Simplified urinary immunoassay for 2,4-D: Validation and exposure assessment

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作者
Lyubimov, AV
Garry, VF
Carlson, RE
Barr, DB
Baker, SE
机构
[1] Univ Minnesota, Sch Med, Lab Environm Med, Minneapolis, MN 55414 USA
[2] ECOCHEM Res Inc, Chaska, MN USA
[3] Ctr Dis Control & Prevent, Atlanta, GA USA
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JOURNAL OF LABORATORY AND CLINICAL MEDICINE | 2000年 / 136卷 / 02期
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10.1067/mlc.2000.108150
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R446 [实验室诊断]; R-33 [实验医学、医学实验];
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1001 ;
摘要
Urinary monitoring of exposed workers by either analytic chemical methods or radioimmunoassay suggests that urinary levels of 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D) exceeding 30 ppb are indicative of occupational exposure. However, the current methods do not lend themselves to clinical laboratory use in the rural medical setting. The major goal of this project was to provide medical practitioners who care for members of the agricultural community with a cost-efficient way to conduct exposure assessment. This project used a direct 2,4-D enzyme immunoassay (EIA) and measurement of the ratio between 2,4-D-spiked and non-spiked samples of the same urine to quantify 2,4-D levels. This simplified approach minimizes the effects of non-specific interfering substances in urine and eliminates the need for sample extraction and clean-up. Possible urine co-contaminants (2,4-dichlorophenol and 2,5-dichlorophenol) do not significantly interfere with this immunoassay. Twenty-two forest pesticide applicators who apply and use chlorophenoxy herbicides in their work and 14 comparable control subjects were studied to validate the assay in the occupational setting. Coded urine specimens were examined for levels of 2,4-D by high-performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (HPLC-MS/MS) and compared with immunoassay results from the same specimens. A correlation coefficient of r = 0.982 with a P value of .0001 for a plot of HPLC-MS/MS versus immunoassay demonstrated that the results from these methods were comparable over urinary dose levels ranging from not detectable (<19 ppb) to 1700 ppb 2,4-D, as determined by immunoassay.
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