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Vevang KR, Zhang L, Grill AE, Hatsukami DK, Meier E, Nomura SO, Robien K, Peterson LA. Furan Metabolites Are Elevated in Users of Various Tobacco Products and Cannabis. Chem Res Toxicol 2023; 36:157-161. [PMID: 36716352 PMCID: PMC10035786 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrestox.2c00412] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Humans are exposed to furan, a toxicant and possible human carcinogen, through multiple sources including diet and tobacco smoke. The urinary metabolites of furan are derived from the reaction of its toxic metabolite with protein nucleophiles and are biomarkers of exposure and potential harm. An established isotopic dilution liquid-chromatography mass spectrometry method was used to measure these biomarkers in urine from users of e-cigarettes, cannabis, and/or combustible tobacco with/without reduced nicotine levels. Amounts of furan mercapturic acid metabolites were higher in these individuals relative to nonsmokers, indicating that they may be at risk for potential furan-derived toxicities.
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- Karin R. Vevang
- Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA
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- Division of Biostatistics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA
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- Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA
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- Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN,55455, USA
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- Department of Psychology, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, Stevens Point, WI, USA
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- Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
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- Department of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, George Washington University, Washington, DC 20052, USA
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- Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA
- Division of Environmental Health Sciences, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA
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Owumi SE, Adedara IA, Otunla MT, Owoeye O. Influence of furan and lead co-exposure at environmentally relevant concentrations on neurobehavioral performance, redox-regulatory system and apoptotic responses in rats. ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND PHARMACOLOGY 2023; 97:104011. [PMID: 36396074 DOI: 10.1016/j.etap.2022.104011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2022] [Revised: 11/03/2022] [Accepted: 11/08/2022] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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Furan and lead are contaminants of global concern due to the potential public health threat associated with their exposure. Herein, the neurobehavioral performance, biochemical effects and histological alterations associated with co-exposure to furan (8 mg/kg) and lead acetate at low, environmentally realistic concentrations (1, 10 and 100 µg PbAc/L) for 28 uninterrupted days were investigated in rats. The results demonstrated that locomotor, motor and exploratory deficits associated with separate exposure to furan and lead was exacerbated in the co-exposed rats. Furan and lead co-exposure aggravated the marked decrease in acetylcholinesterase activity and antioxidant status, elevation in oxido-inflammatory stress indices and caspases activation in the cerebrum and cerebellum of exposed rats compared with control. Furan and lead co-exposure worsened neuronal degeneration as verified by histomorphometry and histochemical staining. Collectively, furan and lead acts together to exacerbate neurotoxicity via inhibition of cholinergic system, induction of oxido-inflammatory stress and caspases activation in rats.
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- Solomon E Owumi
- Cancer Research and Molecular Biology Laboratory, Department of Biochemistry, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria.
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- Drug Metabolism and Toxicology Research Laboratories, Department of Biochemistry, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria
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- Cancer Research and Molecular Biology Laboratory, Department of Biochemistry, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria
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- Department of Anatomy, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria
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Aslani S, Armstrong DW. High Information Spectroscopic Detection Techniques for Gas Chromatography. J Chromatogr A 2022; 1676:463255. [DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2022.463255] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2022] [Revised: 06/10/2022] [Accepted: 06/14/2022] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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The role of endogenous versus exogenous sources in the exposome of putative genotoxins and consequences for risk assessment. Arch Toxicol 2022; 96:1297-1352. [PMID: 35249149 PMCID: PMC9013691 DOI: 10.1007/s00204-022-03242-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2022] [Accepted: 02/01/2022] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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AbstractThe “totality” of the human exposure is conceived to encompass life-associated endogenous and exogenous aggregate exposures. Process-related contaminants (PRCs) are not only formed in foods by heat processing, but also occur endogenously in the organism as physiological components of energy metabolism, potentially also generated by the human microbiome. To arrive at a comprehensive risk assessment, it is necessary to understand the contribution of in vivo background occurrence as compared to the ingestion from exogenous sources. Hence, this review provides an overview of the knowledge on the contribution of endogenous exposure to the overall exposure to putative genotoxic food contaminants, namely ethanol, acetaldehyde, formaldehyde, acrylamide, acrolein, α,β-unsaturated alkenals, glycation compounds, N-nitroso compounds, ethylene oxide, furans, 2- and 3-MCPD, and glycidyl esters. The evidence discussed herein allows to conclude that endogenous formation of some contaminants appears to contribute substantially to the exposome. This is of critical importance for risk assessment in the cases where endogenous exposure is suspected to outweigh the exogenous one (e.g. formaldehyde and acrolein).
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Hu Y, Liu C, Xu Y, Yang J, Pan Y. Identification of Isobars and Isomers in Cigarette Sidestream Smoke in Real Time by Synchrotron Radiation Photoionization Mass Spectrometry and Multiple Linear Regression. Anal Chem 2021; 93:5718-5726. [PMID: 33797228 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.0c04781] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Direct analysis of chemical components in fresh cigarette smoke in real time is a challenging task. In this work, by using a novel continuous cigarette-pushing and smoke-introducing setup combined with synchrotron radiation photoionization mass spectrometry (SR-PIMS), the photoionization mass spectra of fresh gaseous cigarette sidestream smoke (SSS) from the combustion of solid tobacco could be recorded in real time, and the photoionization efficiency (PIE) curves of each mass peak could be obtained for the first time. Hence, lots of well-known chemical components and even isomers could be identified by their discriminated onsets or PIE curve simulation. Moreover, diimine, 2H-azirine, and sulfur monoxide, which have never been reported in cigarette smoke, were observed in cigarette SSS, and even two intermediates, ethenol and propen-2-ol, anticipated to exist were actually observed and distinguished. To increase the qualification accuracy, a new simulation method based on multiple linear regression (MLR) was developed and applied for the PIE curve simulation, where qualification mistakes caused by subjective judgements could be eliminated as far as possible.
