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Vazhat RA, Farook NAM, Nalakath J, Komathu PO. Exploring methandienone metabolites generated via homogenized camel liver: Advancements for anti-doping applications through High Resolution-Liquid Chromatography Mass Spectrometry analysis. RAPID COMMUNICATIONS IN MASS SPECTROMETRY : RCM 2024; 38:e9902. [PMID: 39226915 DOI: 10.1002/rcm.9902] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2024] [Revised: 08/14/2024] [Accepted: 08/18/2024] [Indexed: 09/05/2024]
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RATIONALE Anabolic steroids, also known as anabolic-androgenic steroids (AAS), encompass steroidal androgens such as testosterone, as well as synthetic counterparts with similar structures and effects. The misuse of AAS has increased over the years, leading to ethical and welfare concerns in sports. The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and the International Federation for Equestrian Sports (FEI) have banned AAS in relevant sports. Methandienone is one of the most identified anabolic androgenic steroids in sports drug testing, Therefore, reliable detection methods are crucial for effective doping control and maintaining the integrity of the sports. METHODS This study explores the use of homogenized camel liver for detecting methandienone metabolites in camels. The biotransformation pathways of methandienone in homogenized camel liver tissues are analyzed using Liquid Chromatography-High Resolution Mass Spectrometry (LC-HRMS) to identify and characterize the phase I and phase II metabolites. Chromatographic separation was achieved using a Thermo-Hypersil C18 column. RESULTS The study has identified 11 methandienone metabolites (M1-M11), this includes 10 phase I and one phase II metabolite. A glucuronic acid conjugate of methandienone was observed in this study, but no sulfonic acid conjugations were found. The metabolites and their possible chemical structures, along with their fragmentation patterns are confirmed using MSMS (MS2) experiments in data-independent acquisition (DIA) mode. CONCLUSIONS These findings serve as a vital tool for the rapid detection of methandienone, combating its illicit use in camel racing. Comprehensive screenings covering both the parent drug and its metabolites are recommended to improve detection accuracy and ensure regulatory compliance in sports doping. Future research should explore methandienone's metabolite profile in administered camel samples.
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- Ramees Abdulla Vazhat
- Camel Forensic Laboratory, Central Veterinary Research Laboratory, Dubai, 597, United Arab Emirates
- Postgraduate and Research Department of Chemistry, Khadir Mohideen College, Affiliated to Bharathidasan University, Adirampattinam, 614701, India
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- Postgraduate and Research Department of Chemistry, Khadir Mohideen College, Affiliated to Bharathidasan University, Adirampattinam, 614701, India
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- Camel Forensic Laboratory, Central Veterinary Research Laboratory, Dubai, 597, United Arab Emirates
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- Camel Forensic Laboratory, Central Veterinary Research Laboratory, Dubai, 597, United Arab Emirates
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Liu L, Hobohm L, Bredendiek F, Froschauer A, Zierau O, Parr MK, Keiler AM. Medaka embryos as a model for metabolism of anabolic steroids. Arch Toxicol 2022; 96:1963-1974. [PMID: 35352155 PMCID: PMC9151555 DOI: 10.1007/s00204-022-03284-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2021] [Accepted: 03/14/2022] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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In anti-doping science, the knowledge of drug metabolism is a prerequisite to identify analytical targets for the detection of misused prohibited substances. As the most obvious way to study xenobiotic metabolism, the administration to human volunteers, faces ethical concerns, there is a need for model systems. In the present study, we investigated whether Oryzias latipes (medaka) embryos might be an alternative, non-animal test model to study human-like metabolism. In the present study, we exposed medaka embryos at the morula stage to the anabolic steroid metandienone (10 µM or 50 µM) for a period of 2 or 8 days. According to the fish embryo toxicity test (OECD test), we assessed the developmental status of the embryos. We further investigated metandienone metabolites by high-performance liquid chromatography- and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. Medaka embryos produced three mono-hydroxylated and one reduced metabolite known from human biotransformation. Developmental malformations were observed for the exposition to 50 µM metandienone, while a significant elevation of the heart beat was also present in those individuals exposed to the lower dose for 8 days. The present study demonstrates that the medaka embryo represents a promising model to study human-like metabolism. Moreover, the judgement of developmental parameters of the fish embryos enables for the simultaneous assessment of toxicity.
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- Lingyu Liu
- Institute of Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Chemistry, Freie Universität Berlin, Königin-Luise-Straße 2+4, 14195, Berlin, Germany
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- Environmental Monitoring & Endocrinology, Faculty of Biology, Technische Universität Dresden, Zellescher Weg 20b, 01217, Dresden, Germany
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- Institute of Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Chemistry, Freie Universität Berlin, Königin-Luise-Straße 2+4, 14195, Berlin, Germany
- Core Facility BiosupraMol, Department of Biology, Chemistry, Pharmacy, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Environmental Monitoring & Endocrinology, Faculty of Biology, Technische Universität Dresden, Zellescher Weg 20b, 01217, Dresden, Germany
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- Environmental Monitoring & Endocrinology, Faculty of Biology, Technische Universität Dresden, Zellescher Weg 20b, 01217, Dresden, Germany
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- Institute of Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Chemistry, Freie Universität Berlin, Königin-Luise-Straße 2+4, 14195, Berlin, Germany
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- Environmental Monitoring & Endocrinology, Faculty of Biology, Technische Universität Dresden, Zellescher Weg 20b, 01217, Dresden, Germany.
- Institute of Doping Analysis & Sports Biochemistry, Dresdner Str. 12, 01731, Kreischa, Germany.
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Harding C, Viljanto M, Cutler C, Habershon-Butcher J, Biddle S, Scarth J. In vitro and in vivo metabolism of the anabolic-androgenic steroid oxandrolone in the horse. Drug Test Anal 2021; 14:39-55. [PMID: 34378336 DOI: 10.1002/dta.3139] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2021] [Revised: 06/29/2021] [Accepted: 07/31/2021] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Piper T, Fusshöller G, Schänzer W, Lagojda A, Kuehne D, Thevis M. Studies on the in vivo metabolism of methylstenbolone and detection of novel long term metabolites for doping control analysis. Drug Test Anal 2019; 11:1644-1655. [DOI: 10.1002/dta.2736] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2019] [Revised: 10/31/2019] [Accepted: 11/10/2019] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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- Thomas Piper
- Center for Preventive Doping ResearchGerman Sport University Cologne Cologne Germany
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- Center for Preventive Doping ResearchGerman Sport University Cologne Cologne Germany
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- Center for Preventive Doping ResearchGerman Sport University Cologne Cologne Germany
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- Crop Science DivisionBayer AG Monheim Germany
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- Center for Preventive Doping ResearchGerman Sport University Cologne Cologne Germany
- European Monitoring Center for Emerging Doping Agents (EuMoCEDA) Cologne/Bonn Germany
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Polet M, Van Gansbeke W, Van Eenoo P, Deventer K. Efficient approach for the detection and identification of new androgenic metabolites by applying SRM GC-CI-MS/MS: a methandienone case study. JOURNAL OF MASS SPECTROMETRY : JMS 2016; 51:524-534. [PMID: 27434811 DOI: 10.1002/jms.3781] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2016] [Revised: 04/04/2016] [Accepted: 04/26/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Identification of anabolic androgenic steroids (AAS) is a vital issue in doping control and toxicology, and searching for metabolites with longer detection times remains an important task. Recently, a gas chromatography chemical ionization triple quadrupole mass spectrometry (GC-CI-MS/MS) method was introduced, and CI, in comparison with electron ionization (EI), proved to be capable of increasing the sensitivity significantly. In addition, correlations between AAS structure and fragmentation behavior could be revealed. This enables the search for previously unknown but expected metabolites by selection of their predicted transitions. The combination of both factors allows the setup of an efficient approach to search for new metabolites. The approach uses selected reaction monitoring which is inherently more sensitive than full scan or precursor ion scan. Additionally, structural information obtained from the structure specific CI fragmentation pattern facilitates metabolite identification. The procedure was demonstrated by a methandienone case study. Its metabolites have been studied extensively in the past, and this allowed an adequate evaluation of the efficiency of the approach. Thirty three metabolites were detected, including all relevant previously discovered metabolites. In our study, the previously reported long-term metabolite (18-nor-17β-hydroxymethyl,17α-methyl-androst-1,4,13-trien-3-one) could be detected up to 26 days by using GC-CI-MS/MS. The study proves the validity of the approach to search for metabolites of new synthetic AAS and new long-term metabolites of less studied AAS and illustrates the increase in sensitivity by using CI. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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- Michael Polet
- Ghent University, Department of Clinical Chemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, Doping Control Laboratory, Technologiepark 30 B, B-9052, Zwijnaarde, Belgium
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- Ghent University, Department of Clinical Chemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, Doping Control Laboratory, Technologiepark 30 B, B-9052, Zwijnaarde, Belgium
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- Ghent University, Department of Clinical Chemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, Doping Control Laboratory, Technologiepark 30 B, B-9052, Zwijnaarde, Belgium
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- Ghent University, Department of Clinical Chemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, Doping Control Laboratory, Technologiepark 30 B, B-9052, Zwijnaarde, Belgium
