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Guedes Pinto T, Dias TA, Renno ACM, de Barros Viana M, Ribeiro DA. The role of genetic polymorphisms for inducing genotoxicity in workers occupationally exposed to benzene: a systematic review. Arch Toxicol 2024; 98:1991-2005. [PMID: 38600397 DOI: 10.1007/s00204-024-03744-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2024] [Accepted: 03/18/2024] [Indexed: 04/12/2024]
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Benzene is used worldwide as a major raw material in a number of industrial processes and also a potent airborne pollutant emitted from traffic exhaust fume. The present systematic review aimed to identify potential associations between genetic polymorphisms and occupational benzene-induced genotoxicity. For this purpose, a total of 22 selected studies were carefully analysed. Our results revealed a positive relation between gene polymorphism and genotoxicity in individuals exposed to benzene, since 17 studies (out of 22) observed positive relations between genotoxicity and polymorphisms in xenobiotics metabolizing genes influencing, therefore, individuals' susceptibility to genomic damage induced by benzene. In other words, individuals with some genotypes may show increase or decrease DNA damage and/or higher or lower DNA-repair potential. As for the quality assessment, 17 studies (out of 22) were categorized as Strong or Moderate and, therefore, we consider our findings to be trustworthy. Taken together, such findings are consistent with the notion that benzene induces genotoxicity in mammalian cells being strongly dependent on the genetic polymorphism. Certainly, such findings are important for clarifying the role of biomarkers related to genotoxicity in human biomonitoring studies.
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Affiliation(s)
- Thiago Guedes Pinto
- Department of Biosciences, Institute of Health and Society, Federal University of São Paulo, UNIFESP, Rua Silva Jardim, 136, Room 332, Vila Mathias, Santos, SP, 11050-020, Brazil
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- Department of Biosciences, Institute of Health and Society, Federal University of São Paulo, UNIFESP, Rua Silva Jardim, 136, Room 332, Vila Mathias, Santos, SP, 11050-020, Brazil
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- Department of Biosciences, Institute of Health and Society, Federal University of São Paulo, UNIFESP, Rua Silva Jardim, 136, Room 332, Vila Mathias, Santos, SP, 11050-020, Brazil
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- Department of Biosciences, Institute of Health and Society, Federal University of São Paulo, UNIFESP, Rua Silva Jardim, 136, Room 332, Vila Mathias, Santos, SP, 11050-020, Brazil
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- Department of Biosciences, Institute of Health and Society, Federal University of São Paulo, UNIFESP, Rua Silva Jardim, 136, Room 332, Vila Mathias, Santos, SP, 11050-020, Brazil.
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Jiménez-Garza O, Ghosh M, Barrow TM, Godderis L. Toxicomethylomics revisited: A state-of-the-science review about DNA methylation modifications in blood cells from workers exposed to toxic agents. Front Public Health 2023; 11:1073658. [PMID: 36891347 PMCID: PMC9986591 DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1073658] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2022] [Accepted: 01/25/2023] [Indexed: 02/22/2023] Open
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Introduction Epigenetic marks have been proposed as early changes, at the subcellular level, in disease development. To find more specific biomarkers of effect in occupational exposures to toxicants, DNA methylation studies in peripheral blood cells have been performed. The goal of this review is to summarize and contrast findings about DNA methylation in blood cells from workers exposed to toxicants. Methods A literature search was performed using PubMed and Web of Science. After first screening, we discarded all studies performed in vitro and in experimental animals, as well as those performed in other cell types other than peripheral blood cells. Results: 116 original research papers met the established criteria, published from 2007 to 2022. The most frequent investigated exposures/labor group were for benzene (18.9%) polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (15.5%), particulate matter (10.3%), lead (8.6%), pesticides (7.7%), radiation (4.3%), volatile organic compound mixtures (4.3%), welding fumes (3.4%) chromium (2.5%), toluene (2.5%), firefighters (2.5%), coal (1.7%), hairdressers (1.7%), nanoparticles (1.7%), vinyl chloride (1.7%), and others. Few longitudinal studies have been performed, as well as few of them have explored mitochondrial DNA methylation. Methylation platforms have evolved from analysis in repetitive elements (global methylation), gene-specific promoter methylation, to epigenome-wide studies. The most reported observations were global hypomethylation as well as promoter hypermethylation in exposed groups compared to controls, while methylation at DNA repair/oncogenes genes were the most studied; studies from genome-wide studies detect differentially methylated regions, which could be either hypo or hypermethylated. Discussion Some evidence from longitudinal studies suggest that modifications observed in cross-sectional designs may be transitory; then, we cannot say that DNA methylation changes are predictive of disease development due to those exposures. Conclusion Due to the heterogeneity in the genes studied, and scarcity of longitudinal studies, we are far away from considering DNA methylation changes as biomarkers of effect in occupational exposures, and nor can we establish a clear functional or pathological correlate for those epigenetic modifications associated with the studied exposures.
