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Rosenberg JB, Chen A, De BP, Dyke JP, Ballon DJ, Monette S, Ricart Arbona RJ, Kaminsky SM, Crystal RG, Sondhi D. Safety of Direct Intraparenchymal AAVrh.10-Mediated Central Nervous System Gene Therapy for Metachromatic Leukodystrophy. Hum Gene Ther 2021; 32:563-580. [PMID: 33380277 DOI: 10.1089/hum.2020.269] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Metachromatic leukodystrophy, a fatal pediatric neurodegenerative lysosomal storage disease caused by mutations in the arylsulfatase A (ARSA) gene, is characterized by intracellular accumulation of sulfatides in the lysosomes of cells of the central nervous system (CNS). In previous studies, we have demonstrated efficacy of AAVrh.10hARSA, an adeno-associated virus (AAV) serotype rh.10 vector coding for the human ARSA gene to the CNS of a mouse model of the disease, and that catheter-based intraparenchymal administration of AAVrh.10hARSA to the CNS of nonhuman primates (NHPs) white matter results in widespread expression of ARSA. As a formal dose-escalating safety/toxicology study, we assessed the safety of intraparenchymal delivery of AAVrh.10hARSA vector to 12 sites in the white matter of the CNS of NHPs at 2.85 × 1010 (total low dose, 2.4 × 109 genome copies [gc]/site) and 1.5 × 1012 (total high dose, 1.3 × 1011 gc/site) gc, compared to AAVrh.10Null (1.5 × 1012 gc total, 1.3 × 1011 gc/site) as a vector control, and phosphate buffered saline for a sham surgical control. No significant adverse effects were observed in animals treated with low dose AAVrh.10hARSA. However, animals treated with the high dose AAVrh.10ARSA and the high dose Null vector had highly localized CNS abnormalities on magnetic resonance imaging scans at the sites of catheter infusions, and histopathology demonstrated that these sites were associated with infiltrates of T cells, B cells, microglial cells, and/or macrophages. Although these findings had no clinical consequences, these safety data contribute to understanding the dose limits for CNS white matter direct intraparenchymal administration of AAVrh.10 vectors for treatment of CNS disorders.
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- Jonathan B Rosenberg
- Department of Genetic Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York, USA
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- Department of Genetic Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York, USA
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- Department of Genetic Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Citigroup Biomedical Imaging Center, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Citigroup Biomedical Imaging Center, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York, USA
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- Center for Comparative Medicine and Pathology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York, USA
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- Center for Comparative Medicine and Pathology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York, USA
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- Department of Genetic Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York, USA
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- Department of Genetic Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York, USA
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- Department of Genetic Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York, USA
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Balmer B, Zolman E, Bolton J, Fauquier D, Fougeres E, George RC, Goldstein T, Gowen M, Kolkmeyer T, Le-Bert C, Mase B, Norton T, Peterson J, Rowles T, Saliki J, Ylitalo G. Ranging Patterns and Exposure to Cumulative Stressors of a Tursiops truncatus (Common Bottlenose Dolphin) in Georgia. SOUTHEAST NAT 2019. [DOI: 10.1656/058.018.0112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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- Brian Balmer
- National Marine Mammal Foundation, 2240 Shelter Island Drive, Suite 200, San Diego, CA 92106
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- National Marine Mammal Foundation, 2240 Shelter Island Drive, Suite 200, San Diego, CA 92106
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- Environmental and Fisheries Sciences Division, Northwest Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 2725 Montlake Boulevard East, Seattle, WA 98112
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- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service, Office of Protected Resources, 1315 East West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910
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- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service, Southeast Regional Office, 263 13th Avenue South, St. Petersburg, FL 33701
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- Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Nongame Wildlife Conservation, 1 Conservation Way, Brunswick, GA 31520
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- Karen C. Drayer Wildlife Health Center, One Health Institute, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, 1089 Veterinary Medicine Drive, Davis, CA 95616
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- SouthEast Adventure Outfitters, 313 Mallory Street, St. Simons Island, GA 31522