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- Yonghua Hu
- Center of Technology, China Tobacco Anhui Industrial Co, Ltd, Hefei, Anhui 230088, P. R. China
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- National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230029, P. R. China
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- Center of Technology, China Tobacco Anhui Industrial Co, Ltd, Hefei, Anhui 230088, P. R. China
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- National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230029, P. R. China
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- National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230029, P. R. China
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Wang X, Jiang Q, Li H, Chen DDY. Rapid determination of chemical composition in the particulate matter of cigarette mainstream smoke. Talanta 2020; 217:121060. [PMID: 32498828 DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2020.121060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2020] [Revised: 04/15/2020] [Accepted: 04/16/2020] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Particulate matter from mainstream smoke (MSS) is significantly hazardous when inhaled into the human body. An ambient ionization mass spectrometric method, direct analysis in real time mass spectrometry (DART-MS), was applied to rapidly and simultaneously measure multiple particulate components in MSS. A variety of compounds were obtained in seconds, where different types of cigarettes and different solvent extracts generated distinct chemical constituents as validated by principle component analysis. Chemical formula assignment and compound identification were based on accurate m/z values with mass errors <10 ppm. Quantitation of nicotine was achieved using an isotope internal standard with DART-MS. Method validation with chromatographic-MS analysis further proved the advantages of DART-MS with respect to analysis speed and operational simplicity for the direct evaluation of complex samples. DART-MS is feasible for the rapid acquisition of cigarette fingerprints for quality control as well as for quantitative assessment of carcinogens for harm reduction.
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- Xinxin Wang
- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Biomedical Functional Materials, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Biomedical Materials, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, 210023, China
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- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Biomedical Functional Materials, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Biomedical Materials, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, 210023, China
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- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Biomedical Functional Materials, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Biomedical Materials, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, 210023, China.
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- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Biomedical Functional Materials, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Biomedical Materials, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, 210023, China; Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z1, Canada.
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Rangarajan S, Rezonzew G, Chumley P, Fatima H, Golovko MY, Feng W, Hua P, Jaimes EA. COX-2-derived prostaglandins as mediators of the deleterious effects of nicotine in chronic kidney disease. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 2019; 318:F475-F485. [PMID: 31841390 DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.00407.2019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Tobacco smoking has been identified as a risk factor in the progression of chronic kidney disease (CKD). In previous studies, we showed that nicotine induces cyclooxygenase (COX)-2 expression in vivo and in vitro and that the administration of nicotine in vivo worsens the severity of renal injury in a model of subtotal renal ablation. In the present study, we tested the role of COX-2-derived prostaglandins on the deleterious effects of nicotine in CKD. Sham and 5/6 nephrectomy (5/6Nx) rats received tap water or nicotine (100 μg/mL) in the drinking water for 12 wk. Additional groups also systemically received the COX-2 inhibitor NS-398 (1.5 mg·kg-1·day-1 via osmotic minipump). The administration of nicotine worsened renal injury and proteinuria in 5/6Nx rats and increased proteinuria in sham rats. 5/6Nx rats had increased cortical production of the prostaglandins PGE2, PGI2, PGD2, and PGF2α and of thromboxane A2. In these rats, nicotine reduced the production of all prostaglandins examined except thromboxane A2. Treatment with the COX-2 inhibitor NS-398 resulted in complete inhibition of all prostaglandins studied and ameliorated renal injury and proteinuria in 5/6Nx rats on nicotine but not in 5/6 Nx rats on tap water. Nicotine also reduced the expression of megalin in all groups examined, and this was partially prevented by COX-2 inhibition. In the present study, we showed that in CKD, nicotine worsens renal injury at least in part by producing an imbalance in the production of prostaglandins. This imbalance in the production of prostaglandins likely plays a role in the deleterious effects of smoking on the progression of CKD.
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- S Rangarajan
- Renal Division, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama
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- Renal Division, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama
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- Renal Division, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama
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- Department of Pathology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Grand Forks, North Dakota
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- Renal Division, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama
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- Renal Division, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama
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- Renal Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York
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Tăbăran AF, O’Sullivan MG, Seabloom DE, Vevang KR, Smith WE, Wiedmann TS, Peterson LA. Inhaled Furan Selectively Damages Club Cells in Lungs of A/J Mice. Toxicol Pathol 2019; 47:842-850. [PMID: 31426723 PMCID: PMC6814549 DOI: 10.1177/0192623319869306] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Furan, a possible human carcinogen, is a product of incomplete combustion and is present in cigarette smoke, engine exhaust, and processed food. Oral administration induces liver toxicity and carcinogenesis in F344 rats and B6C3F1 mice. To assess possible adverse effects from inhalation, A/J mice were nose-only exposed for 3 hours to furan (0, 30, 75, 150, 300, or 600 ppmv) and euthanized after 24 hours, 48 hours, or 1 week. Histopathology evaluation revealed bronchiolar club cell necrosis (diffuse, marked) with airway denudation following exposure to 300 and 600 ppmv furan with evidence of club cell regeneration and partial repair after 1 week. Initial signs of hepatotoxicity were observed in the 150 ppmv furan-exposed group. Acute necrosis and mineralization were observed in livers at 24 and 48 hours with hepatocyte regeneration by 1-week postexposure in mice exposed to 300 and 600 ppmv furan; the 300 ppmv exposed group had multifocal mineralization that evoked a mild granulomatous response. Measurement of urinary furan metabolites confirmed that the mice metabolized furan to the toxic intermediate, cis-2-butene-1,4-dial. These observations indicate that inhaled furan is toxic to lungs with club cells as the target as well as liver.
