Journal
CHEMOSPHERE
Volume 222, Issue -, Pages 541-548Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2019.01.168
Keywords
Dioxin-like PCB; Daily intake; First-order pharmacokinetic model; Age-dependent half-life
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [21737001, 41821005]
- International S&T Cooperation Program of China [2016YFE0117800]
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Constant elimination half-life is usually used in first-order one-compartment pharmacokinetic models to assess human exposure to dioxin-like polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). However, hepatic clearance rates are usually lower for elders than for young people. In this study, levels of 12 dioxin-like PCBs were determined in blood samples collected in 2012 from 305 individuals from the general population. We estimated the historical daily intake of dioxin-like PCBs for individuals with a validated annual exponential decay function. Based on the blood levels and historical daily intake levels, and using the maximum likelihood estimation by running the first-order one-compartment pharmacokinetic model, elimination rates were optimized as exponential functions of age for PCB118, PCB157, PCB189 and PCB126; linear functions of age for PCB114, PCB123, PCB167 and PCB169; and constant functions of age for PCB105 and PCB156. With the exception of PCB105 and PCB156, half-lives generally increased with age for individuals from 24 to 50 years old: from 0.805 to 1.95 years for PCB189, 2.08-4.54 years for PCB157, 332-5.58 years for PCB126, 3.52-6.81 years for PCB123, 5.24-12.29 years for PCB169, 6.60 -14.40 years for PCB114, 7.50-14.01 years for PCB118, and 9.97-21.97 years for PCB167. The half-lives of PCB105 (5.79 years) and PCB156 (15.1 years) were independent of age. Our research for the first time clarified the effects of age on the elimination rate of dioxin-like PCBs in individuals from the general population, thus reducing uncertainty in future health risk assessments. (C) 2019 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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