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- Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Nongame Wildlife Conservation, 1 Conservation Way, Brunswick, GA 31520
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- National Marine Mammal Foundation, 2240 Shelter Island Drive, Suite 200, San Diego, CA 92106
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- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service, Southeast Fisheries Science Center, 75 Virginia Beach Drive, Biscayne, FL 33149
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- Georgia Sea Turtle Center/Jekyll Island Authority, 214 Stable Road, Jekyll Island, GA 31527
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- SeaWorld Orlando, 7007 Sea World Drive, Orlando, FL 32821
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- Environmental and Fisheries Sciences Division, Northwest Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 2725 Montlake Boulevard East, Seattle, WA 98112
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- Athens Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, University of Georgia, 501 DW Brooks Drive, Athens, GA 30602
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- Environmental and Fisheries Sciences Division, Northwest Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 2725 Montlake Boulevard East, Seattle, WA 98112
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Identification of Sex-Specific Transcriptome Responses to Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs). Sci Rep 2019; 9:746. [PMID: 30679748 PMCID: PMC6346099 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-37449-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2017] [Accepted: 11/30/2018] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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PCBs are classified as xenoestrogens and carcinogens and their health risks may be sex-specific. To identify potential sex-specific responses to PCB-exposure we established gene expression profiles in a population study subdivided into females and males. Gene expression profiles were determined in a study population consisting of 512 subjects from the EnviroGenomarkers project, 217 subjects who developed lymphoma and 295 controls were selected in later life. We ran linear mixed models in order to find associations between gene expression and exposure to PCBs, while correcting for confounders, in particular distribution of white blood cells (WBC), as well as random effects. The analysis was subdivided according to sex and development of lymphoma in later life. The changes in gene expression as a result of exposure to the six studied PCB congeners were sex- and WBC type specific. The relatively large number of genes that are significantly associated with PCB-exposure in the female subpopulation already indicates different biological response mechanisms to PCBs between the two sexes. The interaction analysis between different PCBs and WBCs provides only a small overlap between sexes. In males, cancer-related pathways and in females immune system-related pathways are identified in association with PCBs and WBCs. Future lymphoma cases and controls for both sexes show different responses to the interaction of PCBs with WBCs, suggesting a role of the immune system in PCB-related cancer development.
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Estimation of daily intake of polychlorinated biphenyls not similar to dioxins (NDL-PCB) from fish consumption in Spain in different population groups. Public Health Nutr 2018; 21:2959-2968. [DOI: 10.1017/s1368980018002033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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AbstractObjectiveTo assess the daily intake of polychlorinated biphenyls not similar to dioxins (NDL-PCB) derived from fish consumption in Spain and compare it with tolerance limits in order to establish a safe threshold so that the nutritional benefits derived from fish consumption may be optimized.DesignAnalysis of NDL-PCB in fish samples and ecological study of the estimated intake of NDL-PCB from fish consumption in different Spanish population groups.SubjectsNational representative sample of the Spanish population.ResultsThe intake of NDL-PCB was estimated in two different scenarios: upper bound (UB) and lower bound (LB). Estimating intake using the average concentration of NDL-PCB found in the fish samples, the intake for ‘other children’ is estimated as: 1·80 (UB) and 5·33 (LB) ng/kg per d at the 50th percentile (P50); 7·39 (UB) and 21·94 (LB) ng/kg per d at the 95th percentile (P95) of fish consumption. Estimated NDL-PCB intake shoots up in the toddler group, reaching values of 30·43 (UB) and 90·37 (LB) ng/kg per d at P95. Estimated intake values are lower than those previously estimated in Europe, something expected since in previous studies intake was estimated through total diet. In adults, our estimated values are 1·59 (UB) and 4·72 (LB) ng/kg per d at P50; 4·95 (UB) and 14·72 (LB) ng/kg per d at P95.ConclusionsNDL-PCB concentration in fish is under the tolerance limits in most samples. However, daily intake in consumers of large quantities of fish should be monitored and special attention should be given to the youngest age groups due to their special vulnerability and higher exposure.
