0000000000275821
AUTHOR
F. Arcuri
Gas chromatography/mass spectrometry of catechol estrogens
Abstract Catecholestrogens (CCEs), namely 2- or 4-hydroxyestradiol and hydroxyestrone, are highly polar, reactive, and extremely labile estrogen metabolites in many experimental conditions. For these reasons, indirect assay methods mainly have been used. Some experimental evidence suggests that CCEs are synthesized and biologically active mostly in target cells. At this level, unfortunately, the indirect assays cannot be used. We present a method of gas Chromatographic/mass spectral (GC/MS) analysis for the identification of individual CCEs; the major fragmentation ions of authentic estrogen standards as trimethylsilylether derivatives, and the MS patterns of the major CCEs, namely, 2-hydro…
Steroid Patterns of Benign Breast Disease
We briefly review some biochemical aspects of benign breast disease (BBD), mainly focusing on free and conjugate estrogen content of breast cyst fluid (BCF), also in relation to cyst type. Evidence is reported that high K(+)-type I-cysts clearly associate with low Cl- levels and accumulate significantly higher quantities of dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate (DHAS) and estrone-3-sulfate (E1S). In spite of the limited number of cases, both increasing DHAS and E1S levels correlate with the increment of K+ to Na+ ratio. A positive correlation was also found between DHAS and E1S. Using electrochemical detection (ECD) on-line to high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) in the reverse phase mode…