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Esquivel A, Pozo OJ, Garrostas L, Balcells G, Gómez C, Kotronoulas A, Joglar J, Ventura R. LC-MS/MS detection of unaltered glucuronoconjugated metabolites of metandienone. Drug Test Anal 2016; 9:534-544. [PMID: 27237125 DOI: 10.1002/dta.1996] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2015] [Revised: 04/06/2016] [Accepted: 04/20/2016] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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The aim of this study was to evaluate the direct detection of glucuronoconjugated metabolites of metandienone (MTD) and their detection times. Metabolites resistant to enzymatic hydrolysis were also evaluated. Based on the common mass spectrometric behaviour of steroid glucuronides, three liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) strategies were applied for the detection of unpredicted and predicted metabolites: precursor ion scan (PI), neutral loss scan (NL), and theoretical selected reaction monitoring (SRM) methods. Samples from four excretion studies of MTD were analyzed for both the detection of metabolites and the establishment of their detection times. Using PI and NL methods, seven metabolites were observed in post-administration samples. SRM methods allowed for the detection of 13 glucuronide metabolites. The detection times, measured by analysis with an SRM method, were between 1 and 22 days. The metabolite detected for the longest time was 18-nor-17β-hydroxymethyl-17α-methyl-5β-androsta-1,4,13-triene-3-one-17-glucuronide. One metabolite was resistant to hydrolysis with β-glucuronidase; however it was only detected in urine up to four days after administration. The three glucuronide metabolites with the highest retrospectivity were identified by chemical synthesis or mass spectrometric data, and although they were previously reported, this is the first time that analytical data of the intact phase II metabolites are presented for some of them. The LC-MS/MS strategies applied have demonstrated to be useful for detecting glucuronoconjugated metabolites of MTD, including glucuronides resistant to enzymatic hydrolysis which cannot be detected by conventional approaches. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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- Argitxu Esquivel
- Bioanalysis Research Group, IMIM, Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute, Doctor Aiguader 88, 08003, Barcelona, Spain.,Department of Experimental and Health Sciences, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Doctor Aiguader 88, 08003, Barcelona, Spain
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- Bioanalysis Research Group, IMIM, Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute, Doctor Aiguader 88, 08003, Barcelona, Spain
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- Bioanalysis Research Group, IMIM, Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute, Doctor Aiguader 88, 08003, Barcelona, Spain
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- Bioanalysis Research Group, IMIM, Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute, Doctor Aiguader 88, 08003, Barcelona, Spain.,Department of Experimental and Health Sciences, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Doctor Aiguader 88, 08003, Barcelona, Spain
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- Bioanalysis Research Group, IMIM, Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute, Doctor Aiguader 88, 08003, Barcelona, Spain
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- Bioanalysis Research Group, IMIM, Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute, Doctor Aiguader 88, 08003, Barcelona, Spain.,Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Modeling, Instituto de Química Avanzada de Cataluña, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas ((IQAC-CSIC), Jordi Girona 18-26, 08034, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Modeling, Instituto de Química Avanzada de Cataluña, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas ((IQAC-CSIC), Jordi Girona 18-26, 08034, Barcelona, Spain
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- Bioanalysis Research Group, IMIM, Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute, Doctor Aiguader 88, 08003, Barcelona, Spain.,Department of Experimental and Health Sciences, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Doctor Aiguader 88, 08003, Barcelona, Spain
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Gómez C, Pozo OJ, Garrostas L, Segura J, Ventura R. A new sulphate metabolite as a long-term marker of metandienone misuse. Steroids 2013; 78:1245-53. [PMID: 24055830 DOI: 10.1016/j.steroids.2013.09.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2013] [Revised: 08/12/2013] [Accepted: 09/07/2013] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Metandienone is one of the most frequently detected anabolic androgenic steroids in sports drug testing. Metandienone misuse is commonly detected by monitoring different metabolites excreted free or conjugated with glucuronic acid using gas chromatography mass spectrometry (GC-MS) and liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) after hydrolysis with β-glucuronidase and liquid-liquid extraction. It is known that several metabolites are the result of the formation of sulphate conjugates in C17, which are converted to their 17-epimers in urine. Therefore, sulphation is an important phase II metabolic pathway of metandienone that has not been comprehensively studied. The aim of this work was to evaluate the sulphate fraction of metandienone metabolism by LC-MS/MS. Seven sulphate metabolites were detected after the analysis of excretion study samples by applying different neutral loss scan, precursor ion scan and SRM methods. One of the metabolites (M1) was identified and characterised by GC-MS/MS and LC-MS/MS as 18-nor-17β-hydroxymethyl-17α-methylandrost-1,4,13-triene-3-one sulphate. M1 could be detected up to 26 days after the administration of a single dose of metandienone (5 mg), thus improving the period in which the misuse can be reported with respect to the last long-term metandienone metabolite described (18-nor-17β-hydroxymethyl-17α-methylandrost-1,4,13-triene-3-one excreted in the glucuronide fraction).
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- C Gómez
- Bioanalysis Research Group, IMIM-Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Spain; Departament de Ciències Experimentals i de la Salut, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain
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Gosetti F, Mazzucco E, Gennaro MC, Marengo E. Ultra high performance liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry determination and profiling of prohibited steroids in human biological matrices. A review. J Chromatogr B Analyt Technol Biomed Life Sci 2013; 927:22-36. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jchromb.2012.12.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2012] [Revised: 12/03/2012] [Accepted: 12/04/2012] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Pozo OJ, Lootens L, Van Eenoo P, Deventer K, Meuleman P, Leroux-Roels G, Parr MK, Schänzer W, Delbeke FT. Combination of liquid-chromatography tandem mass spectrometry in different scan modes with human and chimeric mouse urine for the study of steroid metabolism. Drug Test Anal 2009; 1:554-67. [DOI: 10.1002/dta.56] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Lootens L, Meuleman P, Pozo OJ, Van Eenoo P, Leroux-Roels G, Delbeke FT. uPA+/+-SCID mouse with humanized liver as a model for in vivo metabolism of exogenous steroids: methandienone as a case study. Clin Chem 2009; 55:1783-93. [PMID: 19643840 DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2008.119396] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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BACKGROUND Adequate detection of designer steroids in the urine of athletes is still a challenge in doping control analysis and requires knowledge of steroid metabolism. In this study we investigated whether uPA(+/+)-SCID mice carrying functional primary human hepatocytes in their liver would provide a suitable alternative small animal model for the investigation of human steroid metabolism in vivo. METHODS A quantitative method based on liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) was developed and validated for the urinary detection of 7 known methandienone metabolites. Application of this method to urine samples from humanized mice after methandienone administration allowed for comparison with data from in vivo human samples and with reported methandienone data from in vitro hepatocyte cultures. RESULTS The LC-MS/MS method validation in mouse and human urine indicated good linearity, precision, and recovery. Using this method we quantified 6 of 7 known human methandienone metabolites in the urine of chimeric mice, whereas in control nonchimeric mice we detected only 2 metabolites. These results correlated very well with methandienone metabolism in humans. In addition, we detected 4 isomers of methandienone metabolites in both human and chimeric mouse urine. One of these isomers has never been reported before. CONCLUSIONS The results of this proof-of-concept study indicate that the human liver-uPA(+/+)-SCID mouse appears to be a suitable small animal model for the investigation of human-type metabolism of anabolic steroids and possibly also for other types of drugs and medications.
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Thevis M, Schänzer W. Synthetic anabolic agents: steroids and nonsteroidal selective androgen receptor modulators. Handb Exp Pharmacol 2009:99-126. [PMID: 20020362 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-79088-4_5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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The central role of testosterone in the development of male characteristics, as well as its beneficial effects on physical performance and muscle growth, has led to the search for synthetic alternatives with improved pharmacological profiles. Hundreds of steroidal analogs have been prepared with a superior oral bioavailability, which should also possess reduced undesirable effects. However, only a few entered the pharmaceutical market due to severe toxicological incidences that were mainly attributed to the lack of tissue selectivity. Prominent representatives of anabolic-androgenic steroids (AAS) are for instance methyltestosterone, metandienone and stanozolol, which are discussed as model compounds with regard to general pharmacological aspects of synthetic AAS. Recently, nonsteroidal alternatives to AAS have been developed that selectively activate the androgen receptor in either muscle tissue or bones. These so-called selective androgen receptor modulators (SARMs) are currently undergoing late clinical trials (IIb) and will be prohibited by the World Anti-Doping Agency from January 2008. Their entirely synthetic structures are barely related to steroids, but particular functional groups allow for the tissue-selective activation or inhibition of androgen receptors and, thus, the stimulation of muscle growth without the risk of severe undesirable effects commonly observed in steroid replacement therapies. Hence, these compounds possess a high potential for misuse in sports and will be the subject of future doping control assays.