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- Alexandru-Flaviu Tăbăran
- College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota,
St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
- Comparative Pathology Shared Resource, Masonic Cancer
Center, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota,
St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
- Comparative Pathology Shared Resource, Masonic Cancer
Center, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
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- AeroCore Testing Service, Department of Otolaryngology,
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
- Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota,
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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- Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota,
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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- Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota,
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, University of Minnesota,
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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- Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota,
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
- Division of Environmental Health Sciences, University of
Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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Sirot V, Rivière G, Leconte S, Vin K, Traore T, Jean J, Carne G, Gorecki S, Veyrand B, Marchand P, Le Bizec B, Jean-Pierre C, Feidt C, Vasseur P, Lambert M, Inthavong C, Guérin T, Hulin M. French infant total diet study: Dietary exposure to heat-induced compounds (acrylamide, furan and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons) and associated health risks. Food Chem Toxicol 2019; 130:308-316. [PMID: 31102675 DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2019.05.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2019] [Revised: 05/04/2019] [Accepted: 05/07/2019] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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A total diet study (TDS) was conducted between 2010 and 2016 to assess the risk associated with chemicals in food of non-breast-fed children from 1 to 36 months living in France. Food samples were collected, prepared "as consumed", and analyzed for chemicals of public health interest. Acrylamide, furan and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) were analyzed as heat-induced compounds produced mainly during thermal processing of foods. Dietary exposure was assessed for 705 representative children using food consumptions recorded through a 3-consecutive-days record. As all calculated margins of exposure (MOE) for PAHs exceeded 10 000, dietary exposure of the infant and toddler population was deemed tolerable with regard to the carcinogenic risk. Conversely, the exposure levels to acrylamide and furan were considered as of concern, requiring management measures to reduce the exposure essentially by reducing the formation of heat-induced compounds during food production or preparation processes. Efforts should mainly focus on major contributors to the exposure, i.e. sweet and savoury biscuits and bars, and potatoes and potato products for acrylamide, baby jars of vegetables, with or without meat or fish for acrylamide and furan.
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- Véronique Sirot
- Risk Assessment Department (DER), French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety (ANSES), 14 Rue Pierre et Marie Curie, F-94701, Maisons-Alfort, France.
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- Risk Assessment Department (DER), French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety (ANSES), 14 Rue Pierre et Marie Curie, F-94701, Maisons-Alfort, France
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- Risk Assessment Department (DER), French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety (ANSES), 14 Rue Pierre et Marie Curie, F-94701, Maisons-Alfort, France
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- Risk Assessment Department (DER), French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety (ANSES), 14 Rue Pierre et Marie Curie, F-94701, Maisons-Alfort, France
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- Risk Assessment Department (DER), French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety (ANSES), 14 Rue Pierre et Marie Curie, F-94701, Maisons-Alfort, France
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- Risk Assessment Department (DER), French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety (ANSES), 14 Rue Pierre et Marie Curie, F-94701, Maisons-Alfort, France
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- Risk Assessment Department (DER), French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety (ANSES), 14 Rue Pierre et Marie Curie, F-94701, Maisons-Alfort, France
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- Risk Assessment Department (DER), French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety (ANSES), 14 Rue Pierre et Marie Curie, F-94701, Maisons-Alfort, France
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- Toxalim, Université de Toulouse, INRA, INP-ENVT, INP-EI-Purpan, Université de Toulouse Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France
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- URAFPA, Université de Lorraine, INRA, 2 avenue de la forêt de Haye, F-54500, Vandoeuvre, France
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- University of Lorraine, CNRS UMR, 7360, Metz, France
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- Université Paris-Est, Anses, Laboratory for Food Safety, F-94701, Maisons-Alfort, France
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- Université Paris-Est, Anses, Laboratory for Food Safety, F-94701, Maisons-Alfort, France
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- Université Paris-Est, Anses, Laboratory for Food Safety, F-94701, Maisons-Alfort, France
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- Risk Assessment Department (DER), French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety (ANSES), 14 Rue Pierre et Marie Curie, F-94701, Maisons-Alfort, France
