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Use of biomarker data and metabolite relative potencies to support derivation of noncancer reference values based on the reproductive and developmental toxicity effects of 1,3-butadiene. Regul Toxicol Pharmacol 2022; 134:105239. [DOI: 10.1016/j.yrtph.2022.105239] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2022] [Revised: 07/01/2022] [Accepted: 07/22/2022] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Kirman CR, Hays SM. Use of Biomarker Data and Relative Potencies of Mutagenic Metabolites to Support Derivation of Cancer Unit Risk Values for 1,3-Butadiene from Rodent Tumor Data. TOXICS 2022; 10:toxics10070394. [PMID: 35878299 PMCID: PMC9316621 DOI: 10.3390/toxics10070394] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2022] [Revised: 07/04/2022] [Accepted: 07/07/2022] [Indexed: 12/10/2022]
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Unit Risk (UR) values were derived for 1,3-butadiene (BD) based upon its ability to cause tumors in laboratory mice and rats. Metabolism has been established as the significant molecular initiating event of BD’s carcinogenicity. The large quantitative species differences in the metabolism of BD and potency of critical BD epoxide metabolites must be accounted for when rodent toxicity responses are extrapolated to humans. Previously published methods were extended and applied to cancer risk assessments to account for species differences in metabolism, as well as differences in mutagenic potency of BD metabolites within the context of data-derived adjustment factors (DDEFs). This approach made use of biomarker data (hemoglobin adducts) to quantify species differences in the internal doses of BD metabolites experienced in mice, rats, and humans. Using these methods, the dose–response relationships in mice and rats exhibit improved concordance, and result in upper bound UR values ranging from 2.1 × 10−5 to 1.2 × 10−3 ppm−1 for BD. Confidence in these UR values was considered high based on high confidence in the key studies, medium-to-high confidence in the toxicity database, high confidence in the estimates of internal dose, and high confidence in the dose–response modeling.
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Boysen G, Rusyn I, Chiu WA, Wright FA. Characterization of population variability of 1,3-butadiene derived protein adducts in humans and mice. Regul Toxicol Pharmacol 2022; 132:105171. [DOI: 10.1016/j.yrtph.2022.105171] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2022] [Revised: 03/17/2022] [Accepted: 04/19/2022] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Chen WQ, Zhang XY. 1,3-Butadiene: a ubiquitous environmental mutagen and its associations with diseases. Genes Environ 2022; 44:3. [PMID: 35012685 PMCID: PMC8744311 DOI: 10.1186/s41021-021-00233-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2021] [Accepted: 12/27/2021] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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1,3-Butadiene (BD) is a petrochemical manufactured in high volumes. It is a human carcinogen and can induce lymphohematopoietic cancers, particularly leukemia, in occupationally-exposed workers. BD is an air pollutant with the major environmental sources being automobile exhaust and tobacco smoke. It is one of the major constituents and is considered the most carcinogenic compound in cigarette smoke. The BD concentrations in urban areas usually vary between 0.01 and 3.3 μg/m3 but can be significantly higher in some microenvironments. For BD exposure of the general population, microenvironments, particularly indoor microenvironments, are the primary determinant and environmental tobacco smoke is the main contributor. BD has high cancer risk and has been ranked the second or the third in the environmental pollutants monitored in most urban areas, with the cancer risks exceeding 10-5. Mutagenicity/carcinogenicity of BD is mediated by its genotoxic metabolites but the specific metabolite(s) responsible for the effects in humans have not been determined. BD can be bioactivated to yield three mutagenic epoxide metabolites by cytochrome P450 enzymes, or potentially be biotransformed into a mutagenic chlorohydrin by myeloperoxidase, a peroxidase almost specifically present in neutrophils and monocytes. Several urinary BD biomarkers have been developed, among which N-acetyl-S-(4-hydroxy-2-buten-1-yl)-L-cysteine is the most sensitive and is suitable for biomonitoring BD exposure in the general population. Exposure to BD has been associated with leukemia, cardiovascular disease, and possibly reproductive effects, and may be associated with several cancers, autism, and asthma in children. Collectively, BD is a ubiquitous pollutant that has been associated with a range of adverse health effects and diseases with children being a subpopulation with potentially greater susceptibility. Its adverse effects on human health may have been underestimated and more studies are needed.
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- Wan-Qi Chen
- School of Public Health, Hongqiao International Institute of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, 200025, China
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- School of Public Health, Hongqiao International Institute of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, 200025, China.
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Durão C, Pedrosa F, Dinis-Oliveira RJ. Suicide by inhalation of butane gas through a homemade adaptation of a continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) face mask. Forensic Sci Med Pathol 2020; 16:732-734. [PMID: 32519317 DOI: 10.1007/s12024-020-00271-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 05/25/2020] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Fatal poisoning due to butane inhalation has been described in the clinical and forensic literature. We report the first case of a seventy-year-old obese man with a history of sleep apnea and depression, who was found dead in bed after inhaling butane gas through a homemade adaptation of his own continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) face mask. The death scene investigation, autopsy findings and toxicological results are described. The cause of death was suspected to be due to asphyxia through butane inhalation.
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- Carlos Durão
- Portuguese National Institute of Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences, Lisbon, Portugal
- Hospital Vila Franca de Xira, Vila Franca de Xira, Portugal
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- Portuguese National Institute of Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Department of Sciences, IINFACTS - Institute of Research and Advanced Training in Health Sciences and Technologies, University Institute of Health Sciences (IUCS), CESPU, CRL, Gandra, Portugal.
- Department of Public Health and Forensic Sciences, and Medical Education, Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal.
- UCIBIO-REQUIMTE, Laboratory of Toxicology, Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal.
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Walker VE, Degner A, Carter EW, Nicklas JA, Walker DM, Tretyakova N, Albertini RJ. 1,3-Butadiene metabolite 1,2,3,4 diepoxybutane induces DNA adducts and micronuclei but not t(9;22) translocations in human cells. Chem Biol Interact 2019; 312:108797. [PMID: 31422076 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbi.2019.108797] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2019] [Revised: 07/26/2019] [Accepted: 08/14/2019] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Epidemiological studies of 1,3-butadiene (BD) exposures have reported a possible association with chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML), which is defined by the presence of the t(9;22) translocation (Philadelphia chromosome) creating an oncogenic BCR-ABL fusion gene. Butadiene diepoxide (DEB), the most mutagenic of three epoxides resulting from BD, forms DNA-DNA crosslink adducts that can lead to DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs). Thus, a study was designed to determine if (±)-DEB exposure of HL60 cells, a promyelocytic leukemia cell line lacking the Philadelphia chromosome, can produce t(9;22) translocations. In HL60 cells exposed for 3 h to 0-10 μM DEB, overlapping dose-response curves suggested a direct relationship between 1,4-bis-(guan-7-yl)-2,3-butanediol crosslink adduct formation (R = 0.977, P = 0.03) and cytotoxicity (R = 0.961, P = 0.002). Experiments to define the relationships between cytotoxicity and the induction of micronuclei (MN), a dosimeter of DNA DSBs, showed that 24 h exposures of HL60 cells to 0-5.0 μM DEB caused significant positive correlations between the concentration and (i) the degree of cytotoxicity (R = 0.998, p = 0.002) and (ii) the frequency of MN (R = 0.984, p = 0.016) at 48 h post exposure. To determine the relative induction of MN and t(9;22) translocations following exposures to DEB, or x-rays as a positive control for formation of t(9;22) translocations, HL60 cells were exposed for 24 h to 0, 1, 2.5, or 5 μM DEB or to 0, 2.0, 3.5, or 5.0 Gy x-rays, or treatments demonstrated to yield 0, 20%, 50%, or 80% cytotoxicity. Treatments between 0 and 3.5 Gy x-rays caused significant dose-related increases in both MN (p < 0.001) and t(9;22) translocations (p = 0.01), whereas DEB exposures causing similar cytotoxicity levels did not increase translocations over background. These data indicate that, while DEB induces DNA DSBs required for formation of MN and translocations, acute DEB exposures of HL60 cells did not produce the Philadelphia chromosome obligatory for CML.
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- Vernon E Walker
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, United States.
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States.
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, United States.
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, United States.
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- The Burlington HC Research Group, Inc., Jericho, VT, United States.
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States.
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, United States.
