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Development of a competitive immunoassay for the determination of N-(2-hydroxyethyl)valine adducts in human haemoglobin and its application in biological monitoring
Authors:Lathan Ball  Alan Jones  Peter Boogaard  Wolfgang Will  Paul Aston
Institution:  a AB Biomonitoring Ltd., Cardiff, UK b Lyondell Chemical Europe, Inc., Maidenhead, UK c Shell International BV, The Hague, The Netherlands d BASF Akteingesellschaft, Ludwigshafen, Germany
Abstract:Ethylene oxide (EO) is an important industrial compound and a directly acting mutagen. Human exposure to it can be monitored by the determination of haemoglobin (Hb) adducts. An immunoassay that quantifies the N-terminal adduct N-(2-hydroxyethyl)valine in whole blood was developed and its potential usefulness as a tool for biologically monitoring occupational exposure demonstrated. Analytical reliability was confirmed in a comparative study with gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (range 0.040-589?nmol?g-1 Hb, correlation coefficient 0.98, n=10). The assay was configured as a competitive enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay to facilitate the rapid throughput of samples. The assay uses a whole blood matrix and has a working range of 10-10?000 pmol N-(2-hydroxethyl)valine?g-1 Hb. The assay does not appear to be affected by structurally similar metabolites and has been used to determine adducts in human blood samples. The first results from potentially exposed workers indicate the assay might be a powerful tool for the routine occupational biomonitoring of EO exposure.
Keywords:ethylene oxide  haemoglobin adducts  immunoassay  biological monitoring
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