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Rideout, D. et al.

Cationic drug analysis using matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry: application to influx kinetics, multidrug resistance, and intracellular chemical change.

Highly sensitive and convenient analysis of intracellular cationic drugs has been achieved by applying matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry (MALD-MS). Tetraphenylphosphonium cation was readily identified and quantified (using methyltriphenylphosphonium cation as an internal standard) at subpicomole levels in crude lysate from < 4 x 10(3) FaDu human hypopharyngeal carcinoma cells. A quantitative MALD-MS time course for tetraphenylphosphonium cation accumulation into FaDu cells was comparable to a time course using scintillation counting with tritiated tetraphenylphosphonium. MALD-MS was also capable of demonstrating the reduced accumulation of the cationic drug rhodamine-123 by DoxR MCF7, a multiply drug-resistant human breast adenocarcinoma cell line, relative to the nonresistant parent line MCF7. In addition, MALD-MS was used to follow a chemical reaction inside intact FaDu cells: the formation of a hydrazone (II-51) from benzaldehyde and an acylhydrazide, 5-[tris(4-dimethylaminophenyl)phosphonio]pentanoyl hydrazide (II-25). These results suggest that MALD-MS may provide a rapid and practical alternative to existing methods for the analysis of cationic drugs, toxins, and their metabolites in cells and tissues.[1]

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Cationic drug analysis using matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry: application to influx kinetics, multidrug resistance, and intracellular chemical change. Rideout, D., Bustamante, A., Siuzdak, G. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. (1993) [Pubmed]

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