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Sangaraju D, Boldry EJ, Patel YM, Walker V, Stepanov I, Stram D, Hatsukami D, Tretyakova N. Isotope Dilution nanoLC/ESI +-HRMS 3 Quantitation of Urinary N7-(1-Hydroxy-3-buten-2-yl) Guanine Adducts in Humans and Their Use as Biomarkers of Exposure to 1,3-Butadiene. Chem Res Toxicol 2017; 30:678-688. [PMID: 27997139 PMCID: PMC5515386 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrestox.6b00407] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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1,3-Butadiene (BD) is an important industrial and environmental chemical classified as a known human carcinogen. Occupational exposure to BD in the polymer and monomer industries is associated with an increased incidence of lymphoma. BD is present in automobile exhaust, cigarette smoke, and forest fires, raising concern about potential exposure of the general population to this carcinogen. Following inhalation exposure, BD is bioactivated to 3,4-epoxy-1-butene (EB). If not detoxified, EB is capable of modifying guanine and adenine bases of DNA to form nucleobase adducts, which interfere with accurate DNA replication and cause cancer-initiating mutations. We have developed a nanoLC/ESI+-HRMS3 methodology for N7-(1-hydroxy-3-buten-2-yl) guanine (EB-GII) adducts in human urine (limit of detection: 0.25 fmol/mL urine; limit of quantitation: 1.0 fmol/mL urine). This new method was successfully used to quantify EB-GII in urine of F344 rats treated with 0-200 ppm of BD, occupationally exposed workers, and smokers belonging to two different ethnic groups. EB-GII amounts increased in a dose-dependent manner in urine of laboratory rats exposed to 0, 62.5, or 200 ppm of BD. Urinary EB-GII levels were significantly increased in workers occupationally exposed to 0.1-2.2 ppm of BD (1.25 ± 0.51 pg/mg of creatinine) as compared to administrative controls exposed to <0.01 ppm of BD (0.22 ± 0.08 and pg/mg of creatinine) (p = 0.0024), validating the use of EB-GII as a biomarker of human exposure to BD. EB-GII was also detected in smokers' urine with European American smokers excreting significantly higher amounts of EB-GII than African American smokers (0.48 ± 0.09 vs 0.12 ± 0.02 pg/mg of creatinine, p = 3.1 × 10-7). Interestingly, small amounts of EB-GII were observed in animals and humans with no known exposure to BD, providing preliminary evidence for its endogenous formation. Urinary EB-GII adduct levels and urinary mercapturic acids of BD (MHBMA, DHBMA) were compared in a genotyped multiethnic smoker cohort.
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- Dewakar Sangaraju
- Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455
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- Division of Biostatistics, Keck School of Medicine and Children’s Cancer Group, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT 05405
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- School of Public Health, Division of Environmental Health Sciences and Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455
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- Division of Biostatistics, Keck School of Medicine and Children’s Cancer Group, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089
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- Department of Psychiatry and Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455
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Bolognesi C, Kirsch-Volders M. The ex vivo L-CBMN assay detects significant human exposure to butadiene. MUTATION RESEARCH-REVIEWS IN MUTATION RESEARCH 2016; 770:73-83. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mrrev.2016.04.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2015] [Revised: 03/29/2016] [Accepted: 04/01/2016] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Kotapati S, Esades A, Matter B, Le C, Tretyakova N. High throughput HPLC-ESI(-)-MS/MS methodology for mercapturic acid metabolites of 1,3-butadiene: Biomarkers of exposure and bioactivation. Chem Biol Interact 2015; 241:23-31. [PMID: 25727266 PMCID: PMC4550585 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbi.2015.02.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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1,3-Butadiene (BD) is an important industrial and environmental carcinogen present in cigarette smoke, automobile exhaust, and urban air. The major urinary metabolites of BD in humans are 2-(N-acetyl-L-cystein-S-yl)-1-hydroxybut-3-ene/1-(N-acetyl-L-cystein-S-yl)-2-hydroxybut-3-ene (MHBMA), 4-(N-acetyl-L-cystein-S-yl)-1,2-dihydroxybutane (DHBMA), and 4-(N-acetyl-L-cystein-S-yl)-1,2,3-trihydroxybutyl mercapturic acid (THBMA), which are formed from the electrophilic metabolites of BD, 3,4-epoxy-1-butene (EB), hydroxymethyl vinyl ketone (HMVK), and 3,4-epoxy-1,2-diol (EBD), respectively. In the present work, a sensitive high-throughput HPLC-ESI(-)-MS/MS method was developed for simultaneous quantification of MHBMA and DHBMA in small volumes of human urine (200 μl). The method employs a 96 well Oasis HLB SPE enrichment step, followed by isotope dilution HPLC-ESI(-)-MS/MS analysis on a triple quadrupole mass spectrometer. The validated method was used to quantify MHBMA and DHBMA in urine of workers from a BD monomer and styrene-butadiene rubber production facility (40 controls and 32 occupationally exposed to BD). Urinary THBMA concentrations were also determined in the same samples. The concentrations of all three BD-mercapturic acids and the metabolic ratio (MHBMA/(MHBMA+DHBMA+THBMA)) were significantly higher in the occupationally exposed group as compared to controls and correlated with BD exposure, with each other, and with BD-hemoglobin biomarkers. This improved high throughput methodology for MHBMA and DHBMA will be useful for future epidemiological studies in smokers and occupationally exposed workers.
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- Srikanth Kotapati
- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA; Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
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- Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA; Department of Chemistry, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
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- Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA; Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA.
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A column-switching LC–MS/MS method for simultaneous quantification of biomarkers for 1,3-butadiene exposure and oxidative damage in human urine. J Chromatogr B Analyt Technol Biomed Life Sci 2015; 1002:123-9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jchromb.2015.08.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/25/2014] [Revised: 08/03/2015] [Accepted: 08/11/2015] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Sasao A, Yonemitsu K, Ohtsu Y, Mishima S, Nishitani Y. Quantitative determination of n-butane metabolites in three cases of butane sniffing death. Forensic Sci Int 2015; 254:180-4. [DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2015.07.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2015] [Revised: 07/13/2015] [Accepted: 07/19/2015] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Park SL, Kotapati S, Wilkens LR, Tiirikainen M, Murphy SE, Tretyakova N, Le Marchand L. 1,3-Butadiene exposure and metabolism among Japanese American, Native Hawaiian, and White smokers. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2014; 23:2240-9. [PMID: 25368399 PMCID: PMC4220266 DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.epi-14-0492] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND We hypothesize that the differences in lung cancer risk in Native Hawaiians, whites, and Japanese Americans may, in part, be due to variation in the metabolism of 1,3-butadiene, one of the most abundant carcinogens in cigarette smoke. METHODS We measured two biomarkers of 1,3-butadiene exposure, monohydroxybutyl mercapturic acid (MHBMA) and dihydroxybutyl mercapturic acid (DHBMA), in overnight urine samples among 584 Native Hawaiians, Japanese Americans, and white smokers in Hawaii. These values were normalized to creatinine levels. Ethnic-specific geometric means were compared adjusting for age at urine collection, sex, body mass index, and nicotine equivalents (a marker of total nicotine uptake). RESULTS We found that mean urinary MHBMA differed by race/ethnicity (P = 0.0002). The values were highest in whites and lowest in Japanese Americans. This difference was only observed in individuals with the GSTT1-null genotype (P = 0.0001). No difference across race/ethnicity was found among those with at least one copy of the GSTT1 gene (P ≥ 0.72). Mean urinary DHBMA did not differ across racial/ethnic groups. CONCLUSIONS The difference in urinary MHBMA excretion levels from cigarette smoking across three ethnic groups is, in part, explained by the GSTT1 genotype. Mean urinary MHBMA levels are higher in whites among GSTT1-null smokers. IMPACT The overall higher excretion levels of MHBMA in whites and lower levels of MHBMA in Japanese Americans are consistent with the higher lung cancer risk in the former. However, the excretion levels of MHBMA in Native Hawaiians are not consistent with their disease risk and thus unlikely to explain their high risk of lung cancer.
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- Sungshim Lani Park
- Department of Preventive Medicine, Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
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- Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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- Epidemiology Program, University of Hawaii Cancer Center, Honolulu, Hawaii
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- Epidemiology Program, University of Hawaii Cancer Center, Honolulu, Hawaii
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- Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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- Epidemiology Program, University of Hawaii Cancer Center, Honolulu, Hawaii.
