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Vogg N, Müller T, Floren A, Dandekar T, Scherf-Clavel O, Fassnacht M, Kroiss M, Kurlbaum M. Targeted metabolic profiling of urinary steroids with a focus on analytical accuracy and sample stability. J Mass Spectrom Adv Clin Lab 2022; 25:44-52. [PMID: 35910411 PMCID: PMC9334310 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmsacl.2022.07.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2022] [Revised: 07/20/2022] [Accepted: 07/20/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
Abstract
A robust and selective LC-MS/MS method for quantification of 11 urinary steroids was developed and validated. Optimized preparation of calibration standards improves method linearity and accuracy. Pre-analytical sample stability was extensively validated.
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- Nora Vogg
- Department of Internal Medicine I, Division of Endocrinology and Diabetes, University Hospital Würzburg, Germany
- Central Laboratory, Core Unit Clinical Mass Spectrometry, University Hospital Würzburg, Germany
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- Department of Bioinformatics, Biocenter, Am Hubland, University of Würzburg, Germany
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- Department of Bioinformatics, Biocenter, Am Hubland, University of Würzburg, Germany
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- Department of Bioinformatics, Biocenter, Am Hubland, University of Würzburg, Germany
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- Institute for Pharmacy and Food Chemistry, Am Hubland, University of Würzburg, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine I, Division of Endocrinology and Diabetes, University Hospital Würzburg, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine I, Division of Endocrinology and Diabetes, University Hospital Würzburg, Germany
- Department of Internal Medicine IV, University Hospital Munich, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine I, Division of Endocrinology and Diabetes, University Hospital Würzburg, Germany
- Central Laboratory, Core Unit Clinical Mass Spectrometry, University Hospital Würzburg, Germany
- Corresponding author at: Department of Internal Medicine I, Division of Endocrinology and Diabetes and Central Laboratory, Core Unit Clinical Mass Spectrometry, University Hospital Würzburg, Oberdürrbacher Str. 6, 97080 Würzburg, Germany.
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Zhang Y, Zhang S, Li R, Shen J, Jiang X, Aisa HA. A novel synthesis of tetrahydrocortisone 3-glucuronide. J Carbohydr Chem 2022. [DOI: 10.1080/07328303.2021.2023559] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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- Yan Zhang
- State Key Laboratory Basis of Xinjiang Indigenous Medicinal Plants Resource Utilization, and Key Laboratory of Plant Resources and Chemistry in Arid Regions, Xinjiang Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Urumqi, P. R. China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
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- School of Chinese Materia Medica, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, China
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- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
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- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
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- State Key Laboratory Basis of Xinjiang Indigenous Medicinal Plants Resource Utilization, and Key Laboratory of Plant Resources and Chemistry in Arid Regions, Xinjiang Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Urumqi, P. R. China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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Dasenaki M, Papatzani M, Gounari E, Magnisali P, Papadopoulou-Marketou N, Kanaka-Gantenbein C, Moutsatsou P, Thomaidis NS. Simultaneous Determination of Free Cortisol, Cortisone and their Tetrahydrometabolites in Urine by Single Solvent Extraction and Liquid Chromatography–Tandem Mass Spectrometry. ANAL LETT 2019. [DOI: 10.1080/00032719.2019.1602629] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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- Marilena Dasenaki
- Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- Pediatric Intensive Care, King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Medical School National and Kapodistrian University of Athens University Hospital “ATTIKO”, Athens, Greece
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- Division of Endocrinology Diabetes and Metabolism First, Department of Paediatrics, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Agia Sophia Children’s Hospital, Athens, Greece
- Department of Endocrinology, Department of Medical and Health Sciences, Linkoping University, Linkoping, Sweden
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- Division of Endocrinology Diabetes and Metabolism First, Department of Paediatrics, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Agia Sophia Children’s Hospital, Athens, Greece
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- Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Medical School National and Kapodistrian University of Athens University Hospital “ATTIKO”, Athens, Greece
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- Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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Takeo E, Sugiura Y, Uemura T, Nishimoto K, Yasuda M, Sugiyama E, Ohtsuki S, Higashi T, Nishikawa T, Suematsu M, Fukusaki E, Shimma S. Tandem Mass Spectrometry Imaging Reveals Distinct Accumulation Patterns of Steroid Structural Isomers in Human Adrenal Glands. Anal Chem 2019; 91:8918-8925. [PMID: 31204806 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.9b00619] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Visualizing tissue distribution of steroid hormones is a promising application of MALDI mass spectrometry imaging (MSI). On-tissue chemical derivatization using Girard's T reagent has enhanced the ionization efficiency of steroids. However, discriminating between structural isomers with distinct bioactivities remains a challenge. Herein, we used ion trap MS/tandem MS (MS3) to distinguish a mineralcorticoid aldosterone (Aldo) and a glucocorticoid cortisol (F), from their structural isomers. Our method is also useful to detect hybrid steroids (18-hydroxycortisol [18-OHF] and 18-oxocortisol) with sufficient signal-to-noise ratio. The clinical applicability of the tandem MS method was evaluated by analyzing F, Aldo, and 18-OHF distributions in human adrenal glands. In such clinical specimens, small Aldo-producing cell clusters (APCCs) were identified and were first found to produce a high level of Aldo and not to contain F. Moreover, a part of APCCs produced 18-OHF, presumably converted from F by APCC-specific CYP11B2 activity. Catecholamine species were also visualized with another derivatization reagent (TAHS), and those profiling successfully discriminated pheochromocytoma species. These tandem MSI-methods, coupled with on-tissue chemical derivatization has proven to be useful for detecting low-abundance steroids, including Aldo and hybrid steroids and thus identifying steroid hormone-producing lesions.