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- Mario Thevis
- Center for Preventive Doping Research - Institute of Biochemistry, German Sport University Cologne, Am Sportpark Müngersdorf 6, 50933, Cologne, Germany.
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Geyer H, Parr MK, Koehler K, Mareck U, Schänzer W, Thevis M. Nutritional supplements cross-contaminated and faked with doping substances. JOURNAL OF MASS SPECTROMETRY : JMS 2008; 43:892-902. [PMID: 18563865 DOI: 10.1002/jms.1452] [Citation(s) in RCA: 208] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Since 1999 several groups have analyzed nutritional supplements with mass spectrometric methods (GC/MS, LC/MS/MS) for contaminations and adulterations with doping substances. These investigations showed that nutritional supplements contained prohibited stimulants as ephedrines, caffeine, methylenedioxymetamphetamie and sibutramine, which were not declared on the labels. An international study performed in 2001 and 2002 on 634 nutritional supplements that were purchased in 13 different countries showed that about 15% of the nonhormonal nutritional supplements were contaminated with anabolic-androgenic steroids (mainly prohormones). Since 2002, also products intentionally faked with high amounts of 'classic' anabolic steroids such as metandienone, stanozolol, boldenone, dehydrochloromethyl-testosterone, oxandrolone etc. have been detected on the nutritional supplement market. These anabolic steroids were not declared on the labels either. The sources of these anabolic steroids are probably Chinese pharmaceutical companies, which sell bulk material of anabolic steroids. In 2005 vitamin C, multivitamin and magnesium tablets were confiscated, which contained cross-contaminations of stanozolol and metandienone. Since 2002 new 'designer' steroids such as prostanozol, methasterone, androstatrienedione etc. have been offered on the nutritional supplement market. In the near future also cross-contaminations with these steroids are expected. Recently a nutritional supplement for weight loss was found to contain the beta2-agonist clenbuterol. The application of such nutritional supplements is connected with a high risk of inadvertent doping cases and a health risk. For the detection of new 'designer' steroids in nutritional supplements, mass spectrometric strategies (GC/MS, LC/MS/MS) are presented.
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- Hans Geyer
- Center for Preventive Doping Research, German Sport University Cologne, Am Sportpark Müngersdorf 6, 50933 Cologne, Germany.
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Thevis M, Schänzer W. Mass spectrometry of selective androgen receptor modulators. JOURNAL OF MASS SPECTROMETRY : JMS 2008; 43:865-876. [PMID: 18521833 DOI: 10.1002/jms.1438] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Nonsteroidal selective androgen receptor modulators (SARMs) are an emerging class of drugs for treatment of various diseases including osteoporosis and muscle wasting as well as the correction of age-related functional decline such as muscle strength and power. Several SARMs, which have advanced to preclinical and clinical trials, are composed of diverse chemical structures including arylpropionamide-, bicyclic hydantoin-, quinoline-, and tetrahydroquinoline-derived nuclei. Since January 2008, SARMs have been categorized as anabolic agents and prohibited by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA). Suitable detection methods for these low-molecular weight drugs were based on mass spectrometric approaches, which necessitated the elucidation of dissociation pathways in order to characterize and identify the target analytes in doping control samples as well as potential metabolic products and synthetic analogs. Fragmentation patterns of representatives of each category of SARMs after electrospray ionization (ESI) and collision-induced dissociation (CID) as well as electron ionization (EI) are summarized. The complexity and structural heterogeneity of these drugs is a daunting challenge for detection methods.
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- Mario Thevis
- Institute of Biochemistry, Center for Preventive Doping Research, German Sport University Cologne, Carl-Diem Weg 6, 50933 Cologne, Germany.
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Thevis M, Schänzer W. Mass spectrometry in sports drug testing: Structure characterization and analytical assays. MASS SPECTROMETRY REVIEWS 2007; 26:79-107. [PMID: 16888758 DOI: 10.1002/mas.20107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 144] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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Owing to the sensitive, selective, and unambiguous nature of mass spectrometric analyses, chromatographic techniques interfaced to various kinds of mass spectrometers have become the most frequently employed strategy in the fight against doping. To obtain utmost confidence in analytical assays, mass spectrometric characterization of target analytes and typical dissociation pathways have been utilized as basis for the development of reliable and robust screening as well as confirmation procedures. Methods for qualitative and/or quantitative determinations of prohibited low and high molecular weight drugs have been established in doping control laboratories preferably employing gas or liquid chromatography combined with electron, chemical, or atmospheric pressure ionization followed by analyses using quadrupole, ion trap, linear ion trap, or hyphenated techniques. The versatility of modern mass spectrometers enable specific as well as comprehensive measurements allowing sports drug testing laboratories to determine the misuse of therapeutics such as anabolic-androgenic steroids, stimulants, masking agents or so-called designer drugs in athletes' blood or urine specimens, and a selection of recent developments is summarized in this review.
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- Mario Thevis
- Institute of Biochemistry and Center for Preventive Doping Research, German Sport University Cologne, Carl-Diem Weg 6, 50933 Cologne, Germany.
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Iglesias-Arteaga MA, Mendez-Stivalet JM, Pérez N. Synthesis of Polyhydroxylated Δ 13-17,17-dialkyl-18-norsteroids by BF 3·Et 2O/Ac 2O-promoted Wagner-Meerwein Rearrangement of Furostanols. Nat Prod Commun 2007. [DOI: 10.1177/1934578x0700200109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Two polyhydroxylated Δ13-17,17-dialkyl-18-norsteroids were prepared by BF3·Et2O/Ac2O-promoted regioselective E-ring cleavage/ 1-2 hydride shift/ Wagner-Meerwein rearrangement of furostanols derived from the steroid sapogenins diosgenin and sarsasapogenin. Details of the spectroscopic characterization are discussed.
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- Martín A. Iglesias-Arteaga
- Departamento de Química Orgánica, Facultad de Química, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria, 04510 México D.F., México
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- Departamento de Química Orgánica, Facultad de Química, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria, 04510 México D.F., México
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- Departamento de Química Orgánica, Facultad de Química, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria, 04510 México D.F., México
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Schänzer W, Geyer H, Fusshöller G, Halatcheva N, Kohler M, Parr MK, Guddat S, Thomas A, Thevis M. Mass spectrometric identification and characterization of a new long-term metabolite of metandienone in human urine. RAPID COMMUNICATIONS IN MASS SPECTROMETRY : RCM 2006; 20:2252-8. [PMID: 16804957 DOI: 10.1002/rcm.2587] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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Anabolic-androgenic steroids are some of the most frequently detected drugs in amateur and professional sports. Doping control laboratories have developed numerous assays enabling the determination of administered drugs and/or their metabolic products that allow retrospectives with respect to pharmacokinetics and excretion profiles of steroids and their metabolites. A new metabolite generated from metandienone has been identified as 18-nor-17beta-hydroxymethyl,17alpha-methyl-androst-1,4,13-trien-3-one in excretion study urine samples providing a valuable tool for the long-term detection of metandienone abuse by athletes in sports drug testing. The metabolite was characterized using gas chromatography/(tandem) mass spectrometry, liquid chromatography/tandem mass spectrometry and liquid chromatography/high-resolution/high-accuracy (tandem) mass spectrometry by characteristic fragmentation patterns representing the intact 3-keto-1,4-diene structure in combination with typical product ions substantiating the proposed C/D-ring structure of the steroid metabolite. In addition, structure confirmation was obtained by the analysis of excretion study urine specimens obtained after administration of 17-CD(3)-labeled metandienone providing the deuterated analogue to the newly identified metabolite. 18-Nor-17beta-hydroxymethyl,17alpha-methyl-androst-1,4,13-trien-3-one was determined in metandienone administration study urine specimens up to 19 days after application of a single dose of 5 mg, hence providing an extended detection period compared with commonly employed strategies.
