Biological fate of sulphur mustard, 1,1′-thiobis(2-chloroethane): identification of β-lyase metabolites and hydrolysis products in human urine
- 1 January 1995
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis Ltd in Xenobiotica
- Vol. 25 (2), 167-173
- https://doi.org/10.3109/00498259509061842
Abstract
1. Samples of urine from two human subjects accidentally exposed to sulphur mustard were analysed for metabolites derived from hydrolysis (thiodiglycol, thiodiglycol sulphoxide), conjugation with glutathione (1,1'-sulphonylbis [2-S-(N-acetylcysteinyl)ethane]) and from further metabolism of glutathione conjugates by the beta-lyase pathway (1,1-sulphonylbis[2-(methylsulphinyl)ethane], 1-methylsulphinyl-2-[2-(methylthio)ethylsulphonyl]ethane). 2. Thiodiglycol sulphoxide was excreted in much higher concentrations than thiodiglycol, as was observed previously in rat exposed to sulphur mustard. However, the use of thiodiglycol sulphoxide as a biological marker for sulphur mustard poisoning is limited by its presence at low concentrations in normal human urine. 3. beta-lyase metabolites were detected at concentrations comparable with those of thiodiglycol sulphoxide. No background levels of beta-lyase metabolites have been detected in normal human urine, and they are proposed as unequivocal diagnostic and forensic indicators of sulphur mustard poisoning in man.Keywords
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