T HE QUEST FOR BIOMARKERS OF EXPOSURE
TO NON - PERSISTENT CHEMICALS
Holger M. Koch
koch@ipa-dguv.de
Institute for Prevention and Occupational Medicine of the German Social Accident Insurance
Institute of the Ruhr-University Bochum (IPA)
Bürkle-de-la-Camp-Platz 1 44789 Bochum, Germany www.ipa-dguv.de
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Ambient Monitoring
external exposure
health effects chemicals:
in air, soil, water, diet, consumer products
Medical
Assessment
Biological Monitoring- Prospects in Occupational and Environmental Medicine Angerer and Weiss (eds.), Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, 1. Edition (2002)
adapted from:
model calculations, including
- various sources of exposure (known and unknown)
- routes of exposure (oral, inhalative, dermal)
Exposure and Risk Estimation
Exposure Assessment
(in the exposure-disease continuum)3
Ambient
Monitoring Human Biomonitoring
external exposure
health effects Biomarkers
of Exposure
Biochemical Effect Markers
Biological
Effect Markers chemicals:
in air, soil, water, diet, consumer products
parent chem., metabolites
protein adducts DNA adducts
cytogenetic parameters, enzymes
Medical
Assessment
Biological Monitoring- Prospects in Occupational and Environmental Medicine Angerer and Weiss (eds.), Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, 1. Edition (2002)
adapted from:
Exposure Assessment
(in the exposure-disease continuum)Exposure and Risk Estimation
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Ambient
Monitoring Human Biomonitoring
external exposure
health effects Biomarkers
of Exposure
Biochemical Effect Markers
Biological
Effect Markers chemicals:
in air, soil, water, diet, consumer products
parent chem., metabolites
protein adducts DNA adducts
cytogenetic parameters, enzymes
Medical
Assessment
Biological Monitoring- Prospects in Occupational and Environmental Medicine Angerer and Weiss (eds.), Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, 1. Edition (2002)
adapted from:
Exposure Assessment
(in the exposure-disease continuum)Exposure and Risk Estimation Specificity to helath effects
Specificity to health effects Specificity to chemical exposure
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Biomarkers of Exposure
parent chem., metabolites
- specific to target compound (exposure) ability to capture all:
- sources of exposure (known and unknown)
- routes of exposure (oral, inhalative, dermal)
Biomarkers of Exposure
… defined by:
• Toxikokinetics
• Metabolism
• Matrix (urine, blood, etc.)
• Specificity
• Contamination
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Toxicant/Metabolite
Urinary Metabolite
1 10 100 1000
Time (Days)
Henderson et al. Crit Rev Toxicol 20: 65-82 (1989) Needham and Sexton. JEAEE 10: 611-629 (2000)
taken from ISEA/ISES Wesolowski Award Presentation, Paris 2006:
Biomonitoring: An Integral Part of Exposure Analysis
Larry L. Needham, Ph.D., National Center for Environmental Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Toxikokinetics: persistent chemicals
• Long elimination half-times
• Higher blood levels relative to urine
Blood is preferred matix
7 Blood
Toxicant/Metabolite
Urinary Metabolite
1 10 100 1000
Time (Days)
taken from ISEA/ISES Wesolowski Award Presentation, Paris 2006:
Biomonitoring: An Integral Part of Exposure Analysis
Larry L. Needham, Ph.D., National Center for Environmental Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Urinary Metabolite 3 Urinary Metabolite 2
Henderson et al. Crit Rev Toxicol 20: 65-82 (1989) Needham and Sexton. JEAEE 10: 611-629 (2000)
Toxikokinetics: non-persistent chemicals
• Quick metabolisation
• Short elimination half-times
• Higher urine levels relative to blood
Urine is preferred matrix
8 1
10 100 1000 10000 100000
0 6 12 18 24
MnBP
3OH-MnBP
Toxikokinetics: n-butyl phthalate
Concentration (in µg/L)
time (in h)
5mg D4-DnBuP (oral, one human volunteer)
serum
Koch et al (2012) Arch Tox 86, 1829-1839.
Lorber and Koch (2013) Environ Int 59, 469–477.
Biomarkers: non-persistent chemicals
9 1
10 100 1000 10000 100000
0 6 12 18 24
MnBP
3OH-MnBP MnBP
3OH-MnBP
Toxikokinetics: n-butyl phthalate
Concentration (in µg/L)
time (in h)
urine serum
Koch et al (2012) Arch Tox 86, 1829-1839.
