Abstract:A dosagem de cortisol livre na urina (CLU) é um método útil na triagem de pacientes suspeitos de síndrome de Cushing. Os imunoensaios atuais apresentam limitações que dificultam sua aplicação e a comparação de resultados por diferentes ensaios. No presente método para dosagem de cortisol e cortisona livres urinários, baseado em cromatografia líquida com detecção por espectrômetro de massa em tandem (LC-MS/MS), uma alíquota de urina 24h (200µL) é misturada com solução contendo quantidade conhecida de cortisol d… Show more
“…3). Even though there was a linear regression, cortisol concentrations obtained by HPLC-MS/MS were lower than those obtained by RIA as previously described by others [41][42][43]. Additionally, comparison of these two methods by Bland-Altman analysis [44] showed a confidence interval for the average of the differences with an upper limit of 53.8 (CI 95% 49.32; 58.32) and a lower limit of 1.4 (CI 95% -3.13; 5.87).…”
Cortisol availability is modulated by several enzymes: 11β-HSD2, which transforms cortisol (F) to cortisone (E) and 11β-HSD1 which predominantly converts inactive E to active F. Additionally, the A-ring reductases (5α- and 5β-reductase) inactivate cortisol (together with 3α-HSD) to tetrahydrometabolites: 5αTHF, 5βTHF, and THE. The aim was to assess 11β-HSD2, 11β-HSD1, and 5β-reductase activity in hypertensive patients. Free urinary F, E, THF, and THE were measured by HPLC-MS/MS in 102 essential hypertensive patients and 18 normotensive controls. 11β-HSD2 enzyme activity was estimated by the F/E ratio, the activity of 11β-HSD1 in compare to 11β-HSD2 was inferred by the (5αTHF + 5βTHF)/THE ratio and 5β-reductase activity assessed using the E/THE ratio. Activity was considered altered when respective ratios exceeded the maximum value observed in the normotensive controls. A 15.7% of patients presented high F/E ratio suggesting a deficit of 11β-HSD2 activity. Of the remaining 86 hypertensive patients, two possessed high (5αTHF + 5βTHF)/THE ratios and 12.8% had high E/THE ratios. We observed a high percentage of alterations in cortisol metabolism at pre-receptor level in hypertensive patients, previously misclassified as essential. 11β-HSD2 and 5β-reductase decreased activity and imbalance of 11β-HSDs should be considered in the future management of hypertensive patients.
“…3). Even though there was a linear regression, cortisol concentrations obtained by HPLC-MS/MS were lower than those obtained by RIA as previously described by others [41][42][43]. Additionally, comparison of these two methods by Bland-Altman analysis [44] showed a confidence interval for the average of the differences with an upper limit of 53.8 (CI 95% 49.32; 58.32) and a lower limit of 1.4 (CI 95% -3.13; 5.87).…”
Cortisol availability is modulated by several enzymes: 11β-HSD2, which transforms cortisol (F) to cortisone (E) and 11β-HSD1 which predominantly converts inactive E to active F. Additionally, the A-ring reductases (5α- and 5β-reductase) inactivate cortisol (together with 3α-HSD) to tetrahydrometabolites: 5αTHF, 5βTHF, and THE. The aim was to assess 11β-HSD2, 11β-HSD1, and 5β-reductase activity in hypertensive patients. Free urinary F, E, THF, and THE were measured by HPLC-MS/MS in 102 essential hypertensive patients and 18 normotensive controls. 11β-HSD2 enzyme activity was estimated by the F/E ratio, the activity of 11β-HSD1 in compare to 11β-HSD2 was inferred by the (5αTHF + 5βTHF)/THE ratio and 5β-reductase activity assessed using the E/THE ratio. Activity was considered altered when respective ratios exceeded the maximum value observed in the normotensive controls. A 15.7% of patients presented high F/E ratio suggesting a deficit of 11β-HSD2 activity. Of the remaining 86 hypertensive patients, two possessed high (5αTHF + 5βTHF)/THE ratios and 12.8% had high E/THE ratios. We observed a high percentage of alterations in cortisol metabolism at pre-receptor level in hypertensive patients, previously misclassified as essential. 11β-HSD2 and 5β-reductase decreased activity and imbalance of 11β-HSDs should be considered in the future management of hypertensive patients.
“…Liquid chromatography coupled to tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) is being rapidly introduced as a better alternative to quantify steroids in the clinical context. Methods have been described for the determination of cortisol and cortisone [9,10], 17-hydroxyprogesterone [3], 11-desoxycortisol [11,12], 21-desoxycortisol [13] and corticosterone [14]. Some of them still demand manual sample preparation procedures such as liquid-liquid extraction [13,14] or off-line solid-phase extraction [3,12].…”
“…In the case in urine, the presence of several endogenous interfering steroids, in special cortisol metabolites, demands extraction and chromatography in order to achieve the necessary specificity (13-15). The introduction of tech-niques based in liquid chromatography associated with tandem mass spectrometry for the measurement of free urinary cortisol were a definitive step forward in the improvement of the general characteristics of the assays (16,17), and additionally provided the opportunity to measure concomitantly free cortisone levels.…”
We conclude that the HPLC-MS/MS method compares favorably with the RIA for salivary cortisol measurement, with the additional possibility of concomitant cortisone measurement and the evaluation of 11βHSD2 activity.
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