Substantial advantage of a combined Bayesian and genotyping approach in testosterone doping tests.

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ID Serval
serval:BIB_656F0D322913
Type
Article: article d'un périodique ou d'un magazine.
Sous-type
Lettre (letter): communication adressée à l'éditeur.
Collection
Publications
Institution
Titre
Substantial advantage of a combined Bayesian and genotyping approach in testosterone doping tests.
Périodique
Steroids
Auteur⸱e⸱s
Schulze J.J., Lundmark J., Garle M., Ekström L., Sottas P.E., Rane A.
ISSN
0039-128X
Statut éditorial
Publié
Date de publication
2009
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
74
Numéro
3
Pages
365-368
Langue
anglais
Résumé
Testosterone abuse is conventionally assessed by the urinary testosterone/epitestosterone (T/E) ratio, levels above 4.0 being considered suspicious. A deletion polymorphism in the gene coding for UGT2B17 is strongly associated with reduced testosterone glucuronide (TG) levels in urine. Many of the individuals devoid of the gene would not reach a T/E ratio of 4.0 after testosterone intake. Future test programs will most likely shift from population based- to individual-based T/E cut-off ratios using Bayesian inference. A longitudinal analysis is dependent on an individual's true negative baseline T/E ratio. The aim was to investigate whether it is possible to increase the sensitivity and specificity of the T/E test by addition of UGT2B17 genotype information in a Bayesian framework. A single intramuscular dose of 500mg testosterone enanthate was given to 55 healthy male volunteers with either two, one or no allele (ins/ins, ins/del or del/del) of the UGT2B17 gene. Urinary excretion of TG and the T/E ratio was measured during 15 days. The Bayesian analysis was conducted to calculate the individual T/E cut-off ratio. When adding the genotype information, the program returned lower individual cut-off ratios in all del/del subjects increasing the sensitivity of the test considerably. It will be difficult, if not impossible, to discriminate between a true negative baseline T/E value and a false negative one without knowledge of the UGT2B17 genotype. UGT2B17 genotype information is crucial, both to decide which initial cut-off ratio to use for an individual, and for increasing the sensitivity of the Bayesian analysis.
Mots-clé
Adolescent, Adult, Bayes Theorem, Doping in Sports, Epitestosterone/urine, Genotype, Glucuronosyltransferase/genetics, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Polymorphism, Genetic/genetics, Substance Abuse Detection/methods, Testosterone/urine, Young Adult
Pubmed
Web of science
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03/10/2009 12:45
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