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Bressan C, Alechaga É, Monfort N, Ventura R. Evaluation of sulfate metabolites as markers of topical testosterone administration in Caucasian and Asian populations. Drug Test Anal 2023. [PMID: 38012839 DOI: 10.1002/dta.3615] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2023] [Revised: 10/28/2023] [Accepted: 11/07/2023] [Indexed: 11/29/2023]
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Sulfate metabolites of endogenous anabolic androgenic steroids (EAAS) have been shown to prolong the detection times compared with the conventional urinary markers of the steroid profile for oral and intramuscular administrations of testosterone (T). In this work, the sensitivity of sulfate EAAS markers for the detection of T gel administration has been evaluated in six Caucasian and six Asian male volunteers. Fourteen sulfate metabolites were measured in basal and post-administration samples after multiple doses of T gel (100 mg/day, three consecutive days), and the detection times based on individual thresholds for each volunteer were evaluated. Sulfate concentrations did not show adequate sensitivity, but the results of sulfate ratios were much more promising. Androsterone sulfate/testosterone sulfate (A-S/T-S), epiandrosterone sulfate/epitestosterone sulfate (epiA-S/E-S), epiA-S/T-S, and etiocholanolone sulfate/epitestosterone sulfate (Etio-S/E-S) provided the most consistent detectability for all volunteers and populations, with detection times ranging from 60 to 96 h since the first dose. Additional ratios improved detectability to up to 7 days, but only in particular volunteers. In general, sensitivity was similar to or better than the conventional testosterone/epitestosterone ratio (T/E) of the steroid profile, which further reinforces the conclusion that sulfate EAAS metabolites can be a good complement for the current steroid profile.
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- Claudia Bressan
- Catalonian Antidoping Laboratory, Doping Control Research Group, Hospital del Mar Research Institute, Barcelona, Spain
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- Catalonian Antidoping Laboratory, Doping Control Research Group, Hospital del Mar Research Institute, Barcelona, Spain
- Department of Experimental and Health Sciences, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain
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- Catalonian Antidoping Laboratory, Doping Control Research Group, Hospital del Mar Research Institute, Barcelona, Spain
- Department of Experimental and Health Sciences, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain
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- Catalonian Antidoping Laboratory, Doping Control Research Group, Hospital del Mar Research Institute, Barcelona, Spain
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Yasinska V, Gómez C, Kolmert J, Ericsson M, Pohanka A, James A, Andersson LI, Sparreman-Mikus M, Sousa AR, Riley JH, Bates S, Bakke PS, Zounemat Kermani N, Caruso M, Chanez P, Fowler SJ, Geiser T, Howarth PH, Horváth I, Krug N, Montuschi P, Sanak M, Behndig A, Shaw DE, Knowles RG, Dahlén B, Maitland-van der Zee AH, Sterk PJ, Djukanovic R, Adcock IM, Chung KF, Wheelock CE, Dahlén SE, Wikström Jonsson E. Low levels of endogenous anabolic androgenic steroids in females with severe asthma taking corticosteroids. ERJ Open Res 2023; 9:00269-2023. [PMID: 37868143 PMCID: PMC10588792 DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00269-2023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2023] [Accepted: 06/21/2023] [Indexed: 10/24/2023] Open
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Rationale Patients with severe asthma are dependent upon treatment with high doses of inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) and often also oral corticosteroids (OCS). The extent of endogenous androgenic anabolic steroid (EAAS) suppression in asthma has not previously been described in detail. The objective of the present study was to measure urinary concentrations of EAAS in relation to exogenous corticosteroid exposure. Methods Urine collected at baseline in the U-BIOPRED (Unbiased Biomarkers for the Prediction of Respiratory Disease outcomes) study of severe adult asthmatics (SA, n=408) was analysed by quantitative mass spectrometry. Data were compared to that of mild-to-moderate asthmatics (MMA, n=70) and healthy subjects (HC, n=98) from the same study. Measurements and main results The concentrations of urinary endogenous steroid metabolites were substantially lower in SA than in MMA or HC. These differences were more pronounced in SA patients with detectable urinary OCS metabolites. Their dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate (DHEA-S) concentrations were <5% of those in HC, and cortisol concentrations were below the detection limit in 75% of females and 82% of males. The concentrations of EAAS in OCS-positive patients, as well as patients on high-dose ICS only, were more suppressed in females than males (p<0.05). Low levels of DHEA were associated with features of more severe disease and were more prevalent in females (p<0.05). The association between low EAAS and corticosteroid treatment was replicated in 289 of the SA patients at follow-up after 12-18 months. Conclusion The pronounced suppression of endogenous anabolic androgens in females might contribute to sex differences regarding the prevalence of severe asthma.
