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ArticleAnalytical chemistry2022

Influence of Chlorinating Agents on the Formation of Stable Biomarkers in Hair for the Retrospective Verification of Exposure.

Severin V Martz, Matthias Wittwer, Chia-Wei Tan-Lin, Christian G Bochet, Maximilian Brackmann, Christophe Curty

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Article in Analytical chemistry, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Severin V MartzChemistry Division, Federal Office for Civil Protection, Spiez Laboratory, 3700 Spiez, Switzerland.
Matthias WittwerBiology Division, Federal Office for Civil Protection, Spiez Laboratory, 3700 Spiez, Switzerland.
Chia-Wei Tan-LinFunctional Genomics Center Zurich, University & ETH Zurich, 8057 Zürich, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0003-4777-2916
Christian G BochetDepartment of Chemistry, University of Fribourg, 1700 Fribourg, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0003-4267-0523
Maximilian BrackmannBiology Division, Federal Office for Civil Protection, Spiez Laboratory, 3700 Spiez, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0003-0079-1693
Christophe CurtyChemistry Division, Federal Office for Civil Protection, Spiez Laboratory, 3700 Spiez, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0003-1527-7638
Spiez Laboratory · CHUniversity of Fribourg · CHETH Zurich · CH

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chlorine, as a dual-use chemical, is an essential industrial chemical which has been used as a chemical weapon in the past due to its toxicity and availability. The retrospective verification of chlorine intoxication is often especially challenging, and unambiguous markers are still missing. In this study, the effects of different chlorinating and oxidizing agents on human hair were investigated. Samples were exposed to a variety of chlorinating chemicals for a short time and then completely hydrolyzed by a HBr solution to break down their keratin proteins into individual amino acids. After derivatization and targeted liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry analysis, 3-chlorotyrosine and 3,5-dichlorotyrosine were unambiguously identified from human hair exposed to chlorine, hypochlorite, and sulfuryl chloride. Our results show long-term stability of these markers in the biological matrix, as the chlorotyrosines can still be found 10 months post-exposure at the same levels. Finally, an untargeted analysis was able to discriminate between some of the different intoxicants.

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ChlorineHairBiomarkersHumansMass SpectrometryRetrospective StudiesBiomarkersChlorine

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PMID36414482
PMCPMC9730300
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