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Gras R, Luong J, Shellie RA. Miniaturized micromachined gas chromatography with universal and selective detectors for targeted volatile compounds analysis. J Chromatogr A 2018; 1573:151-155. [DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2018.08.064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2018] [Revised: 08/24/2018] [Accepted: 08/31/2018] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Lagesson-Andrasko L, Lagesson V, Andrasko J. Quantitative Characterization of the Molecular Absorption Spectra in the Ultraviolet Region by Gas Chromatography. ANAL LETT 2018. [DOI: 10.1080/00032719.2017.1410166] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Gas chromatography with simultaneous detection: Ultraviolet spectroscopy, flame ionization, and mass spectrometry. J Chromatogr A 2018; 1563:171-179. [DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2018.05.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2018] [Revised: 05/04/2018] [Accepted: 05/07/2018] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Gras R, Luong J, Pursch M, Shellie RA. Positive Temperature Coefficient Compensating Heating for Analytical Devices. Anal Chem 2018; 90:6426-6430. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.8b01229] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Ronda Gras
- Dow Chemical Canada ULC, Highway 15, Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta T8L 2P4, Canada
- ARC Training Centre for Portable Analytical Separation Technologies (ASTech), University of Tasmania, Private Bag 75, Hobart 7001 Australia
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- Dow Chemical Canada ULC, Highway 15, Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta T8L 2P4, Canada
- Australian Centre for Research on Separation Science (ACROSS), University of Tasmania, Private Bag 75, Hobart 7001, Australia
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- Dow Deutschland Anlagen GmbH, Analytical Sciences, 21677 Stade, Germany
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- ARC Training Centre for Portable Analytical Separation Technologies (ASTech), University of Tasmania, Private Bag 75, Hobart 7001 Australia
- Trajan Scientific and Medical, 7 Argent Place, Ringwood 3154, Australia
- School of Science, RMIT University, Private Bag 2476 V, Melbourne 3001, Australia
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Zavahir JS, Nolvachai Y, Marriott PJ. Molecular spectroscopy – Information rich detection for gas chromatography. Trends Analyt Chem 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.trac.2017.11.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Knutsen HK, Alexander J, Barregård L, Bignami M, Brüschweiler B, Ceccatelli S, Cottrill B, Dinovi M, Edler L, Grasl-Kraupp B, Hogstrand C, Hoogenboom LR, Nebbia CS, Oswald IP, Petersen A, Rose M, Roudot AC, Schwerdtle T, Vleminckx C, Vollmer G, Chipman K, De Meulenaer B, Dinovi M, Mennes W, Schlatter J, Schrenk D, Baert K, Dujardin B, Wallace H. Risks for public health related to the presence of furan and methylfurans in food. EFSA J 2017; 15:e05005. [PMID: 32625300 PMCID: PMC7009982 DOI: 10.2903/j.efsa.2017.5005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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The European Commission asked EFSA for a scientific evaluation on the risk to human health of the presence of furan and methylfurans (2-methylfuran, 3-methylfuran and 2,5-dimethylfuran) in food. They are formed in foods during thermal processing and can co-occur. Furans are produced from several precursors such as ascorbic acid, amino acids, carbohydrates, unsaturated fatty acids and carotenoids, and are found in a variety of foods including coffee and canned and jarred foods. Regarding furan occurrence, 17,056 analytical results were used in the evaluation. No occurrence data were received on methylfurans. The highest exposures to furan were estimated for infants, mainly from ready-to-eat meals. Grains and grain-based products contribute most for toddlers, other children and adolescents. In adults, elderly and very elderly, coffee is the main contributor to dietary exposure. Furan is absorbed from the gastrointestinal tract and is found in highest amounts in the liver. It has a short half-life and is metabolised by cytochrome P450 2E1 (CYP2E1) to the reactive metabolite, cis-but-2-ene-1,4-dialdehyde (BDA). BDA can bind covalently to amino acids, proteins and DNA. Furan is hepatotoxic in rats and mice with cholangiofibrosis in rats and hepatocellular adenomas/carcinomas in mice being the most prominent effects. There is limited evidence of chromosomal damage in vivo and a lack of understanding of the underlying mechanism. Clear evidence for indirect mechanisms involved in carcinogenesis include oxidative stress, gene expression alterations, epigenetic changes, inflammation and increased cell proliferation. The CONTAM Panel used a margin of exposure (MOE) approach for the risk characterisation using as a reference point a benchmark dose lower confidence limit for a benchmark response of 10% of 0.064 mg/kg body weight (bw) per day for the incidence of cholangiofibrosis in the rat. The calculated MOEs indicate a health concern. This conclusion was supported by the calculated MOEs for the neoplastic effects.
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Gras R, Luong J, Shellie RA. Gas chromatography with diode array detection in series with flame ionisation detection. J Chromatogr A 2017; 1500:153-159. [DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2017.04.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2016] [Revised: 04/07/2017] [Accepted: 04/10/2017] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Xu A, Fan Z, Chen Z, Zhou Y, Liu S, Huang S, Xu X, Long C, Wang W, Zhu J, Li X, Xu C. Simultaneous Determination of Furan and Vinyl Acetate in Vapor Phase of Mainstream Cigarette Smoke by GC-MS. AN ACAD BRAS CIENC 2017; 89:383-390. [PMID: 28492733 DOI: 10.1590/0001-3765201720160230] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2016] [Accepted: 01/23/2017] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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A simple and sensitive method for simultaneous determination of furan and vinyl acetate (VA) in vapor phase of mainstream cigarette smoke with cold trap and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) was developed. A Cambridge filter pad (CFP) was placed in front of the impingers of smoking machine to remove the particle phase from cigarette smoke. Furan and VA in vapor phase of mainstream cigarette smoke were collected in two impingers connected in series by filled with methanol at -78°C. The solutions were added with deuterium-labeled furan-d4 and VA-d6 as internal standards and analyzed by GC-MS. The results showed that the calibration curves for furan and VA were linear (r2 > 0.9995) over the studied concentration range. The intra- and inter-day precision values for furan and VA were <7.07% and <9.62%, respectively. The extraction recoveries of furan and VA were in the range of 94.5-97.7% and 92.3-94.9%, respectively. Moreover, the limits of detection for furan and VA were 0.028 µg mL-1 and 1.3 ng mL-1, respectively. The validated method has been successfully applied to determine the emissions of furan and VA in the vapor phase of mainstream cigarette smoke under International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and Canadian Intense (CI) smoking regimen.
