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Title: Cross-validation of biomonitoring methods for polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon metabolites in human urine: Results from the formative phase of the Household Air Pollution Intervention Network (HAPIN) trial in India.

Authors: Puttaswamy, Naveen; Saidam, Sudhakar; Rajendran, Gayathri; Arumugam, Kokila; Gupton, Savannah; Williams, Erin W; Johnson, Cierra L; Panuwet, Parinya; Rajkumar, Sarah; Clark, Maggie L; Peel, Jennifer L; Checkley, William; Clasen, Thomas; Balakrishnan, Kalpana; Barr, Dana Boyd

Published In J Chromatogr B Analyt Technol Biomed Life Sci, (2020 Oct 01)

Abstract: The Household Air Pollution Intervention Network (HAPIN) trial is evaluating health benefits of a liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) stove intervention in biomass cook-fuel using homes (n = 3200) in four low-and middle-income countries (LMICs) that include Peru, Guatemala, Rwanda and India. Longitudinal urine samples (n = 6000) collected from enrolled pregnant women, infants and older women will be analyzed for biomarkers associated with exposure and health outcomes. We report results from cross-validation of a lower cost high-performance liquid chromatography with fluorescence detection (HPLC-FLD) method with a higher resolution liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) method for the measurement of 1-hydroxypyrene (1PYR) and 2-naphthol (2NAP). Twenty-five split urine samples were analyzed by HPLC-FLD method at the India trial site in Chennai, India and by LC-MSMS method at the trial wide Biomarker Coordinating Center, Emory University, USA. The limits of detection (LOD) for the HPLC-FLD method were 0.02 ng/mL and 0.07 ng/mL for 2NAP and 1PYR, respectively. Bland-Altman analysis estimated a bias of 2.98 ng/ml for 2NAP (95% CI: -5.22, -0.75) and 0.09 ng/mL for 1PYR (95% CI: -0.02, 0.21) with HPLC-FLD levels being lower than LC-MSMS levels at higher concentrations. Analyses of additional urine samples (n = 119) collected during the formative phase of the HAPIN trial in India, showed 2NAP and 1PYR levels to be consistently above the limit of quantification (LOQ) and demonstrated the applicability of the method. The HPLC-FLD method can serve as a cost-effective and reliable analytical method to measure 2NAP and 1PYR in human urine in LMICs, within and beyond the HAPIN trial.

PubMed ID: 32755815 Exiting the NIEHS site

MeSH Terms: Adult; Air Pollutants/metabolism; Air Pollutants/urine*; Biological Monitoring/methods*; Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; Cooking; Environmental Exposure/analysis*; Female; Humans; India; Infant; Infant, Newborn; Limit of Detection; Linear Models; Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons/metabolism; Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons/urine*; Pregnancy; Reproducibility of Results; Tandem Mass Spectrometry

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