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- Wilhelm Schänzer
- Center for Preventive Doping Research-Institute of Biochemistry, German Sport University Cologne, Carl-Diem Weg 6, 50933 Cologne, Germany
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Lévesque JF, Gaudreault M, Aubin Y, Chauret N. Discovery, biosynthesis, and structure elucidation of new metabolites of norandrostenedione using in vitro systems. Steroids 2005; 70:305-17. [PMID: 15784285 DOI: 10.1016/j.steroids.2004.12.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2004] [Revised: 12/07/2004] [Accepted: 12/16/2004] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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The aim of our study was to demonstrate the positive impact that in vitro systems could have on the synthesis and characterization of unknown metabolites of banned doping agents. Using norandrostenedione (estr-4-en-3,17-dione), we were able to identify and characterize by GC/MS and LC/UV/MS several new hydroxylated metabolites formed in human hepatocyte incubations. The site of hydroxylation of M1, M2, M3, and M5 was demonstrated to be at C-6beta position by incubating estr-4-en-6beta-ol-3,17-dione (M4), which is the direct 6beta-hydroxylated metabolite of norandrostenedione. The structure of M5 was confirmed to be estr-4-en-6beta,17beta-diol-3-one (6beta-hydroxynortestosterone) using a commercially available authentic standard. For the other metabolites, M1, M2, and M3, no standards were available. Due to limited access to fresh human liver tissues, in vitro incubation conditions in rat liver subcellular fractions and hepatocytes were optimized as an alternative to produce sufficient quantities of the unknown metabolites for MS and/or NMR characterization. The structure of M1 was assigned to 5alpha-estran-3alpha,6beta-diol-17-one (6beta-hydroxynorandrosterone) and M3 to 5alpha-estran-3beta,6beta-diol-17-one (6beta-hydroxynorepiandrosterone) based on NMR data. M2 is proposed to be 5beta-estran-3alpha,6beta-diol-17-one (6beta-hydroxynoretiocholanolone) based on GC/MS fragmentation of the TMS-enol bis-TMS-ether derivative. The in vitro approach reported here, in addition to urinary excretion studies in humans, could contribute significantly to the discovery, the synthesis, and structure elucidation of new markers of doping agents.
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- Jean-François Lévesque
- Merck Frosst Centre for Therapeutic Research, P.O. Box 1005, Pointe-Claire/Dorval, Que., Canada H9R 4P8.
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McKinney AR, Ridley DD, Suann CJ. Metabolism of methandrostenolone in the horse: a gas chromatographic-mass spectrometric investigation of phase I and phase II metabolism. JOURNAL OF CHROMATOGRAPHY. B, BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES AND APPLICATIONS 2001; 765:71-9. [PMID: 11817312 DOI: 10.1016/s0378-4347(01)00409-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The phase I and phase II metabolism of the anabolic steroid methandrostenolone was investigated following oral administration to a standardbred gelding. In the phase I study, metabolites were isolated from the urine by solid-phase extraction, deconjugated by acid catalysed methanolysis and converted to their O-methyloxime trimethylsilyl derivatives. GC-MS analysis indicated the major metabolic processes to be sequential reduction of the A-ring and hydroxylation at C6 and C16. In the phase II study, unconjugated, beta-glucuronidated and sulfated metabolites were fractionated and deconjugated using a combination of liquid-liquid extraction, enzyme hydrolysis, solid-phase extraction and acid catalysed methanolysis. Derivatization followed by GC-MS analysis revealed extensive conjugation to both glucuronic and sulfuric acids, with only a small proportion of metabolites occurring in unconjugated form.
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- A R McKinney
- School of Chemistry, University of Sydney, NSW, Australia
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Thevis M, Opfermann G, Schmickler H, Schänzer W. Mass spectrometry of steroid glucuronide conjugates. I. Electron impact fragmentation of 5alpha-/5beta-androstan-3alpha-ol-17-one glucuronides, 5alpha-estran-3alpha-ol-17-one glucuronide and deuterium-labelled analogues. JOURNAL OF MASS SPECTROMETRY : JMS 2001; 36:159-168. [PMID: 11288198 DOI: 10.1002/jms.117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Owing to the developments of analytical instruments and interfaces (e.g. coupling high-performance liquid chromatography to mass spectrometry), there has been increased interest in new reference materials, for example in doping analysis with steroid glucuronide conjugates. The synthesized reference material has to pass several characterization steps including the use of gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS) for its structure confirmation. In the present study, the fragmentation and mass spectrometric behaviour of several steroid glucuronide conjugates of endogenous and anabolic steroids after derivatization to pertrimethylsilylated products and to methyl ester pertrimethylsilylated products were investigated using GC/MS ion trap and GC/MS quadrupole instruments. The mass spectra of the derivatives of androsterone glucuronide, d5-androsterone glucuronide, epiandrosterone glucuronide, etiocholanolone glucuronide, 11beta-hydroxy etiocholanolone glucuronide, 19-norandrosterone glucuronide, d4-19-norandrosterone glucuronide and 1alpha-methyl-5alpha-androstan-3alpha-ol-17-one glucuronide are presented and the origin of typical fragment ions of the glycosidic and steroidal moieties is proposed, based on different derivatization techniques including derivatization with d18-bistrimethylsilylacetamide, methyl ester and trimethylsilyl ester derivatization and selected reaction monitoring. Typical fragmentation patterns which are related to the steroid structure are discussed.
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- M Thevis
- Institute of Biochemistry, German Sports University, Cologne, Germany.
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Stanley SM, Kent S, Rodgers JP. Biotransformation of 17-alkyl steroids in the equine: high-performance liquid chromatography-mass spectrometric and gas chromatography-mass spectrometric analysis of fluoxymesterone metabolites in urine samples. JOURNAL OF CHROMATOGRAPHY. B, BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES AND APPLICATIONS 1997; 704:119-28. [PMID: 9518142 DOI: 10.1016/s0378-4347(97)00440-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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In this study the equine metabolism of fluoxymesterone (9alpha-fluoro-11beta-17beta-dihydroxy-17alpha-meth ylandrost-4-ene-3-one) given orally has been investigated. The parent material was not detected, but two major 16-hydroxy metabolites which corresponded to a mono- and a di-hydroxylation product were evident. One of the hydroxylation positions was identified as C-16. Phase II metabolism in the form of glucuronide formation was also common. These steroids will provide target compounds for confirming abuse of this drug in the horse.
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- S M Stanley
- The Jockey Club of Southern Africa, Johannesburg, Gauteng
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De Brabandere VI, Thienpont LM, Stöckl D, De Leenheer AP. 13C-NMR and mass spectral data of steroids with a 17,17-dialkyl-18-nor-13(14)-ene substructure. J Lipid Res 1997. [DOI: 10.1016/s0022-2275(20)37244-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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Stanley SM, Smith L, Rodgers JP. Biotransformation of 17-alkylsteroids in the equine: gas chromatographic-mass spectral identification of ten intermediate metabolites of methyltestosterone. JOURNAL OF CHROMATOGRAPHY. B, BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES AND APPLICATIONS 1997; 690:55-64. [PMID: 9106029 DOI: 10.1016/s0378-4347(96)00404-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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The metabolism of the orally active anabolic steroid methyltestosterone in the equine was investigated by administration of the drug along with a tritiated radiolabel tracer. In this study some of the metabolites were identified and a radio immunoassay screen and immunoaffinity chromatography gel for methyltestosterone were also evaluated. Pathway intermediates, in particular the 17-methylandrostanediols, were studied to gain an insight into the most likely stereochemistry of the major metabolites. The predominant phase I biotransformations involve reduction of the A ring 3-oxo and 4-ene groups to yield predominantly 3 beta-hydroxy-5 alpha-androstane products and hydroxylation of the steroid nucleus at several positions. Epimerisation of the 17 alpha-methyl group also occurred. Ten steroids could be positively identified by comparison with authentic reference materials and many other triol, tetrol and pentols were also observed. Phase II metabolites and sulphate conjugates in particular, were common.
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- S M Stanley
- Jockey Club of Southern Africa, Johannesburg, Gauteng, Republic of South Africa
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Schänzer W, Delahaut P, Geyer H, Machnik M, Horning S. Long-term detection and identification of metandienone and stanozolol abuse in athletes by gas chromatography-high-resolution mass spectrometry. JOURNAL OF CHROMATOGRAPHY. B, BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS 1996; 687:93-108. [PMID: 9001957 DOI: 10.1016/s0378-4347(96)00187-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 111] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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The misuse of anabolic androgenic steroids (AAS) in human sports is controlled by gas chromatography-mass spectrometric analysis of urine specimens obtained from athletes. The analysis is improved with modern high-resolution mass spectrometry (HRMS). The detection and identification of metabolites of stanozolol (I) [3'-hydroxystanozolol (II) and 4 beta-hydroxystanozolol (III)] and metandienone (IV) I17 beta-methyl-5 beta-androst-1-ene-3 alpha,17 alpha-diol (V) and 18-nor-17,17-dimethyl-5 beta-androsta-1,13-dien-3 alpha-ol (VI)] with GC-HRMS at 3000 resolution yielded a large increase in the number of positive specimens. A total of 116 anabolic steroid positives were found in this laboratory in 1995 via GC-MS and GC-HRMS screening of 6700 human urine specimens collected at national and international sporting events and at out-of-competition testing. Of the 116 positive cases, 41 were detected using conventional (quadrupole) GC-MS screening. The other 75 positives were identified via GC-HRMS screening. To confirm the HRMS screening result, the urine sample was reanalyzed using a specific sample workup procedure to selectively isolate the metabolites of the identified substance. II and III were selectively isolated via immunoaffinity chromatography (IAC) using an antibody which was prepared for methyltestosterone and shows high cross reactivity to II and III. V and VI were isolated using high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) fractionation.
