title: Combined analysis of N'-nitrosonornicotine and 4-(methylnitrosamino)-1-(3-pyridyl)-1-butanol in the urine of cigarette smokers and e-cigarette users.
abstract: A liquid chromatography-electrospray ionization-tandem mass spectrometry (HPLC-ESI(+)-MS/MS) method for the analysis of the tobacco-specific carcinogens N'-nitrosonornicotine (NNN) and 4-(methylnitrosamino)-1-(3-pyridyl)-1-butanol (NNAL) and their glucuronides (total NNN and total NNAL) in human urine was developed. The method has excellent accuracy and intra-day and inter-day precision, and limits of quantitation of 0.015 and 0.075pmol/mL urine, respectively, for total NNN and total NNAL. A unique aspect of this method is internal assessment of possible artifactual formation of NNN by inclusion of the monitor amine [pyridine-D4]nornicotine. We found that artifactual formation of NNN comprised only 2.5% of the measured amounts of total NNN in urine of cigarette smokers, under our conditions using ammonium sulfamate as an inhibitor of nitrosation. The method was applied to urine samples from cigarette smokers and e-cigarette users. Levels of total NNN and total NNAL in the urine of cigarette smokers averaged 0.060±0.035pmol/mL and 2.41±1.41pmol/mL urine, (N=38), respectively, which were both significantly greater than in the urine of 27 e-cigarette users.
authors.affiliation: Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota Minneapolis, MN 55455, United States.
authors.forename: Delshanee
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kotandeniya
authors.affiliation: Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota Minneapolis, MN 55455, United States.
authors.forename: Steven G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Carmella
authors.affiliation: Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota Minneapolis, MN 55455, United States.
authors.forename: Makenzie E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Pillsbury
authors.affiliation: Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota Minneapolis, MN 55455, United States. Electronic address: hecht002@umn.edu.
authors.forename: Stephen S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Hecht
mesh_terms: D002853:Chromatography, Liquid; D066300:Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems; D006801:Humans; D057230:Limit of Detection; D009602:Nitrosamines / Q000652:urine*; D011725:Pyridines / Q000652:urine*; D012015:Reference Standards; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012907:Smoking / Q000652:urine*; D021241:Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization; D053719:Tandem Mass Spectrometry
chemical_list: D009602:Nitrosamines; D011725:Pyridines; C099565:4-(methylnitrosamino)-1-(3-pyridyl)-1-butan-1-ol; C008655:N'-nitrosonornicotine
keywords: 4-(Methylnitrosamino)-1-(3-pyridyl)-1-butanol; Combined analysis; Liquid chromatography–electrospray ionization–tandem mass spectrometry; NNAL; N′-Nitrosonornicotine; Smokers’ urine; e-cigarette users’ urine