Fast and simple method for the determination of urinary 1-hydroxypyrene

J Sep Sci. 2009 Oct;32(20):3403-10. doi: 10.1002/jssc.200900382.

Abstract

A fast method for the measurement of metabolites of pyrene in urine was improved by HPLC with fluorescence detector using "heart-cut" technique. This method can quantify the total amount of pyrene metabolites corresponding to glucuronic acid and sulfate conjugates as well as free 1-OH-Py. The hydrolyzed biological fluid was directly injected into the chromatographic system, via a column-switching system. Pre-treatment and analysis were performed within 0.5 and 9 min, respectively. Enzymatic hydrolysis has been optimized to not exceed 2 h. The best response function, in the 0.2-10 ng/mL range, is the linear regression, bringing simplicity, good accuracy, and low LOQ. The intra- and interday precision values were inferior to 1 and 2%, respectively. The proposed method provided a simple, convenient, and practical procedure to determine the level of the main urinary pyrene metabolites in biological samples.

Publication types

  • Evaluation Study

MeSH terms

  • Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid / instrumentation
  • Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid / methods*
  • Humans
  • Hydrolysis
  • Mutagens* / isolation & purification
  • Mutagens* / metabolism
  • Pyrenes / analysis*
  • Pyrenes / isolation & purification
  • Pyrenes / metabolism
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Sensitivity and Specificity
  • Spectrometry, Fluorescence / instrumentation
  • Spectrometry, Fluorescence / methods
  • Urine / chemistry*

Substances

  • Mutagens
  • Pyrenes
  • 1-hydroxypyrene