Korean J Occup Environ Med.  1997 Jun;9(2):258-266.

A Study of the Correlation Between the Activity of Erythrocyte Pyrimidine 5'-Nucleotidase and Urinary N-Acetyl-beta-D-Glucosaminidase in Lead Exposed Workers

Affiliations
  • 1Department of Preventive Medicine, College of Medicine, Kon-Kuk University, Korea.
  • 2Department of Preventive Medicine, Colelge of Medicine, Soonchunhyang University, Korea.
  • 3Department of Preventive Medicine and Institute for Environmental Health, College of Medicine, Korea University, Korea.

Abstract

In this study, we measured the activity of the erythrocyte pyrimidine 5'-nucleotidase (P5N) and urinary N-acetyl-beta-D-glucosaminidase (NAG) from 154 workers exposed to lead and 43 workers not exposed. We analyzed the correlation of the P5N activity and NAG activity with other biological exposure indices of lead such as blood lead (PbB) and zinc protoporphyrin (ZPP). The measurement was performed by using high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), spectrophotometer and atomic absorption spectrophotometer. The results are as follows: 1. The mean value of P5N activity for workers exposed to lead was 9.50+/-.13 micromol uridine/hr/g Hb and 11.60+/-.2 micromol uridine/hr/g Hb for workers not exported. The P5N activity showed a normal distribution, but the other indices of lead showed logarithmic normal distributions. 2. The P5N activity and ZPP were decreased as PbB wag increased. But the NAG activity had no correlation with changes of PbB. 3. The correlation coefficients of the P5N activity with other biological exposure indices of lead such as PbB, ZPP, NAG activity were -0.72, -0.55, and 0.05, respectively. We speculated that the P5N activity can be used as a reliable biological exposure index of lead but NAG activity can be used as a biological management index of lead.

Keyword

Blood lead; Pyrimidine 5'-nucleotidase; N-acetyl-beta-D-glucosaminidase

MeSH Terms

5'-Nucleotidase*
Absorption
Acetylglucosaminidase*
Chromatography, Liquid
Erythrocytes*
Zinc
5'-Nucleotidase
Acetylglucosaminidase
Zinc
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