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Possible Relationship between Respiratory Diseases and Urinary Concentrations of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Metabolites

Version 1 : Received: 28 October 2022 / Approved: 7 November 2022 / Online: 7 November 2022 (10:12:30 CET)

How to cite: Urbancová, K.; Vondraskova, V.; Solansky, I.; Pastorkova, A.; Pulkrabova, J.; Sram, R.J. Possible Relationship between Respiratory Diseases and Urinary Concentrations of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Metabolites. Preprints 2022, 2022110116. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202211.0116.v1 Urbancová, K.; Vondraskova, V.; Solansky, I.; Pastorkova, A.; Pulkrabova, J.; Sram, R.J. Possible Relationship between Respiratory Diseases and Urinary Concentrations of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Metabolites. Preprints 2022, 2022110116. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202211.0116.v1

Abstract

Aim: Exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) has been in the past associated with adverse effects on human health among which belong also respiratory diseases. Our study is focused on the evaluation of PAH exposure by measuring the concentrations of their monohydroxylated metabolites (OH-PAHs) in urine and comparing their concentrations with the incidence of respiratory diseases in 2-year-old children from two locations of the Czech Republic – a control locality Ceske Budejovice and a previously highly contaminated mining district Most. Methods: The total number of 248 participants were sampled for urine samples that were analysed for the presence of 11 OH-PAHs using liquid-liquid extraction with ethyl acetate and clean-up employing dispersive solid phase extraction with a sorbent Z-Sep. Separation, identification and quantification of the target compounds was achieved by ultra-high performance liquid chromatography coupled to tandem mass spectrometry. The incidence of respiratory diseases was evaluated according to the questionnaires provided by the paediatricians. Results and discussion: The concentrations of measured OH-PAHs were higher in the urine samples collected from 2-year-old children living in Most compared to 2-year-old children from Ceske Budejovice. The same trend was observed also when the urine samples were analysed when these children were studied as newborns in our previous study. From all of the monitored respiratory diseases, only influenza due to unidentified influenza virus showed a difference between tested locations where the 2-year-old children living in Most were more frequently diagnosed with this disease. Conclusion: Even though the air pollution and lifestyle in both cities is very similar, we have observed higher incidence of respiratory diseases as well as higher concentration of OH-PAHs in urine of the 2-year-old children from Most. Therefore, we hypothesize that the population living in this previously highly contaminated location (in 1970s and 1980s) can carry some long-term health burden.

Keywords

2-year-old children; respiratory diseases; influenza; OH-PAHs; metabolites; urine

Subject

Medicine and Pharmacology, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health

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