Ema G Rodrigues1, Kristen Smith, Alexis L Maule, Andreas Sjodin, Zheng Li, Lovisa Romanoff, Karl Kelsey, Susan Proctor, Michael D McClean. 1. From the Department of Environmental Health (Drs Rodrigues and Smith), Harvard School of Public Health, Boston; Department of Environmental Health (Ms Maule and Drs Proctor and McClean), Boston University School of Public Health, Mass; Organic Analytical Toxicology Branch (Drs Sjodin and Li and Ms Romanoff), Division of Laboratory Sciences, National Center for Environmental Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Ga; Department of Epidemiology (Dr Kelsey), Brown University School of Medicine, Providence, RI; Military Performance Division (Dr Proctor), US Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine, Natick; and VA Boston Healthcare System (Dr Proctor), Mass.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the association between inhalation exposure to jet propulsion fuel 8 (JP-8) and urinary metabolites among US Air Force (USAF) personnel, and investigate the role of glutathione S-transferase polymorphisms. METHODS: Personal air samples were collected from 37 full-time USAF personnel during 4 consecutive workdays and analyzed for JP-8 constituents and total hydrocarbons. Pre- and postshift urine samples were collected each day and analyzed for polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon urinary metabolites. RESULTS: Work shift exposure to total hydrocarbons was significantly associated with postshift urinary 1-naphthol (β = 0.17; P = <0.0001), 2-naphthol (β = 0.09; P = 0.005), and 2-hydroxyfluorene concentrations (β = 0.08; P = 0.006), and a significant gene-environment interaction was observed with glutathione S-transferase mu-1. CONCLUSIONS: USAF personnel experience inhalation exposure to JP-8, which is associated with absorption of JP-8 constituents while performing typical job-related tasks, and in our data the glutathione S-transferase mu-1 polymorphism was associated with differential metabolism of naphthalene.
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the association between inhalation exposure to jet propulsion fuel 8 (JP-8) and urinary metabolites among US Air Force (USAF) personnel, and investigate the role of glutathione S-transferase polymorphisms. METHODS: Personal air samples were collected from 37 full-time USAF personnel during 4 consecutive workdays and analyzed for JP-8 constituents and total hydrocarbons. Pre- and postshift urine samples were collected each day and analyzed for polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon urinary metabolites. RESULTS: Work shift exposure to total hydrocarbons was significantly associated with postshift urinary 1-naphthol (β = 0.17; P = <0.0001), 2-naphthol (β = 0.09; P = 0.005), and 2-hydroxyfluorene concentrations (β = 0.08; P = 0.006), and a significant gene-environment interaction was observed with glutathione S-transferase mu-1. CONCLUSIONS: USAF personnel experience inhalation exposure to JP-8, which is associated with absorption of JP-8 constituents while performing typical job-related tasks, and in our data the glutathione S-transferase mu-1 polymorphism was associated with differential metabolism of naphthalene.
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