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- Emi Takeo
- Department of Biotechnology, Graduate School of Engineering , Osaka University , 2-1 Yamadaoka , Suita , Osaka 565-0871 , Japan
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- Department of Biochemistry , Keio University School of Medicine , 35 Shinanomachi , Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160-8582 , Japan
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Microbiology, Faculty of Life Sciences , Kumamoto University , 5-1 Oe-honmachi , Chuo-ku, Kumamoto 862-0973 , Japan
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- Department of Biochemistry , Keio University School of Medicine , 35 Shinanomachi , Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160-8582 , Japan.,Department of Uro-Oncology , Saitama Medical University International Medical Center , 1397-1 Yamane , Hidaka , Saitama 350-1298 , Japan
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- Department of Pathology , Saitama Medical University International Medical Center , 1397-1 Yamane , Hidaka , Saitama 350-1298 , Japan
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- Department of Biochemistry , Keio University School of Medicine , 35 Shinanomachi , Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160-8582 , Japan
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Microbiology, Faculty of Life Sciences , Kumamoto University , 5-1 Oe-honmachi , Chuo-ku, Kumamoto 862-0973 , Japan
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- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences , Tokyo University of Science , 2641 Yamazaki , Noda , Chiba 278-8510 , Japan
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- Endocrinology and Diabetes Center , Yokohama Rosai Hospital , 3211 Kozukuecho , Kohoku-ku, Yokohama , Kanagawa 222-0036 , Japan
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- Department of Biochemistry , Keio University School of Medicine , 35 Shinanomachi , Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160-8582 , Japan
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- Department of Biotechnology, Graduate School of Engineering , Osaka University , 2-1 Yamadaoka , Suita , Osaka 565-0871 , Japan
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- Department of Biotechnology, Graduate School of Engineering , Osaka University , 2-1 Yamadaoka , Suita , Osaka 565-0871 , Japan
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MATSUMOTO T, YAMAZAKI W, JO A, OGAWA S, MITAMURA K, IKEGAWA S, HIGASHI T. A Method for Quantification of Tetrahydroglucocorticoid Glucuronides in Human Urine by LC/MS/MS with Isotope-coded Derivatization. ANAL SCI 2018; 34:1003-1009. [DOI: 10.2116/analsci.18scp02] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tokyo University of Science
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- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tokyo University of Science
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- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tokyo University of Science
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- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tokyo University of Science
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Honour JW, Conway E, Hodkinson R, Lam F. The evolution of methods for urinary steroid metabolomics in clinical investigations particularly in childhood. J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol 2018; 181:28-51. [PMID: 29481855 DOI: 10.1016/j.jsbmb.2018.02.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2017] [Revised: 02/21/2018] [Accepted: 02/21/2018] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
Abstract
The metabolites of cortisol, and the intermediates in the pathways from cholesterol to cortisol and the adrenal sex steroids can be analysed in a single separation of steroids by gas chromatography (GC) coupled to MS to give a urinary steroid profile (USP). Steroids individually and in profile are now commonly measured in plasma by liquid chromatography (LC) coupled with MS/MS. The steroid conjugates in urine can be determined after hydrolysis and derivative formation and for the first time without hydrolysis using GC-MS, GC-MS/MS and liquid chromatography with mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS). The evolution of the technology, practicalities and clinical applications are examined in this review. The patterns and quantities of steroids changes through childhood. Information can be obtained on production rates, from which children with steroid excess and deficiency states can be recognised when presenting with obesity, adrenarche, adrenal suppression, hypertension, adrenal tumours, intersex condition and early puberty, as examples. Genetic defects in steroid production and action can be detected by abnormalities from the GC-MS of steroids in urine. New mechanisms of steroid synthesis and metabolism have been recognised through steroid profiling. GC with tandem mass spectrometry (GC-MS/MS) has been used for the tentative identification of unknown steroids in urine from newborn infants with congenital adrenal hyperplasia. Suggestions are made as to areas for future research and for future applications of steroid profiling. As routine hospital laboratories become more familiar with the problems of chromatographic and MS analysis they can consider steroid profiling in their test repertoire although with LC-MS/MS of urinary steroids this is unlikely to become a routine test because of the availability, cost and purity of the internal standards and the complexity of data interpretation. Steroid profiling with quantitative analysis by mass spectrometry (MS) after chromatography now provides the most versatile of tests of adrenal function in childhood.
