Method for combined analysis of profiles of conjugated progesterone metabolites and bile acids in serum and urine of pregnant women

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A method for analysis of profiles of conjugated progesterone metabolites and bile acids in 10 ml of urine and 1–4 ml of serum from pregnant women is described. Total bile acids and neutral steroids from serum and urine were extracted with octadecylsilane-bonded silica. Groups of conjugates were separated on the lipophilic ion-exchanger triethylaminohydroxypropyl Sephadex LH-20 (TEAP-LH-20). Fractions were divided for steroid or bile acid analyses. Sequences of hydrolysis/ solvolysis and separations on TEAP-LH-20 permitted separate analyses of steroid glucuronides, monosulfates and disulfates and bile acid aminoacyl amidates, sulfates, glucuronides and sulfate-glucuronides. Radiolabelled compounds were added at different steps to monitor recoveries and completeness of separation, and hydrolysis/solvolysis of conjugates was monitored by fast-atom bombardment mass spectrometry. The extraction and solvolysis of steroid disulfates in urine were studied in detail, and extraction recoveries were found to be pH-dependent. Following methylation of bile acids, all compounds were analysed by capillary gas chromatography and gas chromatography—mass spectrometry of their trimethylsilyl ether derivatives. Semiquantification of individual compounds in each profile by gas—liquid chromatography had a coefficient of variation of less than 30%. The total analysis required 3 days for serum and 4 days for urine.

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