Lorber and Koch (2013) Environ Int 59, 469–477.
5mg D4-DnBuP (oral, one human volunteer)
Biomarkers: non-persistent chemicals
10 0
2500 5000 7500 10000
0 6 12 18 24
MnBP
3OH-MnBP MnBP
3OH-MnBP
Toxikokinetics: n-butyl phthalate
Concentration (in µg/L)
time (in h)
urine serum
Koch et al (2012) Arch Tox 86, 1829-1839.
Lorber and Koch (2013) Environ Int 59, 469–477.
5mg D4-DnBuP (oral, one human volunteer)
Biomarkers: non-persistent chemicals
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10 100 1000 10000 100000
0 6 12 18 24
iso-BuP
2OH-iso-BuP
Toxikokinetics: iso-butyl paraben
Concentration (in µg/L)
time (in h)
5mg D4-iso-butyl paraben (oral, one human volunteer)
serum
Moos et al. (e-pub 11/25/2015) Arch Tox Serum data in preparation
Biomarkers: non-persistent chemicals
12 1
10 100 1000 10000 100000
0 6 12 18 24
iso-BuP
2OH-iso-BuP iso-BuP
2OH-iso-BuP
Toxikokinetics: iso-butyl paraben
Concentration (in µg/L)
time (in h) urine
serum
Urine is preferred matrix
Moos et al (e-pub 11/25/2015) Arch Tox Serum data in preparation
5mg D4-iso-butyl paraben (oral, one human volunteer)
Biomarkers: non-persistent chemicals
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Parent chemical
Metabolism
Biomarkers: non-persistent chemicals
Metabolite A Metabolite B
Parent chemical
-gluc
-sulf
Metabolite C
Metabolite A Metabolite B
Metabolite C
-gluc -sulf
-gluc -sulf -gluc -sulf
Parent chemical
Phase I Phase II
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Parent chemical
Metabolism
Biomarkers: non-persistent chemicals
Metabolite A Metabolite B
Parent chemical
-gluc
-sulf
Metabolite C
Metabolite A Metabolite B
Metabolite C
-gluc -sulf
-gluc -sulf -gluc -sulf
Parent chemical
Phase I Phase II
Enzymatic deconjugation
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Parent chemical
Metabolism
Biomarkers: non-persistent chemicals
Metabolite A Metabolite B
Metabolite C Parent
chemical
Phase I Phase II
Be careful!
• know, which conjugates you want to cleave
• (e.g. phthalates: gluc; parabens: gluc+sulfates …)
• check stability of target analytes
• (e.g. phthalates are broken down by aryl-sulfatases)
Partial deconjugation or analyte breakdown !
Enzymatic deconjugation
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0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
0-6 6-12 12-18 18-24 24-30
Methyl Paraben
free [%]
sul [%]
glu [%]
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
0-6 6-12 12-18 18-24 24-30
n-Butyl Paraben
free [%]
sul [%]
glu [%]
Conjugate Distribution (Parabens)
to transform all conjugates into free phase I metabolites Gluc-sulf-enzyme (like HP2) is needed
Gluc-sulf-enzymes cleave ester-bonds of phthalates;
Phthalates/substitutes need pure Gluc-enzyme (like E.coli K12)
Moos et al (e-pub 11/25/2015) Arch Tox
Biomarkers: non-persistent chemicals
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Metabolism
Biomarkers: non-persistent chemicals
Parent chemical
Metabolite A Metabolite B
Metabolite C Parent
chemical
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Parent chemical
Metabolism
Biomarkers: non-persistent chemicals
Metabolite A
Metabolite B
Metabolite C
Parent chemical
chemical X chemical Y Biomarker Specificity ! Possible
Contamination !
5%
15%
Back-calculation of the dose
with metabolite conversion factors (Fue)
3% 75%
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Metabolism (example parabens)
Biomarkers: non-persistent chemicals
O H
O O
R
O H
OH O
PHBA
O H
NH O
O H PHHA O
Methyl Paraben
O H
O O
R
(free, glucuronide- and sulphate- conjugates) Methyl Paraben
17%
3%
60%
Moos et al (e-pub 11/25/2015) Arch Tox
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Metabolism (example parabens)
Biomarkers: non-persistent chemicals
O H
O O
R
O H
OH O
PHBA
O H
NH O
O H PHHA O
O H
O O
CH3 O
H
O O
CH3 C
H3
O H
O O
CH3
O H
O O
CH3 C
H3
iso-BuP n-BuP
iso-BuP n-BuP
MeP
O H
O O
R MeP
3-7%
57-64%
5.6%
6.8%
Other chemicals
Parent parabens as biomarkers:
• Different excretion fractions
• Rather low excretion fractions
• Contamination control!