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- W Schänzer
- Institute of Biochemistry, German Sports University, Cologne, Germany
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Schanzer W, Horning S, Opfermann G, Donike M. Gas chromatography/mass spectometry identification of long-term excreted metabolites of the anabolic steroid 4-chloro-1,2-dehydro-17alpha-methyltestosterone in humans. J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol 1996; 57:363-76. [PMID: 8639473 DOI: 10.1016/0960-0760(95)00276-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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The misuse of anabolic steroids by athletes has been banned by sports organizations and is controlled by the analysis of urine samples obtained from athletes using gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS). To extend the retrospectivity of the analytical methods, research is focused on long-term excreted metabolites. Preliminary results concerning the long-term detection of metabolites of the anabolic androgenic steroid 4-chloro-1,2-dehydro-17alpha-methyltestosterone I are presented. A new metabolite 4-chloro-3alpha, 6 beta, 17beta-trihydroxy-17alpha-methyl-5beta-androst-l-en-16-one was isolated by high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) from urine following a single oral administration of 40 mg of I and characterized. Metabolite II was excreted into urine with a maximum excretion rate at approximately 48 h after administration and could be detected by gas chromatography/high resolution mass spectrometry (GC/HRMS) for up to 14 days. Two further partly characterized metabolites III and IV were confirmed for more than 9 days. The same three metabolites, II-IV, in varying amounts were also detected in urine samples from athletes who administered I.
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- W Schanzer
- Institute of Biochemistry, German Sports University, Köln, Germany
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Schoene C, Nedderman AN, Houghton E. Preliminary study of the metabolism of 17 alpha-methyltestosterone in horses utilizing gas chromatography-mass spectrometric techniques. Analyst 1994; 119:2537-42. [PMID: 7879850 DOI: 10.1039/an9941902537] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Little is known about the metabolism of 17 alpha-alkyl anabolic steroids in horses. In this study, the metabolism of 17 alpha-methyltestosterone is investigated by oral administration of a (1 + 1) mixture of the steroid and its deuteriated analogue. Both compounds were synthesized from dehydroisoandrosterone (DHA), using a Grignard reaction followed by an Oppenauer oxidation. Post-administration urine extracts were analysed by gas chromatography--mass spectrometry (GC-MS) using both electron impact (IE) and chemical ionization (CI). Interpretation of the data was facilitated by observation of the fragment ions present in the mass spectra. Notably, the D-ring fragment ions were indicative of 15- or 16-hydroxylation, where 16-hydroxy metabolites showed ion pairs at m/z 218/221 and at m/z 231/234 while 15-hydroxy compounds gave the 231/234 ion pair alone. Unaltered D-rings showed fragment ions at m/z 143/146. The data showed that the main phase 1 metabolic processes were partial and complete reduction of the 3-oxo-4-ene group, 15-hydroxylation, 16-hydroxylation, 17-epimerization and hydroxylation at at least two other undetermined sites, postulated as the 6 and 11 positions. Phase 2 metabolism, in the form of glucuronide and sulfate formation, was also common. The information provided by this investigation will result in improved effectiveness of confirmatory analytical procedures for 17 alpha-alkyl anabolic steroids.
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- C Schoene
- Horseracing Forensic Laboratory Limited, Suffolk, UK
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Stöckl D, de Sagher R, Thienpont LM, Debruyckere G, Van Peteghem CH. Formation of 18-nor-13(14)-ene-17β-methyl steroids during perfluoroacylation of anabolic steroids bearing a tertiary 17-hydroxy group and compounds related to corticosteroids. Analyst 1994. [DOI: 10.1039/an9941902587] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Metabolism of anabolic steroids in man: synthesis and use of reference substances for identification of anabolic steroid metabolites. Anal Chim Acta 1993. [DOI: 10.1016/0003-2670(93)80274-o] [Citation(s) in RCA: 227] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Schänzer W, Opfermann G, Donike M. 17-Epimerization of 17 alpha-methyl anabolic steroids in humans: metabolism and synthesis of 17 alpha-hydroxy-17 beta-methyl steroids. Steroids 1992; 57:537-50. [PMID: 1448813 DOI: 10.1016/0039-128x(92)90023-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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The 17-epimers of the anabolic steroids bolasterone (I), 4-chlorodehydromethyltestosterone (II), fluoxymesterone (III), furazabol (IV), metandienone (V), mestanolone (VI), methyltestosterone (VII), methandriol (VIII), oxandrolone (IX), oxymesterone (X), oxymetholone (XI), stanozolol (XII), and the human metabolites 7 alpha,17 alpha-dimethyl-5 beta-androstane-3 alpha,17 beta-diol (XIII) (metabolite of I), 6 beta-hydroxymetandienone (XIV) (metabolite of V), 17 alpha-methyl-5 beta-androst-1-ene-3 alpha,17 beta-diol (XV) (metabolite of V), 3'-hydroxystanozolol (XVI) (metabolite of XII), as well as the reference substances 17 beta-hydroxy-17 alpha-methyl-5 beta-androstan-3-one (XVII), 17 beta-hydroxy-17 alpha-methyl-5 beta-androst-1-en-3-one (XVIII) (also a metabolite of V), the four isomers 17 alpha-methyl-5 alpha-androstane-3 alpha,17 beta-diol (XIX) (also a metabolite of VI, VII, and XI), 17 alpha-methyl-5 alpha-androstane-3 beta,17 beta-diol (XX), 17 alpha-methyl-5 beta-androstane-3 alpha,17 beta-diol (XXI) (also a metabolite of V, VII, and VIII), 17 alpha-methyl-5 beta-androstane-3 beta,17 beta-diol (XXII), and 17 beta-hydroxy-7 alpha,17 alpha-dimethyl-5 beta-androstan-3-one (XXIII) were synthesized via a 17 beta-sulfate that spontaneously hydrolyzed in water to several dehydration products, and to the 17 alpha-hydroxy-17 beta-methyl epimer. The 17 beta-sulfate was prepared by reaction of the 17 beta-hydroxy-17 alpha-methyl steroid with sulfur trioxide pyridine complex. The 17 beta-methyl epimers are eluted in gas chromatography as trimethylsilyl derivatives from a capillary SE-54 or OV-1 column 70-170 methylen units before the corresponding 17 alpha-methyl epimer. The electron impact mass spectra of the underivatized and trimethylsilylated epimers are in most cases identical and only for I, II, and V was a differentiation between the 17-epimers possible. 1H nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectra show for the 17 beta-methyl epimer a chemical shift for the C-18 protons (singlet) of about 0.175 ppm (in deuterochloroform) to a lower field. 13C NMR spectra display differences for the 17-epimeric steroids in shielding effects for carbons 12-18 and 20. Excretion studies with I-XII with identification and quantification of 17-epimeric metabolites indicate that the extent of 17-epimerization depends on the A-ring structure and shows a great variation for the different 17 alpha-methyl anabolic steroids.
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- W Schänzer
- Institut für Biochemie, Deutsche Sporthochschule, Cologne, Germany
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Bi H, Massé R, Just G. Studies on anabolic steroids. 10. Synthesis and identification of acidic urinary metabolites of oxymetholone in a human. Steroids 1992; 57:453-9. [PMID: 1455463 DOI: 10.1016/0039-128x(92)90100-n] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Two major unconjugated acidic metabolites of oxymetholone (17 beta-hydroxy-2-hydroxymethylene-17 alpha-methyl-5 alpha-androstan-3-one, 1), namely, 17 beta-hydroxy-17 alpha-methyl-2,3-seco-5 alpha-androstane-2,3-dioic acid (2) and 3 alpha,17 beta-dihydroxy-17 alpha-methyl-5 alpha-androstane-2 beta-carboxylic acid (6a), were detected by gas chromatography/mass spectrometry in urine samples collected after oral administration of 1 to a human volunteer. Reference steroid 2 was synthesized and identified. The identification of urinary metabolite 6a was based on the synthesis of its stereoisomers and the isomerization of the methyl ester 6b to its 2-epimer, 3 alpha,17 beta-dihydroxy-17 alpha-methyl-5 alpha-androstane-2 alpha-carboxylic acid methyl ester (9b). The mechanisms accounting for the formation of these acidic metabolites are discussed.
