PMID- 37806044 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20231101 LR - 20231101 IS - 1873-3778 (Electronic) IS - 0021-9673 (Linking) VI - 1710 DP - 2023 Nov 8 TI - Development and validation of a deep eutectic solvent-assisted liquid-liquid extraction method for simultaneous quantification of six steroid hormones in serum by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry. PG - 464413 LID - S0021-9673(23)00638-6 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.chroma.2023.464413 [doi] AB - Steroid hormones have been reported to be associated with endocrine system diseases. This paper proposes a novel procedure of deep eutectic solvent (DES)-assisted liquid-liquid extraction (LLE) to extract six steroid hormones (including cortisone, cortisol, androstenedione, testosterone, 17-hydroxyprogesterone, and progesterone) from serum coupled with liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS). A total of five types of L-proline, choline chloride, and citric acid-based DESs were tailored; the DES from L-proline and ethylene glycol at a molar ratio of 1:4 with 20 % acetonitrile was selected as the best-fit assisted solvent for the six steroid hormones compared with other DESs. The parameters for extraction by selected DES were optimized using Box-Behnken design (BBD), and the optimal extraction conditions are 200 microL of acetonitrile, 100 microL of the sample, and 80 microL of DES. Under optimum conditions, the method has good linear calibration ranges (between 0.07 ng mL(-1) and 600 ng mL(-1)), correlation coefficients of determination (r(2)>0.99), and low limits of quantification (between 0.02 and 0.60 ng mL(-1)). The extraction recoveries were in the range of 81.84-114.43 %, and the intra-day and inter-day relative standard deviations (RSDs) were less than 10 %.In general, the DES-LC-MS/MS method is a simple and environmentally-friendly method, which can be complementary to the presently available methods for determining steroid hormones in serum. CI - Copyright (c) 2023. Published by Elsevier B.V. FAU - Li, Jufang AU - Li J AD - Zhejiang Biozon Medical Technology Co., Ltd, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310000, China. FAU - Xu, Aiping AU - Xu A AD - Laprode (Zhejiang) Analysis Co., Ltd, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310000, China. FAU - Xue, Jianyou AU - Xue J AD - Zhejiang Biozon Medical Technology Co., Ltd, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310000, China. FAU - Qian, Wei AU - Qian W AD - Zhejiang Biozon Medical Technology Co., Ltd, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310000, China. FAU - Xu, Ping AU - Xu P AD - Zhejiang Biozon Medical Technology Co., Ltd, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310000, China. FAU - Hu, Zhineng AU - Hu Z AD - Zhejiang Biozon Medical Technology Co., Ltd, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310000, China. FAU - Chen, Chen AU - Chen C AD - Department of Clinical Laboratory, Women's Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing Maternity and Child Health Care Hospital, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210004, China. Electronic address: chenchen1986@njmu.edu.cn. FAU - Wu, Chaochao AU - Wu C AD - Zhejiang Biozon Medical Technology Co., Ltd, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310000, China. Electronic address: wuchaochao@biozon.com.cn. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20230930 PL - Netherlands TA - J Chromatogr A JT - Journal of chromatography. A JID - 9318488 RN - 0 (Deep Eutectic Solvents) RN - 0 (Steroids) RN - WI4X0X7BPJ (Hydrocortisone) RN - 0 (Acetonitriles) RN - 9DLQ4CIU6V (Proline) SB - IM MH - Chromatography, Liquid/methods MH - *Deep Eutectic Solvents MH - *Tandem Mass Spectrometry MH - Limit of Detection MH - Steroids/analysis MH - Liquid-Liquid Extraction MH - Hydrocortisone/analysis MH - Acetonitriles/analysis MH - Proline MH - Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid OTO - NOTNLM OT - Deep eutectic solvent OT - Liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry OT - Liquid-liquid extraction OT - Steroid hormones COIS- Declaration of Competing Interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper. EDAT- 2023/10/09 00:41 MHDA- 2023/11/01 12:44 CRDT- 2023/10/08 18:11 PHST- 2023/07/05 00:00 [received] PHST- 2023/09/13 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2023/09/24 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2023/11/01 12:44 [medline] PHST- 2023/10/09 00:41 [pubmed] PHST- 2023/10/08 18:11 [entrez] AID - S0021-9673(23)00638-6 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.chroma.2023.464413 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Chromatogr A. 2023 Nov 8;1710:464413. doi: 10.1016/j.chroma.2023.464413. Epub 2023 Sep 30.