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Original Articles

IDENTIFICATION OF S-(1,2-DICHLOROVINYL)GLUTATHIONE IN THE BLOOD OF HUMAN VOLUNTEERS EXPOSED TO TRICHLOROETHYLENE

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Published online: 30 Nov 2010
 

Healthy male and female human volunteers were exposed to 50 ppm or 100 ppm trichloroethylene (Tri) by inhalation for 4 h. Blood and urine samples were taken at various times before, during, and after the exposure period for analysis of glutathione (GSH), related thiols and disulfides, and GSH-derived metabolites of Tri. The GSH conjugate of Tri, S-(1,2-dichlorovinyl) glutathione (DCVG), was found in the blood of all subjects from 30 min after the start of the 4-h exposure to Tri to 1 to 8 h after the end of the exposure period, depending on the dose of Tri and the sex of the subject. Male subjects exposed to 100 ppm Tri exhibited a maximal content of DCVG in the blood at 2 h after the start of the exposure of 46.1 +/- 14.2 nmol/ ml (n = 8), whereas female subjects exposed to 100 ppm Tri exhibited a maximal content of DCVG in the blood at 4 h after the start of the exposure of only 13.4 +/- 6.6 nmol/ ml (n = 8). Pharmacokinetic analysis of blood DCVG concentrations showed that the area under the curve value was 3.4-