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- Octavio Jiménez-Garza
- Health Sciences Institute, Autonomous University of Hidalgo State, Pachuca Hidalgo, Mexico
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- Environment and Health Department, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Faculty of Health Sciences and Wellbeing, University of Sunderland, Sunderland, United Kingdom
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- Environment and Health Department, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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Phillips RV, Wei L, Cardenas A, Hubbard AE, McHale CM, Vermeulen R, Wei H, Smith MT, Zhang L, Lan Q, Rothman N. Epigenome-wide association studies of occupational exposure to benzene and formaldehyde. Epigenetics 2022; 17:2259-2277. [PMID: 36017556 PMCID: PMC9665125 DOI: 10.1080/15592294.2022.2115604] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2022] [Revised: 08/04/2022] [Accepted: 08/17/2022] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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Sufficient evidence supports a relationship between certain myeloid neoplasms and exposure to benzene or formaldehyde. DNA methylation could underlie benzene- and formaldehyde-induced health outcomes, but data in exposed human populations are limited. We conducted two cross-sectional epigenome-wide association studies (EWAS), one in workers exposed to benzene and another in workers exposed to formaldehyde. Using HumanMethylation450 BeadChips, we investigated differences in blood cell DNA methylation among 50 benzene-exposed subjects and 48 controls, and among 31 formaldehyde-exposed subjects and 40 controls. We performed CpG-level and regional-level analyses. In the benzene EWAS, we found genome-wide significant alterations, i.e., FWER-controlled P-values <0.05, in the mean and variance of methylation at 22 and 318 CpG sites, respectively, and in mean methylation of a large genomic region. Pathway analysis of genes corresponding to benzene-associated differential methylation sites revealed an impact on the AMPK signalling pathway. In formaldehyde-exposed subjects compared to controls, 9 CpGs in the DUSP22 gene promoter had genome-wide significant decreased methylation variability and a large region of the HOXA5 promoter with 44 CpGs was hypomethylated. Our findings suggest that DNA methylation may contribute to the pathogenesis of diseases related to benzene and formaldehyde exposure. Aberrant expression and methylation of HOXA5 previously has been shown to be clinically significant in myeloid leukaemias. The tumour suppressor gene DUSP22 is a potential biomarker of exposure to formaldehyde, and irregularities have been associated with multiple exposures and diseases.
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- Rachael V. Phillips
- School of Public Health, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- School of Public Health, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- School of Public Health, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- School of Public Health, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- School of Public Health, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, Universiteit Utrecht (UU), Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology Branch, NCI, NIH, DHHS, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- School of Public Health, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- School of Public Health, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology Branch, NCI, NIH, DHHS, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology Branch, NCI, NIH, DHHS, Bethesda, MD, USA
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Goodman S, Chappell G, Guyton KZ, Pogribny IP, Rusyn I. Epigenetic alterations induced by genotoxic occupational and environmental human chemical carcinogens: An update of a systematic literature review. MUTATION RESEARCH. REVIEWS IN MUTATION RESEARCH 2022; 789:108408. [PMID: 35690411 PMCID: PMC9188653 DOI: 10.1016/j.mrrev.2021.108408] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2021] [Revised: 10/28/2021] [Accepted: 12/07/2021] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Epigenetic alterations, such as changes in DNA methylation, histones/chromatin structure, nucleosome positioning, and expression of non-coding RNAs, are recognized among key characteristics of carcinogens; they may occur independently or concomitantly with genotoxic effects. While data on genotoxicity are collected through standardized guideline tests, data collected on epigenetic effects is far less uniform. In 2016, we conducted a systematic review of published studies of genotoxic carcinogens that reported epigenetic endpoints to better understand the evidence for epigenetic alterations of human carcinogens, and the potential association with genotoxic endpoints. Since then, the number of studies of epigenetic effects of chemicals has nearly doubled. This review stands as an update on epigenetic alterations induced by occupational and environmental human carcinogens that were previously and recently classified as Group 1 by the International Agency for Research on Cancer. We found that the evidence of epigenetic effects remains uneven across agents. Studies of DNA methylation are most abundant, while reports concerning effects on non-coding RNA have increased over the past 5 years. By contrast, mechanistic toxicology studies of histone modifications and chromatin state alterations remain few. We found that most publications of epigenetic effects of carcinogens were studies in exposed humans or human cells. Studies in rodents represent the second most common species used for epigenetic studies in toxicology, in vivo exposures being the most predominant. Future studies should incorporate dose- and time-dependent study designs and also investigate the persistence of effects following cessation of exposure, considering the dynamic nature of most epigenetic alterations.