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- Aifei Xu
- Technical Center of China Tobacco Guangxi Industrial Co. Ltd, Nanning, China
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- Technical Center of China Tobacco Guangxi Industrial Co. Ltd, Nanning, China
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- Technical Center of China Tobacco Guangxi Industrial Co. Ltd, Nanning, China
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- Technical Center of China Tobacco Guangxi Industrial Co. Ltd, Nanning, China
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- Technical Center of China Tobacco Guangxi Industrial Co. Ltd, Nanning, China
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- Technical Center of China Tobacco Guangxi Industrial Co. Ltd, Nanning, China
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- Technical Center of China Tobacco Guangxi Industrial Co. Ltd, Nanning, China
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- China Tobacco Guangxi Industrial Co. Ltd, Liuzhou, China
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- Technical Center of China Tobacco Guangxi Industrial Co. Ltd, Nanning, China
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- Technical Center of China Tobacco Guangxi Industrial Co. Ltd, Nanning, China
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- Technical Center of China Tobacco Guangxi Industrial Co. Ltd, Nanning, China
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- College of Food and Biological Engineering, Zhengzhou University of Light Industry, Henan, China
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Santos IC, Schug KA. Recent advances and applications of gas chromatography vacuum ultraviolet spectroscopy. J Sep Sci 2016; 40:138-151. [DOI: 10.1002/jssc.201601023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2016] [Revised: 10/30/2016] [Accepted: 10/31/2016] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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- Inês C. Santos
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry; The University of Texas at Arlington; Arlington TX USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry; The University of Texas at Arlington; Arlington TX USA
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Cakmak YO. Coffee consumption, smoking, and Parkinson's disease? The beneficial role of hydrogen sulfide. Mov Disord 2016; 31:429. [PMID: 26848709 DOI: 10.1002/mds.26526] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2015] [Revised: 11/23/2015] [Accepted: 12/04/2015] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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- Yusuf Ozgur Cakmak
- University of Otago, Department of Anatomy, School of Medical Sciences, Dunedin, New Zealand
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Grill AE, Schmitt T, Gates LA, Lu D, Bandyopadhyay D, Yuan JM, Murphy SE, Peterson LA. Abundant Rodent Furan-Derived Urinary Metabolites Are Associated with Tobacco Smoke Exposure in Humans. Chem Res Toxicol 2015; 28:1508-16. [PMID: 26114498 PMCID: PMC5473163 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrestox.5b00189] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Furan, a possible human carcinogen, is found in heat treated foods and tobacco smoke. Previous studies have shown that humans are capable of converting furan to its reactive metabolite, cis-2-butene-1,4-dial (BDA), and therefore may be susceptible to furan toxicity. Human risk assessment of furan exposure has been stymied because of the lack of mechanism-based exposure biomarkers. Therefore, a sensitive LC-MS/MS assay for six furan metabolites was applied to measure their levels in urine from furan-exposed rodents as well as in human urine from smokers and nonsmokers. The metabolites that result from direct reaction of BDA with lysine (BDA-N(α)-acetyllysine) and from cysteine-BDA-lysine cross-links (N-acetylcysteine-BDA-lysine, N-acetylcysteine-BDA-N(α)-acetyllysine, and their sulfoxides) were targeted in this study. Five of the six metabolites were identified in urine from rodents treated with furan by gavage. BDA-N(α)-acetyllysine, N-acetylcysteine-BDA-lysine, and its sulfoxide were detected in most human urine samples from three different groups. The levels of N-acetylcysteine-BDA-lysine sulfoxide were more than 10 times higher than that of the corresponding sulfide in many samples. The amount of this metabolite was higher in smokers relative to that in nonsmokers and was significantly reduced following smoking cessation. Our results indicate a strong relationship between BDA-derived metabolites and smoking. Future studies will determine if levels of these biomarkers are associated with adverse health effects in humans.
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- ∥University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15232, United States
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Monitoring of pyridine, 3-picoline and quinoline in smokers’ urine using ultrasound-assisted emulsification microextraction coupled with high-performance liquid chromatography. JOURNAL OF THE IRANIAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY 2015. [DOI: 10.1007/s13738-015-0650-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Fan H, Smuts J, Walsh P, Harrison D, Schug KA. Gas chromatography–vacuum ultraviolet spectroscopy for multiclass pesticide identification. J Chromatogr A 2015; 1389:120-7. [DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2015.02.035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2014] [Revised: 02/10/2015] [Accepted: 02/11/2015] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Blair SL, Epstein SA, Nizkorodov SA, Staimer N. A Real-Time Fast-Flow Tube Study of VOC and Particulate Emissions from Electronic, Potentially Reduced-Harm, Conventional, and Reference Cigarettes. AEROSOL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY : THE JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR AEROSOL RESEARCH 2015; 49:816-827. [PMID: 26726281 PMCID: PMC4696598 DOI: 10.1080/02786826.2015.1076156] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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Tobacco-free electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes), which are currently not regulated by the FDA, have become widespread as a "safe" form of smoking. One approach to evaluate the potential toxicity of e-cigarettes and other types of potentially "reduced-harm" cigarettes is to compare their emissions of volatile organic compounds (VOCs), including reactive organic electrophillic compounds such as acrolein, and particulate matter to those of conventional and reference cigarettes. Our newly designed fast-flow tube system enabled us to analyze VOC composition and particle number concentration in real-time by promptly diluting puffs of mainstream smoke obtained from different brands of combustion cigarettes and e-cigarettes. A proton transfer reaction time-of-flight mass spectrometer (PTRMS) was used to analyze real-time cigarette VOC emissions with a 1 s time resolution. Particles were detected with a condensation particle counter (CPC). This technique offers real-time analysis of VOCs and particles in each puff without sample aging and does not require any sample pretreatment or extra handling. Several important determining factors in VOC and particle concentration were investigated: (1) puff frequency; (2) puff number; (3) tar content; (4) filter type. Results indicate that electronic cigarettes are not free from acrolein and acetaldehyde emissions and produce comparable particle number concentrations to those of combustion cigarettes, more specifically to the 1R5F reference cigarette. Unlike conventional cigarettes, which emit different amounts of particles and VOCs each puff, there was no significant puff dependence in the e-cigarette emissions. Charcoal filter cigarettes did not fully prevent the emission of acrolein and other VOCs.
