Increased levels of the oxidative stress biomarker 8-iso-prostaglandin F 2α in wastewater associated with tobacco use

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  • Yeonsuk Ryu
  • Emma Gracia-Lor
  • Richard Bade
  • J. A. Baz-Lomba
  • Jørgen G. Bramness
  • Sara Castiglioni
  • Erika Castrignanò
  • Ana Causanilles
  • Adrian Covaci
  • Pim De Voogt
  • Felix Hernandez
  • Barbara Kasprzyk-Hordern
  • Kinyua, Juliet Wawira
  • Ann Kathrin McCall
  • Christoph Ort
  • Benedek G. Plósz
  • Pedram Ramin
  • Nikolaos I. Rousis
  • Malcolm J. Reid
  • Kevin V. Thomas

Wastewater analysis has been demonstrated to be a complementary approach for assessing the overall patterns of drug use by a population while the full potential of wastewater-based epidemiology has yet to be explored. F2-isoprostanes are a prototype wastewater biomarker to study the cumulative oxidative stress at a community level. In this work, 8-iso-prostaglandin F (8-iso-PGF 2α) was analysed in raw 24 h-composite wastewater samples collected from 4 Norwegian and 7 other European cities in 2014 and 2015. Using the same samples, biomarkers of alcohol (ethyl sulfate) and tobacco (trans-3′-hydroxycotinine) use were also analysed to investigate any possible correlation between 8-iso-PGF and the consumption of the two drugs. The estimated per capita daily loads of 8-iso-PGF in the 11 cities ranged between 2.5 and 9.9 mg/day/1000 inhabitants with a population-weighted mean of 4.8 mg/day/1000 inhabitants. There were no temporal trends observed in the levels of 8-iso-PGF 2α, however, spatial differences were found at the inter-city level correlating to the degree of urbanisation. The 8-iso-PGF mass load was found to be strongly associated with that of trans-3′-hydroxycotinine while it showed no correlation with ethyl sulfate. The present study shows the potential for 8-iso-PGF as a wastewater biomarker for the assessment of community public health.

OriginalsprogEngelsk
Artikelnummer39055
TidsskriftScientific Reports
Vol/bind6
ISSN2045-2322
DOI
StatusUdgivet - 2016
Eksternt udgivetJa

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