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Carrieri M, Bartolucci GB, Paci E, Sacco P, Pigini D, Zaratin L, Cottica D, Scapellato ML, Tranfo G. Validation of a radial diffusive sampler for measuring occupational exposure to 1,3-butadiene. J Chromatogr A 2014; 1353:114-20. [PMID: 24602307 DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2014.02.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2013] [Revised: 02/04/2014] [Accepted: 02/06/2014] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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1,3-Butadiene (BD) is a major industrial chemical used in the manufacture of rubbers and latexes; it is also a ubiquitous environmental pollutant whose major source is traffic. Occupational exposure to (BD) can occur both during its production and during its use as a raw material. The objective of the study was the laboratory and field validation of a new diffusive sampler for BD. The nominal sampling rate of the Radiello diffusive sampler filled with Carbopack X is 30.5 cm(3)/min, at 0.177 mg/m(3), 20 °C and 50% relative humidity (RH), for an 8-h exposure time. A model can be used for calculating the sampling rate as a function of temperature, time and RH. The concentration does not affect the sampling rate above 30 μg/m(3). The measurement uncertainty (k=2), calculated both by laboratory data and by field comparison according to International Standard Organization (ISO) 13752, satisfies the EN 482:2006 requirement for measurements between 0.1 and 0.5 times the threshold limit value-time weighted average (TLV-TWA) (uncertainty<50%). For field validation study, 38 workers exposed to BD and 20 administrative employees, as the control group, underwent environmental and biological monitoring. Personal exposure to BD was measured by diffusive samplers (Radiello) in comparison with active samplers. The BD exposure levels detected for the exposed subjects were low (mean 0.059, range <0.010-1.340 mg/m(3)) but higher than the controls levels, all below 0.010 mg/m(3). The comparison between diffusive and active (pumped) air sampling showed a good correlation, with no systematic deviation from the ideal values of the intercept and slope of the optimized regression line. The concentrations of two biomarkers were also determined on urine samples, collected at the end of the work-shift: unchanged BD, by GC-MS, and the metabolite dihydroxybutylmercapturic acid (DHBMA), by HPLC-MS/MS. The urinary excretion of the biomarkers was on average higher in the exposed group (urinary BD: mean 8.8, range <1-48.1 ng/l; DHBMA: mean 0.232, range 0.016-0.572 mg/l) than in controls (urinary BD: mean 6.4, range 2.6-14.5 ng/l; DHBMA: mean 0.205, range 0.037-0.602 mg/l), but a statistically significant difference was achieved only for unchanged BD and not for DHBMA. In conclusion, the environmental monitoring measured by diffusive samplers (Radiello) appears to be a reliable method for the assessment of exposure to low levels of airborne BD and a convenient alternative to the conventional active sampling.
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- Mariella Carrieri
- Department of Cardiac, Thoracic and Vascular Sciences, University of Padua, via Giustiniani 2, 35128 Padua, Italy.
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- Department of Cardiac, Thoracic and Vascular Sciences, University of Padua, via Giustiniani 2, 35128 Padua, Italy.
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- Department of Occupational Medicine INAIL Research, Via Fontana Candida 1, 00040 Monte Porzio Catone, Rome, Italy
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- Salvatore Maugeri Foundation, Environmental Research Centre, Via Svizzera 16, 35127 Padua, Italy.
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- Parma Research Center, INAIL Research, Viale Antonio Gramsci 14, 43126 Parma, Italy
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- Salvatore Maugeri Foundation, Environmental Research Centre, Via Svizzera 16, 35127 Padua, Italy
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- Salvatore Maugeri Foundation, Environmental Research Centre, Via Svizzera 16, 35127 Padua, Italy
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- Department of Cardiac, Thoracic and Vascular Sciences, University of Padua, via Giustiniani 2, 35128 Padua, Italy
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- Department of Occupational Medicine INAIL Research, Via Fontana Candida 1, 00040 Monte Porzio Catone, Rome, Italy
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Kotapati S, Sangaraju D, Esades A, Hallberg L, Walker VE, Swenberg JA, Tretyakova NY. Bis-butanediol-mercapturic acid (bis-BDMA) as a urinary biomarker of metabolic activation of butadiene to its ultimate carcinogenic species. Carcinogenesis 2014; 35:1371-8. [PMID: 24531806 DOI: 10.1093/carcin/bgu047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Human carcinogen 1,3-butadiene (BD) undergoes metabolic activation to 3,4-epoxy-1-butene (EB), hydroxymethylvinyl ketone (HMVK), 3,4-epoxy-1,2-butanediol (EBD) and 1,2,3,4-diepoxybutane (DEB). Among these, DEB is by far the most genotoxic metabolite and is considered the ultimate carcinogenic species of BD. We have shown previously that BD-exposed laboratory mice form 8- to 10-fold more DEB-DNA adducts than rats exposed at the same conditions, which may be responsible for the enhanced sensitivity of mice to BD-mediated cancer. In the present study, we have identified 1,4-bis-(N-acetyl-L-cystein-S-yl)butane-2,3-diol (bis-BDMA) as a novel DEB-specific urinary biomarker. Isotope dilution high-performance liquid chromatography-electrospray ionization-tandem mass spectrometry was employed to quantify bis-BDMA and three other BD-mercapturic acids, 2-(N-acetyl-L-cystein-S-yl)-1-hydroxybut-3-ene/1-(N-acetyl-L-cystein-S-yl)-2-hydroxy-but-3-ene (MHBMA, from EB), 4-(N-acetyl-L-cystein-S-yl)-1,2-dihydroxybutane (DHBMA, from HMVK) and 4-(N-acetyl-L-cystein-S-yl)-1,2,3-trihydroxybutane (THBMA, from EBD), in urine of confirmed smokers, occupationally exposed workers and BD-exposed laboratory rats. Bis-BDMA was formed in a dose-dependent manner in urine of rats exposed to 0-200 p.p.m. BD by inhalation, although it was a minor metabolite (1%) as compared with DHBMA (47%) and THBMA (37%). In humans, DHBMA was the most abundant BD-mercapturic acid excreted (93%), followed by THBMA (5%) and MHBMA (2%), whereas no bis-BDMA was detected. These results reveal significant differences in metabolism of BD between rats and humans.
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- Srikanth Kotapati
- Department of Medicinal Chemistry and the Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA, Sealy Center for Environmental Health and Medicine (SCEHM) and the Department of Preventive Medicine and Community Health, University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Galveston, TX 77555, USA, Department of Pathology, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT 05405, USA and Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry and the Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA, Sealy Center for Environmental Health and Medicine (SCEHM) and the Department of Preventive Medicine and Community Health, University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Galveston, TX 77555, USA, Department of Pathology, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT 05405, USA and Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry and the Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA, Sealy Center for Environmental Health and Medicine (SCEHM) and the Department of Preventive Medicine and Community Health, University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Galveston, TX 77555, USA, Department of Pathology, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT 05405, USA and Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
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- Sealy Center for Environmental Health and Medicine (SCEHM) and the Department of Preventive Medicine and Community Health, University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Galveston, TX 77555, USA
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- Department of Pathology, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT 05405, USA and
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- Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry and the Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA, Sealy Center for Environmental Health and Medicine (SCEHM) and the Department of Preventive Medicine and Community Health, University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Galveston, TX 77555, USA, Department of Pathology, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT 05405, USA and Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
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Cheng X, Zhang T, Zhao J, Zhou J, Shao H, Zhou Z, Kong F, Feng N, Sun Y, Shan B, Xia Z. The association between genetic damage in peripheral blood lymphocytes and polymorphisms of three glutathione S-transferases in Chinese workers exposed to 1,3-butadiene. Mutat Res 2012; 750:139-46. [PMID: 23159492 DOI: 10.1016/j.mrgentox.2012.10.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2012] [Revised: 10/09/2012] [Accepted: 10/20/2012] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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1,3-Butadiene (BD) has been classified as a human carcinogen, group I; however, the relationship between polymorphisms of glutathione S-transferases that metabolize BD and chromosomal damage is not clear. The present study used sister chromatid exchange (SCE) and cytokinesis-block micronucleus (CBMN) assays to detect chromosomal damage in peripheral lymphocytes of 44 BD-exposed workers and 39 non-exposed healthy controls. PCR and PCR-RFLP were employed to detect three known glutathione S-transferase polymorphisms GSTT1, GSTM1, and GSTP1 (Ile105Val). The data demonstrated that the micronucleus (CBMN) frequency in BD-exposed workers was significantly higher than that in controls (frequency ratio (FR)=1.48, 95% CI: 1.14-1.91, P<0.01), and the CBMN frequency was higher in workers exposed to higher cumulative BD levels (FR=1.70, 95% CI: 1.28-2.27, P<0.01). However, differences in SCE frequency were not observed (FR=1.14, 95% CI: 0.81-1.61, P>0.05). Among exposed workers, chromosomal damage was related to BD exposure levels (FR=1.35, 95% CI: 1.02-1.80, P<0.05); age, older workers exhibited higher MN frequencies than younger workers (FR=1.45, 95% CI: 1.14-1.84, P<0.05); and years of work, those with more years of work exhibited higher MN frequencies than those with fewer years (FR=1.40, 95% CI: 1.10-1.77, P<0.05). Multivariate Poisson regression analysis showed that those who carried GSTM1 (-) (FR=1.48, 95% CI: 1.14-1.92) or GSTT1 (-) (FR=1.42, 95% CI: 1.10-1.83) genotypes, and especially those who carried both (FR=2.10, 95% CI: 1.43-3.09) exhibited significantly higher MN frequencies than those carrying GSTM1 (+), GSTT1 (+) genotypes or their combination. The GSTP1 Val genotype did not affect MN frequency (P>0.05). Our results suggested that higher levels of BD exposure in the workplace resulted in increased chromosomal damage, and that polymorphisms in GSTT1 and GSTM1 genes might modulate the genotoxic effects of BD exposure. Furthermore, the GSTT1 and GSTM1 polymorphisms exhibited an additive effect. Finally, urinary DHBMA was found to provide a biomarker that correlated with airborne BD levels.
