Carbon isotope ratios of endogenous steroids found in human serum-method development, validation, and reference population-derived thresholds.

Piper, Thomas; Geyer, Hans; Nieschlag, Eberhard; Bally, Lia; Thevis, Mario (2021). Carbon isotope ratios of endogenous steroids found in human serum-method development, validation, and reference population-derived thresholds. Analytical and bioanalytical chemistry, 413(22), pp. 5655-5667. Springer 10.1007/s00216-021-03439-9

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In order to detect the misuse of testosterone (T), urinary steroid concentrations and concentration ratios are quantified and monitored in a longitudinal manner to enable the identification of samples exhibiting atypical test results. These suspicious samples are then forwarded to isotope ratio mass spectrometry (IRMS)-based methods for confirmation. Especially concentration ratios like T over epitestosterone (E) or 5α-androstanediol over E proved to be valuable markers. Unfortunately, depending on the UGT2B17 genotype and/or the gender of the athlete, these markers may fail to provide evidence for T administrations when focusing exclusively on urine samples. In recent years, the potential of plasma steroids has been investigated and were found to be suitable to detect T administrations especially in female volunteers. A current drawback of this approach is the missing possibility to confirm that elevated steroid concentrations are solely derived from an administration of T and cannot be attributed to confounding factors. Therefore, an IRMS method for plasma steroids was developed and validated taking into account the comparably limited sample volume. As endogenous reference compounds, unconjugated cholesterol and dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate were found suitable, while androsterone and epiandrosterone (both sulfo-conjugated) were chosen as target analytes. The developed method is based on multi-dimensional gas chromatography coupled to IRMS in order to optimize the overall assay sensitivity. The approach was validated, and a reference population encompassing n = 65 males and females was investigated to calculate population-based thresholds. As proof-of-concept, samples from volunteers receiving T replacement therapies and excretion study samples were investigated.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Gynaecology, Paediatrics and Endocrinology (DFKE) > Clinic of Endocrinology, Diabetology and Clinical Nutrition

UniBE Contributor:

Bally, Lia Claudia

Subjects:

600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health

ISSN:

1618-2642

Publisher:

Springer

Language:

English

Submitter:

Laura Cavalli

Date Deposited:

25 Jan 2022 08:30

Last Modified:

05 Dec 2022 16:03

Publisher DOI:

10.1007/s00216-021-03439-9

PubMed ID:

34142201

Uncontrolled Keywords:

Carbon isotope ratios Doping controls IRMS Multi-dimensional gas chromatography Serum Steroids

BORIS DOI:

10.48350/164376

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/164376

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