Journal article
Validation of blood arsenic and manganese assessment from archived clotted erythrocyte fraction in an urban cohort of mother-child dyads
The Science of the total environment, Vol.810, p.152320
03/01/2022
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.152320
PMCID: PMC9709768
PMID: 34915002
Abstract
Exposure to arsenic (As) and manganese (Mn) from contaminated food, drinking water and dust are linked to a host of adverse health effects. The recent discovery of unmonitored community exposures to hazardous levels of metals, as seen in the Flint Water Crisis and East Chicago, have demonstrated a need for novel biomonitoring methods utilizing samples other than whole blood. Here, we present a method utilizing clotted erythrocyte fraction samples, a blood component commonly archived in biorepositories, to predict whole blood levels of As and Mn. This method would allow for innovative retrospective assessments of environmental exposures in previously unused samples. Whole blood and clotted erythrocyte fraction samples were simultaneously collected from 84 participants in the Airborne Exposure to Semivolatile Organic Pollutants (AESOP) cohort study of mother-child dyads in East Chicago. Clotted erythrocyte fraction samples were prepared by alkaline dilution and subsequently analyzed using inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry. A strong linear relationship was observed between whole blood and clotted erythrocyte fraction with Pearson correlation coefficients (r, p < 0.001) of 0.74, and 0.82 for As and Mn, respectively. Modeled whole blood Mn levels predicted from clotted erythrocyte fractions evaluated at a test threshold representing the NHANES median of 9.7 μg/L, were found to have diagnostic sensitivity of 88% and specificity of 71%. Clotted erythrocyte partitioning of As was tested on a wide range of oral gavage doses using a rat model. Results from this investigation demonstrate clotted erythrocyte fraction samples are a viable alternative biological sample for retrospective public health surveillance of environmental exposure to As and Mn.
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•As and Mn were strongly correlated between whole blood and clotted erythrocyte fraction.•Whole blood As and Mn levels were predicted using clotted erythrocyte fraction.•Whole blood Mn levels among mother-child dyads in East Chicago were elevated compared to NHANES.•Whole blood As levels among mother-child dyads in East Chicago were similar to national levels.•Clotted erythrocyte fraction is a viable alternative for retrospective surveillance of toxic metals exposure.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Validation of blood arsenic and manganese assessment from archived clotted erythrocyte fraction in an urban cohort of mother-child dyads
- Creators
- Ezazul Haque - University of IowaMargaret E Moran - University of IowaHui Wang - University of IowaAndrea Adamcakova-Dodd - University of IowaPeter S Thorne - University of Iowa
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- The Science of the total environment, Vol.810, p.152320
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.152320
- PMID
- 34915002
- PMCID
- PMC9709768
- NLM abbreviation
- Sci Total Environ
- ISSN
- 0048-9697
- eISSN
- 1879-1026
- Publisher
- Elsevier B.V
- Grant note
- Funding for the AESOP Study is from the Iowa Superfund Research Program, grant NIH P42ES013661. The metals analysis described in this report was funded by the Environmental Health Sciences Research Center, grant NIH P30ES005605.
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 03/01/2022
- Academic Unit
- Civil and Environmental Engineering; Occupational and Environmental Health; Stead Family Department of Pediatrics; Iowa Superfund Research Program
- Record Identifier
- 9984202143302771
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