Assessing indoor air exposures using passive sampling with bioanalytical methods for estrogenicity and aryl hydrocarbon receptor activity |
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Authors: | Karen Kennedy Miroslava Macova Frederic Leusch Michael E Bartkow Darryl W Hawker Bin Zhao Michael S Denison and Jochen F Mueller |
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Institution: | (1) EnTox (The National Research Centre for Environmental Toxicology), The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, 4108, Australia;(2) Smart Water Research Facility, Griffith University, Gold Coast, QLD, 4222, Australia;(3) School of Environment, Griffith University, Nathan, QLD, 4111, Australia;(4) Department of Environmental Toxicology, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA |
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Abstract: | Passive air sampling was undertaken using polyurethane foam passive air samplers at three types of locations, including indoors
(six offices) at buildings in the central business district (CBD) and at a private suburban home (indoor and outdoor) located
9 km from the CBD in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Estrogenic (E-SCREEN—MCF7-BOS) and aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR) (CAFLUX—H4G1.1c2)
activity were assessed for samples collected from each of these locations. The samples were tested either as crude extracts
(“untreated”) or were subjected to H2SO4 silica gel (“treated”) for each location in order to determine whether chemicals, which are not resistant to this treatment
like polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, potentially account for the observed activity. In most cases, H2SO4 treatment resulted in a statistically significant reduction of potency for both endpoints, suggesting that chemicals less
resistant to treatment may be responsible for much of the detected biological activity in these locations. Estrogenic potency
measurements (<0.22–185 pg m−3) were highest in the indoor offices, followed by the indoor suburban home and finally the outdoor suburban home (which was
not estrogenic). Total AhR activity for crude extracts (1.3–10 pg m−3) however was highest for the outdoor suburban home site. Levels of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons were monitored indoors
and outdoors at the suburban home. At that location, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon air concentrations were on average approximately
two times higher outdoor than indoor, while AhR potency was five times higher outdoor than indoor. No significant correlation
was found between the estrogenic and AhR activity (P = 0.88) for the sites in this study.
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Keywords: | Aryl hydrocarbon receptor activity Estrogenicity Bioanalytical methods Indoor air Passive air sampling |
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