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- Xuemei Cheng
- The Department of Occupational Health, School of Public Health of Fudan University, and the Key Laboratory of Public Health and Safety of the Ministry of Education of China, Shanghai, China
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Bukowski J, Nicolich M, Lewis RJ. Extreme sensitivity and the practical implications of risk assessment thresholds. Dose Response 2012; 11:130-53. [PMID: 23930098 PMCID: PMC3682194 DOI: 10.2203/dose-response.12-002.lewis] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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Traditional risk-assessment theory assumes the existence of a threshold for non-cancer health effects. However, a recent trend in environmental regulation rejects this assumption in favor of non-threshold linearity for these endpoints. This trend is driven largely by two related concepts: (1) a theoretical assumption of wide-ranging human sensitivity, and (2) inability to detect thresholds in epidemiologic models. Wide-ranging sensitivity assumes a subpopulation with extreme background vulnerability, so that even trivial environmental exposures are hazardous to someone somewhere. We use examples from the real world of clinical medicine to show that this theoretical assumption is inconsistent with the biology of mammalian systems and the realities of patient care. Using examples from particulate-matter air-pollution research, we further show that failure to reject linearity is usually driven by statistical rather than biological considerations, and that nonlinear/threshold models often have a similar or better fit than their linear counterparts. This evidence suggests the existence of practical, real-world thresholds for most chemical exposures.
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Kirman C, Grant R. Quantitative human health risk assessment for 1,3-butadiene based upon ovarian effects in rodents. Regul Toxicol Pharmacol 2012; 62:371-84. [DOI: 10.1016/j.yrtph.2011.11.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2011] [Revised: 10/18/2011] [Accepted: 11/02/2011] [Indexed: 10/15/2022]
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Boysen G, Georgieva NI, Bordeerat NK, Šram RJ, Vacek P, Albertini RJ, Swenberg JA. Formation of 1,2:3,4-diepoxybutane-specific hemoglobin adducts in 1,3-butadiene exposed workers. Toxicol Sci 2012; 125:30-40. [PMID: 22003190 PMCID: PMC3243749 DOI: 10.1093/toxsci/kfr272] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2011] [Accepted: 10/04/2011] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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1,3-Butadiene (BD) is an important industrial chemical that is classified as a human carcinogen. BD carcinogenicity has been attributed to its metabolism to several reactive epoxide metabolites and formation of the highly mutagenic 1,2:3,4-diepoxybutane (DEB) has been hypothesized to drive mutagenesis and carcinogenesis at exposures experienced in humans. We report herein the formation of DEB-specific N,N-(2,3-dihydroxy-1,4-butadiyl)valine (pyr-Val) in BD-exposed workers as a biomarker of DEB formation. pyr-Val was determined in BD monomer and polymer plant workers that had been previously analyzed for several other biomarkers of exposure and effect. pyr-Val was detected in 68 of 81 (84%) samples ranging from 0.08 to 0.86 pmol/g globin. Surprisingly, pyr-Val was observed in 19 of 23 administrative control subjects not known to be exposed to BD, suggesting exposure from environmental sources of BD. The mean ± SD amounts of pyr-Val were 0.11 ± 0.07, 0.16 ± 0.12, and 0.29 ± 0.20 pmol/g globin in the controls, monomer, and polymer workers, respectively, clearly demonstrating formation of DEB in humans. The amounts of pyr-Val found in this study suggest that humans are much less efficient in the formation of DEB than mice or rats at similar exposures. Formation of pyr-Val was more than 50-fold lower than has been associated with increased mutagenesis in rodents. The results further suggest that formation of DEB relative to other epoxides is significantly different in the highest exposed polymer workers compared with controls and BD monomer workers. Whether this is due to saturation of metabolic formation or increased GST-mediated detoxification could not be determined.
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- Gunnar Boysen
- Department of Environmental and Occupational Health and The Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas 72205
- Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering
- Center for Environmental Health and Susceptibility, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Gillings School of Global Public Health, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599
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- Department of Genetic Ecotoxicology, Laboratory of Genetic Ecotoxicology, 142 20 Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Pathology, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont 05405
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- Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering
- Center for Environmental Health and Susceptibility, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Gillings School of Global Public Health, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599
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Swenberg JA, Bordeerat NK, Boysen G, Carro S, Georgieva NI, Nakamura J, Troutman JM, Upton PB, Albertini RJ, Vacek PM, Walker VE, Sram RJ, Goggin M, Tretyakova N. 1,3-Butadiene: Biomarkers and application to risk assessment. Chem Biol Interact 2011; 192:150-4. [PMID: 20974116 PMCID: PMC3501005 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbi.2010.10.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2010] [Revised: 10/14/2010] [Accepted: 10/15/2010] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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1,3-Butadiene (BD) is a known rodent and human carcinogen that is metabolized mainly by P450 2E1 to three epoxides, 1,2-epoxy-3-butene (EB), 1,2:3,4-diepoxybutane (DEB) and 1,2-epoxy-3,4-butanediol (EB-diol). The individual epoxides vary up to 200-fold in their mutagenic potency, with DEB being the most mutagenic metabolite. It is important to understand the internal formation of the individual epoxides to assign the relative risk for each metabolite and to understand the molecular mechanisms responsible for major species differences in carcinogenicity. We have conducted extensive exposure-biomarker studies on mice, rats and humans. Using low exposures that range from current occupational levels to human exposures from tobacco smoke has provided evidence that mice are very different from humans, with mice forming ∼200 times more DEB than humans at exposures of 0.1-1.5ppm BD. While no gender differences have been noted in mice and rats for globin adducts or N-7 guanine adducts, female rats and mice had 2-3-fold higher Hprt mutations and DNA-DNA cross-links, suggesting a gender difference in DNA repair. Numerous molecular epidemiology studies have evaluated globin adducts and Hprt mutations, SCEs and chromosomal abnormalities. None of the blinded studies have shown evidence of human genotoxicity at current occupational exposures and studies of globin adducts have shown similar or lower formation of adducts in females than males. If one calculates the EB dose-equivalents for the three species, mice clearly differ from rats and humans, being ∼44 and 174 times greater than rats and humans, respectively. These data provide a scientific basis for improved risk assessment of BD.
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- James A Swenberg
- Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27559, USA.
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Albertini RJ, Carson ML, Kirman CR, Gargas ML. 1,3-Butadiene: II. Genotoxicity profile. Crit Rev Toxicol 2010; 40 Suppl 1:12-73. [PMID: 20868267 DOI: 10.3109/10408444.2010.507182] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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1,3-Butadiene’s (BD’s) major electrophilic metabolites 1,2-epoxy-3-butene (EB), 1,2-dihydroxy-3,4-epoxybutane (EBD), and 1,2,3,4-diepoxybutane (DEB) are responsible for both its mutagenicity and carcinogenicity. EB, EBD, and DEB are DNA reactive, forming a variety of adducts. All three metabolites are genotoxic in vitro and in vivo, with relative mutagenic potencies of DEB >> EB > EBD. DEB also effectively produces gene deletions and chromosome aberrations. BD’s greater mutagenicity and carcinogenicity in mice over rats as well as its failure to induce chromosome-level mutations in vivo in rats appear to be due to greater production of DEB in mice. Concentrations of EB and DEB in vivo in humans are even lower than in rats. Although most studies of BD-exposed humans have failed to find increases in gene mutations, one group has reported positive findings. Reasons for these discordant results are examined. BD-related chromosome aberrations have never been demonstrated in humans except for the possible production of micronuclei in lymphocytes of workers exposed to extremely high levels of BD in the workplace. The relative potencies of the BD metabolites, their relative abundance in the different species, and the kinds of mutations they can induce are major considerations in BD’s overall genotoxicity profile.
