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Diagnosis of adrenal cortical dysfunction by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry.

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:Liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) was used to measure 6 metabolic compounds of the adrenocorticosteroid pathway simultaneously on residual specimens from patients who had previously been previously diagnosed, on the basis of immunoassays, as having congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH), 11 beta-hydroxylase deficiency, 21-hydroxylase deficiency, or Addison disease (adrenal insufficiency). Two subjects with normal adrenal function had serum cortisol values of 13.6 and 8.9 micrograms/dL and serum cortisone values of 2.1 and 0.6 microgram/dL, but the rest of the compounds were undetectable. Two patients with 11 beta-hydroxylase deficiency had serum 11 beta-deoxycortisol values of 14.9 and 10.0 micrograms/dL and serum 11-deoxycorticosterone values of 3.9 and 1.0 microgram/dL, but their serum levels of cortisol and cortisone were diminished. A patient with 21-hydroxylase deficiency had a highly increased serum 17-hydroxyprogesterone concentration of 28.5 micrograms/dL (or 28,500 ng/dL, the traditional unit to report this assay) and a serum 21-deoxycortisol concentration of 6.9 ug/dL (this is a pathologic marker of 21-hydroxylase deficiency that is nondetectable in sera of healthy subjects). This patient also had diminished concentrations of serum cortisol and cortisone (0.9 and 0.3 microgram/dL, respectively). At 30 and 60 min after corticotropin (ACTH) stimulation, serum cortisol was the only compound that showed a dramatic increase in the normal subjects; the patient with 21-hydroxylase deficiency showed an increase of serum 17-hydroxyprogesterone level, but no increase of serum cortisol level; the patient with Addison disease showed no increase in the levels of serum cortisol or other compounds. Metyprapone, which blocks 11 beta-hydroxylase activity, increased the serum 11-deoxycorticosteroid levels and decreased the serum cortisol level. This pilot study demonstrates that it is feasible to use LC-MS/MS for the laboratory diagnosis of adrenal cortical dysfunction. The authors envision that LC-MS/MS may soon become an ideal analytical technique for the diagnosis of such endocrine diseases.

journal_name

Ann Clin Lab Sci

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Annals of clinical and laboratory science

authors

Kao PC,Machacek DA,Magera MJ,Lacey JM,Rinaldo P

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Has Abstract

pub_date

2001-04-01 00:00:00

pages

199-204

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eissn

0091-7370

issn

1550-8080

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Diagnosis of adrenal cortical dysfunction by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry.