PMID- 21749114 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20120118 LR - 20211020 IS - 1520-5010 (Electronic) IS - 0893-228X (Print) IS - 0893-228X (Linking) VI - 24 IP - 9 DP - 2011 Sep 19 TI - Quantitative analysis of trihydroxybutyl mercapturic acid, a urinary metabolite of 1,3-butadiene, in humans. PG - 1516-26 LID - 10.1021/tx2001306 [doi] AB - 1,3-Butadiene (BD) is a known human carcinogen present in cigarette smoke and in automobile exhaust, leading to widespread exposure of human populations. BD requires cytochrome P450-mediated metabolic activation to electrophilic species, e.g. 3,4-epoxy-1-butene (EB), hydroxymethyl vinyl ketone (HMVK), and 3,4-epoxy-1,2-diol (EBD), which form covalent adducts with DNA. EB, HMVK, and EBD can be conjugated with glutathione and ultimately excreted in urine as monohydroxybutenyl mercapturic acid (MHBMA), dihydroxybutyl mercapturic acid (DHBMA), and trihydroxybutyl mercapturic acid (THBMA), respectively, which can serve as biomarkers of BD exposure and metabolic processing. While MHBMA and DHBMA have been found in smokers and nonsmokers, THBMA has not been previously detected in humans. In the present work, an isotope dilution HPLC-ESI(-)-MS/MS methodology was developed and employed to quantify THBMA in urine of known smokers and nonsmokers (19-27 per group). The new method has excellent sensitivity (LOQ, 1 ng/mL urine) and achieves accurate quantitation using a small sample volume (100 muL). Mean urinary THBMA concentrations in smokers and nonsmokers were found to be 21.6 and 13.7 ng/mg creatinine, respectively, suggesting that there are sources of THBMA other than exposure to tobacco smoke in humans, as is also the case for DHBMA. However, THBMA concentrations are significantly greater in urine of smokers than that of nonsmokers (p < 0.01). Furthermore, THBMA amounts in human urine declined 25-50% following smoking cessation, suggesting that smoking is an important source of this metabolite in humans. The HPLC-ESI(-)-MS/MS methodology developed in the present work will be useful for future epidemiological studies of BD exposure and metabolism. FAU - Kotapati, Srikanth AU - Kotapati S AD - Department of Medicinal Chemistry and the Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA. FAU - Matter, Brock A AU - Matter BA FAU - Grant, Amy L AU - Grant AL FAU - Tretyakova, Natalia Y AU - Tretyakova NY LA - eng GR - P01 CA138338-03/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 CA100670-07/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - P01 CA138338/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 CA100670/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - P30 CA077598/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - P01 CA138338-02/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - P01 CA138338-01A1/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Validation Study DEP - 20110804 PL - United States TA - Chem Res Toxicol JT - Chemical research in toxicology JID - 8807448 RN - 0 (Butadienes) RN - 0 (Carcinogens) RN - 0 (trihydroxybutyl mercapturic acid) RN - JSD5FGP5VD (1,3-butadiene) RN - WYQ7N0BPYC (Acetylcysteine) SB - IM MH - Acetylcysteine/*analogs & derivatives/metabolism/urine MH - Butadienes/*metabolism MH - Carcinogens/*metabolism MH - Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid/methods MH - Humans MH - Sensitivity and Specificity MH - Smoking/metabolism/*urine MH - Smoking Cessation MH - Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization/*methods MH - Tandem Mass Spectrometry/methods PMC - PMC3208903 MID - NIHMS316607 EDAT- 2011/07/14 06:00 MHDA- 2012/01/19 06:00 PMCR- 2012/09/19 CRDT- 2011/07/14 06:00 PHST- 2011/07/14 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2011/07/14 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2012/01/19 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2012/09/19 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.1021/tx2001306 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Chem Res Toxicol. 2011 Sep 19;24(9):1516-26. doi: 10.1021/tx2001306. Epub 2011 Aug 4.