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- Sandra L. Blair
- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, California, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, California, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, California, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, University of California, Irvine, California, USA
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Schug KA, Sawicki I, Carlton DD, Fan H, McNair HM, Nimmo JP, Kroll P, Smuts J, Walsh P, Harrison D. Vacuum Ultraviolet Detector for Gas Chromatography. Anal Chem 2014; 86:8329-35. [DOI: 10.1021/ac5018343] [Citation(s) in RCA: 104] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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- Kevin A. Schug
- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, The University of Texas at Arlington, 700 Planetarium Place, Box 19065, Arlington, Texas 76019, United States
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- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, The University of Texas at Arlington, 700 Planetarium Place, Box 19065, Arlington, Texas 76019, United States
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- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, The University of Texas at Arlington, 700 Planetarium Place, Box 19065, Arlington, Texas 76019, United States
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- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, The University of Texas at Arlington, 700 Planetarium Place, Box 19065, Arlington, Texas 76019, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061, United States
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- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, The University of Texas at Arlington, 700 Planetarium Place, Box 19065, Arlington, Texas 76019, United States
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- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, The University of Texas at Arlington, 700 Planetarium Place, Box 19065, Arlington, Texas 76019, United States
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- VUV Analytics, Inc., Austin, Texas 78717, United States
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- VUV Analytics, Inc., Austin, Texas 78717, United States
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Sampson MM, Chambers DM, Pazo DY, Moliere F, Blount BC, Watson CH. Simultaneous analysis of 22 volatile organic compounds in cigarette smoke using gas sampling bags for high-throughput solid-phase microextraction. Anal Chem 2014; 86:7088-95. [PMID: 24933649 PMCID: PMC4553414 DOI: 10.1021/ac5015518] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Quantifying volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in cigarette smoke is necessary to establish smoke-related exposure estimates and evaluate emerging products and potential reduced-exposure products. In response to this need, we developed an automated, multi-VOC quantification method for machine-generated, mainstream cigarette smoke using solid-phase microextraction gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (SPME-GC-MS). This method was developed to simultaneously quantify a broad range of smoke VOCs (i.e., carbonyls and volatiles, which historically have been measured by separate assays) for large exposure assessment studies. Our approach collects and maintains vapor-phase smoke in a gas sampling bag, where it is homogenized with isotopically labeled analogue internal standards and sampled using gas-phase SPME. High throughput is achieved by SPME automation using a CTC Analytics platform and custom bag tray. This method has successfully quantified 22 structurally diverse VOCs (e.g., benzene and associated monoaromatics, aldehydes and ketones, furans, acrylonitrile, 1,3-butadiene, vinyl chloride, and nitromethane) in the microgram range in mainstream smoke from 1R5F and 3R4F research cigarettes smoked under ISO (Cambridge Filter or FTC) and Intense (Health Canada or Canadian Intense) conditions. Our results are comparable to previous studies with few exceptions. Method accuracy was evaluated with third-party reference samples (≤15% error). Short-term diffusion losses from the gas sampling bag were minimal, with a 10% decrease in absolute response after 24 h. For most analytes, research cigarette inter- and intrarun precisions were ≤20% relative standard deviation (RSD). This method provides an accurate and robust means to quantify VOCs in cigarette smoke spanning a range of yields that is sufficient to characterize smoke exposure estimates.
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- Maureen M. Sampson
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4770 Buford Highway, Atlanta, Georgia 30341, United States
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- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4770 Buford Highway, Atlanta, Georgia 30341, United States
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- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4770 Buford Highway, Atlanta, Georgia 30341, United States
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- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4770 Buford Highway, Atlanta, Georgia 30341, United States
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- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4770 Buford Highway, Atlanta, Georgia 30341, United States
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- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4770 Buford Highway, Atlanta, Georgia 30341, United States
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Volatile organic compounds analyzed by gas chromatography-deep ultraviolet spectroscopy. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.arthe.2013.12.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Valença SS, Rueff-Barroso CR, Pimenta WA, Melo AC, Nesi RT, Silva MAS, Porto LC. L-NAME and L-arginine differentially ameliorate cigarette smoke-induced emphysema in mice. Pulm Pharmacol Ther 2011; 24:587-94. [PMID: 21624489 DOI: 10.1016/j.pupt.2011.05.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2010] [Revised: 04/25/2011] [Accepted: 05/14/2011] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Nitric oxide (NO) represents one of the most important intra- and extracellular mediators and takes part in both biologic and pathologic processes. This study aimed to verify the treatment with an NO inhibitor and an NO substrate in pulmonary emphysema induced by cigarette smoke (CS) in a murine model. We compared N-acetylcysteine (NAC), a precursor of glutathione, to G-nitro-L-arginine-methyl ester or L-NAME (LN), which is an NO inhibitor, and to l-arginine (LA), which is a substrate for NO formation. Mice were divided into several groups: control, CS, CS + LN, CS + LA, and CS + NAC. Control and CS groups were treated daily with a vehicle, while CS + LN, CS + LA, and CS + NAC groups were treated daily with LN (60 mg/kg), LA (120 mg/kg) and NAC (200 mg/kg), respectively. The bronchoalveolar lavage was analyzed and the lungs were removed for histological and biochemical analysis. CS increases neutrophil number. Neutrophil number was lowest in CS + LN, followed by CS + LA. The lungs of CS + LN, CS + LA and CS + NAC mice were protected compared to the lungs of CS mice, but not equal to the quality of lungs in control mice. The CS group also exhibited increased oxidative stress, which was also present in the CS + LN group and to a lesser extent in the CS + LA group. Tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase 1 and 2 increased in the CS + LN group and to a lesser extent in the CS + LA group relative to the control group. These results suggest that LN and LA treatment protected the mouse lung from CS. However, NAC treatment was more than LN and LA. We suggest that the protection conferred by LN treatment requires a balance between proteases and antiproteases, and that protection conferred by LA treatment involves the balance between oxidants and antioxidants.
