RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 Electromembrane extraction and mass spectrometry for liver organoid drug metabolism studies JF bioRxiv FD Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory SP 2020.05.15.095174 DO 10.1101/2020.05.15.095174 A1 Frøydis Sved Skottvoll A1 Frederik Hansen A1 Sean Harrison A1 Ida Sneis Boger A1 Ago Mrsa A1 Magnus Saed Restan A1 Matthias Stein A1 Elsa Lundanes A1 Stig Pedersen-Bjergaard A1 Aleksandra Aizenshtadt A1 Stefan Krauss A1 Gareth Sullivan A1 Inger Lise Bogen A1 Steven Ray Wilson YR 2020 UL http://biorxiv.org/content/early/2020/12/04/2020.05.15.095174.abstract AB Liver organoids are emerging tools for precision drug development and toxicity screening. We demonstrate that electromembrane extraction (EME) based on electrophoresis across an oil membrane is suited for segregating selected organoid-derived drug metabolites prior to mass spectrometry (MS)-based measurements. EME, allowed drugs and drug metabolites to be separated from cell medium components (albumin, etc.) that could interfere with subsequent measurements. Multi-well EME (Parallel-EME) holding 100 μL solutions allowed for simple and repeatable monitoring of heroin phase I metabolism kinetics. Organoid Parallel-EME extracts were compatible with ultrahigh-performance liquid chromatography (UHPLC) used to separate the analytes prior to detection. Taken together, liver organoids are well-matched with EME followed by MS-based measurements.Competing Interest StatementThe authors have declared no competing interest.