PMID: 9167056Jan 1, 1996Paper

Metabolism and excretion of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in rat and in human

Central European Journal of Public Health
J Jacob, G Grimmer

Abstract

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons have shown to be an important class of environmental and occupational carcinogens. By balancing the carcinogenic potential PAH were found to predominantly contribute to the biological activity of environmental matter such as vehicle exhaust, used motor oil, and hard-coal combustion effluents. Due to the individual ratio of toxifying and detoxifying processes PAH-exposure measurements are not appropriate to be used for risk assessment without any further information on their metabolic fate. Accordingly, metabolite profiles of phenanthrene, pyrene, chrysene, benz(a)anthracene and fluoranthene have been recorded in both tar-pitch exposed Wistar rats and coke plant workers. The results show that metabolite profiles are invariant individual parameters which, however, vary from one individual to another. Significant differences with regard to the ratio of k-region and non-k-region hydroxylation of phenanthrene have been observed in a greater number of coke plant workers. This ratio might be helpful for risk assessment studies since it reflects the various cytochrome P450-dependent monooxygenase isoforms participating in the metabolism of PAH. Studies of this kind can only be carried out with substrate...Continue Reading

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