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- John W Honour
- Institute for Women's Health, University College London, 74 Huntley Street, London, WC1E 6AU, UK.
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- Clinical Biochemistry, HSL Analytics LLP, Floor 2, 1 Mabledon Place, London, WC1H 9AX, UK
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- Clinical Biochemistry, HSL Analytics LLP, Floor 2, 1 Mabledon Place, London, WC1H 9AX, UK
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- Clinical Biochemistry, HSL Analytics LLP, Floor 2, 1 Mabledon Place, London, WC1H 9AX, UK
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Aerts J. Quantification of a Glucocorticoid Profile in Non-pooled Samples Is Pivotal in Stress Research Across Vertebrates. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne) 2018; 9:635. [PMID: 30405537 PMCID: PMC6206410 DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2018.00635] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2018] [Accepted: 10/05/2018] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
Abstract
Vertebrates are faced continuously with a variety of potential stressful stimuli and react by a highly conserved endocrine stress response. An immediate catecholamine mediated response increases plasma glucose levels in order to prepare the organism for the "fight or flight" reaction. In addition, in a matter of minutes after this (nor)adrenaline release, glucocorticoids, in particular cortisol or corticosterone depending on the species, are released through activation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-interrenal (HPI) axis in fish or hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis in other vertebrates. These plasma glucocorticoids are well documented and widely used as biomarker for stress across vertebrates. In order to study the role of glucocorticoids in acute and chronic stress and gain in-depth insight in the stress axis (re)activity across vertebrates, it is pivotal to pin-point the involved molecules, to understand the mechanisms of how the latter are synthesized, regulated and excreted, and to grasp their actions on a plethora of biological processes. Furthermore, in-depth knowledge on the characteristics of the tissues as well as on the analytical methodologies available for glucocorticoid quantification is needed. This manuscript is to be situated in the multi-disciplinary research topic of glucocorticoid action across vertebrates which is linked to a wide range of research domains including but not limited to biochemistry, ecology, endocrinology, ethology, histology, immunology, morphology, physiology, and toxicology, and provides a solid base for all interested in stress, in particular glucocorticoid, related research. In this framework, internationally validated confirmation methods for quantification of a glucocorticoid profile comprising: (i) the dominant hormone; (ii) its direct precursors; (iii) its endogenously present phase I metabolites; and (iv) the most abundant more polar excreted exogenous phase I metabolites in non-pooled samples are pivotal.
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- Johan Aerts
- Stress Physiology Research Group, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Ghent University, Ostend, Belgium
- Stress Physiology Research Group, Animal Sciences Unit, Flanders Research Institute for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Ostend, Belgium
- *Correspondence: Johan Aerts
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Hines JM, Bancos I, Bancos C, Singh RD, Avula AV, Young WF, Grebe SK, Singh RJ. High-Resolution, Accurate-Mass (HRAM) Mass Spectrometry Urine Steroid Profiling in the Diagnosis of Adrenal Disorders. Clin Chem 2017; 63:1824-1835. [DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2017.271106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2017] [Accepted: 07/20/2017] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Abstract
BACKGROUND
Steroid profiling is a promising diagnostic tool with adrenal tumors, Cushing syndrome (CS), and disorders of steroidogenesis. Our objective was to develop a multiple-steroid assay using liquid-chromatography, high-resolution, accurate-mass mass spectrometry (HRAM LC-MS) and to validate the assay in patients with various adrenal disorders.
