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Steroidomic Footprinting Based on Ultra-High Performance Liquid Chromatography Coupled with Qualitative and Quantitative High- Resolution Mass Spectrometry for the Evaluation of Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals in H295R Cells

Published inChemical research in toxicology, vol. 28, p. 955-966
Publication date2015
Abstract

The screening of endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) that may alter steroidogenesis represents a highly important field mainly due to the numerous pathologies, such as cancer, diabetes, obesity, osteoporosis, and infertility that have been related to impaired steroid-mediated regulation. The adrenal H295R cell model has been validated to study steroidogenesis by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) guideline. However, this guideline focuses solely on testosterone and estradiol monitoring, hormones not typically produced by the adrenals, hence limiting possible in-depth mechanistic investigations. The present work proposes an untargeted steroidomic footprinting workflow based on ultra-high pressure liquid chromatography (UHPLC) coupled to high-resolution MS for the screening and mechanistic investigations of EDCs in H295R cell supernatants. A suspected EDC, triclocarban (TCC), used in detergents, cosmetics, and personal care products, was selected to demonstrate the efficiency of the reported methodology, allowing the simultaneous assessment of a steroidomic footprint and quantification of a selected subset of steroids in a single analysis. The effects of exposure to increasing TCC concentrations were assessed, and the selection of features with database matching followed by multivariate analysis has led to the selection of the most salient affected steroids. Using correlation analysis, 11 steroids were associated with a high, 18 with a medium, and 8 with a relatively low sensitivity behavior to TCC. Among the candidates, 13 identified steroids were simultaneously quantified, leading to the evaluation and localization of the disruption of steroidogenesis caused by TCC upstream of the formation of pregnenolone. The remaining candidates could be associated with a specific steroid class (progestogens and corticosteroids, or androgens) and represent a specific footprint of steroidogenesis disruption by TCC. This strategy was devised to be compatible with medium/high-throughput screening and could be useful for the mechanistic elucidation of EDCs.

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TONOLI, David et al. Steroidomic Footprinting Based on Ultra-High Performance Liquid Chromatography Coupled with Qualitative and Quantitative High- Resolution Mass Spectrometry for the Evaluation of Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals in H295R Cells. In: Chemical research in toxicology, 2015, vol. 28, p. 955–966. doi: 10.1021/tx5005369
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