PMID- 38130465 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20240210 IS - 2472-1972 (Electronic) IS - 2472-1972 (Linking) VI - 8 IP - 1 DP - 2023 Dec 1 TI - Multiplexed Serum Steroid Profiling Reveals Metabolic Signatures of Subtypes in Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia. PG - bvad155 LID - 10.1210/jendso/bvad155 [doi] LID - bvad155 AB - CONTEXT: Altered metabolic signatures on steroidogenesis may characterize individual subtypes of congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH), but conventional diagnostic approaches are limited to differentiate subtypes. OBJECTIVE: We explored metabolic characterizations and identified multiple diagnostic biomarkers specific to individual subtypes of CAH. METHODS: Liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry-based profiling of 33 adrenal steroids was developed and applied to serum samples obtained from 67 CAH patients and 38 healthy volunteers. RESULTS: Within- and between-run precisions were 95.4% to 108.3% and 94.1% to 110.0%, respectively, while all accuracies were <12% and the correlation coefficients (r(2)) were > 0.910. Metabolic ratios corresponding to 21-hydroxylase characterized 21-hydroxylase deficiency (21-OHD; n = 63) from healthy controls (area under the curve = 1.0, P < 1 x 10(-18) for all) and other patients with CAH in addition to significantly increased serum 17alpha-hydroxyprogesterone (P < 1 x 10(-16)) and 21-deoxycortisol (P < 1 x 10(-15)) levels. Higher levels of mineralocorticoids, such as corticosterone (B) and 18-hydroxyB, were observed in 17alpha-hydroxylase deficiency (17alpha-OHD; N = 3), while metabolic ratio of dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate to pregnenolone sulfate was remarkably decreased against all subjects. A patient with 11beta-hydroxylase deficiency (11beta-OHD) demonstrated significantly elevated 11-deoxycortisol and its metabolite tetrahydroxy-11-deoxyF, with reduced metabolic ratios of 11beta-hydroxytestosterone/testosterone and 11beta-hydroxyandrostenedione/androstenedione. The steroid profiles resulted in significantly decreased cortisol metabolism in both 21-OHD and 17alpha-OHD but not in 11beta-OHD. CONCLUSION: The metabolic signatures with specific steroids and their corresponding metabolic ratios may reveal individual CAH subtypes. Further investigations with more substantial sample sizes should be explored to enhance the clinical validity. CI - (c) The Author(s) 2023. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Endocrine Society. FAU - Shim, Jaeyoon AU - Shim J AD - Center for Advanced Biomolecular Recognition, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul 02792, Korea. AD - Department of Chemistry, Korea University, Seoul 02841, Korea. FAU - Ahn, Chang Ho AU - Ahn CH AD - Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Gyeonggi-do 13620, Korea. AD - Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul 03080, Korea. FAU - Park, Seung Shin AU - Park SS AD - Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul 03080, Korea. AD - Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul 03080, Korea. FAU - Noh, Jongsung AU - Noh J AD - Center for Advanced Biomolecular Recognition, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul 02792, Korea. FAU - Lee, Chaelin AU - Lee C AD - Center for Advanced Biomolecular Recognition, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul 02792, Korea. FAU - Lee, Sang Won AU - Lee SW AD - Department of Chemistry, Korea University, Seoul 02841, Korea. FAU - Kim, Jung Hee AU - Kim JH AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-1932-0234 AD - Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul 03080, Korea. AD - Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul 03080, Korea. FAU - Choi, Man Ho AU - Choi MH AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-1017-1156 AD - Center for Advanced Biomolecular Recognition, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul 02792, Korea. LA - eng GR - 27300C0032/ES/NIEHS NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article DEP - 20231221 PL - United States TA - J Endocr Soc JT - Journal of the Endocrine Society JID - 101697997 PMC - PMC10735290 OTO - NOTNLM OT - adrenal steroids OT - congenital adrenal hyperplasia OT - cortisol OT - hydroxylase deficiency OT - metabolic signatures EDAT- 2023/12/22 06:42 MHDA- 2023/12/22 06:43 PMCR- 2023/12/21 CRDT- 2023/12/22 03:50 PHST- 2023/08/11 00:00 [received] PHST- 2023/12/22 06:43 [medline] PHST- 2023/12/22 06:42 [pubmed] PHST- 2023/12/22 03:50 [entrez] PHST- 2023/12/21 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - bvad155 [pii] AID - 10.1210/jendso/bvad155 [doi] PST - epublish SO - J Endocr Soc. 2023 Dec 21;8(1):bvad155. doi: 10.1210/jendso/bvad155. eCollection 2023 Dec 1.