TY - JOUR
T1 - Exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons associated with traffic exhaust
T2 - The increase of lipid peroxidation and reduction of antioxidant capacity
AU - Lai, Ching Huang
AU - Liou, Saou Hsing
AU - Jaakkola, Jouni J.K.
AU - Huang, Han Bin
AU - Su, Ting Yao
AU - Strickland, Paul T.
PY - 2012/10
Y1 - 2012/10
N2 - This study was carried out to examine the association between exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon with traffic exhaust and biomarkers of lipid peroxidation and antioxidant levels among highway toll station workers. We conducted a cross-sectional study of 47 female highway toll station workers exposed to traffic exhausts and 27 female classroom trainees as a reference group. Exposure assessment was based on a biomarker of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon exposure, urinary 1-hydroxypyrene-glucuronide (1-OHPG). Urinary isoprostane was assayed as a biomarker of lipid peroxidation, and plasma antioxidative capacity of lipid-soluble substances (ACL) and water-soluble substances (ACW) was measured. The median concentration of urinary isoprostane was higher among the exposed non-smokers (4.63 ng/mL) compared with the reference non-smokers (3.52 ng/mL, difference: 0.91, 95% CI -0.15 to 1.98) (Wilcoxon rank-sum test: p = 0.04). The median concentration of ACW among non-smoking exposed subjects (37.9 μg/mL Trolox equivalent) was lower than that of the reference non-smokers (86.3 μg/mL). Adjusting for confounding effects by linear regression, a change in log(isoprostane) concentration was significantly related to a unit change in log(1-OHPG) (regression coefficient [ß], β = 0.14, 95% CI 0.07 to 0.21). Exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon is associated with increased lipid peroxidation and reduced antioxidative capacity in toll station workers.
AB - This study was carried out to examine the association between exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon with traffic exhaust and biomarkers of lipid peroxidation and antioxidant levels among highway toll station workers. We conducted a cross-sectional study of 47 female highway toll station workers exposed to traffic exhausts and 27 female classroom trainees as a reference group. Exposure assessment was based on a biomarker of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon exposure, urinary 1-hydroxypyrene-glucuronide (1-OHPG). Urinary isoprostane was assayed as a biomarker of lipid peroxidation, and plasma antioxidative capacity of lipid-soluble substances (ACL) and water-soluble substances (ACW) was measured. The median concentration of urinary isoprostane was higher among the exposed non-smokers (4.63 ng/mL) compared with the reference non-smokers (3.52 ng/mL, difference: 0.91, 95% CI -0.15 to 1.98) (Wilcoxon rank-sum test: p = 0.04). The median concentration of ACW among non-smoking exposed subjects (37.9 μg/mL Trolox equivalent) was lower than that of the reference non-smokers (86.3 μg/mL). Adjusting for confounding effects by linear regression, a change in log(isoprostane) concentration was significantly related to a unit change in log(1-OHPG) (regression coefficient [ß], β = 0.14, 95% CI 0.07 to 0.21). Exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon is associated with increased lipid peroxidation and reduced antioxidative capacity in toll station workers.
KW - 1-hydroxypyrene-glucuronide
KW - Air pollution
KW - Antioxidant capacity
KW - Isoprostane
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U2 - 10.4209/aaqr.2012.01.0021
DO - 10.4209/aaqr.2012.01.0021
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84866467231
VL - 12
SP - 941
EP - 950
JO - Aerosol and Air Quality Research
JF - Aerosol and Air Quality Research
SN - 1680-8584
IS - 5
ER -