Mutagenicity and nitropyrene concentration of indoor air particulates exhausted from a kerosene heater

Kinouchi, T; Nishifuji, K; Tsutsui, H; Hoare, SL; Ohnishi, Y

HERO ID

1325404

Reference Type

Journal Article

Year

1988

Language

English

PMID

3128503

HERO ID 1325404
In Press No
Year 1988
Title Mutagenicity and nitropyrene concentration of indoor air particulates exhausted from a kerosene heater
Authors Kinouchi, T; Nishifuji, K; Tsutsui, H; Hoare, SL; Ohnishi, Y
Journal Japanese Journal of Cancer Research
Volume 79
Issue 1
Page Numbers 32-41
Abstract The particulates in a room warmed with a radiant kerosene heater were collected, extracted and fractionated into diethyl ether-soluble neutral, acidic and basic fractions. The mutagenicity of these fractions was measured with Salmonella typhimurium strains TA98, TA98NR, TA98/1,8-DNP6 and TA100 in the presence and absence of S9 mix. Room air without the heater showed very low mutagenicity. However, a sample from a room at the beginning of the burning period showed very high mutagenicity (237 His+ revertants/plate/m3 of air in strain TA98 in the absence of S9 mix). In contrast, emissions from the heater after it was burning stably showed low mutagenicity (9 His+ revertants/plate/m3). The crude extract of particulates from the heater at the beginning of the burning period was analyzed by high-pressure liquid chromatography (HPLC) and showed a considerable amount of nitropyrenes (NPs); the concentrations of 1-NP and 1,6-diNP were 1.62 ng and 0.149 ng/m3 of air, respectively, and accounted for 1.2% and 17.6%, respectively, of the mutagenicity in strain TA98 in the absence of S9 mix. In addition, an HPLC-Ames histogram showed that peaks of mutagenicity corresponding to 1-NP and diNPs accounted for 75.7% (1-NP, 4.9%; 1,6-diNP, 17.1%; 1,8-diNP, 46.3%; 1,3-diNP, 7.4%) of the HPLC-recovered mutagenicity for strain TA98 without S9 mix. These results that kerosene heaters, especially immediately after ignition, create mutagenic substances such as NPs.
Doi 10.1111/j.1349-7006.1988.tb00008.x
Pmid 3128503
Wosid WOS:A1988M741700008
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Keyword Air Pollutants; Kerosene; Mutagens; Petroleum; Pyrenes; 1,6-dinitropyrene; 66Q2ZUF83N; Nitrogen Dioxide; S7G510RUBH; 1-nitropyrene; TD1665I8Q4; Index Medicus; Nitrogen Dioxide -- analysis; Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; Heating; Mutagens -- analysis; Pyrenes -- analysis; Air Pollutants -- analysis
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