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Negi I, Tsow F, Tanwar K, Zhang L, Iglesias RA, Chen C, Rai A, Forzani ES, Tao N(NJ. Novel monitor paradigm for real-time exposure assessment. JOURNAL OF EXPOSURE SCIENCE & ENVIRONMENTAL EPIDEMIOLOGY 2011; 21:419-426. [PMID: 20551996 PMCID: PMC3721732 DOI: 10.1038/jes.2010.35] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2010] [Accepted: 05/08/2010] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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A wearable monitor that can reliably, accurately, and continuously measure personal exposure levels of various toxicants would not only accelerate the current environmental and occupational health and safety studies, but also enable new studies that are not possible with the current monitoring technology. Developing such a monitor has been a difficult challenge, and requires innovative sensing science and creative engineering. We have developed, built, and tested a wearable monitor for real-time detection of toxic hydrocarbons and acids in the environment. The monitor is low-cost, accurate, and user friendly. In addition, it can communicate wirelessly with a cell phone in which the monitoring results can be processed, displayed, stored, and transmitted to a designated computer. We have validated the functions and performance of the monitor, and carried out field tests with workers involving waste management, fire overhaul, and floor-cleaning activities, as well as with first- and second-hand smokers. The averaged exposure levels are in agreement with those determined by the standard NIOSH methods. The monitor provides accurate and real-time exposure assessment for the workers involving different activities. The real-time and continuous monitoring capability makes it possible to correlate the exposure levels with different activities and changes in the microenvironments. The monitor provides unprecedented real-time information that will help advance occupational safety and environmental health studies. It may also be used to better protect workers from occupational overexposure to toxic molecules.
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- Indira Negi
- Center for Bioelectronics and Biosensors, The Biodesign Institute
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- Center for Bioelectronics and Biosensors, The Biodesign Institute
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- Center for Bioelectronics and Biosensors, The Biodesign Institute
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- Center for Bioelectronics and Biosensors, The Biodesign Institute
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- Center for Bioelectronics and Biosensors, The Biodesign Institute
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- Center for Bioelectronics and Biosensors, The Biodesign Institute
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- Center for Bioelectronics and Biosensors, The Biodesign Institute
- School of Electrical, Computing and Energy Engineering, Arizona State University, Arizona, Tempe, 85287-5801, U.S.A
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- Center for Bioelectronics and Biosensors, The Biodesign Institute
- School of Electrical, Computing and Energy Engineering, Arizona State University, Arizona, Tempe, 85287-5801, U.S.A
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Sdralia ND, Patmanidi AL, Velentzas AD, Margaritis LH, Baltatzis GE, Hatzinikolaou DG, Stavridou A. The mode of lymphoblastoid cell death in response to gas phase cigarette smoke is dose-dependent. Respir Res 2009; 10:82. [PMID: 19744320 PMCID: PMC2753584 DOI: 10.1186/1465-9921-10-82] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2008] [Accepted: 09/10/2009] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Cigarette smoke (CS) is the main cause in the development of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), the pathogenesis of which is related to an extended inflammatory response. In this study, we investigated the effect of low and high doses of gas phase cigarette smoke (GPS) on cultured lymphocyte progenitor cells, using techniques to assess cell viability and to elucidate whether cells die of apoptosis or necrosis upon exposure to different doses of GPS. METHODS In our approach we utilised a newly-established system of exposure of cells to GPS that is highly controlled, accurately reproducible and simulates CS dosage and kinetics that take place in the smokers' lung. This system was used to study the mode of cell death upon exposure to GPS in conjunction with a range of techniques widely used for cell death studies such as Annexin V staining, activation of caspase -3, cytoplasmic release of cytochrome C, loss of mitochondrial membrane potential and DNA fragmentation. RESULTS Low doses of GPS induced specific apoptotic indexes in CCRF-CEM cells. Specifically, cytochrome C release and cleaved caspase-3 were detected by immunofluorescence, upon treatment with 1-3 puffs GPS. At 4 h post-exposure, caspase-3 activation was observed in western blot analysis, showing a decreasing pattern as GPS doses increased. Concomitant with this behaviour, a dose-dependent change in Delta psi m depolarization was monitored by flow cytometry 2 h post-exposure, while at 4 h Delta psi m collapse was observed at the higher doses, indicative of a shift to a necrotic demise. A reduction in DNA fragmentation events produced by 5 puffs GPS as compared to those provoked by 3 puffs GPS, also pointed towards a necrotic response at the higher dose of GPS. CONCLUSION Collectively, our results support that at low doses gas phase cigarette smoke induces apoptosis in cultured T-lymphocytes, whereas at high doses GPS leads to necrotic death, by-passing the characteristic stage of caspase-3 activation and, thus, the apoptotic route.
