Analysis of serum PAH`s and PAH adducts by LC/MS
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA (United States); and others
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons are an important class of chemical carcinogens. Benzo[a]pyrene is the most extensively studied and best understood carcinogenic PAH It is believed that Benzo[a]pyrene is metabolized in vitro to the diol epoxide, Benzo[a]pyrene-7,8-dihydrodiol-9, 10-epoxide which then can react with various nucleophilic centers on DNA. The major alkylation product appears to be the reaction of the Benzo[a]pyrene diol epoxide with the N{sup 2} position of guanine sites on DNA. Methods that can measure exposure and biological response to carcinogens such as PAH`s are needed. Human Blood can be separated into plasma, lymphocytes, and red blood cells. The plasma should contain native PAH`s which may yield some useful information about recent exposure. The red blood cells contain hemoglobin and adducts of PAH`s. Hemoglobin has an average lifetime of 120 days so quantification of hemoglobin adducts should give an average of a persons exposure over four months. Also, the electrophilic metabolites that react with hemoglobin to form adducts are the same metabolites that form DNA adducts which can lead to mutations and cancer. Lymphocytes contain DNA and therefore DNA adducts. DNA adducts can be repaired by a series of enzymes so quantification of these adducts will only yield information about recent or non-repairable adducts. DNA adduct formation is believed to be the first important step in chemical carcinogenesis so quantification of these adducts should yield some information on exposure and a great deal of important data on biological response and risk from specific PAH`s.
- OSTI ID:
- 210604
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-9505261-; TRN: 96:001157-0043
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 43. American Society of Mass Spectrometry (ASMS) conference on mass spectrometry and allied topics, Atlanta, GA (United States), 21-26 May 1995; Other Information: PBD: 1995; Related Information: Is Part Of Proceedings of the 43rd ASMS conference on mass spectrometry and allied topics; PB: 1411 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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