Aim: To find a practical biomonitoring method for researchers exposed to nanoparticles causing oxidative stress. Methods: In a continuation of a study in 2016-2018, biological samples (plasma, urine and exhaled breath condensate [EBC]) were collected in 2019-2020 from 43 researchers (13.8 ± 3.0 years of exposure) and 45 controls. Antioxidant status was assessed using glutathione (GSH) and ferric-reducing antioxidant power, while oxidative stress was measured as thiobarbituric acid reactive substances, all using spectrophotometric methods. Researchers' personal nanoparticle exposure was monitored. Results: Plasma GSH was elevated in researchers both before and after exposure (p < 0.01); postexposure plasma GSH correlated with nanoparticle exposure, and GSH in EBC increased. Conclusion: The results suggest adaptation to chronic exposure to nanoparticles, as monitored by plasma and EBC GSH.

What is this study about? Identifying markers of oxidative stress and/or adaptation to oxidation stress could offer tools for monitoring exposure to nanoparticles in exposed researchers. In this study, we question whether these markers correlate with their personal exposure during the shift. What were the results? We found that exposure to nanoparticles correlated with the antioxidant marker glutathione, which is higher in workers who are already pre-exposed. What do the results mean? This study suggests that the researchers have adapted to nanoparticle exposure and are ready to combat oxidative stress. However, the similarity with increased markers of oxidative stress from asbestos and silica exposure, including nucleic acid oxidation, previously found in these researchers highlights the need for further research in this area to better understand and prevent potential future effects.

Department of Occupational Medicine 1st Faculty of Medicine Charles University Prague and General University Hospital Prague Prague 128 00 Czech Republic

Faculty of Mechanical Engineering Department of Machining and Assembly Department of Engineering Technology Department of Material Science Technical University of Liberec Liberec 461 17 Czech Republic

Faculty of Military Health Sciences University of Defense Hradec Kralove 500 01 Czech Republic

Institute of Chemical Process Fundamentals of the Czech Academy of Sciences Prague 165 02 Czech Republic

Institute of Experimental Medicine of the Czech Academy of Sciences Department of Nanotoxicology and Molecular Epidemiology Prague 142 20 Czech Republic

J Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences Prague 182 00 Czech Republic

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