A Pilot Study on Using Urinary 1-Hydroxypyrene Biomarker for Exposure to PAHs in Beijing |
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Authors: | Wenjie Zhang Dongqun Xu Guoshun Zhuang Changming Ding Guifang Wang Junrui Chang Gaiying Ren |
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Institution: | (1) Center for Atmospheric Environmental Study, Chemistry Department, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China;(2) Institute for Environmental Health and Related Products Safety, China CDC, Beijing, 100021, China;(3) Center for Atmospheric Chemistry Study, Department of Environmental Science & Engineering, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433, China |
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Abstract: | To study whether the urinary 1-hydroxypyrene (1-OHP) could be the biomarker of atmospheric PAHs, a small-scale pilot study
was carried out on the relation of 1-OHP vs PAHs with the traffic policemen in Beijing of smokers and nonsmokers to be subgroups
in both the exposure and control groups. Both the PAHs and 1-OHP were analyzed with high performance liquid chromatography
(HPLC). The ambient concentrations of PAHs were different at the different sites (the average sum of PAHs (TPAH) were 12.36,
16.27, 18.37 ng/m3 at the suburban residential, police station and high traffic area, respectively.), but considerably lower than the personal-exposure
concentrations (the average TPAH were 65.84 and 47.28 ng/m3 for patrol cars and inspection station, respectively). Pyrene was correlated well with BaP and the summed PAHs (TPAH), with
the correlation coefficients (R) of 0.79, 0.87 for ambient level and 0.92, 0.96 for personal exposure, respectively. The average of 1-hydroxypyrene of smokers
and nonsmokers were 0.39, 0.15 μmol/mol creatinine in control group and 0.57, 0.33 μmol/mol creatinine in exposure group,
respectively. The better correlation of pyrene to BaP and TPAH especially for personal exposure samples indicated that the
probability of urinary 1-hydroxypyrene, the metabolite of pyrene, to be the biomarker of total PAH. Nonsmokers in the exposure
and control groups had indistinguishable levels of 1-OHP, presumably because the ambient levels of pyrene were so similar
(the average were 3.25, 3.20 ng/m3 at the police station and high traffic area, respectively.). Smokers in the control group had significantly higher 1-OHP
than that of the nonsmokers, but showed indistinguishable differences in the exposure group. These results suggested that
urinary 1-OHP could be a biomarker of PAHs only when the level of PAHs was at a relatively higher level. Smoking as an important
influencing factor need to be controlled carefully. |
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Keywords: | Personal exposure PAH BaP Pyrene 1-OHP |
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