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- Samantha Goodman
- Department of Veterinary Integrative Biosciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA
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- National Center for Toxicological Research, US Food and Drug Administration, Jefferson, AR, USA
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- Department of Veterinary Integrative Biosciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA.
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Ramírez‐Lopera V, Uribe‐Castro D, Bautista‐Amorocho H, Silva‐Sayago JA, Mateus‐Sánchez E, Ardila‐Barbosa WY, Pérez‐Cala TL. The effects of genetic polymorphisms on benzene-exposed workers: A systematic review. Health Sci Rep 2021; 4:e327. [PMID: 34295994 PMCID: PMC8284097 DOI: 10.1002/hsr2.327] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2021] [Revised: 05/04/2021] [Accepted: 05/20/2021] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS Benzene is a group I carcinogen, which has been associated with leukemia and myelodysplastic syndrome. Moreover, it has been proposed that polymorphisms in benzene metabolizing genes influence the outcomes of benzene exposure in the human body. This systematic review aims to elucidate the existent relationship between genetic polymorphisms and the risk of developing adverse health effects in benzene-exposed workers. METHODS Three databases were systematically searched until April 2020. The preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analyses method was used to select articles published between 2005 and 2020. Quality assessment and risk of bias were evaluated by the Newcastle-Ottawa scale. RESULTS After full-text evaluation, 36 articles remained out of 645 initially screened. The most studied health effects within the reviewed papers were chronic benzene poisoning, hematotoxicity, altered urinary biomarkers of exposure, micronucleus/chromosomal aberrations, and gene methylation. Furthermore, some polymorphisms on NQO1, GSTT1, GSTM1, MPO, and CYP2E1, among other genes, showed a statistically significant relationship with an increased risk of developing at least one of these effects on benzene-exposed workers. However, there was no consensus among the reviewed papers on which specific polymorphisms were the ones associated with the adverse health-related outcomes, except for the NQO1 rs1800566 and the GSTT1 null genotypes. Additionally, the smoking habit was identified as a confounder, demonstrating worse health outcomes in exposed workers that smoked. CONCLUSION Though there is a positive relationship between genetic polymorphisms and detrimental health outcomes for benzene-exposed workers, broader benzene-exposed cohorts that take into account the genetic diversity of the population are needed in order to determine which specific polymorphisms incur in health risks.
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- Verónica Ramírez‐Lopera
- Bacterias & Cáncer Group, Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of MedicineUniversidad de AntioquiaMedellínColombia
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- Bacterias & Cáncer Group, Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of MedicineUniversidad de AntioquiaMedellínColombia
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- Bacterias & Cáncer Group, Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of MedicineUniversidad de AntioquiaMedellínColombia
- Grupo de Investigación en Desarrollo Humano, Tejido Social e Innovaciones Tecnológicas—GIDTI, Programa Administración en Salud OcupacionalCentro Regional Bucaramanga, Corporación Universitaria Minuto de DiosBucaramangaColombia
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- Grupo de Investigación en Desarrollo Humano, Tejido Social e Innovaciones Tecnológicas—GIDTI, Programa Administración en Salud OcupacionalCentro Regional Bucaramanga, Corporación Universitaria Minuto de DiosBucaramangaColombia
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- Grupo de Investigación en Desarrollo Humano, Tejido Social e Innovaciones Tecnológicas—GIDTI, Programa de PsicologíaCentro Regional Bucaramanga, Corporación Universitaria Minuto de DiosBucaramangaColombia
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- Grupo de Investigación en Desarrollo Humano, Tejido Social e Innovaciones Tecnológicas—GIDTI, Programa Administración en Salud OcupacionalCentro Regional Bucaramanga, Corporación Universitaria Minuto de DiosBucaramangaColombia
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- Bacterias & Cáncer Group, Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of MedicineUniversidad de AntioquiaMedellínColombia
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Ji B, Xiao LY, Ren JC, Zhang GH, Wang Y, Dong T, Li J, Zhang F, Xia ZL. Gene-Environment Interactions Between Environmental Response Genes Polymorphisms and Mitochondrial DNA Copy Numbers Among Benzene Workers. J Occup Environ Med 2021; 63:e408-e415. [PMID: 34184658 DOI: 10.1097/jom.0000000000002225] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To determine the effect of mitochondrial DNA copy number (mtDNAcn) as a biomarker of benzene exposure. METHODS A total of 294 benzene-exposed workers and 102 controls were recruited. Biomarkers of mtDNAcn, cytokinesis-block micronucleus (MN) frequency, and peripheral blood white blood cells (WBC) were detected. Eighteen polymorphism sites in DNA damage repair and metabolic genes were analyzed. RESULTS Benzene exposure increased mtDNAcn and indicated a dose-response relationship (P < 0.001). mtDNAcn was negatively correlated with WBC count and DNA methylation and positively correlated with MN frequency. The AG type in rs1695 interacted with benzene exposure to aggravate mtDNAcn (β = 0.006, 95% CI: 0, 0.012, P = 0.050). rs13181, rs1695, rs1800975, and GSTM1 null were associated with benzene-induced mtDNAcn. Rs1695 interacted with benzene to increase mitochondrial damage. CONCLUSIONS Benzene exposure increases mtDNAcn levels in benzene-exposed workers.