METHODS
We collected 24-h urine samples from 114 controls and 71 patients with adrenal diseases. An HRAM LC-MS method was validated for quantitative analysis of 26 steroid metabolites in hydrolyzed urine samples. Differences in steroid excretion between patients were analyzed based on Z-score deviation from control reference intervals.
RESULTS
Limits of quantification were 20 ng/mL. Dilution linearity ranged from 80% to 120% with means of 93% to 110% for all but 2 analytes. Intraassay and interassay imprecision ranged from 3% to 18% for all but 1 analyte. Control women had lower excretion of androgen and glucocorticoid precursors/metabolites than men (P < 0.001), but no difference in mineralocorticoids was seen (P = 0.06). Androgens decreased with age in both sexes (P < 0.001). Compared with patients with adrenocortical adenoma (ACA), patients with adrenocortical carcinoma (ACC) had 11 steroids with increased Z scores, especially tetrahydro-11-deoxycortisol (14 vs 0.5, P < 0.001), pregnanetriol (7.5 vs −0.4, P = 0.001), and 5-pregnenetriol (5.4 vs −0.4, P = 0.01). Steroid profiling also demonstrated metabolite abnormalities consistent with enzymatic defects in congenital adrenal hyperplasia and differences in pituitary vs adrenal CS.
CONCLUSIONS
Our HRAM LC-MS assay successfully quantifies 26 steroids in urine. The statistically significant differences in steroid production of ACC vs ACA, adrenal vs pituitary CS, and in congenital adrenal hyperplasia should allow for improved diagnosis of patients with these diseases.
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
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- Immunochemical Core Laboratory, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
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- Immunochemical Core Laboratory, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
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Derivatization of steroids in biological samples for GC–MS and LC–MS analyses. Bioanalysis 2015; 7:2515-36. [DOI: 10.4155/bio.15.176] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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The determination of steroids in biological samples is essential in different areas of knowledge. MS combined with either GC or LC is considered the best analytical technique for specific and sensitive determinations. However, due to the physicochemical properties of some steroids, and the low concentrations found in biological samples, the formation of a derivative prior to their analysis is required. In GC–MS determinations, derivatization is needed for generating volatile and thermally stable compounds. The improvement in terms of stability and chromatographic retention are the main reasons for selecting the derivatization agent. On the other hand, derivatization is not compulsory in LC–MS analyses and the derivatization is typically used for improving the ionization and therefore the overall sensitivity achieved.
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Ito-Harashima S, Shiizaki K, Kawanishi M, Kakiuchi K, Onishi K, Yamaji R, Yagi T. Construction of sensitive reporter assay yeasts for comprehensive detection of ligand activities of human corticosteroid receptors through inactivation of CWP and PDR genes. J Pharmacol Toxicol Methods 2015; 74:41-52. [DOI: 10.1016/j.vascn.2015.06.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2015] [Revised: 05/12/2015] [Accepted: 06/04/2015] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Lewis SS, Hutchinson MR, Frick MM, Zhang Y, Maier SF, Sammakia T, Rice KC, Watkins LR. Select steroid hormone glucuronide metabolites can cause toll-like receptor 4 activation and enhanced pain. Brain Behav Immun 2015; 44:128-36. [PMID: 25218902 PMCID: PMC4275344 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbi.2014.09.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2014] [Revised: 08/01/2014] [Accepted: 09/02/2014] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
Abstract
We have recently shown that several classes of glucuronide metabolites, including the morphine metabolite morphine-3-glucuronide and the ethanol metabolite ethyl glucuronide, cause toll like receptor 4 (TLR4)-dependent signaling in vitro and enhanced pain in vivo. Steroid hormones, including estrogens and corticosterone, are also metabolized through glucuronidation. Here we demonstrate that in silico docking predicts that corticosterone, corticosterone-21-glucuronide, estradiol, estradiol-3-glucuronide and estradiol-17-glucuronide all dock with the MD-2 component of the TLR4 receptor complex. In addition to each docking with MD-2, the docking of each was altered by pre-docking with (+)-naloxone, a TLR4 signaling inhibitor. As agonist versus antagonist activity cannot be determined from these in silico interactions, an in vitro study was undertaken to clarify which of these compounds can act in an agonist fashion. Studies using a cell line transfected with TLR4, necessary co-signaling molecules, and a reporter gene revealed that only estradiol-3-glucuronide and estradiol-17-glucuronide increased reporter gene product, indicative of TLR4 agonism. Finally, in in vivo studies, each of the 5 drugs was injected intrathecally at equimolar doses. In keeping with the in vitro results, only estradiol-3-glucuronide and estradiol-17-glucuronide caused enhanced pain. For both compounds, pain enhancement was blocked by the TLR4 antagonist lipopolysaccharide from Rhodobacter sphaeroides, evidence for the involvement in TLR4 in the resultant pain enhancement. These findings have implications for several chronic pain conditions, including migraine and temporomandibular joint disorder, in which pain episodes are more likely in cycling females when estradiol is decreasing and estradiol metabolites are at their highest.
