Rapid Quantification of Tilidine, Nortilidine and Bisnortilidine in Urine by Automated Online-SPE-LC-MS/MS
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Institute of Toxicology Clinical Toxicology and Pharmacology LOGO Berliner Betrieb für Zentrale Gesundheitliche Aufgaben, Berlin Rapid Quantification of Tilidine, Nortilidine and Bisnortilidine in Urine by automated online-SPE-LC-MS/MS Christoph Köhler Thomas Grobosch Torsten Binscheck 48th Annual Meeting of the International Association of Forensic Toxicologists Conference in Bonn August 29 - September 2, 2010 introduction Tilidine O CH3 Synthetic opioid analgesic O CH3 N CH3 Strong analgesic effect of its main metabolite (+)-tilidine nortilidine [2]. Hepatically N-demethylation of tilidine to nortilidine O CH3 O and bisnortilidine (CYP3A4, CYP2C19, CYP2D6) [1] NH CH3 (+)-nortilidine In commercially available preparations tilidine is combined with the µ-opioid-receptor antagonist naloxone preventing opioid abuse [2]. HO O CH3 O O NH N 2 OH CH2 O (+)-bisnortilidine naloxone (1S,5 R,13 R,17 S) Source: [1] Clin. Chem. 24/2, 692-697 (1978) 2 [2] Fachinfo Valorone N®, Fa. Pfizer; 2008 introduction Aims Sensitive quantification of tilidine and its metabolites in urine samples No immunoassay for the detection of tilidine abuse is available! Offline-LLE LC QTrap Increasing number of samples (max. 100 samples/d!) consumed much time and human resources for the LLE (max. 180 min/d!). Online-SPE LC QTrap 3 introduction Online-SPE-LC Highly automated Chromatography sample preparation Analytical column: Automatization: Luna phenyl-hexyl 50x2 mm 5 µm 1. IS-mixing procedure Mobile phase: 2. Complete SPE procedure 0.2% FA + MeOH (gradient elution ) Total run time: 3.5 min Symbiosis Pico™ Spark Holland Online-SPE LC 4 SPE method development SPE Optimization Mix setup: 100 µL Aqueous analyte solution of tilidine, nortilidine and naloxone (c = 50 µg/L) + 100 µL 100 mM NH 4Ac-solution (pH 6); IS PCP-D5 (c=100 ng/mL) SPE sorbent: OASIS WCX 10x1mm Generic SPE procedure: volume flow rate SPE step solvent (µl) (ml/min) Conditioning MeOH 1500 5.0 Equilibration 1000 5.0 Loading 10 mM NH 4Ac-solution pH 6 500 0.5 Clean up 1000 1.0 Elution Mobile phase 1050 0.3 5 SPE method development SPE Optimization Mix setup: 100 µL Aqueous analyte solution of tilidine, nortilidine and naloxone (c = 50 µg/L) + 100 µL 100 mM NH 4Ac-solution (pH 6); IS PCP-D5 (c=100 ng/mL) SPE sorbent: OASIS WCX 10x1mm Generic SPE procedure: volume flow rate SPE step solvent (µl) (ml/min) Conditioning MeOH 1500 5.0 Equilibration 1000 5.0 10 mM NH 4Ac-solution pH 6 Loading 500 0.5 Clean up ?? 1.0 Elution Mobile phase ? 0.3 6 SPE method development Results (wash solution) Wash solution: 10 mM NH 4Ac-solution pH 6 + 0/10/15/20/40% MeOH 100 80 60 tilidine 40 nortilidine recovery (%) (%) recovery recovery naloxone 20 IS 0 0 10 20 30 40 MeOH in wash solution (%) Conclusion: 10% MeOH 7 SPE method development Results (wash volume) Wash solution: 10 mM NH 4Ac-solution pH 6 + 10% MeOH Wash volume: 500/1000/1500 µL 100 80 60 tilidine nortilidine 40 naloxone recovery (%) (%) recovery recovery IS 20 0 0 500 1000 1500 wash volume ( µl) Conclusion: 500 µL ≙ 60 bed volumes 8 SPE method development Results (elution volume) Wash solution: 10 mM NH 4Ac-solution pH 6 + 10% MeOH Elution volume: 150/300/600/900/1200 µL 100 80 60 tilidine nortilidine 40 recovery (%) (%) recovery recovery naloxone 20 IS 0 0 200 400 600 800 1000 1200 elution volume (µL) Conclusion: 600 µL ≙ 2 min elution time 9 SPE method development Final SPE method Mix setup: 100 µL sample (urine) + 100 µL 100 mM NH 4Ac-solution (pH 6); c(PCP-D5)=100 ng/mL SPE sorbent: OASIS WCX 10x1mm Generic SPE procedure: volume flow rate SPE step solvent (µl) (ml/min) Conditioning MeOH 1500 5.0 Equilibration 1000 5.0 10 mM NH 4Ac-solution pH 6 Loading 500 0.5 10 mM NH Ac-solution pH 6 + Clean up 4 500 (1000) 1.0 10% MeOH Elution Mobile phase 600 (1050) 0.3 10 Validation and routine work Validation data of the new method Calibration curves of the analytes Untitled 18 (Tilidin 1): "Linear Through Zero" Regression ("No" weighting): y = 0.0101 x (r = 0.9993) 1.00 Selectivity: 0.95 0.90 0.85 no interference by matrix