Profiling of 19-norsteroid sulfoconjugates in human urine by liquid chromatography mass spectrometry

Strahm, Emmanuel; Rudaz, Serge; Veuthey, Jean-Luc; Saugy, Martial; Saudan, Christophe

doi:10.1016/j.aca.2008.02.053

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Profiling of 19-norsteroid sulfoconjugates in human urine by liquid chromatography mass spectrometry

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Strahm, Emmanuel; Rudaz, Serge

; Veuthey, Jean-Luc; Saugy, Martial; Saudan, Christophe

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Analytica chimica acta, vol. 613, no. 2, p. 228-237

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2008

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19-Nortestosterone (nandrolone) major metabolites in human urine are excreted as sulfoconjugated and glucuroconjugated forms. A sensitive and selective liquid chromatography/tandem mass spectrometry (LC/MS/MS) method in negative ESI mode was developed for direct quantification of 19-norandrosterone sulfate (19-NAS) and 19-noretiocholanolone sulfate (19-NES). For both sulfoconjugates, the [M-H](-) ion at m/z 355 and the fragment ion at m/z 97 were used as the precursor and product ions, respectively. The purification method involved a complete and rapid separation of sulfates and glucuronides in two extracts after loading the sample on a weak anion exchange solid phase extraction support (SPE Oasis WAX). Then, sulfates were separated by LC (Uptisphere ODB, 150 mm x 3.0 mm, 5 microm) and analyzed on a linear trap and a triple quadrupole mass spectrometer. The lower limit of detection (LLOD) and lowest limit of quantification (LLOQ) were of 100 pg mL(-1) and 1 ng mL(-1), respectively. Assay validation demonstrated good performances in terms of trueness (92.0-104.9%), repeatability (0.6-7.2%) and intermediate precision (1.3-10.8%) over the range of 1-2500 ng mL(-1). Finally, 19-NAS and 19-NES in urine samples collected after intake of 19-norandrostenedione (nandrolone precursor) were quantified. This assay may be easily implemented to separate glucuronide and sulfate steroids from urine specimens prior to quantification by LC/MS/MS.

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Faculté des sciences / Section des sciences pharmaceutiques

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STRAHM, Emmanuel et al. Profiling of 19-norsteroid sulfoconjugates in human urine by liquid chromatography mass spectrometry. In: Analytica chimica acta, 2008, vol. 613, n° 2, p. 228–237. doi: 10.1016/j.aca.2008.02.053

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PID : unige:46
DOI : 10.1016/j.aca.2008.02.053
PMID : 18395062

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0003-2670

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Profiling of 19-norsteroid sulfoconjugates in human urine by liquid chromatography mass spectrometry

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