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- Richard J Albertini
- Pathology Department, College of Medicine, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, USA
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Kirman CR, Albertini RA, Gargas ML. 1,3-Butadiene: III. Assessing carcinogenic modes of action. Crit Rev Toxicol 2010; 40 Suppl 1:74-92. [PMID: 20868268 DOI: 10.3109/10408444.2010.507183] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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1,3-Butadiene (BD) is a multisite carcinogen in laboratory rodents following lifetime exposure, with greater potency in the mouse than the rat, and is associated with an increase in leukemia mortality in highly exposed workers. Species differences in the formation of reactive metabolites underlie observed species differences in sensitivity to the carcinogenic effects of BD. The modes of action (MOAs) for human leukemia and rodent tumors are both likely related to mutagenic potencies of one or more of these metabolites. However, differences in the nature of genotoxic lesions associated with human leukemia and rodent tumors, along with their implications for risk assessment, require that they be discussed separately. The MOAs for BD are assessed in this review using the modified Hill criteria and human relevance framework. Key events in MOAs for human and rodent cancers are identified, along with important species differences and sources of nonlinearity for each event that can affect extrapolations made from high- to low-dose exposures. Because occupational exposures to BD have also included co-exposures to styrene and dimethyldithiocarbamide (DMDTC), potential interactions with BD carcinogenicity are also discussed. The MOAs for BD carcinogenesis will be used to guide key decisions made in the quantitative cancer dose-response assessment.
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Arayasiri M, Mahidol C, Navasumrit P, Autrup H, Ruchirawat M. Biomonitoring of benzene and 1,3-butadiene exposure and early biological effects in traffic policemen. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2010; 408:4855-4862. [PMID: 20627202 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2010.06.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2010] [Revised: 06/11/2010] [Accepted: 06/17/2010] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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The objective of this study was to determine benzene and 1,3-butadiene exposure through ambient air and personal air monitoring, as well as through biomarkers of exposure, and to evaluate the potential health risk of exposure through the use of biomarkers of early biological effects in central Bangkok traffic policemen. Ambient air concentrations of benzene and 1,3-butadiene at the roadsides were significantly higher than in police offices used as control sites (p<0.001). Traffic policemen had a significantly higher exposure to benzene (median 38.62 microg/m(3)) and 1,3-butadiene (median 3.08 microg/m(3)) than office policemen (median 6.17 microg/m(3) for benzene and 0.37 microg/m(3) for 1,3-butadiene) (p<0.001). Biomarkers of benzene exposure, blood benzene, and urinary metabolite, trans, trans-muconic acid were significantly higher in traffic policemen than office policemen (p<0.001). No significant difference between traffic and office policemen was found in urinary benzene metabolite, S-phenyl mercapturic acid, or in urinary 1,3-butadiene metabolite, monohydroxy-butenyl mercapturic acid. Biomarkers of early biological effects, 8-hydroxy-2'-deoxyguanosine in leukocytes (8-OHdG), DNA-strand breaks, and DNA-repair capacity, measured as an increase in gamma ray-induced chromosome aberrations were significantly higher in traffic policemen than controls (p<0.001 for 8-OHdG, p<0.01 for tail length, p<0.001 for olive tail moment, p<0.05 for dicentrics and p<0.01 for deletions). Multiple regression model including individual exposure, biomarkers of exposure, ages and years of work as independent variables showed that only the levels of individual 1,3-butadiene exposure were significantly associated with 8-OHdG and olive tail moment at p<0.0001 indicating more influence of 1,3-butadiene on DNA damage. These results indicated that traffic policemen, who are exposed to benzene and 1,3-butadiene at the roadside in central Bangkok, are potentially at a higher risk for development of diseases such as cancer than office policemen.
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- Manaswee Arayasiri
- Laboratory of Environmental Toxicology, Chulabhorn Research Institute, Vibhavadee Rangsit Highway, Laksi, Bangkok, Thailand
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Grant RL, Haney J, Curry AL, Honeycutt M. A chronic reference value for 1,3-butadiene based on an updated noncancer toxicity assessment. JOURNAL OF TOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH. PART B, CRITICAL REVIEWS 2010; 13:460-475. [PMID: 20711928 DOI: 10.1080/10937404.2010.499735] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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A chronic noncancer toxicity assessment for 1,3-butadiene (BD) has been conducted by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) using information not available to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) in 2002. The TCEQ developed a chronic reference value (ReV) of 33 microg/m3 (15 ppb). The chronic ReV is based on the same animal study and critical endpoint used by U.S. EPA for ovarian atrophy in B6C3F1 mice, but uses mode of action (MOA) information that indicates the diepoxide metabolite is responsible for ovarian atrophy. In addition, diepoxide-specific hemoglobin adduct data in mice, rats, and humans and other experimental data that became available after 2002 were used to support a conservative data-derived toxicokinetic animal-to-human uncertainty factor (UFA) of 0.3. The default toxicodynamic UFA of 3 was used, together with the data-derived toxicokinetic UFA of 0.3, resulting in a total UFA of 1. The necessary experimental data were not available to calculate a chemical-specific adjustment factor, although supporting data suggest the toxicokinetic UFA may range from 0.01 to 0.2. The chronic ReV value, along with a unit risk factor developed by the TCEQ, will be used to evaluate ambient air monitoring data so that the general public is protected against adverse health effects from chronic exposure to BD.
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- Roberta L Grant
- Toxicology Division, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, Austin, Texas 78711-3087, USA.
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Hemoglobin adducts in 1,3-butadiene exposed Czech workers: female-male comparisons. Chem Biol Interact 2010; 188:668-76. [PMID: 20619252 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbi.2010.06.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2010] [Revised: 06/28/2010] [Accepted: 06/29/2010] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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We previously reported results of a molecular epidemiological study of female and male 1,3-butadiene (BD) exposed Czech workers showing that females appeared to absorb or metabolize less BD per unit exposure concentration than did males, based on metabolite concentrations in urine (Chem. Biol. Interact. 166 (2007) 63-77). However, that unexpected observation could not be verified at the time because the only additional BD metabolite measurement attempted was for 1,2,3,4-diepoxybutane (DEB) as reflected in specific N,N[2,3-dihydroxy-1,4-butyl]valine (pyr-Val) hemoglobin adduct concentrations, which were not quantifiable in any subject with the method then employed. Neither somatic gene mutations nor chromosome aberrations were associated with BD exposure levels in that study, consistent with findings in an earlier Czech study of males only. We have since measured production and accumulation of the 1,2-dihydroxy-3,4-epoxybutane (EBD) metabolite as reflected in N-[2,3,4-trihydroxy-butyl]valine (THB-Val) hemoglobin adduct concentrations. The mean THB-Val concentration was significantly higher in exposed males than in control males (922.3pmol/g and 275.5pmol/g, respectively), but exposed and control females did not differ significantly (224.5pmol/g and 181.1pmol/g, respectively). In both the control and exposed groups mean THB-Val concentrations were significantly higher for males than females. THB-Val concentrations were significantly correlated with mean 8-h TWA exposures for both males and females, but the rate of increase with increasing BD exposure was significantly lower for females. THB-Val concentrations also increased with increasing urine M2 metabolite [isomeric mixture of 1-hydroxy-2-{N-actylcysteinyl}-3-butene and 2-hydroxy-1-{N-acetylcysteinyl}-3-butene] concentrations in both sexes but the rate of increase was also lower in females than in males. There were no significant correlations between THB-Val concentrations and either somatic gene mutations or chromosome aberrations in either males or females. These results using another biomarker to measure a second metabolite of BD support the original conclusion that females absorb or metabolize less BD than males per unit exposure and indicate that the size of the difference increases with exposure. This observation in humans differs from findings in rodents where at prolonged exposures to high BD levels the females form higher amounts of hemoglobin adducts than do males, a difference that disappears at shorter duration lower exposure levels, while female susceptibility to BD induced mutations and tumorgenesis in rodents appears to persist at all BD exposure levels.
