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The evidence for conjugated mandelic and phenylglyoxylic acids in the urine of rats dosed with styrene. 1997

I Linhart, and Z Weidenhoffer, and J Mráz, and J Smejkal, and I Mládková
National Institute of Public Health, Centre of Industrial Hygiene and Occupational Diseases, Prague, Czech Republic. igor.linhart@vscht.cz

Male Wistar rats were dosed intraperitoneally with styrene (400 mg/kg). Urine samples were collected over phosphate buffer, pH 6.5 for 24 h. Excretion of mandelic (MA) and phenylglyoxylic acid (PGA) amounted to 1.66 +/- 0.62 and 5.21 +/- 2.44% of dose, respectively, as determined by ion-pair HPLC. After acidic hydrolysis, the amount of MA and PGA found in urine increased to 2.10 +/- 0.84 and 6.81 +/- 3.20% (mean +/- S.D.; n = 7), respectively. A similar increase was observed after alkaline hydrolysis of urine samples. Differences between hydrolysed and non-hydrolysed samples were significant in the paired t-test (P < 0.05). Further, urine samples were fractionated by HPLC. Fractions were subjected to acidic hydrolysis and analysed by HPLC and GC/MS. Both MA and PGA were detected in the fraction which did not contain any of these metabolites before hydrolytic treatment. Thus, MA and PGA, which are used as biomarkers of exposure to styrene, form hydrolysable conjugates in the rat. At least a minor part of the total urinary MA and PGA is bound in these conjugates.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007274 Injections, Intraperitoneal Forceful administration into the peritoneal cavity of liquid medication, nutrient, or other fluid through a hollow needle piercing the abdominal wall. Intraperitoneal Injections,Injection, Intraperitoneal,Intraperitoneal Injection
D008297 Male Males
D008333 Mandelic Acids Analogs or derivatives of mandelic acid (alpha-hydroxybenzeneacetic acid). Acids, Mandelic
D008401 Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry A microanalytical technique combining mass spectrometry and gas chromatography for the qualitative as well as quantitative determinations of compounds. Chromatography, Gas-Liquid-Mass Spectrometry,Chromatography, Gas-Mass Spectrometry,GCMS,Spectrometry, Mass-Gas Chromatography,Spectrum Analysis, Mass-Gas Chromatography,Gas-Liquid Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry,Mass Spectrometry-Gas Chromatography,Chromatography, Gas Liquid Mass Spectrometry,Chromatography, Gas Mass Spectrometry,Chromatography, Mass Spectrometry-Gas,Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry, Gas,Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry, Gas-Liquid,Gas Chromatography Mass Spectrometry,Gas Liquid Chromatography Mass Spectrometry,Mass Spectrometry Gas Chromatography,Spectrometries, Mass-Gas Chromatography,Spectrometry, Gas Chromatography-Mass,Spectrometry, Gas-Liquid Chromatography-Mass,Spectrometry, Mass Gas Chromatography,Spectrometry-Gas Chromatography, Mass,Spectrum Analysis, Mass Gas Chromatography
D011507 Proteinuria The presence of proteins in the urine, an indicator of KIDNEY DISEASES. Proteinurias
D006038 Glyoxylates Derivatives of glyoxylic acid (the structural formula C2H2O3), including its salts and esters.
D000818 Animals Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA. Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D001704 Biopolymers Polymers synthesized by living organisms. They play a role in the formation of macromolecular structures and are synthesized via the covalent linkage of biological molecules, especially AMINO ACIDS; NUCLEOTIDES; and CARBOHYDRATES. Bioplastics,Bioplastic,Biopolymer
D013343 Styrenes Derivatives and polymers of styrene. They are used in the manufacturing of synthetic rubber, plastics, and resins. Some of the polymers form the skeletal structures for ion exchange resin beads.
D017208 Rats, Wistar A strain of albino rat developed at the Wistar Institute that has spread widely at other institutions. This has markedly diluted the original strain. Wistar Rat,Rat, Wistar,Wistar Rats

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