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An enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for detecting 3-phenoxybenzoic acid in plasma and its application in farmers and consumers
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Oct 24 2012
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Source: Anal Methods. 4(11):3772-3778
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Alternative Title:Anal Methods
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Description:The aim of this study was to identify a plasma biomarker of exposure to pyrethroid insecticides. A major metabolite, 3-phenoxybenzoic acid (3-PBA), can be detected in urine but urinary 3-PBA cannot be used to assess the active dose. The 3-PBA-adduct represents a much more persistent class of biomarkers than metabolites excreted into urine, having half lives up to several weeks or months. We developed an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for total 3-PBA including adduct formed after alkaline hydrolysis, liquid-liquid extraction (LLE) and solid phase extraction (SPE) of the sample. The developed ELISA had an IC| value of 26.7 ng/mL. The intra- and inter-assay coefficients of variation (%CV) were lower than 5% and were within the optimum condition variance (OCV) range. The LLE cleanup technique satisfactorily eliminated the matrix effect from plasma samples before SPE and ELISA analysis yielding good recoveries (85.9-99.4%) with a limit of quantitation (LOQ, 5 ng/mL) that was 30- to 47-fold more sensitive than previous studies. Moreover, the developed method could separate more than 80% of 3-PBA from adduct form. The method was successfully applied to the detection of the target in real samples obtained from consumers (n=50) and farmers (n=50). To our knowledge, this is the first ELISA method for detecting 3-PBA in human plasma and applied to a field study.
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Pubmed ID:23667388
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Pubmed Central ID:PMC3646417
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