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- Buqiang Ji
- Department of Hematology, Linyi People's Hospital, 27 Jifang Road, Linyi, China (Ji, Xiao), School of Public Health, Xinxiang Medical University, 601 Jinsui Road, Xinxiang, China (Ren, Zhang, Wang, Dong, Li, Zhang), Department of Occupational Health and Toxicology, School of Public Health, Fudan University, 138 Yixueyuan Road, Shanghai, China (Xia)
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Ren JC, Wang T, Wu H, Zhang GH, Sun D, Guo K, Li H, Zhang F, Wu W, Xia ZL. Promoter hypermethylation in CSF3R induces peripheral neutrophil reduction in benzene-exposure poisoning. ENVIRONMENTAL AND MOLECULAR MUTAGENESIS 2020; 61:786-796. [PMID: 32329128 DOI: 10.1002/em.22382] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2020] [Revised: 03/22/2020] [Accepted: 04/19/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Benzene is a global pollutant and has been established to cause leukemia. To better understand the role of DNA methylation in benzene toxicity, peripheral blood mononuclear cells were collected from six benzene-poisoning patients and six matched controls for genome-wide DNA methylation screening by Illumina Infinium Methylation 450 BeadChip. The Gene Chip Human Gene 2.0 ST Array (Affymetrix) was used to analyze global mRNA expression. Compared with the corresponding sites of controls, 442 sites in patients were hypermethylated, corresponding to 253 genes, and 237 sites were hypomethylated, corresponding to 130 genes. The promoter methylation and mRNA expression of CSF3R, CREB5, and F2R were selected for verification by bisulfite sequencing and real-time PCR in a larger data set with 21 cases and 23 controls. The results indicated that promoter methylation of CSF3R (p = .005) and F2R (p = .015) was significantly higher in cases than in controls. Correlation analysis showed that the promoter methylation of CSF3R (p < .001) and F2R (p < .001) was highly correlated with its mRNA expression. In the poisoning cases, neutrophil percentage was significantly different among the high, middle, and low CSF3R-methylation groups (p = .002). In particular, the neutrophil percentage in the high CSF3R-methylation group (48.10 ± 9.63%) was significantly lower than that in the low CSF3R-methylation group (59.30 ± 6.26%) (p = .012). The correlation coefficient between promoter methylation in CSF3R and the neutrophil percentage was -0.445 (p = .020) in cases and - 0.398 (p = .060) in controls. These results imply that hypermethylation occurs in the CSF3R promoter due to benzene exposure and is significantly associated with a reduction in neutrophils.
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- Jing-Chao Ren
- School of Public Health, Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang, China
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- Department of Occupational Health and Toxicology, School of Public Health, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Occupational Health and Toxicology, School of Public Health, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- School of Public Health, Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang, China
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- Tongji University Affiliated Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital, Shanghai, China
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- Tongji University Affiliated Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital, Shanghai, China
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- School of Public Health, Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang, China
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- School of Public Health, Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang, China
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- School of Public Health, Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang, China
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- Department of Occupational Health and Toxicology, School of Public Health, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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Ren JC, Liu H, Zhang GH, Wang T, Li J, Dong T, Wu H, Xia ZL. Interaction effects of environmental response gene polymorphisms and benzene exposure on telomere length in shoe-making workers. CHEMOSPHERE 2020; 255:126841. [PMID: 32416388 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.126841] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2020] [Revised: 04/16/2020] [Accepted: 04/17/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Benzene is a globally occurring environmental and occupational pollutant that causes leukemia. To better understand telomere length (TL) as a function of benzene toxicity, we recruited 294 shoe-making workers and 102 controls from Wenzhou, China in 2011. Biomarkers of TL, cytokinesis-block micronucleus (MN) frequency, and white blood cells (WBC) were measured. In total, 18 polymorphic sites in environmental response genes, including metabolic and DNA repair genes, were analyzed. Results indicate that benzene exposure led to a longer TL at a threshold of 32 mg/m3-year of cumulative exposure dose (CED). Furthermore, the TL was longer in members of the damaged group, when evaluated for MN frequency (P < 0.001) and reduced WBC (P < 0.001), than in those of the normal group. Workers carrying genotype TT (β = 0.32, P = 0.042) in rs3212986 of ERCC1 and genotype TC (β = 0.24, P = 0.082) in rs1051740 of mEH exon3 were associated with a longer TL as compared to the wild-type group. TA (β = -0.53, P < 0.001) in rs6413432 of CYP2E1 was associated with a shorter TL. Benzene exposure interacted with the TA type in rs6413432 (β = 0.003, 95% CI: 0, 0.006, P = 0.042) and the CC type in rs1051740 (β = 0.007, 95% CI: 0.001, 0.013, P = 0.015) after adjusting for confounding factors. Our results indicate that benzene induces an increase in TL at a threshold of CED ≥32mg/m3-year. Rs1051740, rs3212986, and rs6413432 were found to be involved in benzene-induced telomere growth; in particular, rs1051740 and rs6413432 interacted with the benzene exposure, resulting in an extended TL.