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A follow-up study of mortality among women in the North American synthetic rubber industry. J Occup Environ Med 2010; 51:1314-25. [PMID: 19858743 DOI: 10.1097/jom.0b013e3181bd8972] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To evaluate mortality from cancer and other diseases among 4863 women employed at eight North American styrene-butadiene rubber plants. Cancers of the lymphohematopoietic tissues, breast, and ovary were of strongest a priori interest. METHODS Cause-specific standardized mortality ratios (SMRs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were estimated. RESULTS The observed number of deaths was approximately equal to that expected for leukemia (10 observed/13 expected), Hodgkin lymphoma (1/1.6), multiple myeloma (7/7.9), non-Hodgkin lymphoma (15/14), and cancers of the breast (72/74) and ovary (21/22). Ever-hourly women had more than expected deaths from lung (47/30, SMR = 159, CI = 117 to 211) and bladder (6/1.8, SMR = 332, CI = 122 to 723) cancers. Exposure-response analysis, done only for lung cancer, indicated no trend for butadiene or styrene. CONCLUSIONS The observed excesses of lung and bladder cancers may be attributable to nonoccupational factors rather than to workplace exposures.
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Barshteyn N, Elfarra AA. Globin monoadducts and cross-links provide evidence for the presence of S-(1,2-dichlorovinyl)-L-cysteine sulfoxide, chlorothioketene, and 2-chlorothionoacetyl chloride in the circulation in rats administered S-(1,2-dichlorovinyl)-L-cysteine. Chem Res Toxicol 2009; 22:1629-38. [PMID: 19694420 DOI: 10.1021/tx900219x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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S-(1,2-Dichlorovinyl)-L-cysteine (DCVC), a mutagenic and nephrotoxic metabolite of trichloroethylene, is bioactivated to S-(1,2-dichlorovinyl)-L-cysteine sulfoxide (DCVCS) and chlorothioketene and/or 2-chlorothionoacetyl chloride by cysteine conjugate S-oxidase (S-oxidase) and cysteine conjugate beta-lyase (beta-lyase), respectively. Previously, we identified DCVCS-globin monoadducts and cross-links upon treating rats with DCVCS or incubating erythrocytes with DCVCS. In this study, the formation of DCVC-derived reactive intermediates was investigated after rats were given a single (230 or 460 micromol/kg, i.p.) or multiple (3 or 30 micromol/kg daily for 5 days) DCVC doses. LC/ESI/MS of trypsin-digested globin peptides revealed both S-oxidase and beta-lyase-derived globin monoadducts and cross-links consistent with in vivo DCVC bioactivation by both pathways. MS/MS analyses of trypsin-digested fractions of globin from one of the rats treated with multiple 30 micromol/kg DCVC doses led to identification of beta-lyase-derived monoadducts on both Cys93 and Cys125 of the beta-chains. While rats dosed with the 230 micromol/kg DCVC dose exhibited beta-lyase-dependent monoadducts and cross-links only (four out of four rats), rats given the 460 micromol/kg DCVC dose (two out of four) and rats administered the multiple DCVC doses (two out of four) exhibited both beta-lyase- and S-oxidase-derived monoadducts and cross-links. Because previous incubations of erythrocytes with DCVC did not result in detection of DCVCS-derived monoadducts or cross-links and had only resulted in detection of beta-lyase-derived monoadducts and cross-links, the DCVCS-globin monoadducts and cross-links detected in this study are likely the result of DCVC bioactivation outside the circulation and subsequent translocation of DCVCS and N-acetylated DCVCS into the erythrocytes.
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- Nella Barshteyn
- Department of Comparative Biosciences and Division of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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Grant RL, Haney J, Curry AL, Honeycutt M. Development of a unit risk factor for 1,3-butadiene based on an updated carcinogenic toxicity assessment. RISK ANALYSIS : AN OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE SOCIETY FOR RISK ANALYSIS 2009; 29:1726-1742. [PMID: 19878488 DOI: 10.1111/j.1539-6924.2009.01302.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) has developed an inhalation unit risk factor (URF) for 1,3-butadiene based on leukemia mortality in an updated epidemiological study on styrene-butadiene rubber production workers conducted by researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Exposure estimates were updated and an exposure estimate validation study as well as dose-response modeling were conducted by these researchers. This information was not available to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency when it prepared its health assessment of 1,3-butadiene in 2002. An extensive analysis conducted by TCEQ discusses dose-response modeling, estimating risk for the general population from occupational workers, estimating risk for potentially sensitive subpopulations, effect of occupational exposure estimation error, and use of mortality rates to predict incidence. The URF is 5.0 x 10(-7) per microg/m(3) or 1.1 x 10(-6) per ppb and is based on a Cox regression dose-response model using restricted continuous data with age as a covariate, and a linear low-dose extrapolation default approach using the 95% lower confidence limit as the point of departure. Age-dependent adjustment factors were applied to account for possible increased susceptibility for early life exposure. The air concentration at 1 in 100,000 excess leukemia mortality, the no-significant-risk level, is 20 microg/m(3) (9.1 ppb), which is slightly lower than the TCEQ chronic reference value of 33 microg/m(3) (15 ppb) protective of ovarian atrophy. These values will be used to evaluate ambient air monitoring data so the general public is protected against adverse health effects from chronic exposure to 1,3-butadiene.
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- Roberta L Grant
- Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, Toxicology Division, P.O. Box 13087, MC-168 Austin, TX 78711-3087, USA.
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Goggin M, Swenberg JA, Walker VE, Tretyakova N. Molecular dosimetry of 1,2,3,4-diepoxybutane-induced DNA-DNA cross-links in B6C3F1 mice and F344 rats exposed to 1,3-butadiene by inhalation. Cancer Res 2009; 69:2479-86. [PMID: 19276346 DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-08-4152] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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1,3-Butadiene (BD) is an important industrial and environmental chemical classified as a human carcinogen based on epidemiologic studies in occupationally exposed workers and animal studies in laboratory rats and mice. BD is metabolically activated to three epoxides that can react with nucleophilic sites in biomolecules. Among these, 1,2,3,4-diepoxybutane (DEB) is considered the ultimate carcinogen due to its high genotoxicity and mutagenicity attributed to its ability to form DNA-DNA cross-links. Our laboratory has developed quantitative high-performance liquid chromatography-muESI(+)-tandem mass spectrometry methods for two DEB-specific DNA-DNA cross-links, 1,4-bis-(guan-7-yl)-2,3-butanediol (bis-N7G-BD) and 1-(guan-7-yl)-4-(aden-1-yl)-2,3-butanediol (N7G-N1A-BD). This report describes molecular dosimetry analysis of these adducts in tissues of B6C3F1 mice and F344 rats exposed to a range of BD concentrations (0-625 ppm). Much higher (4- to 10-fold) levels of DEB-DNA cross-links were observed in mice compared with rats exposed to the same BD concentrations. In both species, bis-N7G-BD levels were 1.5- to 4-fold higher in the liver than in other tissues examined. Interestingly, tissues of female animals exposed to BD contained higher concentrations of bis-N7G-BD adducts than tissues of male animals, which is in accord with previously reported differences in tumor incidence. The molecular dosimetry data presented herein suggest that species and gender differences observed in BD-induced cancer are directly related to differences in the extent of BD metabolism to DEB. Furthermore, a rat model of sensitivity to BD may be more appropriate than a mouse model for assessing human risk associated with BD exposure, because rats and humans seem to be similar with respect to DEB formation.
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- Melissa Goggin
- Masonic Cancer Center and Department of Medicinal Chemistry, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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Il'yasova D, McCarthy BJ, Erdal S, Shimek J, Goldstein J, Doerge DR, Myers SR, Vineis P, Wishnok JS, Swenberg JA, Bigner DD, Davis FG. Human exposure to selected animal neurocarcinogens: a biomarker-based assessment and implications for brain tumor epidemiology. JOURNAL OF TOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH. PART B, CRITICAL REVIEWS 2009; 12:175-87. [PMID: 19466671 PMCID: PMC3633093 DOI: 10.1080/10937400902894152] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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This review is based on the proceedings from the Second Lebow Conference, held in Chicago in 2007. The conference concentrated on developing a framework for innovative studies in the epidemiology of environmental exposures, focusing specifically on the potential relationship with brain tumors. Researchers with different perspectives, including toxicology, pharmacokinetics, and epidemiological exposure assessment, exchanged information and ideas on the use of biomarkers of exposure in molecular epidemiology studies and summarized the current knowledge on methods and approaches for biomarker-based exposure assessment. This report presents the state of science regarding biomarker-based exposure assessment of the four most common neurocarcinogens: acrylamide, 1,3-butadiene, N-nitroso compounds, and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. Importantly, these chemicals are also carcinogenic in other organs; therefore, this discussion is useful for environmental epidemiologists studying all cancer types.