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- Nadia D Sdralia
- Institute of Biomedical Research and Biotechnology, 55 Solomou Str, Athens 10432, Greece
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- Institute of Biomedical Research and Biotechnology, 55 Solomou Str, Athens 10432, Greece
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- Faculty of Biology, Department of Cell Biology and Biophysics, University of Athens, Athens 15781, Greece
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- Faculty of Biology, Department of Cell Biology and Biophysics, University of Athens, Athens 15781, Greece
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- Institute of Biomedical Research and Biotechnology, 55 Solomou Str, Athens 10432, Greece
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- Institute of Biomedical Research and Biotechnology, 55 Solomou Str, Athens 10432, Greece
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Dome P, Lazary J, Kalapos MP, Rihmer Z. Smoking, nicotine and neuropsychiatric disorders. Neurosci Biobehav Rev 2009; 34:295-342. [PMID: 19665479 DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2009.07.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 149] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2009] [Revised: 07/23/2009] [Accepted: 07/30/2009] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Tobacco smoking is an extremely addictive and harmful form of nicotine (NIC) consumption, but unfortunately also the most prevalent. Although disproportionately high frequencies of smoking and its health consequences among psychiatric patients are widely known, the neurobiological background of this epidemiological association is still obscure. The diverse neuroactive effects of NIC and some other major tobacco smoke constituents in the central nervous system may underlie this association. This present paper summarizes the pharmacology of NIC and its receptors (nAChR) based on a systematic review of the literature. The role of the brain's reward system(s) in NIC addiction and the results of functional and structural neuroimaging studies on smoking-related states and behaviors (i.e. dependence, craving, withdrawal) are also discussed. In addition, the epidemiological, neurobiological, and genetic aspects of smoking in several specific neuropsychiatric disorders are reviewed and the clinical relevance of smoking in these disease states addressed.
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- Peter Dome
- Department of Clinical and Theoretical Mental Health, Kutvolgyi Clinical Center, Semmelweis University, Faculty of Medicine, Kutvolgyi ut 4, 1125 Budapest, Hungary.
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Li L, Hsu A, Moore PK. Actions and interactions of nitric oxide, carbon monoxide and hydrogen sulphide in the cardiovascular system and in inflammation--a tale of three gases! Pharmacol Ther 2009; 123:386-400. [PMID: 19486912 DOI: 10.1016/j.pharmthera.2009.05.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 234] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2009] [Accepted: 05/15/2009] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Nitric oxide (NO), carbon monoxide (CO) and hydrogen sulphide (H(2)S) together make up a family of biologically active gases (the so-called 'gaseous triumvirate') with an increasingly well defined range of physiological effects plus roles to play in a number of disease states. Over the years, most researchers have concentrated their attention on understanding the part played by a single gas in one or more body systems. It is becoming more clear that all three gases are synthesised naturally in the body, often by the same cells within the same organs, and that all three gases exert essentially similar biological effects albeit via different mechanisms. Within the cardiovascular system, for example, all are vasodilators, promote angiogenesis and vascular remodelling and are protective towards tissue damage in for example, ischaemia-reperfusion injury in the heart. Similarly, all exhibit complex effects in inflammation with both pro- and anti-inflammatory effects recognised. It seems likely that cell function is controlled not by the activity of single gases working in isolation but by the concerted activity of all three of these gases working together.
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- Ling Li
- Pharmaceutical Science Division, King's College London, Franklin-Wilkins Building, 150 Stamford Street, London SE19NH, UK
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Al Rashidi M, Shihadeh A, Saliba NA. Volatile aldehydes in the mainstream smoke of the narghile waterpipe. Food Chem Toxicol 2008; 46:3546-9. [PMID: 18834915 PMCID: PMC2662371 DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2008.09.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 157] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2008] [Revised: 07/31/2008] [Accepted: 09/04/2008] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Very little is known about the quality and quantity of toxicants yielded by the narghile, a subject of increasing importance as this method of tobacco smoking has become popular all over the world. This study is concerned with the identification and quantification of volatile aldehydes in the gas and particle phases of mainstream narghile smoke generated using a popular type of flavored ma'ssel tobacco mixture. These compounds were analyzed based on a modified version of the Environmental Protection Agency compendium method TO-11A. Using a standardized smoking machine protocol consisting of 171 puffs, 2.6s puff duration and 17s inter puff interval, the average yields of formaldehyde, acetaldehyde, acrolein, propionaldehyde and methacrolein were 630, 2520, 892, 403, and 106 microg/smoking session, respectively. The results showed that none of the aldehydes identified in this study are found in the particulate phase of the smoke, except for formaldehyde for which the partitioning coefficient was estimated as Kp = 3.3 x 10(-8) microg/m3. Given previously reported lung absorption fractions of circa 90% for volatile aldehydes, the yields measured in this study are sufficient to induce various diseases depending on the extent of exposure, and on the breathing patterns of the smokers.
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- M Al Rashidi
- Department of Chemistry, American University of Beirut, Riad El Solh, Beirut, Lebanon
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Pereira ML, Carvalho JC, Peres F, Gutierres M, Fernandes MH. Behaviour of human osteoblastic cells cultured on plasma-sprayed titanium implants in the presence of nicotine. Clin Oral Implants Res 2008; 19:582-9. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0501.2007.01515.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Eckhardt HS, Klein KF, Spangenberg B, Sun T, Grattan KTV. Fibre-optic UV systems for gas and vapour analysis. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2007. [DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/85/1/012018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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