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- Jing-Chao Ren
- School of Public Health, Xinxiang Medical University, 601 Jinsui Road, Xinxiang, 453003, China
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- School of Public Health, Xinxiang Medical University, 601 Jinsui Road, Xinxiang, 453003, China
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- School of Public Health, Xinxiang Medical University, 601 Jinsui Road, Xinxiang, 453003, China.
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- Department of Occupational Health and Toxicology, School of Public Health, Fudan University, 138 Yixueyuan Road, Shanghai, 200032, China
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- School of Public Health, Xinxiang Medical University, 601 Jinsui Road, Xinxiang, 453003, China
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- School of Public Health, Xinxiang Medical University, 601 Jinsui Road, Xinxiang, 453003, China
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- Department of Occupational Health and Toxicology, School of Public Health, Fudan University, 138 Yixueyuan Road, Shanghai, 200032, China
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- Department of Occupational Health and Toxicology, School of Public Health, Fudan University, 138 Yixueyuan Road, Shanghai, 200032, China.
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Zhang H, Yuan Q, Pan Z, Ling X, Tan Q, Wu M, Zheng D, Xie P, Xie D, Liu L. Up-regulation of DNMT3b contributes to HOTAIRM1 silencing via DNA hypermethylation in cells transformed by long-term exposure to hydroquinone and workers exposed to benzene. Toxicol Lett 2020; 322:12-19. [PMID: 31899212 DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2019.12.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2019] [Revised: 11/14/2019] [Accepted: 12/22/2019] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
Abstract
Benzene exposure is a risk factor of acute myeloid leukemia (AML), during such carcinogenesis long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) are important epigenetic regulators. HOTAIRM1 (HOXA transcript antisense RNA, myeloid-specific 1) plays an indispensable role in the development of AML. Hydroquinone (HQ) is one major metabolite of benzene and its ideal replacement in toxicology research. But the influence of benzene or HQ on HOTAIRM1 expression in AML associated pathway is still unclear. In the TK6 cells with short-term exposure to HQ (HQ-ST cells) or long term HQ exposure induced malignant transformed TK6 cells (HQ-MT cells), the relationship between DNMT3b and HOTAIRM1 was explored. Comparing to counterparts, HOTAIRM1 expression was increased firstly and then decreased in HQ-ST cells, and definitely decreased in HQ-MT cells; while the expression change tendency of DNMT3b was in contrast to that of HOTAIRM1. Moreover, the average HOTAIRM1 expression of 17 paired workers being exposed to benzene within 1.5 years was increased, but that of the remaining 92 paired workers with longer exposure time was decreased. Furthermore, in 5-AzaC (DNA methyltransferase inhibitor) or TSA (histone deacetylation inhibitor) treated HQ-MT cells, the expression of HOTAIRM1 was restored by reduced DNA promoter methylation levels. HQ-MT cells with DNMT3b knockout by CRISPR/Cas9 displayed the promoter hypomethylation and the increase of HOTAIRM1, also confirmed in benzene exposure workers. These suggest that long term exposure to HQ or benzene might induce the increase of DNMT3b expression and the promoter hypermethylation to silence the expression of HOTAIRM1, a possible tumor-suppressor in the AML associated carcinogenesis pathway.