• Preservative in biobanked samples*
* Longnecker et al. (2013) Environ Res 126, 211-214. (2013).
17%
Moos et al (e-pub 11/25/2015) Arch Tox
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Metabolism (example parabens)
Biomarkers: non-persistent chemicals
O H
O O
R
O H
O O
CH3 O
H
O O
CH3 C
H3
O H
O O
CH3
O H
O O
CH3 C
H3
iso-BuP n-BuP
iso-BuP n-BuP
MeP
O H
O O
R MeP
O H
O O
CH3 OH O
H
O O
CH3 C
H3 OH
2OH iso-BuP 3OH n-BuP
5.8%
15.8%
Moos et al (publication submitted)
5.6%
6.8%
17%
• dose extrapolation (daily intakes)
• risk assessment (comparison to
health benchmarks, HQ/HI)
Moos et al (e-pub 11/25/2015) Arch Tox
Poster !
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Metabolism (example phthalates)
C
O
O C H 2 C C C H H H 2 3 ( C H 2 ) 3 C H 3
C H 3
C H 2 ( C H 2 ) 3 C H 3
C H
C H 2
O
O
C
Di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate (DEHP)
C
O
O C H 2 C C C H H H 2 3 ( C H 2 ) 3 C H 3
O H
O C
H O C H 2 C C C H H H 2 3 ( C H 2 ) 3 C H 3
H O C H 2 C C C H H H 2 3 ( C H 2 ) 3 C H 3
C
O O H
O H
O C
2-Ethylhexanol
Mono(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate (MEHP)
2-Ethylhexanol
Phthalic Acid
Koch et al. (2004) Arch Toxicol 78, 123-130.
Koch et al. (2005) Arch Toxicol 79, 367-376.
Chain
length Phthalate Monoester-
Metabolite fue-pm reference
8 DEHP MEHP 6% Koch et al. (2005), Anderson et al. (2011), Kessler et al. (2012)
Chain
length Phthalate Monoester-
Metabolite fue-pm reference
2 DEP MEP ~80% estimated
4 DnBP MnBP 84% Koch et al. (2012), Anderson et al. (2001)
4 DiBP MiBP 71% Koch et al. (2012) Anderson et al. (2001)
6 BBzP MBzP 73% Anderson et al. (2001)
8 DEHP MEHP 6% Koch et al. (2005), Anderson et al. (2011), Kessler et al. (2012)
9 DiNP MiNP 1% Koch et al. (2007), Anderson et al. (2011)
10 DIDP/DPHP MiDP/MPHP <1% Wittassek et al. (2008), Schütze et al. (2014)
Pre-Analytical / Analytical
Contamination !
Plasticizers Personal
Care Products
Biomarkers: non-persistent chemicals
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C
O
O C H 2 C C C H H H 2 3 ( C H 2 ) 3 C H 3
C H 3
C H 2 ( C H 2 ) 3 C H 3
C H
C H 2
O
O
C
Di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate (DEHP)
C
O
O C H 2 C C C H H H 2 3 ( C H 2 ) 3 C H 3
O H
O C
H O C H 2 C C C H H H 2 3 ( C H 2 ) 3 C H 3
H O C H 2 C C C H H H 2 3 ( C H 2 ) 3 C H 3
C
O O H
O H
O C
2-Ethylhexanol
Mono(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate (MEHP)
2-Ethylhexanol
Phthalic Acid
R C H 2 C C C H H H 2 3 ( C H 2 ) 3 C O O H
R C H 2 C C C H H H 2 3 ( C H 2 ) 3 C H 2
O H
R C H 2 C C C H H O 2 O H ( C H 2 ) 3 C H 3
R C H 2 C C C H H H 2 2 O ( C H H 2 ) 3 C H 3
R C H 2 C C C H H H 2 3 C H 2 C
C H 2
O C H 3
R C H 2 C C C H H 3 ( C H 2 ) 3 C H 3
O
R C H 2 C C C H H H 2 3 C H 2 C H
C H 2
O H C H 3
R C H 2 C C C H H H 3 O ( H C H 2 ) 3 C H 3
2-(2-Hydroxyethyl)- hexylphthalate
2-Ethyl-6-hydroxy- hexylphthalate (<5%) 2-(1-Hydroxyethyl)-
hexylphthalate
2-Ethyl-4-hydroxy- hexylphthalate
2-Carboxymethyl- hexylphthalate
(2cx-MMHP)
2-(1-Oxyethyl)- hexylphthalate
2-Ethyl-5-carboxy pentylphthalate
(5cx-MEPP)
2-Ethyl-4-oxy- hexylphthalate
R C H 2 C C C H H H 2 3 ( C H 2 ) 2 C H
C H 3
O H
R C H 2 C C C H H H 2 3 ( C H 2 ) 2 C
C H 3
O
2-Ethyl-5-hydroxy- Hexylphthalate
(5OH-MEHP)
2-Ethyl-5-oxy- Hexylphthalate
(5oxo-MEHP)
15.0%
23.3%
~4.2%
t1/218.5%
>24h
t1/2 15h
t1/2 10h
t1/2 10h
Koch et al. (2004) Arch Toxicol 78, 123-130.