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- Dora Il'yasova
- Preston Robert Tisch Brain Tumor Center at Duke and Department of Community and Family Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA.
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Fred C, Törnqvist M, Granath F. Evaluation of cancer tests of 1,3-butadiene using internal dose, genotoxic potency, and a multiplicative risk model. Cancer Res 2008; 68:8014-21. [PMID: 18829559 DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-08-0334] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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In cancer tests with 1,3-butadiene (BD), the mouse is much more sensitive than the rat. This is considered to be related to the metabolism of BD to the epoxide metabolites, 1,2-epoxy-3-butene (EB), 1,2:3,4-diepoxybutane, and 1,2-epoxy-3,4-butanediol. This study evaluates whether the large difference in outcome in cancer tests with BD could be predicted quantitatively on the basis of the concentration over time in blood (AUC) of the epoxide metabolites, their mutagenic potency, and a multiplicative cancer risk model, which has earlier been used for ionizing radiation. Published data on hemoglobin adduct levels from inhalation experiments with BD were used for the estimation of the AUC of the epoxide metabolites in the cancer tests. The estimated AUC of the epoxides were then weighed together to a total genotoxic dose, by using the relative genotoxic potency of the respective epoxide inferred from in vitro hprt mutation assays using EB as standard. The tumor incidences predicted with the risk model on the basis of the total genotoxic dose correlated well with the earlier observed tumor incidences in the cancer tests. The total genotoxic dose that leads to a doubling of the tumor incidences was estimated to be the same in both species, 9 to 10 mmol/Lxh EB-equivalents. The study validates the applicability of the multiplicative cancer risk model to genotoxic chemicals. Furthermore, according to this evaluation, different epoxide metabolites are predominating cancer-initiating agents in the cancer tests with BD, the diepoxide in the mouse, and the monoepoxides in the rat.
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- Charlotta Fred
- Department of Environmental Chemistry, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
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Schettgen T, Musiol A, Alt A, Ochsmann E, Kraus T. A method for the quantification of biomarkers of exposure to acrylonitrile and 1,3-butadiene in human urine by column-switching liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry. Anal Bioanal Chem 2008; 393:969-81. [DOI: 10.1007/s00216-008-2510-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2008] [Revised: 10/22/2008] [Accepted: 10/31/2008] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Musak L, Soucek P, Vodickova L, Naccarati A, Halasova E, Polakova V, Slyskova J, Susova S, Buchancova J, Smerhovsky Z, Sedikova J, Klimentova G, Osina O, Hemminki K, Vodicka P. Chromosomal aberrations in tire plant workers and interaction with polymorphisms of biotransformation and DNA repair genes. Mutat Res 2008; 641:36-42. [PMID: 18394656 DOI: 10.1016/j.mrfmmm.2008.02.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2007] [Revised: 01/29/2008] [Accepted: 02/20/2008] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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We evaluated chromosomal aberrations in lymphocytes of 177 workers exposed to xenobiotics in a tire plant and in 172 controls, in relation to their genetic background. Nine polymorphisms in genes encoding biotransformation enzymes and nine polymorphisms in genes involved in main DNA repair pathways were investigated for possible modulation of chromosomal damage. Chromosomal aberration frequencies were the highest among exposed smokers and the lowest in non-smoking unexposed individuals (2.5+/-1.8% vs. 1.7+/-1.2%, respectively). The differences between groups (ANOVA) were borderline significant (F=2.6, P=0.055). Chromosomal aberrations were higher in subjects with GSTT1-null (2.4+/-1.7%) than in those with GSTT1-plus genotype (1.8+/-1.4%; F=7.2, P=0.008). Considering individual groups, this association was significant in smoking exposed workers (F=4.4, P=0.040). Individuals with low activity EPHX1 genotype exhibited significantly higher chromosomal aberrations (2.3+/-1.6%) in comparison with those bearing medium (1.7+/-1.2%) and high activity genotype (1.5+/-1.2%; F=4.7, P=0.010). Both chromatid- and chromosome-type aberration frequencies were mainly affected by exposure and smoking status. Binary logistic regression analysis revealed that frequencies of chromatid-type aberrations were modulated by NBS1 Glu185Gln (OR 4.26, 95%CI 1.38-13.14, P=0.012), and to a moderate extent, by XPD Lys751Gln (OR 0.16, 95%CI 0.02-1.25, P=0.081) polymorphisms. Chromosome-type aberrations were lowest in individuals bearing the EPHX1 genotype conferring the high activity (OR 0.38, 95%CI 0.15-0.98, P=0.045). Present results show that exposed individuals in the tire production, who smoke, exhibit higher chromosomal aberrations frequencies, and the extent of chromosomal damage may additionally be modified by relevant polymorphisms.
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- Ludovit Musak
- Department of Medical Biology, Comenius University Bratislava, Jessenius Faculty of Medicine, Malá hora 4, 03754 Martin, Slovak Republic
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Liu S, Ao L, Du B, Zhou Y, Yuan J, Bai Y, Zhou Z, Cao J. HPRT mutations in lymphocytes from 1,3-butadiene-exposed workers in China. ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVES 2008; 116:203-8. [PMID: 18288319 PMCID: PMC2235214 DOI: 10.1289/ehp.10353] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2007] [Accepted: 11/11/2007] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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BACKGROUND 1,3-Butadiene (BD) is an important industrial chemical and an environmental and occupational pollutant. The carcinogenicity of BD in rodents has been proved, but its carcinogenic and mutagenic molecular mechanism(s) are not fully elucidated in humans. OBJECTIVES In the present study, we compared the mutation frequencies and exon deletions of BD-exposed workers with that of control subjects in China to identify the characteristic mutations associated with BD exposure in the human HPRT (hypoxanthine-guanine-phosphoribosyltransferase) gene. METHODS Seventy-four workers exposed to BD via inhalation and 157 matched controls were evaluated in Nanjing, China. Molecular analysis of HPRT mutant T lymphocytes from BD-exposed workers and nonexposed control subjects was conducted to identify changes in the structure of the HPRT gene. A total of 783 HPRT mutants were analyzed by multiplex polymerase chain reaction, in which 368 HPRT mutants were isolated from BD-exposed workers and 415 mutants from control subjects. RESULTS The BD-exposed workers showed a higher mutation frequency (18.2 +/- 9.4 x 10(-6)) than the control subjects (12.7 +/- 7.3 x 10(-6)), but the difference was not significant (p > 0.05). The frequency of exon deletions in BD-exposed workers (27.4%) was significantly higher than that in control subjects (12.5%) (p < 0.05), which mainly included multiplex exon deletions (2-8 exons). CONCLUSIONS The results of the present study suggest that BD should increase the frequency of large deletions of HPRT gene in human lymphocytes This change confirms and supports the previous findings in BD-exposed workers.
