PMID- 34545636 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20220131 LR - 20220131 IS - 1097-0231 (Electronic) IS - 0951-4198 (Linking) VI - 35 IP - 23 DP - 2021 TI - Integrated laser ablation-dropletProbe-mass spectrometry for absolute drug quantitation, metabolite detection, and distribution in tissue. PG - e9202 LID - 10.1002/rcm.9202 [doi] AB - RATIONALE: Spatially resolved and accurate quantitation of drug-related compounds in tissue is a much-needed capability in drug discovery research. Here, application of an integrated laser ablation-dropletProbe-mass spectrometry surface sampling system (LADP-MS) is reported, which achieved absolute quantitation of propranolol measured from <500 x 500 mum thin tissue samples. METHODS: Mouse liver and kidney thin tissue sections were coated with parylene C and analyzed for propranolol by a laser ablation/liquid extraction workflow. Non-coated adjacent sections were microdissected for validation and processed using standard bulk tissue extraction protocols. High-performance liquid chromatography with positive ion mode electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry was applied to detect the drug and its metabolites. RESULTS: Absolute propranolol concentration in ~500 x 500 mum tissue regions measured by the two methods agreed within +/-8% and had a relative standard deviation within +/-17%. Quantitation down to ~400 x 400 mum tissue regions was shown, and this resolution was also used for automated mapping of propranolol and phase II hydroxypropranolol glucuronide metabolites in kidney tissue. CONCLUSIONS: This study exemplifies the capabilities of integrated laser ablation-dropletProbe-mass spectrometry (LADP-MS) for high resolution absolute drug quantitation analysis of thin tissue sections. This capability will be valuable for applications needing to quantitatively understand the spatial distribution of small molecules in tissue. CI - (c) 2021 John Wiley & Sons Ltd. FAU - Kertesz, Vilmos AU - Kertesz V AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-0186-5797 AD - Bioanalytical Mass Spectrometry Group, Biosciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA. FAU - Cahill, John F AU - Cahill JF AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-9866-4010 AD - Bioanalytical Mass Spectrometry Group, Biosciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA. FAU - Srijanto, Bernadeta R AU - Srijanto BR AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-1188-1267 AD - Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA. FAU - Collier, Charles P AU - Collier CP AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-8198-793X AD - Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA. FAU - Vavrek, Marissa AU - Vavrek M AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-0240-2583 AD - Department of Pharmacokinetics, Pharmacodynamics, and Drug Metabolism, Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, New Jersey, USA. FAU - Chen, Bingming AU - Chen B AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-3573-4541 AD - Department of Pharmacokinetics, Pharmacodynamics, and Drug Metabolism, Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, New Jersey, USA. LA - eng GR - Technology Transfer Maturation Program of Oak Ridge National Laboratory/ GR - Bioimaging Science Program/ GR - Biological and Environmental Research/ GR - Office of Science/ GR - U.S. Department of Energy (Office of Science, Office of Basic Energy Sciences and Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Solar Energy Technology Program)/ PT - Journal Article PL - England TA - Rapid Commun Mass Spectrom JT - Rapid communications in mass spectrometry : RCM JID - 8802365 RN - 0 (Pharmaceutical Preparations) RN - 9Y8NXQ24VQ (Propranolol) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid/methods MH - Equipment Design MH - Kidney/chemistry/diagnostic imaging MH - Lasers MH - Liver/chemistry/diagnostic imaging MH - Male MH - Mice MH - Molecular Imaging/*methods MH - *Pharmaceutical Preparations/analysis/metabolism MH - Propranolol/analysis/pharmacokinetics MH - Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization/*methods MH - Tissue Distribution EDAT- 2021/09/22 06:00 MHDA- 2022/02/01 06:00 CRDT- 2021/09/21 06:47 PHST- 2021/09/17 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2021/08/12 00:00 [received] PHST- 2021/09/17 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2021/09/22 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/02/01 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2021/09/21 06:47 [entrez] AID - 10.1002/rcm.9202 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Rapid Commun Mass Spectrom. 2021;35(23):e9202. doi: 10.1002/rcm.9202.