Koch et al. (2005) Arch Toxicol 79, 367-376.
Metabolism (example DEHP)
Biomarkers: non-persistent chemicals
24 Chain
length Phthalate Monoester
Metabolite fue-pm Secondary
metabolite fue-pm reference
2 DEP MEP 80% estimated
4 DnBP MnBP 84% Koch et al. (2012), Anderson et al. (2001)
OH-MnBP 7%
4 DiBP MiBP 71% Koch et al. (2012) Anderson et al. (2001)
OH-MiBP 20%
6 BBzP MBzP 73% Anderson et al. (2001)
8 DEHP MEHP 6% Koch et al. (2005), Anderson et al. (2011), Kessler et al. (2012)
5OH-MEHP 23%
5oxo-MEHP 15%
5cx-MEPP 18%
9 DiNP MiNP 1% Koch et al. (2007), Anderson et al. (2011)
OH-MiNP 18%
oxo-MiNP 10%
cx-MiNP 9%
10 DPHP /DiDP
OH-MPHP 12% Schütze et al. (2014), Wittassek and Angerer (2008)
oxo-MPHP 14%
cx-MPHP 0.5%
Biomarkers of exposure for phthalates
Biomarkers: non-persistent chemicals
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Metabolism (phthalate substitutes)
O
O O O
C9H19
C9H19
O
O OH OH O
O OH
O OH
O
O OH O
O
O
O OH O
O
OH O
O OH O
DINCH MINCH
OH-MINCH
oxo-MINCH
cx-MINCH
CHDA
Hexamoll ® DINCH ®: market introduction in 2002
11% 2%
Schütze et al. (2012) J Chrom B. 895-896, 123-130 Koch et al. (2013) Arch Tox 87, 799–806
Schütze et al. (2015) Chemosphere 128, 216–224 Schütze et al. (e-pub) Arch Tox
2% 24%
<1%
Biomarkers: non-persistent chemicals
Hexamoll® DINCH®: Population Study
1999 2003 2006 2009 2012
Year
German Environmental Specimen Bank:
• 24 h urine samples
• with full info on 24 h urine volume, body weight, etc.
DINCH market introduction
Biomarkers: non-persistent chemicals
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Hexamoll® DINCH®: Population Study
1999 2003 2006 2009 2012
Year 0.1
1.0 10 100 1000
OH- + cx-MINCH in Urine (µg/L)
0.01
DINCH market introduction
Exposure Assessment:
• metabolite levels in urine
• daily intake calculation Risk Assessment:
• Comparison with TDI
• HBM values (UBA)
HBM I (OH-MINCH + cx-MINCH): adults 4500µg/L children 3000 μg/L
HBM Commission (2012)
Bundesgesundheitsblatt - Gesundheitsforschung - Gesundheitsschutz 57 (12), 1451-1461.
?
Biomarkers: non-persistent chemicals
Schütze et al. (2014) Int J Hyg Environ Health 217, 421-426
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Metabolism (phthalate substitutes) DEHTP (Terephthalate)
O O
O O
DEHTP O
O H
O O
OH O
O H
O O
O O H
O O
O OH O
O H
O O
O OH
MEHTP
5oxo-MEHTP 5OH-MEHTP
O O
O H
O O
5cx-MEPTP 2cx-MMHTP
0.3%
1.8% 13%
1.0%
Lessmann et al. (2016) J Chrom B. 1011, 196-203.