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- H Bi
- Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique, INRS Santé, Université du Québec, Pointe-Claire, Canada
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Bi H, Massé R, Just G. Studies on anabolic steroids. 9. Tertiary sulfates of anabolic 17 alpha-methyl steroids: synthesis and rearrangement. Steroids 1992; 57:306-12. [PMID: 1412567 DOI: 10.1016/0039-128x(92)90048-e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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A simple and convenient method has been developed to prepare sulfates of anabolic 17 beta-hydroxy-17 alpha-methyl steroids. The sulfates of methandienone, 17 alpha-methyltestosterone, mestanolone, oxandrolone, and stanozolol were prepared. Different A-ring functions were not affected under the sulfation condition. The buffered hydrolyses of these sulfates provided the 17-epimers of the original steroids and 17,17-dimethyl-18-nor-13(14)-ene steroids, presumably via the 17-carbocations.
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- H Bi
- Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique, INRS-Santé, Université du Québec, Pointe-Claire, Canada
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Hagedorn HW, Schulz R, Friedrich A. Detection of methandienone (methandrostenolone) and metabolites in horse urine by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. JOURNAL OF CHROMATOGRAPHY 1992; 577:195-203. [PMID: 1400752 DOI: 10.1016/0378-4347(92)80240-q] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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The metabolic transformation of methandienone (I) in the horse was investigated. After administration of a commercial drug preparation to a female horse (0.5 mg/kg), urine samples were collected up to 96 h and processed without enzymic hydrolysis. Extraction was performed by a series of solid-liquid and liquid-liquid extractions, thus avoiding laborious purification techniques. For analysis by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry, the extracts were trimethylsilylated. Besides the parent compound I and its C-17 epimer II, three monohydroxylated metabolites were identified: 6 beta-hydroxymethandienone (III), its C-17 epimer (IV) and 16 beta-hydroxymethandienone (V). In addition, three isomers of 6 beta,16-dihydroxymethandienone (VIa-c) were discovered. Apparently, reduction of the delta 4 double bond of 16 beta-hydroxymethandienone (V) in the horse yields 16 beta,17 beta-dihydroxy-17 alpha-methyl-5 beta-androst-1-en-3-one (VII). Reduction of the isomers VIa-c results in the corresponding 6 beta,16,17-trihydroxy-17-methyl-5 beta-androst-1-en-3-ones (VIIIa-c). The data presented here suggest that screening for the isomers of VI and VIII, applying the selected-ion monitoring technique, will be the most successful way of proving methandienone administration to a horse.
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- H W Hagedorn
- Institute of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmacy, University of Munich, Germany
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Bi H, Massé R. Studies on anabolic steroids--12. Epimerization and degradation of anabolic 17 beta-sulfate-17 alpha-methyl steroids in human: qualitative and quantitative GC/MS analysis. J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol 1992; 42:533-46. [PMID: 1616883 DOI: 10.1016/0960-0760(92)90267-m] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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The epimerization and dehydration reactions of the 17 beta-hydroxy group of anabolic 17 beta-hydroxy-17 alpha-methyl steroids have been investigated using the pyridinium salts of 17 beta-sulfate derivatives of methandienone 1, methyltestosterone 4, oxandrolone 7, mestanolone 10 and stanozolol 11 as model compounds. Rearrangement of the sulfate conjugates in buffered urine (pH 5.2) afforded the corresponding 17-epimers and 18-nor-17,17-dimethyl-13(14)-enes in a ratio of 0.8:1. These data indicated that both epimerization and dehydration of the 17 beta-sulfate derivatives were not dependent upon the respective chemical features of the steroids studied, but were instead inherent to the chemistry of the tertiary 17 beta-hydroxy group of these steroids. Interestingly, in vivo studies carried out with human male volunteers showed that only methandienone 1, methyltestosterone 4 and oxandrolone 7 yielded the corresponding 17-epimers 2, 5 and 8 and the 18-nor-17,17-dimethyl-13(14)-enes 3, 6 and 9 in ratios of 0.5:1, 2:1 and 2.7:1, respectively. No trace of the corresponding 17-epimers and 18-nor-17,17-dimethyl-13(14)-enes derivatives of mestanolone 10 and stanozolol 11 was detected in urine samples collected after administration of these steroids. These data suggested that the in vivo formation of the 17-epimers and 18-nor-17,17-dimethyl-13(14)-enes derivatives of 17 beta-hydroxy-17 alpha-methyl steroids is also dependent upon phase I and phase II metabolic reactions other than sulfation of the tertiary 17 beta-hydroxyl group, which are probably modulated by the respective chemical features of the steroidal substrates. The data reported in this study demonstrate that the 17-epimers and 18-nor-17,17-dimethyl-13(14)-enes are not artifacts resulting from the acidic or microbial degradation of the parent steroids in the gut as previously suggested by other authors, but arise from the rearrangement of their 17 beta-sulfate derivatives. Unchanged oxandrolone 7 was solely detected in the unconjugated steroid fraction whereas unchanged steroids 1, 4 and 11 were recovered from the glucuronide fraction. These data are indirect evidences suggesting that the glucuronide conjugates of compounds 1 and 4 are probably enol glucuronides and that of compound 11 is excreted in urine as a N-glucuronide involving its pyrazole moiety. The urinary excretion profiles of the epimeric and 18-nor-17,17-dimethyl-13(14)-ene steroids are presented and discussed on the basis of their structural features.
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- H Bi
- Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique, INRS-Santé, Université du Québec, Canada
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Bi H, Du P, Massé R. Studies on anabolic steroids--8. GC/MS characterization of unusual seco acidic metabolites of oxymetholone in human urine. J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol 1992; 42:229-42. [PMID: 1567786 DOI: 10.1016/0960-0760(92)90032-e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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One of the biotransformation routes of oxymetholone (17 beta-hydroxy-2-hydroxymethylene-17 alpha-methyl-5 alpha-androstan-3-one) in man leads to the formation of 17 beta-hydroxy-17 alpha-methyl-5 alpha-androstan-3-one (mestanolone). To demonstrate that this latter steroid may be formed by decarboxylation of an intermediate metabolite of oxymetholone bearing a 2-carboxylic group, we studied the urinary excretion of oxymetholone acidic metabolites. Five new acidic metabolites are reported here for the first time, among which four are unusual seco steroids resulting from the oxidative cleavage of the A-ring. The most abundant compound is 17 beta-hydroxy-17 alpha-methyl-2,3-seco-5 alpha-androstane-2,3-dioic acid 1, the cumulative excretion of which accounted for 1.52% of the dose. Three other seco diacids were produced in smaller amounts, namely 17 beta-hydroxy-17 alpha-methyl-2,3-seco-5 alpha-androstane-2,4- dicarboxylic acid 3, 17 beta-hydroxy-17 alpha-methyl-1,3-seco-5 alpha-androstane-1,3-dioic acid 4 and 17 beta-hydroxy-17 alpha-methyl-2,4-seco-5 alpha-androstane-2,4-dioic acid 5. The fifth acidic metabolite was identified as 3 alpha, 17 beta-dihydroxy-17 alpha-methyl-5 alpha-androstane-2 beta-carboxylic acid 2. The excretion in urine of these acidic metabolites suggests that the 2-hydroxymethylene group in oxymetholone is readily oxidized to yield the corresponding beta-keto acid which can be (1) decarboxylated to form mestanolone; (2) reduced at C-3 to give compound 2; and (3) further oxidized to afford the unexpected seco diacids 1, 3, 4 and 5. The identity of compounds 1 and 2 was ascertained by GC/MS and 1H and 13C-NMR analysis of reference compounds. The other metabolites were characterized by GC/MS analysis.