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MESH Headings
- Benzene/adverse effects
- Case-Control Studies
- Cell Line, Transformed
- Cell Line, Tumor
- DNA (Cytosine-5-)-Methyltransferases/biosynthesis
- DNA (Cytosine-5-)-Methyltransferases/genetics
- DNA Methylation/drug effects
- Enzyme Induction
- Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic
- Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic
- Gene Silencing/drug effects
- Humans
- Hydroquinones/toxicity
- Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute/chemically induced
- Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute/enzymology
- Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute/genetics
- MicroRNAs/genetics
- MicroRNAs/metabolism
- Occupational Diseases/chemically induced
- Occupational Diseases/enzymology
- Occupational Diseases/genetics
- Occupational Exposure/adverse effects
- Promoter Regions, Genetic
- Risk Assessment
- DNA Methyltransferase 3B
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Affiliation(s)
- Haiqiao Zhang
- Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, School of Public Health, Guangdong Medical University, Dongguan, 523808, PR China; Dongguan Key Laboratory of Environmental Medicine, School of Public Health, Guangdong Medical University, Dongguan, 523808, PR China
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- Dongguan Key Laboratory of Environmental Medicine, School of Public Health, Guangdong Medical University, Dongguan, 523808, PR China
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- Dongguan Key Laboratory of Environmental Medicine, School of Public Health, Guangdong Medical University, Dongguan, 523808, PR China
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- Dongguan Key Laboratory of Environmental Medicine, School of Public Health, Guangdong Medical University, Dongguan, 523808, PR China
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- Foshan Institute of Occupational Disease Prevention and Control, Foshan, Guangdong, 528000, PR China
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- Department of Histology and Embryology, Guangdong Medical University, Zhanjiang, PR China
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- Dongguan Key Laboratory of Environmental Medicine, School of Public Health, Guangdong Medical University, Dongguan, 523808, PR China
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- Dongguan Key Laboratory of Environmental Medicine, School of Public Health, Guangdong Medical University, Dongguan, 523808, PR China
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- Dongguan Key Laboratory of Environmental Medicine, School of Public Health, Guangdong Medical University, Dongguan, 523808, PR China
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- Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, School of Public Health, Guangdong Medical University, Dongguan, 523808, PR China; Dongguan Key Laboratory of Environmental Medicine, School of Public Health, Guangdong Medical University, Dongguan, 523808, PR China.
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MTHFR Gene Polymorphism Is Associated With DNA Hypomethylation and Genetic Damage Among Benzene-Exposed Workers in Southeast China. J Occup Environ Med 2019; 60:e188-e192. [PMID: 29370017 DOI: 10.1097/jom.0000000000001288] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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OBJECTIVE AND METHODS To analyze the association between global DNA methylation and single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR). MTHFR polymorphisms rs1801133 and rs1801131 were detected using the restriction fragment length polymorphism method, and cytokinesis-block micronucleus (MN) frequency and global DNA methylation was measured in workers from 410 shoe factories. RESULTS A multilinear regression analysis demonstrated that DNA methylation of the TT variant allele of rs1801133 was lower than that of the CC wild type allele (Exp(β) [95% CI], 0.76 [0.56, 1.02], P = 0.071), with a P-value approaching significance. A significantly increased MN frequency was observed for carriers of the TT genotype (frequency ratio = 1.27, 95% CI: 1.07-1.51, P < 0.01). CONCLUSION The results imply that the TT genotype in rs1801133 is associated with global DNA hypomethylation, which may influence the induction of MN following exposure to benzene.
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Ren J, Cui JP, Luo M, Liu H, Hao P, Wang X, Zhang GH. The prevalence and persistence of aberrant promoter DNA methylation in benzene-exposed Chinese workers. PLoS One 2019; 14:e0220500. [PMID: 31381583 PMCID: PMC6681966 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0220500] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2018] [Accepted: 07/17/2019] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Aberrant DNA methylation patterns are common in cancers and environmental pollutant exposed subjects. Up to date, few studies have examined the aberrant DNA methylation patterns in benzene exposed workers. We recruited 141 benzene-exposed workers, including 83 benzene-exposed workers from a shoe factory in Wenzhou and 58 workers from a painting workshop in Wuhu, 35 workers in Wuhu were followed from 2009 to 2013, and 48 indoor workers as controls from Wenzhou. We used high-resolution melting (HRM) to quantitate human samples of DNA methylation in long interspersed nuclear element-1 (LINE-1), (6)-methylguanine-DNA methyltransferase (MGMT), and DNA mismatch repair gene human mutator L homologue 1 (hMLH1). AML-5 cells were treated with benzoquinone (BQ) and hydroquinone (HQ), and the promoter methylation of MGMT and hMLH1 was detected using the bisulfite sequencing PCR method. The degree of LINE-1 methylation in benzene-exposed workers was significantly lower than that of the controls (p<0.001), and the degree of MGMT (p<0.001) and hMLH1 (p = 0.01) methylation was significantly higher than that of the controls. The in vitro study validated the aberrant hypermethylation of hMLH1 after treatment with BQ. Among the cohort workers who were followed from 2009 to 2013, the LINE1 methylation elevated in 2013 than 2009 (p = 0.004), and premotor methylation in hMLH1 reduced in 2013 than 2009 (p = 0.045) with the reduction of the benzene exposure. This study provides evidence that benzene exposure can induce LINE-1 hypomethylation and DNA repair gene hypermethylation.
