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  • Title: 20-Dihydroisomers of cortisol and cortisone in human urine: excretion rates under different physiological conditions.
    Author: Eisenschmid B, Heilmann P, Oelkers W, Rejaibi R, Schöneshöfer M.
    Journal: J Clin Chem Clin Biochem; 1987 Jun; 25(6):345-9. PubMed ID: 3625132.
    Abstract:
    The urinary excretion rates of free cortisol and cortisone as well as of their 20-dihydroisomers have been studied in normal subjects under different physiological or pharmacological conditions. For the estimation of steroid excretion rates, a fully automated, liquid-chromatographic method was used. In normal subjects, the median steroid excretion rates of free cortisol, cortisone, 20-alpha-dihydrocortisol, 20-beta-dihydrocortisol, 20-alpha-dihydrocortisone and 20-beta-dihydrocortisone were 6.7, 8.0, 9.8, 5.2, 5.7 and 1.3 mumol/mol creatinine. The excretion rates measured at three different intervals of the day followed a circadian rhythm similar to that known for the cortisol secreting activity of the adrenal gland. After adrenal stimulation by i.v. application of 250 micrograms of tetracosactide hexaacetate, (Synacthen, corticotropin beta 1-24) excretion of urinary cortisol was significantly higher than those of the other steroids. During a 24 h infusion of corticotropin beta 1-24, the excretion rates of cortisol and its C-20 reduced isomers increased to a significantly greater extent than those of cortisone and its C-20 reduced isomers. During a four-hour infusion of hydrocortisone, the relative increase of cortisol excretion was greater than that of the other steroids. During a five-hour infusion of metyrapone at different dosages, the excretion of all steroids decreased in a dose-dependent manner. The present data indicate that the 20-dihydroisomers of cortisol and cortisone in human urine primarily originate from the peripheral metabolism of cortisol rather than from adrenal secretion.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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