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- H Bi
- Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique, INRS-Santé, Université du Québec, Pointe-Claire, Canada
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Schänzer W, Donike M. Metabolism of boldenone in man: gas chromatographic/mass spectrometric identification of urinary excreted metabolites and determination of excretion rates. BIOLOGICAL MASS SPECTROMETRY 1992; 21:3-16. [PMID: 1591280 DOI: 10.1002/bms.1200210104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Urinary metabolites of boldenone (androsta-1,4-dien-17 beta-ol-3-one) following oral administration of boldenone (doses from 11 to 80 mg) to man were isolated from urine via XAD-2 adsorption and enzymatic hydrolysis with beta-glucuronidase from Escherichia coli. The isolated metabolites were derivatized with N-methyl-N-trimethylsilyltri- fluoroacetamide/trimethyliodosilane and analysed by gas chromatography/mass spectrometry with electron impact (EI) ionization at 70 eV. Boldenone (I) and four metabolites were identified after hydrolysis of the urine with beta-glucuronidase: 5 beta-androst-1-en-17 beta-ol-3-one (II), 5 beta-androst-1-ene-3 alpha, 17 beta-diol (III), 5 beta-androst-1-en-3 alpha-ol-17-one (IV) and 5 beta-androst-1-en-6 beta-ol-3,17-dione (V). Five further metabolites in low concentration were identified without enzymatic hydrolysis after treatment of the urine with potassium carbonate: 5 beta-androst-1-ene-3,17-dione (VI), 5 alpha-androst-1-ene-3,17-dione (VII), androsta-1,4-diene-3,17-dione (VIII), androsta-1,4-diene-6 beta,17 beta-diol-3-one (IX) and androsta-1,4-dien-6 beta-ol-3,17-dione (X). The identification of the metabolites is based on the gas chromatography retention index, high-performance liquid chromatography retention, EI mass spectrum, chemical reactions of the isolated metabolites, and synthesis of metabolites II, III, IV, VI and VII. The EI mass spectra of the bis-trimethylsilyl derivatives of boldenone and its metabolites display all intense molecular ions, M-15 ions and fragment ions originating from cleavage of the B-ring. The excreted metabolites can be separated in basic extractable labile conjugates and in stable conjugates. More than 95% of metabolites are excreted as stable conjugates.
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Cartoni GP, Ciardi M, Giarrusso A, Rosati F. Capillary GC-MS investigation of the metabolism of formyldienolone in man. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1991. [DOI: 10.1002/jhrc.1240141212] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Massé R, Bi H, Du P. Studies on anabolic steroids. VII Analysis of urinary metabolites of formebolone in man by gas chromatography—mass spectrometry. Anal Chim Acta 1991. [DOI: 10.1016/s0003-2670(00)83815-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Schänzer W, Geyer H, Donike M. Metabolism of metandienone in man: identification and synthesis of conjugated excreted urinary metabolites, determination of excretion rates and gas chromatographic-mass spectrometric identification of bis-hydroxylated metabolites. J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol 1991; 38:441-64. [PMID: 2031859 DOI: 10.1016/0960-0760(91)90332-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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After oral administration of metandienone (17 alpha-methyl-androsta-1,4-dien-17 beta-ol-3-one) to male volunteers conjugated metabolites are isolated from urine via XAD-2-adsorption, enzymatic hydrolysis and preparative high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). Four conjugated metabolites are identified by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC/MS) with electron impact (EI)-ionization after derivatization with N-methyl-N-trimethyl-silyl-trifluoroacetamide/trimethylsilyl-imidazole (MSTFA/TMS-Imi) and comparison with synthesized reference compounds: 17 alpha-methyl-5 beta-androst-1-en-17 beta-ol-3-one (II), 17 alpha-methyl-5 beta-androst-1-ene-3 alpha,17 beta-diol (III), 17 beta-methyl-5 beta-androst-1-ene-3 alpha,17 alpha-diol (IV) and 17 alpha-methyl-5 beta-androstane-3 alpha,17 beta-diol (V). After administration of 40 mg of metandienone four bis-hydroxy-metabolites--6 beta,12-dihydroxy-metandienone (IX), 6 beta,16 beta-dihydroxy-metandienone (X), 6 beta,16 alpha-dihydroxy-metandienone (XI) and 6 beta,16 beta-dihydroxy-17-epimetandienone (XII)--were detected in the unconjugated fraction. The metabolites III, IV and V are excreted in a comparable amount to the unconjugated excreted metabolites 17-epimetandienone (VI), 6 beta-hydroxy-metandienone (VII) and 6 beta-hydroxy-17-epimetandienone (VIII). Whereas the unconjugated excreted metabolites show maximum excretion rates between 4 and 12 h after administration the conjugated metabolites III, IV and V are excreted with maximum rates between 12 and 34 h.
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- W Schänzer
- Institut für Biochemie, Deutsche Sporthochschule Köln, Germany
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Kammerer RC, Merdink JL, Jagels M, Catlin DH, Hui KK. Testing for fluoxymesterone (Halotestin) administration to man: identification of urinary metabolites by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. JOURNAL OF STEROID BIOCHEMISTRY 1990; 36:659-66. [PMID: 2214783 DOI: 10.1016/0022-4731(90)90185-u] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Fluoxymesterone, an anabolic steroid, is metabolized in man primarily by 6 beta-hydroxylation, 4-ene-reduction, 3-keto-reduction, and 11-hydroxy-oxidation. These pathways of metabolism are suggested by the positive identification of 4 metabolites and the tentative identification of 3 other metabolites. Detection of the drug in urine is possible for at least 5 days after a single 10 mg oral dose to previously untreated adult males, by monitoring the presence of 2 metabolites, since the parent drug is not detectable more than 1 day after the dose.
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- R C Kammerer
- Paul Ziffren Olympic Analytical Laboratory, UCLA Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine 90024
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Harrison LM, Fennessey PV. Methandrostenolone metabolism in humans: potential problems associated with isolation and identification of metabolites. JOURNAL OF STEROID BIOCHEMISTRY 1990; 36:407-14. [PMID: 2214760 DOI: 10.1016/0022-4731(90)90081-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Methandrostenolone dose (amount and duration) and methods of isolation from urine can influence the identification and quantitation of methandrostenolone metabolites. Long-term use of methandrostenolone at high dosages led to the appearance of unmetabolized drug in the urine and contributed to the identification of a previously unreported metabolite, 3 beta, 6 section, 17 beta-trihydroxy-17 alpha-methyl-5 section-1-androstene. Exposure of methandrostenolone in vitro to acid conditions induced a retropinacol rearrangement in the D-ring of the methandrostenolone molecule, causing the formation of 18-nor-17,17-dimethyl-1,4,13(14)-androstatrien-3-one in large amounts. The same acidic conditions led to the addition of a hydroxyl at the 6 position of the B-ring of either the retropinacol rearrangement products or native methandrostenolone resulting in the formation of 6 beta-hydroxy-18-nor-17,17-dimethyl-1,4,13(14)-androstatrien-3-one, 6 alpha- hydroxy-18-nor-17,17-dimethyl-1,4,13(14)-androstatrien, 6 beta-17 alpha-methyl-1,4-androstadien-3-one and 6 alpha,17 beta-dihydroxy-17 alpha-methyl-1,4-androstadien-3-one. Hydroxylation of native methandrostenolone at the 6 position also occurs endogenously. However, no evidence of an endogenous retropinacol rearrangement was found. Silylating agents alone can induce the formation of small amounts of 6 beta-17 beta-dihydroxy-17 alpha-methyl-1,4-androstadien-3-one. Discrepancies between previously published reports on methandrostenolone metabolism in man are discussed and compared with an animal model.
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- L M Harrison
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver 80262
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Schänzer W, Opfermann G, Donike M. Metabolism of stanozolol: identification and synthesis of urinary metabolites. JOURNAL OF STEROID BIOCHEMISTRY 1990; 36:153-74. [PMID: 2362445 DOI: 10.1016/0022-4731(90)90126-d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Urinary metabolites of stanozolol (17 alpha-methyl-17 beta-hydroxy-5 alpha-androst-2-eno(3,2-c)-pyrazole) following oral administration were isolated by chromatography on XAD-2 and by preparative high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) and identified by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC/MS) with electron impact (EI)-ionisation. Stanozolol is excreted as a conjugate but is metabolized to a large extent. All identified metabolites are hydroxylated, namely at C-3' of the pyrazole ring and at C-4 beta, C-16 alpha and C-16 beta of the steroid. Less than 5% of the metabolites are found in the unconjugated urine fraction: 3'-hydroxy-stanozolol (II) and 3'-hydroxy-17-epistanozolol (III). Conjugated excreted metabolites are 3'-hydroxystanozolol (II), stanozolol (I), 4 beta-hydroxy-stanozolol (IV), 16 beta-hydroxystanozolol (V), 16 alpha-hydroxystanozolol (VI), two isomers of 3',16-dihydroxystanozolol (VII, VIII), two isomers of 4 beta, 16-dihydroxystanozolol (IX, X) and a 3',?-dihydroxystanozolol (XI). 3'-Hydroxystanozolol, 4 alpha-hydroxystanozolol, 4 beta-hydroxystanozolol, 16 alpha-hydroxy-, 16 alpha-hydroxy-17-epi- and 16 beta-hydroxystanozolol were synthesised to confirm the structural assignment of the main metabolites.