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- Susannah S. Lewis
- Department of Psychology & Neuroscience, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, Colorado, USA,Corresponding author: Susannah S. Lewis, Department of Psychology, Campus Box 345, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, Colorado, USA 80309-0345, , Fax: (303) 492-2967, Phone: (303) 492-3288
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- Discipline of Physiology, School of Medical Sciences, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, Colorado, USA
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- Department of Psychology & Neuroscience, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, Colorado, USA
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- Department of Psychology & Neuroscience, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, Colorado, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, Colorado, USA
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- Chemical Biology Research Branch, National Institute on Drug Abuse and National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Psychology & Neuroscience, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, Colorado, USA
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Analysis of urinary vitamin D3 metabolites by liquid chromatography/tandem mass spectrometry with ESI-enhancing and stable isotope-coded derivatization. Anal Bioanal Chem 2014; 406:6647-54. [DOI: 10.1007/s00216-014-8095-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2014] [Revised: 07/28/2014] [Accepted: 08/06/2014] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Mitamura K, Satoh née Okihara R, Kamibayashi M, Sato K, Iida T, Ikegawa S. Simultaneous determination of 18 tetrahydrocorticosteroid sulfates in human urine by liquid chromatography/electrospray ionization-tandem mass spectrometry. Steroids 2014; 85:18-29. [PMID: 24721697 DOI: 10.1016/j.steroids.2014.03.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2013] [Revised: 03/24/2014] [Accepted: 03/27/2014] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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A liquid chromatography (LC)/electrospray ionization (ESI)-mass spectrometry (MS) method for the direct determination of eighteen tetrahydrocorticosteroid sulfates in human urine has been developed. The analytes were 3- and 21-monosulfates and 3,21-disulfates of tetrahydrocortisol (THF), tetrahydrocortisone (THE), tetrahydro-11-deoxycortisol (THS), and their corresponding 5α-H stereoisomers. The mass spectrometric behavior of these sulfates in negative-ion ESI-MS/MS revealed the production of intense structure specific product ions within the same group of sulfates and permitted distinction between regioisomeric sulfates by collision-induced fragmentation with the MS/MS technique using a linear ion-trap instrument. For the quantitative analysis, selected reaction monitoring analysis in the negative-ion detection mode using triple-stage quadrupole mass spectrometer was performed by monitoring transitions from [M-H](-) to the most abundant product ion of each tetrahydrocorticosteroid sulfate. After addition of 3- and 21-monosulfates of [2,2,3β,4,4-d5]-THF, -THE, and -THS as internal standards, urine sample was applied to a solid phase extraction using a lipophilic-weak anion exchange cartridge column, and then analyzed by LC/ESI-MS/MS. The method had satisfactory performance in terms of intra- and inter-assay precision (less than 9.7% and 9.6%, respectively), and accuracy (91.2-108.2%). The limit of quantification was lower than 2.5 ng/mL for all sulfates examined. We applied this method to determine the concentration of eighteen tetrahydrocorticosteroid sulfates in the urine of healthy subjects. Thus, we have developed a sensitive, precise and accurate assay for urinary tetrahydrocorticosteroid sulfates that should be useful for clinical and biological studies.
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- Kuniko Mitamura
- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kinki University, 3-4-1 Kowakae, Higashi-osaka 577-8502, Japan.
