Chen Weiguo, Ruan Zheng, Xu Chengmin, Qian Yaling
Zhe Jiang Academy of Medical Science, Hangzhou 310013, China.
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Zhonghua Lao Dong Wei Sheng Zhi Ye Bing Za Zhi. 2014 May;32(5):361-4.
To assess the value of blood N-methylcarbamoylated haemoglobin (NMHb) as a biomarker of N, N-dimethylformamide (DMF) exposure.
Seventy-two DMF processing workers in a synthetic leather factory were included in the DMF exposure group, and 12 workers in a food factory without exposure to DMF were included in the control group. Long-time individual sampling in workplace was performed among 45 workers in the exposure group, accompanied by a questionnaire survey. Blood and urine were collected for the determination of urinary N-methylformamide (NMF), urinary creatinine, and blood NMHb. Air DMF and urinary NMF were determined by gas chromatography. NMHb in blood was degraded to 3-methyl-5-isopropylhydantoin by Edman degradation before it could be determined by gas chromatography/mass spectrometry.
Air DMF in workplace and NMF in post-shift urine were both correlated with NMHb in blood, and the respective regression equations were LgNMHb (nmol/g globin) = 0.32×LgDMF (mg/m(3))+1.8 (r = 0.60, P < 0.005), and LgNMHb (nmol/g globin) = 0.47×LgNMF (mg/g Cr) + 1.4 (r = 0.56, P < 0.005).
NMHb can be used as a biomarker of long-term exposure to DMF.
评估血液中N - 甲基氨基甲酰化血红蛋白(NMHb)作为N,N - 二甲基甲酰胺(DMF)暴露生物标志物的价值。
将某合成皮革厂的72名DMF加工工人纳入DMF暴露组,将某未接触DMF的食品厂的12名工人纳入对照组。对暴露组中的45名工人进行工作场所长期个体采样,并同时进行问卷调查。采集血液和尿液以测定尿N - 甲基甲酰胺(NMF)、尿肌酐和血液NMHb。采用气相色谱法测定空气中的DMF和尿中的NMF。血液中的NMHb经埃德曼降解法降解为3 - 甲基 - 5 - 异丙基乙内酰脲后,再用气相色谱/质谱法进行测定。
工作场所空气中的DMF和下班后尿液中的NMF均与血液中的NMHb相关,各自的回归方程分别为LgNMHb(nmol/g珠蛋白) = 0.32×LgDMF(mg/m³) + 1.8(r = 0.60,P < 0.005),以及LgNMHb(nmol/g珠蛋白) = 0.47×LgNMF(mg/g Cr) + 1.4(r = 0.56,P < 0.005)。
NMHb可作为长期接触DMF的生物标志物。