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- Valentyna Yasinska
- Clinical Lung and Allergy Research, Department of Medicine Huddinge, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
- The Centre for Allergy Research, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
- The Centre for Allergy Research, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
- Unit of Integrative Metabolomics, Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
- The Centre for Allergy Research, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
- Unit of Integrative Metabolomics, Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
- Clinical Pharmacology, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
- Laboratoire AntiDopage Français, Université Paris-Saclay, Châtenay-Malabry, France
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
- Clinical Pharmacology, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
- The Centre for Allergy Research, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
- Unit of Integrative Metabolomics, Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Clinical Lung and Allergy Research, Department of Medicine Huddinge, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
- The Centre for Allergy Research, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Clinical Lung and Allergy Research, Department of Medicine Huddinge, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
- The Centre for Allergy Research, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Respiratory and Speciality Group, GSK, Clinical Sciences, Stockley Park, UK
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- Respiratory and Speciality Group, GSK, Clinical Sciences, Stockley Park, UK
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- Respiratory and Speciality Group, GSK, Clinical Sciences, Stockley Park, UK
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- Institute of Clinical Science, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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- National Heart and Lung Institute and Data Science Institute, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- Department of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
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- Assistance Publique des Hôpitaux de Marseille, Clinique des Bronches, Allergies et Sommeil, Aix Marseille Université, Marseille, France
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- Division of Infection, Immunity and Respiratory Medicine, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
- Manchester Academic Health Science Centre and NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, UK
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- Department of Pulmonary Medicine, University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Faculty of Medicine, Southampton University, Southampton, UK
- NIHR Southampton Respiratory Biomedical Research Center, University Hospital Southampton, Southampton, UK
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- Department of Public Health, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
- National Koranyi Institute for Pulmonology, Budapest, Hungary
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- Fraunhofer Institute for Toxicology and Experimental Medicine, Hannover, Germany
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- National Heart and Lung Institute and Data Science Institute, Imperial College London, London, UK
- Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland
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- Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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- Nottingham NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK
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- Clinical Lung and Allergy Research, Department of Medicine Huddinge, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
- The Centre for Allergy Research, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Faculty of Medicine, Southampton University, Southampton, UK
- NIHR Southampton Respiratory Biomedical Research Center, University Hospital Southampton, Southampton, UK
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- National Heart and Lung Institute and Data Science Institute, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- National Heart and Lung Institute and Data Science Institute, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
- The Centre for Allergy Research, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
- Unit of Integrative Metabolomics, Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Clinical Lung and Allergy Research, Department of Medicine Huddinge, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
- The Centre for Allergy Research, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
- Unit of Integrative Metabolomics, Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
- Clinical Pharmacology, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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da Silva MC, Rocha DG, Pereira MDPM, Lana MAG, Assis DCSD, Faria AF. In Vivo Administration of Stanozolol in Cattle: Depletion and Stability Studies Using UHPLC-Q-Orbitrap. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 2022; 70:4749-4754. [PMID: 35380851 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.1c08055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
Abstract
An in vivo study was performed in order to evaluate the depletion time of stanozolol and its main metabolites using naturally incurred urine sample collected after the administration of intramuscular injections in 12 steers. A stability study was also carried out to investigate the influence of the storage period and the freeze-thaw cycles. A fast parent drug metabolization was observed, because within 6 h after drug administration, the signal of the metabolite 16β-hydroxystanozolol was predominant. After the second drug administration, a detection window of 17 days was obtained. The stability was studied using ANOVA, in which a storage condition of -20 °C proved stable during 240 days, which was also confirmed after 5 freeze-thaw cycles.
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- Mariana C da Silva
- Department of Chemistry, Institute of Exact Sciences, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Av. Antônio Carlos, 6627, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais 31270-901, Brazil
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- Federal Laboratory of Animal and Plant Health and Inspection of Minas Gerais, Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply of Brazil, Av. Rômulo Joviano, s/no, Olaria, Pedro Leopoldo, Minas Gerais 33250-220, Brazil
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- Veterinary School, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Av. Antônio Carlos, 6627, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais 31270-901, Brazil
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- Federal Laboratory of Animal and Plant Health and Inspection of Minas Gerais, Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply of Brazil, Av. Rômulo Joviano, s/no, Olaria, Pedro Leopoldo, Minas Gerais 33250-220, Brazil
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- Veterinary School, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Av. Antônio Carlos, 6627, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais 31270-901, Brazil
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- Department of Chemistry, Institute of Exact Sciences, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Av. Antônio Carlos, 6627, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais 31270-901, Brazil
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