96-Well liquid–liquid extraction liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry method for the quantitative determination of ABT-578 in human blood samples

We report here a quantitative method for the analysis of ABT-578 in human whole blood samples. Sample preparation was achieved by a semi-automated 96-well format liquid–liquid extraction (LLE) method. Aluminum/polypropylene heat seal foil was used to enclose each well of the 96-well plate for the liquid–liquid extraction. A liquid chromatography combined with tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) method with pre-column regeneration was developed for the analysis of sample extracts. Selective reaction monitoring (SRM) of the mass transitions m/z 983–935 and m/z 931–883 was employed for the detection of ABT-578 and internal standard, respectively. The ammonium adduct ions [M + NH4]+ generated from electrospray ionization were monitored as the precursor ions. The assay was validated for a linear dynamic range of 0.20–200.75 ng/ml. The correlation coefficient (r) was between 0.9959 and 0.9971. The intra-assay CV (%) was between 1.9 and 13.5% and the inter-assay CV (%) was between 4.7 and 11.3%. The inter-assay mean accuracy was between 86.4 and 102.5% of the theoretical concentrations.