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Study M575

Study name

Yang X 2019

Title

The internal link of serum steroid hormones levels in insomnia, depression, and Alzheimer's disease rats: Is there an effective way to distinguish among these three diseases based on potential biomarkers?

Overall design

In this study, to investigate the internal connection and difference of steroid hormones among insomnia, depression, and Alzheimer's disease, and distinguish them from the perspective of biomarkers, an easy, quick, and efficient high-performance liquid chromatography with tandem mass spectrometry method was established and validated to determine six steroid hormones simultaneously in rat serum. Chronic unpredictable mild stress (CUMS) model of depression was established. Wistar rats were divided into the following 2 groups: (1) control group, and (2) CUMS group. The CUMS stress procedure lasted for 3 weeks.

Study Type

Type1;

Data available

Unavailable

Organism

Rat; Wistar rat;

Categories of depression

Animal model; Chronic mild stress model; Chronic mild stress model;

Criteria for depression

Not reported

Sample size

16

Tissue

Peripheral; Blood; Serum;

Platform

MS-based; LC-MS: XR LC-20AD Prominence HPLC system (Shimadzu, Japan) with 4000 QTRAP MS/MS system (AB Sciex, Foster city, CA);

PMID

30848087

DOI

10.1002/jssc.201801298

Citation

Yang X, Wang Z, Zhang Q, et. The internal link of serum steroid hormones levels in insomnia, depression, and Alzheimer's disease rats: Is there an effective way to distinguish among these three diseases based on potential biomarkers? J Sep Sci. 2019;42(10):1833-1841.

Metabolite

Androstenedione;

Corticosterone;

Cortisol;

Dehydroepiandrosterone;

Cortexolone;