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Ciesielski TM, Sonne C, Ormbostad I, Aars J, Lie E, Bytingsvik J, Jenssen BM. Effects of biometrics, location and persistent organic pollutants on blood clinical-chemical parameters in polar bears (Ursus maritimus) from Svalbard, Norway. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 2018; 165:387-399. [PMID: 29860211 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2018.04.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2018] [Revised: 04/11/2018] [Accepted: 04/23/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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In the present study, blood clinical-chemical parameters (BCCPs) were analysed in 20 female and 18 male Svalbard polar bears (Ursus maritimus) captured in spring 2007. The aim was to study how age, body condition (BC), biometrics, plasma lipid content and geographical location may confound the relationship between persistent organic pollutants (POPs) including PCBs, HCB, chlordanes, DDTs, HCHs, mirex and OH-PCBs and the concentrations of 12 specific BCCPs (hematocrit [HCT], hemoglobin [HB], aspartate aminotransferase [ASAT], alanine aminotransferase [ALAT], γ-glutamyltransferase [GGT], creatine kinase [CK], triglycerides [TG], cholesterol [CHOL], high-density lipoprotein [HDL], creatinine (CREA], urea, potassium (K]), and to investigate if any of these BCCPs may be applied as potential biomarkers for POP exposure in polar bears. Initial PCA and O-PLS modelling showed that age, lipids, BC and geographical location (longitude and latitude) were important parameters explaining BCCPs in females. Following subsequent partial correlation analyses correcting for age and lipids, multiple POPs in females were still significantly correlated with HCT and HDL (all p < 0.05). In males, age, BM, BC and longitude were important parameters explaining BCCPs. Following partial correlation analyses correcting for age, biometrics, lipids and longitude in males, multiple POPs were significantly correlated with HCT, ASAT, GGT and CHOL (all p < 0.05). In conclusion, several confounding parameters has to be taken into account when studying the relations between BCCPs and POPs in polar bears. When correcting for these, in particular HCT may be used as a simple cost-efficient biomarker of POP exposure in polar bears. Furthermore, decreasing HDL concentrations and increasing CHOL concentration with increasing POP concentrations may indicate responses related to increased risk of cardiovascular disease. We therefore suggest to further study POP exposure and lipidome response to increase knowledge of the risk of cardiometabolic syndrome in polar bears.
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- Tomasz Maciej Ciesielski
- Department of Biology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, NO-7491 Trondheim, Norway.
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- Department of Bioscience, Arctic Research Centre (ARC), Aarhus University, Faculty of Science and Technology, Frederiksborgvej 399, POBox 358, DK-4000 Roskilde, Denmark.
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- Department of Biology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, NO-7491 Trondheim, Norway.
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- Norwegian Polar Institute, Fram Centre, NO-9296 Tromsø, Norway.
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- Norwegian Institute for Water research (NIVA), Gaustadalléen 21, 0349 Oslo, Norway.
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- Akvaplan-niva AS, Fram Centre - High North Research Centre for Climate and the Environment, Hjalmar Johansens Gate 14, 9007 Tromsø, Norway.
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- Department of Biology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, NO-7491 Trondheim, Norway; Department of Bioscience, Arctic Research Centre (ARC), Aarhus University, Faculty of Science and Technology, Frederiksborgvej 399, POBox 358, DK-4000 Roskilde, Denmark; Department of Arctic Technology, The University Centre in Svarbard, POBox 156, NO-9171 Longyearbyen, Norway.
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Oulhote Y, Shamim Z, Kielsen K, Weihe P, Grandjean P, Ryder LP, Heilmann C. Children's white blood cell counts in relation to developmental exposures to methylmercury and persistent organic pollutants. Reprod Toxicol 2016; 68:207-214. [PMID: 27497749 DOI: 10.1016/j.reprotox.2016.08.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2016] [Revised: 07/28/2016] [Accepted: 08/02/2016] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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BACKGROUND To explore possible markers of developmental immunotoxicity, we prospectively examined 56 children to determine associations between exposures to methylmercury and persistent organic pollutants since birth and the comprehensive differential counts of white blood cells (WBC) at age 5 years. MATERIALS AND METHODS Extended differential count included: neutrophils, eosinophils, basophils, lymphocytes (includingT cells, NK cells, and B cells), and monocytes. Organochlorine compounds (OCs) including polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and pesticides, five perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs), and total mercury (Hg) were measured in maternal (n=56) and children's blood at 18 months (n=42) and 5 years (n=54). We constructed latent functions for exposures at three different ages using factor analyses and applied structural equation models adjusted for covariates. RESULTS Prenatal mercury exposure was associated with depleted total WBC, especially for lymphocytes, where a one standard deviation (SD) increase in the exposure was associated with a decrease by 23% SD (95% CI: -43, -4) in the cell count. Prenatal exposure to OCs was marginally associated with decreases in neutrophil counts. In contrast, the 5-year PFASs concentrations were associated with higher basophil counts (B=46% SD, 95% CI: 13, 79). Significantly reduced subpopulations of lymphocytes such as B cells, CD4-positive T helper cells and CD4 positive recent thymic emigrants may suggest cellular immunity effects and dysregulation of T-cell mediated immunity. CONCLUSION Developmental exposure to environmental immunotoxicants appears to have different impacts on WBC counts in childhood.
