Simultaneous determination of multiple androgens in mice organs with liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry.

Abstract:

:Prostate cancer (PCa) is the most commonly diagnosed cancer in men worldwide. It is essentially dependent on potent androgens, such as testosterone (T) and dihydrotestosterone (DHT). The precursors of T and DHT, which includes androstenedione (A4) and dihydroepiandrosterone (DHEA), and also the metabolites of DHT, 5α-androstane-3α,17β-diol (3α-Diol) and 5α-androstane-3β,17β-diol (3β-Diol) are able to affect the development of PCa. Therefore, it is important to simultaneously determine all these key androgens. This study aims to develop and validate an LC-MS/MS quantification method to simultaneously detect and quantify the six related androgens, including T, DHT, A4, DHEA, 3α-Diol, and 3β-Diol in limited sample volume. The sample preparation involved liquid extraction with methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE), following by chemical derivatisation with hydroxylamine. The limits of quantitation for T, DHT, A4, and DHEA were 0.05nM and 3α-Diol and 3β-Diol were 0.5nM with S/N ratio of at least 5:1 by using 100μL samples.

journal_name

J Pharm Biomed Anal

authors

Soh SF,Yin X,Sun J,Li J,Yong EL,Wei Q,Gong Y

doi

10.1016/j.jpba.2015.07.039

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2015-11-10 00:00:00

pages

457-66

eissn

0731-7085

issn

1873-264X

pii

S0731-7085(15)30093-5

journal_volume

115

pub_type

杂志文章