Lessmann et al. (accepted) Arch Tox.
Biomarkers: non-persistent chemicals
O O
O O
DEHP
Poster !
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Summary and conclusion
Biomarkers of exposure to non-persistent chemicals
• Urine is preferred matrix
• Toxikokinetics
• Metabolism
• Parent chemical – phase I met. – phase II met (conjugates)
• Metabolite conversion factors
• Specificity
• Contamination
• Exposure Assessment (comparisons; dose)
• Risk Assessment (TDI; HBM/BE)
• Risk Management
Biomarkers: non-persistent chemicals
Acknowledgement
Some of the work has been performed within the Cooperation for the enhancement of HBM between the German Ministry for the Environment, the German Environment Agency (UBA), and the German Chemical Industry Association (VCI)
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IPA:
Biomarkers: non-persistent chemicals
T HE QUEST FOR BIOMARKERS OF EXPOSURE
TO NON - PERSISTENT CHEMICALS
Holger M. Koch
koch@ipa-dguv.de
Institute for Prevention and Occupational Medicine of the German Social Accident Insurance
Institute of the Ruhr-University Bochum (IPA)
Bürkle-de-la-Camp-Platz 1 44789 Bochum, Germany www.ipa-dguv.de
low-molecular weight phthalates
high-molecular weight phthalates parent phthalate primary metabolite
(hydrolytic monoester)
secondary metabolite
(oxidised monoester) parent phthalate primary metabolite (hydrolytic monoester)
secondary metabolite (oxidised monoester)
Dimethyl phthalate (DMP) O
O OO
Mono-methyl phthalate (MMP) O
OH O O
n.a. Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate
(DEHP) O
O O O
Mono(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (MEHP)
O
OH O O
5OH-Mono(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (5OH-MEHP or MEHHP)
OH O
OH O O
Diethyl phthalate (DEP) O
O OO
Mono-ethyl phthalate (MEP) O
OH O O
n.a. 5oxo-Mono(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate
(5oxo-MEHP or MEOHP) O O
OH O O
Di-cyclohexyl phthalate (DCHP)
O
O O O
Mono-cyclohexyl phthalate (MCHP)
O
O OH O
n.a. 5carboxy- Mono(2-ethylhexyl)
phthalate (5cx-MEPP or MECPP) O
OH O
O OH
O
Di-n-penty lphthalate (DnPeP) O
O O O
Mono-n-pentyl phthalate (MnPeP)
O
O OH O
n.a. Di-iso-nonyl phthalate (DiNP)*1
O
O O O
Mono-iso-nonyl phthalate (MiNP)*1
O
O OH O
7OH-Mono-methyloctyl phthalate (OH-MiNP or MHiNP)
OH O
OH O O
Butyl-benzyl phthalate (BBzP) O
O O O
Mono-benzyl phthalate (MBzP) O
OH O O
n.a. 7oxo-Mono-methyloctyl phthalate
(oxo-MiNP or MOiNP) O O
OH O O
Di-iso-butyl phthalate (DiBP) O
O O O
Mono-iso-butyl phthalate (MiBP)
O
OH O O
3OH-Mono-methylpropyl phthalate (OH-MiBP)
O OH
OH O O
7carboxy-Mono-methylheptyl phthalate (cx-MiNP or MCiOP)
O OH O
OH O O
Di-n-butyl phthalate (DnBP) O
O O O
Mono-n-butyl phthalate (MnBP) O
OH O O
3OH-Mono-n-butyl phthalate (OH- MnBP)
OH O
OH O O
Di-iso-decyl phthalate (DiDP)*1 and Dipropylheptyl phthalate (DPHP)
O
O O O
Mono-iso-decyl phthalate*1 (MiDP or MPHP)
O
O OH O
6OH-Mono-propylheptyl phthalate (OH-MPHP, OH-MiDP or MHiDP)
OH O
O OH O
3carboxy-Mono-propyl phthalate (3cx-MiBP or MCPP)
O
OH O
O OH
O
6oxo-Mono-propylheptylphthalate (oxo-MPHP, oxo-MiDP or MOiDP)
O O
O OH O
Mono(2,7-methyl-7-carboxyheptyl) phthalate (cx-MiDP, MCiNP; mono- carboxyisooctyl phthalate)
OH O
OH O O
O
Koch and Calafat (2009):
Phil Trans R Soc B 364:2063-2078.