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- Jingchao Ren
- Henan International Collaborative Laboratory for Health Effects and Intervention of Air Pollution, Medicine, School of Public Health, Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang, China
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- Henan International Collaborative Laboratory for Health Effects and Intervention of Air Pollution, Medicine, School of Public Health, Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang, China
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- Henan International Collaborative Laboratory for Health Effects and Intervention of Air Pollution, Medicine, School of Public Health, Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang, China
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- Henan International Collaborative Laboratory for Health Effects and Intervention of Air Pollution, Medicine, School of Public Health, Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang, China
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- Xinxiang Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Xinxiang, China
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- Henan International Collaborative Laboratory for Health Effects and Intervention of Air Pollution, Medicine, School of Public Health, Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang, China
- * E-mail: (GZ); (XW)
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- Henan International Collaborative Laboratory for Health Effects and Intervention of Air Pollution, Medicine, School of Public Health, Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang, China
- * E-mail: (GZ); (XW)
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Li P, Wu Y, Zhang Z, Lin D, Wang D, Huang X, Zhang Y. Proteomics analysis identified serum biomarkers for occupational benzene exposure and chronic benzene poisoning. Medicine (Baltimore) 2019; 98:e16117. [PMID: 31232959 PMCID: PMC6636960 DOI: 10.1097/md.0000000000016117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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The study aimed to find novel effect biomarkers for occupational benzene exposure and chronic benzene poisoning (CBP), which might also provide clues to the mechanism of benzene toxicity.We performed a comparative serological proteome analysis between healthy control workers with no benzene exposure, workers with short-term benzene exposure, workers with long-term benzene exposure, and CBP patients using 2D-DIGE and MALDI-TOF-MS. Two of the differentially expressed proteins were then selected to be validated by immune turbidimetric analysis.A total of 10 proteins were found to be significantly altered between different groups. The identified deferentially expressed proteins were classified according to their molecular functions, biological processes, and protein classes. The alteration of 2 important serum proteins among them, apolipoprotein A-I and transthyretin, were further confirmed.Our findings suggest that the identified differential proteins could be used as biomarkers for occupational benzene exposure and CBP, and they may also help elucidate the mechanisms of benzene toxicity.
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- Peimao Li
- Shenzhen Prevention and Treatment Center for Occupational Diseases, Shenzhen
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- The Second People's Hospital of Longgang District, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
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- Shenzhen Prevention and Treatment Center for Occupational Diseases, Shenzhen
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- Shenzhen Prevention and Treatment Center for Occupational Diseases, Shenzhen
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- Shenzhen Prevention and Treatment Center for Occupational Diseases, Shenzhen
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- Shenzhen Prevention and Treatment Center for Occupational Diseases, Shenzhen
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- Shenzhen Prevention and Treatment Center for Occupational Diseases, Shenzhen
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Gui Z, Zhang H, Tan Q, Ling X, Liu Z, Peng J, Shao J, Wu M, Yuan Q, Li J, Pan Z, Zhong B, Liu L. Poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase-1 promotes expression of miR-155 by the up-regulation of methyl-CpG binding domain protein 2 in TK6 cells exposed to hydroquinone. Toxicol In Vitro 2019; 55:51-57. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tiv.2018.11.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2018] [Revised: 10/27/2018] [Accepted: 11/14/2018] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Purpose of review This review demonstrates the growing body of evidence connecting DNA methylation to prior exposure. It highlights the potential to use DNA methylation patterns as a feasible, stable, and accurate biomarker of past exposure, opening new opportunities for environmental and gene-environment interaction studies among existing banked samples. Recent findings We present the evidence for association between past exposure, including prenatal exposures, and DNA methylation measured at a later time in the life course. We demonstrate the potential utility of DNA methylation-based biomarkers of past exposure using results from multiple studies of smoking as an example. Multiple studies show the ability to accurately predict prenatal smoking exposure based on DNA methylation measured at birth, in childhood, and even adulthood. Separate sets of DNA methylation loci have been used to predict past personal smoking exposure (postnatal) as well. Further, it appears that these two types of exposures, prenatal and previous personal exposure, can be isolated from each other. There is also a suggestion that quantitative methylation scores may be useful for estimating dose. We highlight the remaining needs for rigor in methylation biomarker development including analytic challenges as well as the need for development across multiple developmental windows, multiple tissue types, and multiple ancestries. Summary If fully developed, DNA methylation-based biomarkers can dramatically shift our ability to carry out environmental and genetic-environmental epidemiology using existing biobanks, opening up unprecedented opportunities for environmental health.