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- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kinki University, 3-4-1 Kowakae, Higashi-osaka 577-8502, Japan; Department of Chemistry, College of Humanities & Sciences, Nihon University, 3-25-40 Sakurajosui, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo 156-8550, Japan
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- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kinki University, 3-4-1 Kowakae, Higashi-osaka 577-8502, Japan
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- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kinki University, 3-4-1 Kowakae, Higashi-osaka 577-8502, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Humanities & Sciences, Nihon University, 3-25-40 Sakurajosui, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo 156-8550, Japan
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- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kinki University, 3-4-1 Kowakae, Higashi-osaka 577-8502, Japan
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Steroid and steroid glucuronide profiles in urine during pregnancy determined by liquid chromatography–electrospray ionization-tandem mass spectrometry. Anal Chim Acta 2013; 802:56-66. [DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2013.09.034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2013] [Revised: 09/06/2013] [Accepted: 09/18/2013] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Ikegawa S. [Detailed characterization of bile acid and glucocorticoid world by mass spectrometry]. YAKUGAKU ZASSHI 2013; 133:661-79. [PMID: 23728093 DOI: 10.1248/yakushi.13-00099] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The Nobel Prize in Chemistry for 2002 was shared by John B. Fenn and Koichi Tanaka "for their development of soft desorption methods for mass spectrometric analyses of biological macromolecules". Indeed, electrospray ionization and soft laser desorption ionization have proved to be of great value in "omics", such as metabolomics, transcriptomics and proteomics in providing a systematic and quantitative approach to the study of biological systems and networks. Moreover, these techniques have made great contributions to metabolic studies that are used for development of new drugs, as well as to the diagnosis of diseases including cancer based on the specific and sensitive detection of molecular biomarkers. In this article, we describe our recent results on characterization of bile acid metabolism in hepatobiliary disease as well as measurement of conjugated urinary tetrahydrocorticosteroids for assessment of altered corticoid metabolism in endocrine disease and the metabolic syndrome.
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- Shigeo Ikegawa
- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kinki University, 3-4-1 Kowakae, Higashi-osaka, Osaka 577-8502, Japan.
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Pavlovic R, Cannizzo FT, Panseri S, Biolatti B, Trutic N, Biondi PA, Chiesa L. Tetrahydro-metabolites of cortisol and cortisone in bovine urine evaluated by HPLC-ESI-mass spectrometry. J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol 2013; 135:30-5. [PMID: 23291109 DOI: 10.1016/j.jsbmb.2012.12.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2012] [Revised: 12/24/2012] [Accepted: 12/26/2012] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Interconversion of hormonally active cortisol (F) into the corresponding inactive 11-keto form, cortisone (E), is catalyzed by 11beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenases (11β-HSDs). With a view to estimating in vivo activities of some 11β-HSD isoforms, the measurement of urinary F and E and their tetrahydro metabolites (tetrahydrocortisol, THF, allotetrahydrocortisol, ATHF, tetrahydrocortisone, THE) has been suggested. The basic knowledge of THF, ATHF and THE levels in farm cattle is limited. Therefore the aim of this study was first to optimize a simple and quick method to determine F and E tetrahydro-metabolites in bovine urine by HPLC-mass spectrometry with electrospray ionization (HPLC-ESI-MS) and then to apply the method to real urine of bovines treated with prednisolone. The samples underwent filtration, deconjugation, solid-phase extraction (SPE) and the relevant analytes were measured by HPLC-ESI-MS. The method described in this paper is simple and efficient, featuring good linearity (up to 0.996) and reproducibility (6.8-12.5%, CV). Especially, good LODs were obtained, from 1.63 to 2.67 ppb, depending on the analyte. The chromatographic conditions were optimized in order to obtain a resolution which would allow to simultaneously measure two diastereoisomers, i.e. THF and ATHF. In our study, ATHF turns out to be below the detection limit, while for 18 samples tested the contents of examinated metabolites were as followed: THF (12.5±4.8 ppb), THE (10.9±5.5 ppb), F (11.6±3.3 ppb) and E (5.0±2.2 ppb). When the method was applied to the subject treated with prednisolone a major increase in the concentration of tetrahydro metabolites was observed before the slaughter, mainly due to stress conditions; prednisolone treatment, most presumably, influenced the 11β-HSD activity, as indicated by the decrease in the F/E ratio. This work may provide a useful methodological contribution to the future definition of F, E, THF, ATHF and THE urinary baseline values in order to obtain indirect evaluations of HSDs activity in farm cattle and possible applications in screenings for suspected abuse of synthetic corticosteroids in bovines.