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- W Schänzer
- Institut für Biochemie, Deutsch Sporthochschule Köln, F.R.G
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Edlund O, Bowers L, Henion J, Covey TR. Rapid determination of methandrostenolone in equine urine by isotope dilution liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry. JOURNAL OF CHROMATOGRAPHY 1989; 497:49-57. [PMID: 2696741 DOI: 10.1016/0378-4347(89)80004-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Urine samples were spiked with [17-methyl-2H3]methandrostenolone as internal standard and extracted with a mixture of dichloromethane and cyclohexane. The organic phase was concentrated and injected onto a short octyl-silica column (30 mm x 4.6 mm I.D.) for separation of methandrostenolone and 17-epimethandrostenolone. The effluent from the column was connected to a Sciex TAGA 6000E triple quadrupole mass spectrometer equipped with an atmospheric pressure ion source for sampling of ions generated by a heated pneumatic nebulizer with corona discharge ionization. This ion source produced abundant [M + H]+ ions and a weak fragment ion due to loss of water. The protonated molecular ions at m/z 301 and 304 for methandrostenolone, 17-epimethandrostenolone and the internal standard were transmitted to the second quadrupole for collision-induced dissociation. Quantification was obtained by selected reaction monitoring of three daughter ions. Methandrostenolone and 17-epimethandrostenolone were separated by liquid chromatography, but gave identical mass spectra. The method detection limit by injection of a urine extract corresponding to 2.8 ml urine was 180 pg/ml at the 99% confidence level. The precision (relative standard deviation) was 3% at the 16 ng/ml level and the linear dynamic range was at least 3 orders of magnitude. Screening for unknown metabolites in urine after administration of methandrostenolone to horses and humans was accomplished by a parent ion scan of m/z 121, a fragment corresponding to the intact A-ring of the steroids.
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- O Edlund
- New York State College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca 14850
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Massé R, Bi HG, Ayotte C, Dugal R. Studies on anabolic steroids. II--Gas chromatographic/mass spectrometric characterization of oxandrolone urinary metabolites in man. BIOMEDICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL MASS SPECTROMETRY 1989; 18:429-38. [PMID: 2765703 DOI: 10.1002/bms.1200180612] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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The metabolism of 17 alpha-methyl-17 beta-hydroxy-2-oxa-5 alpha-androstan-3-one (oxandrolone) in man has been investigated by gas chromatography/mass spectrometry. After oral administration of a 10 mg dose to man, five metabolites were detected in the free fraction of the urinary samples. Oxandrolone, the major compound excreted in urine, was detected within 72 h after administration. During this period 35.8 and 8.4% of the administered dose was excreted as unchanged oxandrolone and 17-epioxandrolone, respectively. In addition, minute amounts of 16 alpha- and 16 beta-hydroxyoxandrolone and a delta-hydroxy acid resulting from the hydrolysis of the lactone group of oxandrolone were detected in the urine samples 8-60 h after administration. Furthermore, the susceptibility of oxandrolone to hydrolysis was investigated under several pH conditions. Extraction and fractionation of steroidal metabolites was achieved by using C18 and silica Sep Pak chromatography. The mass spectra of the metabolites are presented and major fragmentation pathways discussed.
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- R Massé
- Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique (INRS-Santé), Université du Québec, Pointe-Claire, Canada
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Harrison LM, Martin D, Gotlin RW, Fennessey PV. Effect of extended use of single anabolic steroids on urinary steroid excretion and metabolism. JOURNAL OF CHROMATOGRAPHY 1989; 489:121-6. [PMID: 2745643 DOI: 10.1016/s0378-4347(00)82889-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Long-term use of single anabolic steroids by weightlifters and body builders at dosages greater than or equal to 25 mg per 24 h resulted in reduced excretion of urinary androgen metabolites, androsterone and etiocholanolone, compared to values prior to anabolic use. The excretion of major urinary metabolites of glucocorticoids was not affected by anabolic use. Urinary excretion of anabolic steroids or anabolic metabolites averaged 20-25% of total anabolic steroid administered. The major excreted metabolites of methandrostenolone, nandrolone, oxandrolone and oxymetholone were identified by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry based on the major mass spectral ion peaks.
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- L M Harrison
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado, Denver 80262
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Edlund PO, Bowers L, Henion J. Determination of methandrostenolone and its metabolites in equine plasma and urine by coupled-column liquid chromatography with ultraviolet detection and confirmation by tandem mass spectrometry. JOURNAL OF CHROMATOGRAPHY 1989; 487:341-56. [PMID: 2723001 DOI: 10.1016/s0378-4347(00)83042-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Monitoring steroid use requires an understanding of the metabolism in the species in question and development of sensitive methods for screening of the steroid or its metabolites in urine. Qualitative information for confirmation of methandrostenolone and identification of its metabolites was primarily obtained by coupled-column high-performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry. The steroids and a sulphuric acid conjugate were isolated and identified by their daughter ion mass spectra in the urine of both man and the horse following administration of methandrostenolone. Spontaneous hydrolysis of methandrostenolone sulphate gave 17-epimethandrostenolone and several dehydration products. This reaction had a half-life of 16 min in equine urine at 27 degrees C. Mono- and dihydroxylated metabolites were also identified. Several screening methods were evaluated for detection and confirmation of methandrostenolone use including thin-layer chromatography and high-performance liquid chromatography. Coupled-column liquid chromatography was used for automated clean-up of analytes difficult to isolate by manual methods. The recovery of methandrostenolone was 101 +/- 3.3% (mean +/- S.D.) at 6.5 ng/ml and both methandrostenolone and 17-epimethandrostenolone were quantified in urine by ultraviolet detection up to six days after a 250-mg intramuscular dose to a horse. The utility of on-line tandem mass spectrometry for confirmation of suspected metabolites is also shown.
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- P O Edlund
- Equine Drug Testing and Toxicology, New York State College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca 14850
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Dumasia MC, Houghton E. Biotransformation of 1-dehydrotestosterone in the equine male castrate: identification of the neutral unconjugated and glucuronic acid conjugated metabolites in horse urine. BIOMEDICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL MASS SPECTROMETRY 1988; 17:383-92. [PMID: 3207927 DOI: 10.1002/bms.1200170507] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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The in vivo biotransformation of (1,2(n)-3H)1-dehydrotestosterone was studied in three equine male castrates and a number of neutral metabolites were identified in the urinary unconjugated and glucuronic acid conjugate fractions by gas chromatography/mass spectrometry. The metabolites were extracted from aliquots of the 0-24 h urine samples by Amberlite XAD-2 and separated into combined unconjugated plus glucuronic acid conjugated and sulphoconjugated fractions by Sephadex LH-20 column chromatography. After enzymatic hydrolysis of the glucuronides, the crude neutral unconjugated steroids plus the aglycones were partially purified by Kieselgel H chromatography and identified as their methyloxime trimethylsilyl derivatives. In the unconjugated fraction, the major metabolites were isomers of androsta-1,4-diene-6,16,17-triol-3-one. In the aglycone fraction a small amount of the parent steroid was present but the major metabolite was the 17 alpha isomer androsta-1,4-dien-17 alpha-ol-3-one. Other metabolites containing the 1,4-dien-3-one group were isomers of androsta-1,4-diene-16,17-diol-3-one and androsta-1,4-diene-6,16-diol-3-one. Reduction of the 4-ene functionality leading to the formation of 5-androst-1-en-16-ol-3,17-dione, 5-androst-1-ene-16,17-diol-3-one and of the 1-ene functionality leading to the formation of testosterone and its further reduction leading to the formation of C19O2 and C19O3 androstane metabolites was observed. Some interesting features on the electron impact fragmentations of the methyloxime trimethylsilyl derivatives of steroids containing a 1,4-dien-3-one group were also observed.
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- M C Dumasia
- Horseracing Forensic Laboratory Ltd, Newmarket, Suffolk, U.K
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Fennessey PV, Gotlin RW, Martin D, Smith S, Harrison LM. Anabolic steroids in body builders: Use, metabolic disposition and physiological effects. J Pharm Biomed Anal 1988; 6:999-1002. [PMID: 16867375 DOI: 10.1016/0731-7085(88)80123-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/1987] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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- P V Fennessey
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, 4200 East Ninth Avenue, Box C232, Denver, CO 80262, USA
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Dumasia MC, Houghton E, Sinkins S. Development of a gas chromatographic—mass spectrometric method using multiple analytes for the confirmatory analysis of anabolic steroids in horse urine. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1986. [DOI: 10.1016/s0378-4347(00)80758-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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