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20026093

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1-2
pubmed:dateCreated
2010-3-26
pubmed:abstractText
We have developed a gas chromatography-mass spectrometry method for analysis of benzene (BZ) metabolites in human urine and blood. Here we describe peripheral blood concentrations of hydroquinone (HQ(1)) and catechol (CAT(2)) in total, protein-bound, and unbound (free) forms obtained from BZ-exposed factory workers and controls. Total and unbound metabolites were directly measured in independent experiments, while bound forms were calculated as [total]-[unbound]. In this subset of a larger study, breathing zone benzene, toluene, and xylene were measured for the duration of a workshift, and end-shift blood samples taken from 143 subjects and controls. Potential lifestyle and environmental influences were assessed by questionnaire and bioassay, and single nucleotide polymorphisms in xenobiotic metabolizing enzymes NQO1, MPO, CYP2E1, and GSTT1 were also analyzed for potential contribution to differences in blood metabolite concentration. Total CAT, bound CAT, total HQ, and bound HQ correlated well with benzene exposure, while unbound CAT and HQ displayed no correlation. Nearly all of the metabolites found in blood were bound to protein (CAT 96-99+%, HQ 78-92+%), and when the ratio of bound to unbound metabolites were compared in subsets of exposed workers, the increase in blood metabolite concentration was nearly all due to an increase in the protein-bound molecule. These findings suggest that a threshold for conjugation does not exist within the exposure spectrum studied (0.01-78.8 mg/m(3)). This method demonstrates the feasibility of analyzing benzene metabolites in human blood, and should allow for further investigation of the health effects of benzene and its metabolites.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
1872-7786
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright (c) 2010. Published by Elsevier Ireland Ltd.
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
19
pubmed:volume
184
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
182-8
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2010
pubmed:articleTitle
Analysis of hydroquinone and catechol in peripheral blood of benzene-exposed workers.
pubmed:affiliation
Fudan-Cinpathogen Clinical and Molecular Research Center, Shanghai, China.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Evaluation Studies