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- Shengxue Liu
- Department of Hygienic Toxicology, Preventive Medical College, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Hygienic Toxicology, Preventive Medical College, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, People’s Republic of China
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- Institute of Occupational Disease, Yangzi Petrochemical Products Company, Nanjing, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Hygienic Toxicology, Preventive Medical College, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Hygienic Toxicology, Preventive Medical College, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Hygienic Toxicology, Preventive Medical College, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Hygienic Toxicology, Preventive Medical College, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Hygienic Toxicology, Preventive Medical College, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, People’s Republic of China
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Sram RJ, Rössner P, Beskid O, Bavorova H, Ocadlikova D, Solansky I, Albertini RJ. Chromosomal aberration frequencies determined by conventional methods: Parallel increases over time in the region of a petrochemical industry and throughout the Czech Republic. Chem Biol Interact 2007; 166:239-44. [PMID: 17070509 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbi.2006.09.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2005] [Revised: 07/19/2006] [Accepted: 09/21/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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The rationale for cytogenetic monitoring to determine if safe maximum allowable concentrations (MAC) of genotoxic chemicals are being maintained in a workplace is that exposure levels that do not increase chromosomal aberration frequencies are without harmful effects. Such monitoring, widely used in occupational health programs in the Czech Republic (CR), includes workers exposed to 1,3-butadiene (BD) or other chemicals. Studies of BD exposed workers in the years 1992, 1993, 1994, 1998, and 2004 compared mean frequencies of cells carrying chromosomal aberrations (frequency of aberrant cells=%AB.C.) in exposed workers with those in non-exposed matched controls in the same plant or in other individuals living in the region of the same petrochemical industry. Workers potentially exposed to acrylonitrile at this site were also evaluated in 2000, along with another unexposed matched control group. The %AB.C. values of exposed workers and their controls were also compared with reference values determined for normal individuals (ages 20-59 years) throughout the CR. Substantial discrepancies were noted between subjects in the region of the petrochemical industry (exposed workers and controls) for the years 2000 and 2004 and the reference CR-wide normal values that had been determined during an earlier time period. The matched non-exposed controls at the petrochemical industry site showed a mean %AB.C. value of 1.56+/-1.23% (N=25) in 1998; this rose to a mean of 2.65+/-2.29% (N=33) in 2000. In 2004, values for non-exposed matched controls at the industry site were 2.64+/-1.75% for males (N=25) and 2.38+/-1.74% (N=26) for females. However, the earlier determined CR-wide %AB.C. mean reference values for normal individuals were 1.77+/-1.16% (N=1305) for the interval 1977-1988 and 1.45+/-1.17% (N=2140) for the interval 1991-1999. As both reference values are substantially lower than those determined in 2000 and 2004 for the non-exposed matched controls at the petrochemical industry site, an analysis of the CR-wide mean normal individual reference values for this same 2000-2004 period was conducted. Unexpectedly, it was found that this reference value too had risen to 1.95+/-1.36% (N=1045) and was comparable to the concurrent matched control values at the petrochemical industry site where the monitoring studies were conducted. This substantial increase in %AB.C. values in 2000 and 2004, therefore, has occurred throughout the CR and is probably unrelated to chemicals uniquely present at the petrochemical industry site.
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- Radim J Sram
- Institute of Experimental Medicine ASCR and Health Institute of Central Bohemia, Laboratory of Genetic Ecotoxicology, Videnska 1083, 142 20 Prague 4, Czech Republic.
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Meng Q, Walker DM, McDonald JD, Henderson RF, Carter MM, Cook DL, McCash CL, Torres SM, Bauer MJ, Seilkop SK, Upton PB, Georgieva NI, Boysen G, Swenberg JA, Walker VE. Age-, gender-, and species-dependent mutagenicity in T cells of mice and rats exposed by inhalation to 1,3-butadiene. Chem Biol Interact 2007; 166:121-31. [PMID: 16945358 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbi.2006.07.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2005] [Revised: 07/18/2006] [Accepted: 07/20/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Experiments were performed: (i) to investigate potential age- and gender-dependent differences in mutagenic responses in T cells following exposures of B6C3F1 mice and F344 rats by inhalation for 2 weeks to 0 or 1250 ppm butadiene (BD), and (ii) to determine if exposures for 2 weeks to 62.5 ppm BD produce a mutagenic effect in female rats. To evaluate the effect of age on mutagenic response, mutant manifestation curves for splenic T cells of female mice exposed at 8-9 weeks of age were defined by measuring Hprt mutant frequencies (MFs) at multiple time points after BD exposure using a T cell cloning assay and comparing the resulting mutagenic potency estimate (calculated as the difference of areas under the mutant manifestation curves of treated versus control animals) to that reported for female mice exposed to BD in the same fashion beginning at 4-5 weeks of age. The shapes of the mutant T cell manifestation curves for spleens were different [e.g., the maximum BD-induced MFs in older mice (8.0+/-1.0 [S.D.]x10(-6)) and younger mice (17.8+/-6.1 x 10(-6)) were observed at 8 and 5 weeks post-exposure, respectively], but the mutagenic burden was the same for both age groups. To assess the effect of gender on mutagenic response, female and male rodents were exposed to BD at 4-5 weeks of age and Hprt MFs were measured when maximum MFs are expected to occur post-exposure. The resulting data demonstrated that the pattern for mutagenic susceptibility from high-level BD exposure is female mice>male mice>female rats>male rats. Exposures of female rats to 62.5 ppm BD caused a minor but significant mutagenic response compared with controls (n=16/group; P=0.03). These results help explain part of the differing outcomes/interpretations of data in earlier Hprt mutation studies in BD-exposed rodents.
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- Quanxin Meng
- Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute, 2425 Ridgecrest Dr. SE, Albuquerque, NM 87108, USA
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Himmelstein MW, Baan RA, Albertini RJ, Bird MG, Lewis RJ. International Symposium on the Evaluation of Butadiene and Chloroprene Health Risks. Chem Biol Interact 2007; 166:1-9. [PMID: 17336954 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbi.2007.02.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2007] [Revised: 02/09/2007] [Accepted: 02/12/2007] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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These proceedings represent nearly all the platform and poster presentations given during the International Symposium on Evaluation of Butadiene and Chloroprene Health Risks, held in Charleston, South Carolina, USA, on September 20-22, 2005. The Symposium was attended by 78 participants representing private industry (37), academia (21), government (11), not-for-profit organizations (5), and consulting (4). The program followed the format of previous symposia on butadiene, chloroprene, and isoprene in London UK (2000) and butadiene and isoprene in Blaine, Washington USA (1995). This format enabled the exchange of significant new scientific results and discussion of future research needs. Isoprene was not evaluated during the 2005 Symposium because of lack of new data. For background information, the reader is referred to the proceedings of the London 2000 meeting for a thorough historical perspective and overview of scientific and regulatory issues concerning butadiene, chloroprene, and isoprene [Chem.-Biol. Interact. (2001) 135-136:1-7]. The Symposium consisted of seven sessions: (1) Introduction and Opening Remarks, (2) Butadiene/styrene-butadiene rubber (SBR)--Process Overview, Exposure and Health Effects/Human Studies; (3) Chloroprene--Process Overview, Exposure and Health Effects/Human Studies; (4) Mode of Action/Key Events; (5) Risk Assessment; (6) Poster Presentations; and (7) Panel Discussion and Future Directions. The Symposium concluded with a discussion by all participants of issues that arose throughout the course of the Symposium. The Proceedings of the Symposium published in this Special Issue are organized according to the Sessions outlined above. The purpose of this foreword is to summarize the presentations and their key findings and recommend future research directions for each chemical.
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- Matthew W Himmelstein
- DuPont Haskell Laboratory for Health and Environmental Sciences, Newark, DE 19714, USA.
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Swenberg JA, Boysen G, Georgieva N, Bird MG, Lewis RJ. Future directions in butadiene risk assessment and the role of cross-species internal dosimetry. Chem Biol Interact 2007; 166:78-83. [PMID: 17343837 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbi.2007.01.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2006] [Revised: 01/26/2007] [Accepted: 01/26/2007] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The 2005 International Symposium on the evaluation of butadiene and chloroprene health risks provided the opportunity to consider the past, present and future state of research issues for 1,3-butadiene. Considerable advancements have been made in our knowledge of exposure, metabolism, biomarkers of exposure and effect, and epidemiology. Despite this, uncertainties remain which will impact the human health risk assessment for current worker and environmental exposures. This paper reviews key aspects of recent studies and the role that biomarkers of internal dosimetry can play in addressing low to high exposure, gender, and cross-species differences in butadiene toxicity and metabolism. Considerable information is now available on the detection and quantification of protein adducts formed from the mono-, di- and dihydroxy-epoxide metabolites of butadiene. The diepoxide metabolite appears to play a key role in mutagenesis. Species differences in production of this critical metabolite are reflected by the diepoxybutane-specific hemoglobin adduct, pry-Val. To date, the pry-Val adduct has not been quantifiable in human blood samples from workers with cumulative occupational exposures up to 6.3 ppm-weeks; whereas, the pry-Val was quantifiable in the blood of mice and rats with similar cumulative exposures. Levels in mice were much higher than in rats. Further improvements in analytical sensitivity for the pyr-Val adduct are on the horizon. Epidemiology studies are also described and ongoing efforts promise to help bridge our understanding of past and future risks.
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- James A Swenberg
- Laboratory of Molecular Mutagenesis and Carcinogenesis, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA.
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