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Current Drug Metabolism

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ISSN (Print): 1389-2002
ISSN (Online): 1875-5453

General Research Article

High-throughput LC-MS/MS Method for Simultaneous Determination of Pantoprazole and Atorvastatin in Rat Plasma: Application to a Pharmacokinetic Interaction Study

Author(s): Jian Le, Yuehua Liao, Shengni Li, Xiujuan Chen and Zhanying Hong*

Volume 22, Issue 6, 2021

Published on: 24 May, 2021

Page: [481 - 490] Pages: 10

DOI: 10.2174/1389200222666210520090632

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Abstract

Background: Pantoprazole and atorvastatin are often used jointly in the clinic. The drug-drug interaction of pantoprazole and atorvastatin is worthy of being investigated.

Objective: A highly rapid, sensitive, and selective LC-MS/MS method was developed for simultaneous quantification of pantoprazole and atorvastatin in rat plasma.

Methods: Omeprazole and atorvastatin-d5 were used as the internal standards (ISs) of pantoprazole and atorvastatin, respectively. Simple protein precipitation was used to extract analytes from 50.0 μL plasma samples.

Results: The chromatographic separation was achieved on a C18 column and the total chromatographic run time was 3.2 min. Acquisition of mass spectrometric data was performed on a triple-quadrupole mass spectrometer in multiple- reaction-monitoring (MRM) mode with an ESI source using the transition m/z 384→ 200 for pantoprazole and m/z 559.4→ 440.2 for atorvastatin, respectively. The method was validated over the concentration range of 20.0 ∼ 5000 ng/mL for pantoprazole and 1.00 ∼ 250 ng/mL for atorvastatin. All the validation results, including linearity, specificity, precision, accuracy, extraction recovery, matrix effect, and stability, met the acceptance criteria as per FDA guidelines.

Conclusion: This method was successfully applied to a pharmacokinetic interaction study in Wistar rats. The results revealed significant evidence for the drug-drug interaction between pantoprazole and atorvastatin.

Keywords: Pantoprazole, atorvastatin, LC-MS/MS, pharmacokinetics, drug-drug interaction, rat plasma.

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