Monitoring of systemic exposure to plant protection products and DNA damage in orchard workers

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• 作者：Konstantinos M. Kasiotis^a ; ¹ ; Katerina Kyriakopoulou^a ; ¹ ; Christina Emmanouil^a ; Nektaria Tsantila^a ; Jyrki Liesivuori^b ; Helen Souki^c ; Sotiris Manakis^d ; Kyriaki Machera^a ; ^{k.machera@bpi.gr}
• 关键词：GC&ndash ; MS&ndash ; MS ; DNA damage ; Comet assay ; Biomonitoring ; Pesticides
• 刊名：Toxicology Letters
• 出版年：2012
• 期刊代码：49_03784274
• 类别：pha
• 出版时间：25 April, 2012
• 卷：210
• 期：2
• 页码：182-188
• 文件大小：489 K

摘要

The systemic exposure of plum tree growers and operators to plant protection products (PPPs) and effects on DNA were assessed. Specifically, a GC-MS/MS method was developed and validated for the analysis of serum samples for the presence of seven active substances of PPPs. The analytical results verified the presence of myclobutanil, propargite, cypermethrin and deltamethrin in 7 out of 19 serum samples. The incidence of DNA damage was monitored using the single cell electrophoresis assay (comet assay). A paired Student's t-test revealed a statistically significant increase of SSBs in the blood samples collected at the end of the cropping period as compared to the samples collected from the same subjects before the start of PPPs application period. Moreover, the group of seven subjects with detectable serum pesticides levels revealed statistically significant increase of SSBs as compared to the group of subjects with no detectable PPP levels. The results of the present study demonstrate that the agriculture workers may exhibit detectable level of systemic exposure to the applied PPPs which are correlated to increased DNA damage during the cultivation period.