title: Discriminating the endogenous and exogenous urinary estrogens in human by isotopic ratio mass spectrometry and its potential clinical value.
abstract: Estrogens were prohibited in the food producing animals by European Union (96/22/EC directive) and added to the Report on Carcinogens in United States since 2002. Due to very low concentration in serum or urine (~pg/mL), the method of control its abuse had not been fully developed. The endogenous estrogens were separated from urines of 18 adult men and women. The exogenous estrogens were chemical reference standards and over the counter preparations. Two patients of dysfunctional uterine bleeding (DUB) administered exogenous estradiol and the urines were collected for 72 h. The urinary estrogens were separated by high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) and confirmed. The exogenous and exogenous estrogens were analyzed by gas chromatography combustion isotope ratio mass spectrometry (GC-C-IRMS) to determine the (13)C/(12)C ratio (δ(13)C‰). The δ(13)C‰ values of reference standard of E1, E2, and E3 were -29.36±0.72, -27.98±0.35, -27.62±0.51, respectively. The δ(13)C‰ values of the endogenous E1, E2, and E3 were -21.62±1.07, -22.14±0.98, and -21.88±1.16, with P<0.01 (t-test). Two DUB patients' urinary estradiol δ(13)C‰ values was depleted to -28.02±0.33 after the administration. The progesterone, 17α-hydroxyprogesterone, pregnanediol, as well as desogestrel and ethinylestradiol from contraceptives were also determined. Stable carbon isotope analysis can distinguish the endogenous and exogenous urinary estrogen in human.
authors.affiliation: National Laboratory of Anti-Doping, China Anti-Doping Agency, Beijing 100029, China. yang_sound@sina.com
authors.forename: Sheng
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Dapeng
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Youxuan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Xiaobing
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Xin
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Shan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Jingzhu
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Moutian
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Zhenwen
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: He
authors.forename: Jian
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Hong
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yuan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002247:Carbon Isotopes; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D004958:Estradiol / Q000737:chemistry; D004967:Estrogens / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000652:urine*; D005260:Female; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007553:Isotope Labeling / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D002247:Carbon Isotopes; D004967:Estrogens; D004958:Estradiol