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Improved determination of uracil and dihydrouracil in plasma after a loading oral dose of uracil using high-performance liquid chromatography with photodiode array detection and porous graphitic carbon stationary phase

2015; Elsevier BV; Volume: 48; Issue: 13-14 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2015.04.019

1873-2933

Roberta Zilles Hahn, Andrés Fernando Andrade Galarza, Anelise Schneider, Marina Venzon Antunes, Gilberto Schwartsmann, Rafael Linden,

Antibiotics Pharmacokinetics and Efficacy

The aim of this study was to develop and validate a high-performance liquid chromatographic method for the measurement of plasma concentrations of uracil and dihydrouracil after administration of an oral loading dose of uracil in the context of evaluation of DPD enzyme activity.Analytes were extracted from 500μL plasma sampler with a mixture of ethyl acetate isopropanol (85:15, v/v) after protein precipitation with solid ammonium sulfate. The extract was inject in the porous graphitic carbon stationary phase, eluted with water and acetonitrile in gradient mode, allowing complete separation of uracil, dihydrouracil and the internal standard (5-fluorouracil). Chromatograms were monitored at 210 and 260nm.Total chromatographic run time, including reequilibration, was 30min. The assay was linear in the concentration range of 0.2 to 20μgmL(-1). Accuracy was 98.4-105.3%, intra-assay precision was 5.1-12.1% and between-assay precision was of 5.3-10.1%. Analytes were stable in plasma at room temperature up to 6h and for three freeze and thaw cycles. Processed samples are stable up to 12h.The developed method was fully validated and has significantly reduced running time when compared to previous assay using porous graphitic stationary phase, allowing complete resolution of uracil, dihydrouracil and internal standard. This assay might be suitable to investigate the eventual correlation between concentrations of uracil and dihydrouracil in plasma after an oral loading dose and DPD enzyme activity, with potential contribution to therapeutic drug monitoring.