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Association of BER and NER pathway polymorphism haplotypes and micronucleus frequencies with global DNA methylation in benzene-exposed workers of China: Effects of DNA repair genes polymorphisms on genetic damage. MUTATION RESEARCH-GENETIC TOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL MUTAGENESIS 2019; 839:13-20. [PMID: 30744808 DOI: 10.1016/j.mrgentox.2019.01.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2018] [Revised: 12/19/2018] [Accepted: 01/16/2019] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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OBJECTIVE The base excision repair (BER) pathway and nucleotide excision repair (NER) pathway play important roles in the repair of benzene-induced genetic damage, and the effects of polymorphisms in these pathways on genetic damage and global DNA methylation are of great interest. METHODS Ten single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the BER (XRCC1: rs25489, rs25487; APE1: rs1130409) and NER pathways (XPA: rs1800975; XPC: rs2228000, rs2228002; XPD: rs13181, rs1799793; XPG: rs17655; ERCC1: rs3212986) were analyzed by a Kompetitive allele-specific PCR (KASP) assay to find associations with cytokinesis-block micronucleus (MN) frequency and global DNA methylation in 294 shoe factory workers and 102 control participants. RESULTS Workers who possessed the following genotypes were associated with high MN frequency: rs25487 AA (FR (95% CI): 1.50 (1.16,1.9), p = 0.002, reference GG); rs1130409 GG (FR (95% CI): 1.28 (1.05,1.55), p = 0.010, reference TT); rs17655 GC (FR (95% CI): 1.18 (1.02,1.38), p = 0.038, reference GG); and rs3212986 TT (FR (95% CI): 1.55 (1.31,1.83), p < 0.001, reference GG). Workers with four and three mutant alleles showed 3.72-fold (OR (95% CI): 3.72 (1.34, 10.03), p = 0.009) and 2.48-fold (OR (95% CI): 2.48 (1.27, 4.88), p = 0.008) increased risk of genetic damage compared with workers with no or one mutant allele, and a dose-response relationship was found by the trend test (p = 0.006). The rs1130409 variant allele (GG+GT) was associated with low global DNA methylation (β=-0.20, 95% CI: -0.42, 0.03, p = 0.045). CONCLUSION In benzene-exposed workers, BER and NER pathway polymorphism haplotypes are associated with different levels of chromosome damage and had little effect on global DNA methylation.
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Zanger UM, Klein K, Kugler N, Petrikat T, Ryu CS. Epigenetics and MicroRNAs in Pharmacogenetics. ADVANCES IN PHARMACOLOGY (SAN DIEGO, CALIF.) 2018; 83:33-64. [PMID: 29801581 DOI: 10.1016/bs.apha.2018.02.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Germline pharmacogenetics has so far mainly studied common variants in "pharmacogenes," i.e., genes encoding drug metabolizing enzymes and transporters (DMET genes), certain auxiliary and regulatory genes, and drug target genes. Despite remarkable progress in understanding genetically determined differences in pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of drugs, currently known common variants even in important pharmacogenes explain genetic variability only partially. This suggests "missing heritability" that may in part be due to rare variants in the classical pharmacogenes, but current evidence suggests that largely unexplored resources with potential for pharmacogenetics exist, both within already known pharmacogenes and in entirely new areas. In particular, recent studies suggest that epigenetic processes and noncoding RNAs, including mostly microRNAs (miRNAs), represent important and largely unexplored layers of DMET gene regulation that may fill some of the gaps in understanding interindividual variability and lead to new biomarkers. In this chapter we summarize recent advances in the understanding of genetic variability in epigenetic and miRNA-mediated processes with focus on their significance for DMET regulation and pharmacokinetic or pharmacological endpoints.
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- Ulrich M Zanger
- Dr. Margarete Fischer-Bosch Institute of Clinical Pharmacology, Stuttgart, Germany; University Hospital Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.
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- Dr. Margarete Fischer-Bosch Institute of Clinical Pharmacology, Stuttgart, Germany
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- Dr. Margarete Fischer-Bosch Institute of Clinical Pharmacology, Stuttgart, Germany
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- Dr. Margarete Fischer-Bosch Institute of Clinical Pharmacology, Stuttgart, Germany
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- Dr. Margarete Fischer-Bosch Institute of Clinical Pharmacology, Stuttgart, Germany
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