Quantification of 19 Aldehydes in Human Serum by Headspace SPME/GC/High-Resolution Mass Spectrometry.
Lalith K SilvaGrace A HileKimberly M CapellaMichael F EspenshipMitchell M SmithVíctor R De JesúsBenjamin C BlountPublished in: Environmental science & technology (2018)
Sources of human aldehyde exposure include food additives, combustion of organic matter (tobacco smoke), water disinfection byproducts via ozonation, and endogenous processes. Aldehydes are potentially carcinogenic and mutagenic, and chronic human aldehyde exposure has raised concerns about potential deleterious health effects. To aid investigations of human aldehyde exposure, we developed a novel method to measure 19 aldehydes released from Schiff base protein adducts in serum using controlled acid hydrolysis, solid-phase microextraction (SPME), gas chromatography (GC), and high-resolution mass spectrometry (HRMS). Aldehydes are released from Schiff base protein adducts through acid hydrolysis, and are quantified in trace amounts (μg/L) using stable isotope dilution. Detection limits range from 0.1 to 50 μg/L, with calibration curves spanning 3 orders of magnitude. The analysis of fortified quality control material over a three-month period showed excellent precision and long-term stability (3-22% CV) for samples stored at -70 °C. The intraday precision is also excellent (CV, 1-10%). The method accuracy ranges from 89 to 108% for all measured aldehydes, except acrolein and crotonaldehyde, two aldehydes present in tobacco smoke; their analysis by this method is not considered robust due in part to their reactivity in vivo. However, results strongly suggest that propanal, butanal, isobutanal, and isopentanal levels in smokers are higher than levels in nonsmokers, and thus may be useful as biomarkers of tobacco smoke exposure. This method will facilitate large epidemiological studies involving aldehyde biomonitoring to examine nonoccupational environmental exposures.
Keyphrases
- gas chromatography
- high resolution mass spectrometry
- mass spectrometry
- tandem mass spectrometry
- liquid chromatography
- ultra high performance liquid chromatography
- endothelial cells
- gas chromatography mass spectrometry
- quality control
- drinking water
- induced pluripotent stem cells
- solid phase extraction
- organic matter
- pluripotent stem cells
- quantum dots
- human health
- particulate matter
- anaerobic digestion
- protein protein
- amino acid
- ms ms
- climate change
- heavy metals
- municipal solid waste