AUTHOR=Sisto Renata , Cavallo Delia , Ursini Cinzia Lucia , Fresegna Anna Maria , Ciervo Aureliano , Maiello Raffaele , Paci Enrico , Pigini Daniela , Gherardi Monica , Gordiani Andrea , L'Episcopo Nunziata , Tranfo Giovanna , Capone Pasquale , Carbonari Damiano , Balzani Barbara , Chiarella Pieranna TITLE=Direct and Oxidative DNA Damage in a Group of Painters Exposed to VOCs: Dose – Response Relationship JOURNAL=Frontiers in Public Health VOLUME=8 YEAR=2020 URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/public-health/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2020.00445 DOI=10.3389/fpubh.2020.00445 ISSN=2296-2565 ABSTRACT=
Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are present in several working activities. This work is aimed at comparing oxidative stress and DNA damage biomarkers to specific VOCs in the occupational exposure of painters. Dose-response relationships between biomarkers of oxidative stress and of dose were studied. Unmetabolized VOCs and their urinary metabolites were analyzed. Urinary Methylhyppuric acids (MHIPPs, xylenes metabolite), Phenylglyoxylic and Mandelic acid (PGA, MA ethylbenzene metabolites), S-Benzylmercapturic acid (SBMA, toluene metabolite), and S-Phenylmercapturic acid (SPMA, benzene metabolite) were quantified at the end of work-shift. Oxidative stress was determined by: urinary excretion of 8-oxodGuo, 8-oxoGua and 8-oxoGuo and direct/oxidative DNA damage in blood by Fpg-Comet assay. Multivariate linear regression models were used to assess statistical significance of the association between dose and effect biomarkers. The regressions were studied with and without the effect of