Determination of endogenous and exogenous corticosteroids in bovine urine and effect of fighting stress during the “Batailles des Reines” on their biosynthesis

Natural corticosteroids include two families of substances: mineralocorticoids and glucocorticoids. Several drugs of similar structure and biological activity have been synthesized and are currently used in the clinical practice. Beside legal pharmacological treatments, these drugs have been consistently misused in animal breeding. One of the most abused corticosteroids is prednisolone. For many years, prednisolone has been considered of exclusive synthetic origin, but nowadays a debate about its possible endogenous production is under way. Several studies have been addressed to ascertain the potential relationship between stressful conditions, such as transportation and slaughtering, and endogenous production of prednisolone. In order to verify further the effect of stressful conditions, our laboratory analysed urine samples collected from the cows participating to the “Batailles des Reines” (a traditional contest based on ritual and spontaneous fights of pregnant cows), to verify if an endogenous prednisolone production may occur in these animals. We developed and validated a LC-MS/MS method for the simultaneous determination of cortisol, cortisone, prednisolone and five of its metabolites. The method was applied to the analysis of urine samples collected from “Batailles des Reines” competitions in 2012 and 2013. All these samples had been previously analysed within an anti-doping control program and tested compliant to all screenings..

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Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2017

Erschienen:

2017

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:114

Enthalten in:

Research in veterinary science - 114(2017), Seite 423

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Marta Leporati [VerfasserIn]
Maria Nobile [Sonstige Person]
Pierluigi Capra [Sonstige Person]
Eugenio Alladio [Sonstige Person]
Marco Vincenti [Sonstige Person]

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Themen:

Animal breeding
Animals
Beef
Biological activity
Biosynthesis
Breeding
Breeding (reproduction)
Cattle
Chromatography
Corticoids
Corticosteroids
Cortisone
Drugs
Fighting
Glucocorticoids
Hormones
Hydrocortisone
Laboratories
Metabolism
Metabolites
Pharmacology
Prednisolone
Pregnancy
Steroids
Studies
Transportation
Urine

doi:

10.1016/j.rvsc.2017.06.014

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OLC1997551896