peaks 0.80 0.75 0.70 tilidine 0.65 0.60 0.55 Ionsuppression: 0.50 0.45 0.40 Analyte Area / IS Area IS / Area Analyte 0.35 < 10% for all analytes 0.30 R = 0.9993 0.25 0.20 0.15 0.10 Recovery: 0.05 0.00 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 70 75 80 85 90 95 100 Analyte Conc. / IS Conc. > 80% for all analytes and IS Untitled 18 (Nortilidin 1): "Linear Through Zero" Regression ("No" weighting): y = 0.00911 x (r = 0.9992) 0.90 0.85 0.80 Intra -assay precision (n=6 per conc .): 0.75 0.70 0.65 0.60 nortilidine coefficient of variation: ≤ 6% 0.55 0.50 0.45 0.40 Inter-assay precision (n=6 per conc.): Area IS / Area Analyte 0.35 0.30 R = 0.9992 0.25 0.20 coefficient of variation: ≤ 7% 0.15 0.10 0.05 0.00 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 70 75 80 85 90 95 100 LLOQ : Analyte Conc. / IS Conc. Untitled 18 (Bisnortilidin 1): "Linear Through Zero" Regression ("No" weighting): y = 0.00635 x (r = 0.9996) 0.63 1.0 µg/L for all analytes 0.60 0.55 0.50 0.45 Linearity : 0.40 bisnortilidine 0.35 1.0-100 µg/L 0.30 Analyte Area / IS Area IS / Area Analyte 0.25 0.20 R = 0.9996 0.15 0.10 0.05 0.00 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 70 75 80 85 90 95 100 Analyte Conc. / IS Conc. Society of Toxicological and Forensic Chemistry (GTFCH) Guidance in forensic quality terms 11 Toxichem Krimtech 2009; 76 (3): 185 Implementation in routine Reduction of the manual preparation time by the factor 10 Positive result: c (tilidine) and c (nortilidine) > 1.0 µg/L (cutoff) or c ( nortilidine ) and c ( bisnortilidine ) > 1.0 µg/L (cutoff) Analysis of 3665 samples from correctional facilities: - 55 positive results (1.5 %) - positive samples: c (bisnortilidine) > c (nortilidine) → could the detection of bisnortilidine increase the drug detection window? 12 Tilidine Urinary Excretion of Tilidine A single oral dose of Valoron ®N solution (50 mg T-HCl and 4 mg NX-HCl) was administered to a male volunteer (age: 28 years; body height: 175 cm; body weight: 72 kg) Drug detection window g Analyte (d) - ß-glucuronidase + ß -glucuronidase Tilidine 4.5 4.5 Nortilidine 5.5 5.5 Bisnortilidine 6.8 7.8 positive result 5.5 5.5 13 Chromatograms 1.81 Concentration: N/A Concentration: N/A Calculated Conc: 14.5 ng/mL Calculated Conc: 1.66 ng/mL 1.00e5 2.0e4 Tilidine (c=7.63 µg/L) Bisnortilidine (c=96.5 µg/L) 8.00e4 1.5e4 → Proc. Algorithm: Analyst Classic m/z 246.1 →155.1 Proc. Algorithm: Analyst Classic m/z 274.2 155.1 6.00e4 1.0e4 Intensity, cps Intensity, 4.00e4 Intensity, cps Intensity, 5000.0 2.00e4 0.00 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 Time, min Time, min 1.81 Concentration: N/A Concentration: N/A 6.0e4 Calculated Conc: 1.80 ng/mL Calculated Conc: 14.7 ng/mL 2.05 7000 Bisnortilidine Tilidine 5.0e4 6000 → 4.0e4 m/z 246.1 229.2 5000 Proc. Algorithm: Analyst Classic m/z 274.2 →115.1 Proc. Algorithm: Analyst Classic 4000 3.0e4 3000 Intensity, cps Intensity, Intensity, cps Intensity, 2.0e4 2000 1.0e4 1000 0 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 Time, min Time, min 1.81 Concentration: N/A Calculated Conc: 5.44 ng/mL 6.0e4 5.0e4 Nortilidine (c=36.9 µg/L) Proc. Algorithm: Analyst Classic 4.0e4 m/z 260.2 →155.1 3.0e4 Intensity, cps Intensity, 2.0e4 1.0e4 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 Time, min Concentration: N/A Calculated Conc: 5.17 ng/mL 1.94 4000 Concentration: 1.00 ng/mL 7.0e5 Nortilidine Calculated Conc: N/A IS Phencyclidine-D5 (c=33.33 µg/L) 6.0e5 3000 m/z 249.3 →96.1 Proc. Algorithm: Analyst Classic m/z 260.2 →115.1 5.0e5 Proc. Algorithm: Analyst Classic 4.0e5 2000 Intensity, cps Intensity, 3.0e5 Intensity, cps Intensity, 1000 2.0e5 1.0e5 0 0.0 2.13 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 Time, min Time, min 14 Conclusion An highly sensitive method for the determination of tilidine, nortilidine and bisnortilidine in urine was developed and validated on an online- SPE-LC-QTrap Due to the automatization of the online -SPE the manual preparation time of the new method is 20 min/100 samples. 3665 authentic samples were analyzed resulting in 55 positive results. The LLOQ of 1 µg/L allowed detecting a single oral dose of a tilidine preparation up to 5 days after administration.