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- Radmila Pavlovic
- Department of Veterinary Sciences and Public Health, Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy
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Fabregat A, Kotronoulas A, Marcos J, Joglar J, Alfonso I, Segura J, Ventura R, Pozo OJ. Detection, synthesis and characterization of metabolites of steroid hormones conjugated with cysteine. Steroids 2013; 78:327-36. [PMID: 23261958 DOI: 10.1016/j.steroids.2012.11.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2012] [Revised: 11/21/2012] [Accepted: 11/27/2012] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The occurrence of several polyunsaturated testosterone related compounds (including 4,6-androstadien-3,17-dione and 4,6-androstadien-17β-ol-3-one) in urine after alkaline treatment of the sample has been recently reported. Although several experiments seem to indicate that they are testosterone metabolites, their origin is still unknown. In this study, it is demonstrated that these metabolites are produced from the degradation of cysteine conjugates. Several testosterone metabolites conjugated with cysteine have been synthesized and characterized by NMR techniques. Their detection in human urine has been performed by LC-MS/MS. The acquisition of several transitions in the SRM mode and the comparison between ion ratios and retention times allowed for the unequivocal confirmation of the presence of cysteine conjugates in urine. The analysis of urine samples collected after testosterone administration confirmed that synthesized cysteine conjugates are testosterone metabolites. The fact that these conjugates result in polyunsaturated compounds in urine after alkaline treatment was demonstrated by fraction collection and alkaline treatment of each fraction. Besides, the presence of these metabolites was also confirmed in human plasma. The formation of these metabolites implies an unreported metabolic biotransformation: 6,7-dehydrogenation as phase I metabolism followed by conjugation with glutathione and subsequent transformation to cysteine conjugates. Finally, the existence of similar metabolites for cortisol and progesterone was also confirmed by LC-MS/MS indicating that the presented metabolic pathway is not exclusively active in androgens, but common to progestagens and glucocorticoids.
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- Andreu Fabregat
- Bioanalysis Research Group, IMIM, Hospital del Mar, Doctor Aiguader 88, 08003 Barcelona, Spain
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Mitamura K, Mabuchi T, Nagae K, Nakajima M, Matsumoto R, Fujioka S, Sato K, Satoh née Okihara R, Iida T, Ogawa S, Hofmann AF, Ikegawa S. Synthesis of multiply deuterated 3- and 21-monosulfates of allo-tetrahydrocorticosteroids as internal standards for mass spectrometry. Steroids 2012; 77:1423-37. [PMID: 22960650 DOI: 10.1016/j.steroids.2012.08.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2012] [Revised: 08/20/2012] [Accepted: 08/24/2012] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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The accurate analysis of trace components in complex biological matrices requires the use of reliable internal standards. For liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry analysis, the stable isotope-labeled analogues of the analyte molecules are the most appropriate internal standards. In this paper the synthesis of the 3- and 21-monosulfates of allo-tetrahydrocorticosteroids labeled with four or five deuterium atoms is described. The principal reactions used were (1) hydrogen-deuterium exchange reaction of active methylene groups adjacent to 3- and 11-oxo group of 17,20;20,21-bismethylenedioxy derivatives of 5α-3-ketosteroids and/or 5α-11-ketosteroids with NaOD in CH(3)OD followed by reduction with NaBD(4), (2) epimerization of the 3β-hydroxy group into a 3α configuration, (3) sulfation of hydroxy groups at C-3 or C-21 in the resulting substrates with sulfur trioxide-trimethylamine complex, and (4) removal of 17,20;20,21-bismethylenedioxy groups with hydrogen fluoride in ethanol. Isotopic purity was found to be satisfactory by MS, and NMR properties of the new compounds were tabulated. The labeled compounds can be used as internal standards in liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry assays for clinical and biochemical studies.
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- Kuniko Mitamura
- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kinki University, 3-4-1 Kowakae, Higashi-osaka 577-8502, Japan
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Bawazeer S, Sutcliffe OB, Euerby MR, Bawazeer S, Watson DG. A comparison of the chromatographic properties of silica gel and silicon hydride modified silica gels. J Chromatogr A 2012; 1263:61-7. [PMID: 23040975 DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2012.09.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2012] [Revised: 09/01/2012] [Accepted: 09/03/2012] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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The retention properties of a silica gel column and a type C silica (silicon hydride) column for bases, sugars and polar acids were compared in hydrophilic interaction chromatography (HILIC) mode with formic acid or ammonium acetate as aqueous phase modifiers. The type C silica column was much more retentive for a series of model bases than the silica gel column and, surprisingly, retention of bases increased on the type C silica column when, the higher pH, ammonium acetate containing mobile phase was used. The retention of sugars was greater on the type C silica column than on the silica gel column and also increased on the type C silica column with increased pH suggesting either a silanophilic mechanism of retention or some unknown mechanism. Three type C silica based columns, type C silica, cogent diamond hydride and a β-pinene modified column, which it was hoped might exert some additional stereochemical discrimination, were tested for metabolomic profiling of urine. In general the unmodified type C silica column gave the strongest retention of the many polar metabolites in urine and could provide a useful complement to established HILIC methods for metabolomic profiling.
