Insight into stereoselective disposition of enantiomers of a potent antithrombotic agent, S002-333 following administration of the racemic compound to mice.

S002-333 [2-(4-methoxy-benzenesulfonyl)-2,3,4,9-tetrahydro-1H-b-carboxylic acid amide], a potent antithrombotic agent developed by CSIR-CDRI, is a racemic mixture of two enantiomers (S004-1032 (R)-isomer and S007-1558 (S)-isomer). Despite extensive research, little is known about the pharmacokinetics of S002-333 enantiomers. Given that mouse is an established model for anti-platelet/antithrombotic activity and interspecies differences exists in the direction of stereoselectivity in pharmacokinetic processes, we investigated the pharmacokinetic disposition of S002-333 enantiomers in mice.

Pre-clinical investigation of plasma pharmacokinetics and biodistribution of a novel antithrombotic agent S002-333 in mice using LC-MS/MS.

S002-333 [2-(4-methoxy-benzenesulfonyl)-2,3,4,9-tetrahydro-1H-b-carboxylic acid amide] is a novel and potent antithrombotic agent developed by CSIR-CDRI, India. The present study was aimed to develop a sensitive LC-MS/MS method for the quantification of S002-333 in mice plasma and tissues. The extraction of S002-333 from relatively small amount of mouse biomatrices (50μL) was accomplished using protein precipitation followed by liquid-liquid extraction and the separation of analytes was achieved on C18 reversed phase column using acetonitrile and triple distilled water (75:25, v/v) as mobile phase at a flow rate of 0.