Risk assessment of deoxynivalenol in high-risk area of China by human biomonitoring using an improved high throughput UPLC-MS/MS method

Sci Rep. 2018 Mar 1;8(1):3901. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-22206-y.

Abstract

A risk assessment of deoxynivalenol (DON) was recently conducted for the residents in Henan province, China, where wheat as the staple food are highly consumed. A high-throughput sensitive UPLC-MS/MS method following 96-well μElution solid-phase extraction (SPE) were developed and validated for the determination of DON biomarkers in human urine. Isotope labelled internal standard, 13C-DON, was used for accurate quantification. Urinary samples collected from 151 healthy Chinese aged 2-78 years were processed with and without enzyme hydrolysis to determine total and free biomarkers, respectively. DON, and de-epoxy-deoxynivalenol (DOM-1) to a lesser extent, can be frequently detected in these samples both with and without enzyme hydrolysis. Free DOM-1 was detected at low level in human urine for the first time. Total DON was detected in all samples with a mean concentration at 47.6 ng mL-1. The mean and median probable daily intakes (PDI) for the whole participants, estimated to be 1.61 μg/kg bw and 1.10 μg/kg bw, both exceeded the PMTDI (1 μg/kg bw/day), indicating a potential risk for the residents in this area, especially for children and adolescents.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Biomarkers / urine
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • China
  • Chromatography, Liquid / methods
  • Environmental Exposure / analysis
  • Environmental Monitoring / methods*
  • Female
  • Food Contamination / analysis
  • High-Throughput Screening Assays / methods
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Mycotoxins / analysis
  • Risk Assessment / methods*
  • Risk Factors
  • Tandem Mass Spectrometry / methods
  • Trichothecenes / analysis*
  • Trichothecenes / chemistry
  • Trichothecenes / urine
  • Triticum / chemistry

Substances

  • Biomarkers
  • Mycotoxins
  • Trichothecenes
  • deepoxy-deoxynivalenol
  • deoxynivalenol