Steroid profiling by UHPLC-MS/MS in dried blood spots collected from healthy women with and without testosterone gel administration.

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Title
Steroid profiling by UHPLC-MS/MS in dried blood spots collected from healthy women with and without testosterone gel administration.
Journal
Journal of pharmaceutical and biomedical analysis
Author(s)
Salamin O., Nicoli R., Xu C., Boccard J., Rudaz S., Pitteloud N., Saugy M., Kuuranne T.
ISSN
1873-264X (Electronic)
ISSN-L
0731-7085
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Published
Issued date
10/09/2021
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
204
Pages
114280
Language
english
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Publication Status: ppublish
Abstract
The quantification of a large panel of endogenous steroids in serum by LC-MS/MS represents a powerful clinical tool for the screening or diagnosis of diverse endocrine disorders. This approach has also demonstrated excellent sensitivity for the detection of testosterone misuse in the anti-doping field, especially in female athlete population. In both situations, the use of dried blood spots (DBS) could provide a viable alternative to invasive venous blood collection. Here, the evaluation of DBS sampling for the quantification of a panel of endogenous steroids using UHPLC-MS/MS is described. The UHPLC-MS/MS method was validated for quantitative analysis of eleven free and eight conjugated steroids and was then used for the analysis of DBS samples collected in 14 healthy women during a normal menstrual cycle (control phase) followed by a 28-days testosterone gel treatment (treatment phase). Results were compared with those obtained from serum matrix. Satisfactory performance was obtained for all compounds in terms of selectivity, linearity, accuracy, precision, combined uncertainty, stability as well as extraction recovery and matrix effects. In control phase, high correlation was observed between DBS and serum concentrations for most compounds. In treatment phase, higher testosterone concentrations were observed in capillary than in venous DBS, suggesting a possible interference resulting from testosterone contamination on finger(s) used for gel application. Steroid profiling in capillary DBS represents a simple and efficient strategy for monitoring endogenous steroid concentrations and their fluctuation in clinical context of steroid-related disorders, or for the detection of testosterone abuse in anti-doping.
Keywords
Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid, Chromatography, Liquid, Dried Blood Spot Testing, Female, Humans, Reproducibility of Results, Steroids, Tandem Mass Spectrometry, Testosterone, Dried blood spots, Steroid profiling, Testosterone gel
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