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- Saud Bawazeer
- Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, 161, Cathedral Street, Glasgow G4 0RE, UK
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Himmelsbach M. 10 years of MS instrumental developments--impact on LC-MS/MS in clinical chemistry. J Chromatogr B Analyt Technol Biomed Life Sci 2011; 883-884:3-17. [PMID: 22177236 DOI: 10.1016/j.jchromb.2011.11.038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2011] [Revised: 10/27/2011] [Accepted: 11/25/2011] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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The combination of liquid chromatography and mass spectrometry (LC-MS) is a powerful and indispensable analytical tool that is widely applied in many areas of chemistry, medicine, pharmaceutics and biochemistry. In this review recent MS instrumental developments are presented as part of a special issue covering various aspects of liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) in clinical chemistry. Improvements, new inventions as well as new combinations in ion source technology are described focusing on dual or multimode sources and atmospheric pressure photoionization (APPI). Increasing demands regarding sensitivity, accuracy, resolution and both quantitation and identification guarantee on-going improvements in mass analyzer technology. This paper discusses new hybrid MS instruments that can perform novel scan modes as well as high-resolution mass spectrometers (HRMS) that finally seem to be able to overcome, or at least significantly reduce, their weaknesses in quantitative applications. Ion mobility-mass spectrometry (IMMS) itself is not an invention of the last 10 years, but a lot of progress was made within the last decade that reveals the potential benefits of this combination. This is clearly reflected by the increased number of commercially available instruments and the various designs of IMMS are covered in detail in this review. Selected applications for all these instrumental developments are given focusing on the perspective of clinical chemistry.
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- Markus Himmelsbach
- Institute for Analytical Chemistry, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Linz, Austria.
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Ikegawa S, Nagae K, Mabuchi T, Okihara R, Hasegawa M, Minematsu T, Iida T, Mitamura K. Synthesis of 3- and 21-monosulfates of [2,2,3β,4,4-²H₅]-tetrahydrocorticosteroids in the 5β-series as internal standards for mass spectrometry. Steroids 2011; 76:1232-40. [PMID: 21729711 DOI: 10.1016/j.steroids.2011.05.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2011] [Revised: 05/25/2011] [Accepted: 05/30/2011] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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The 3- and 21-monosulfates of pentadeuterated 5β-tetrahydrocorticosteroides were synthesized, starting from cortisol and 11-deoxycotisol. The principal reactions used were (1) perdeuteration of the methylene groups adjacent to the 3-oxo group of 17,20:20,21-bismethylendioxy-5β-3-ketosteroids with NaOD in CH(3)OD followed by stereoselective reduction with NaBD(4), (2) sulfation of hydroxy groups with sulfur trioxide-trimethylamine complex, and (3) removal of the 17,20:20,21-bismethylendioxy group with hydrogen fluoride. The labeled compounds can be used as internal standards in liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry assays for clinical and biochemical studies.
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- Shigeo Ikegawa
- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kinki University, 3-4-1 Kowakae, Higashi-osaka 577-8502, Japan.
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Most steroid disorders of the adrenal cortex come to clinical attention in childhood and in order to investigate these problems, there are many challenges to the laboratory which need to be appreciated to a certain extent by clinicians. The analysis of sex steroids in biological fluids from neonates, over adrenarche and puberty present challenges of specificities and concentrations often in small sample sizes. Different reference ranges are also needed for interpretations. For around 40 years, quantitative assays for the steroids and their regulatory peptide hormones have been possible using immunoassay techniques. Problems are recognised and this review aims to summarise the benefits and failings of immunoassays and introduce where tandem mass spectrometry is anticipated to meet the clinical needs for steroid analysis in paediatric endocrine investigations. It is important to keep a dialogue between clinicians and the laboratory, especially when any laboratory result does not make sense in the clinical investigation.
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- John W Honour
- Clinical Biochemistry, University College London Hospitals, London, England.
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Okihara R, Mitamura K, Hasegawa M, Mori M, Muto A, Kakiyama G, Ogawa S, Iida T, Shimada M, Mano N, Ikegawa S. Potential Corticoid Metabolites: Chemical Synthesis of 3- and 21-Monosulfates and Their Double-Conjugates of Tetrahydrocorticosteroids in the 5.ALPHA.- and 5.BETA.-Series. Chem Pharm Bull (Tokyo) 2010; 58:344-53. [DOI: 10.1248/cpb.58.344] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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- Rika Okihara
- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kinki University
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- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kinki University
- Department of Chemistry, College of Humanities & Sciences, Nihon University
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- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kinki University
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Humanities & Sciences, Nihon University
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Humanities & Sciences, Nihon University
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Humanities & Sciences, Nihon University
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Humanities & Sciences, Nihon University
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University Hospital
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University Hospital
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