidem metabolism.

This paper discusses the possible advantages of thermospray liquid chromatography/tandem mass spectrometry LC/MS/MS for metabolic mapping. The technique was applied to the study of the metabolism of zolpidem, a new hypnotic with an imidazo-pyridine moiety. When compared to other chromatographic/mass spectrometric-based techniques, reversed phase high-performance liquid chromatography coupled with thermospray LC/MS/MS appears to be the fastest method available today for elucidation of unknown metabolic structures, since it allows identification by direct injection of concentrated urine.