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- Y Oulhote
- Department of Environmental Health, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
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- Institute for Inflammation Research, Department of Rheumatology, Copenhagen University Hospital Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark; Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Copenhagen University Hospital Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Institute for Inflammation Research, Department of Rheumatology, Copenhagen University Hospital Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark; Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Copenhagen University Hospital Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Occupational Medicine and Public Health, Faroese Hospital System, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands
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- Department of Environmental Health, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA; Department of Environmental Medicine, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark.
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- Department of Clinical Immunology, Copenhagen University Hospital Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Copenhagen University Hospital Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Folland WR, Newsted JL, Fitzgerald SD, Fuchsman PC, Bradley PW, Kern J, Kannan K, Zwiernik MJ. Enzyme induction and histopathology elucidate aryl hydrocarbon receptor-mediated versus non-aryl hydrocarbon receptor-mediated effects of Aroclor 1268 in American mink (Neovison vison). ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY 2016; 35:619-634. [PMID: 26267837 DOI: 10.1002/etc.3203] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2015] [Revised: 06/01/2015] [Accepted: 08/07/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) concentrations reported in preferred prey and blubber of bottlenose dolphins from the Turtle-Brunswick River estuary (Georgia, USA) suggest the potential for adverse effects. However, PCBs in Turtle-Brunswick River estuary dolphins are primarily derived from Aroclor 1268, and predicting toxic effects of Aroclor 1268 is uncertain because of the mixture's unique composition and associated physiochemical characteristics. These differences suggest that toxicity benchmarks for other PCB mixtures may not be relevant to dolphins exposed to Aroclor 1268. American mink (Neovison vison) were used as a surrogate model for cetaceans to characterize mechanisms of action associated with Aroclor 1268 exposure. Mink share similarities in phylogeny and life history with cetaceans and are characteristically sensitive to PCBs, making them an attractive surrogate species for marine mammals in ecotoxicity studies. Adult female mink and a subsequent F1 generation were exposed to Aroclor 1268 through diet, and effects on enzyme induction, histopathology, thyroid hormone regulation, hematology, organ weights, and body condition index were compared to a negative control and a 3,3',4,4',5-pentachlorobiphenyl (PCB 126)-positive control. Aroclor 1268 dietary exposure concentrations ranged from 1.8 µg/g wet weight to 29 µg/g wet weight. Anemia, hypothyroidism, and hepatomegaly were observed in mink exposed to Aroclor 1268 beyond various dietary thresholds. Cytochrome P450 induction and squamous epithelial proliferation jaw lesions were low in Aroclor 1268 treatments relative to the positive control. Differences in enzyme induction and the development of squamous epithelial proliferation jaw lesions between Aroclor 1268 treatments and the positive control, coupled with effects observed in Aroclor 1268 treatments not observed in the positive control, indicate that mechanisms additional to the aryl hydrocarbon receptor-mediated pathway are associated with Aroclor 1268 exposure.
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- William R Folland
- Department of Animal Science, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA
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- Department of Animal Science, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA
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- Department of Pathobiology and Diagnostic Investigation, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA
- Diagnostic Center for Population and Environmental Health, Michigan State University, Lansing, Michigan, USA
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- Department of Animal Science, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA
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- KERN Statistical Services, St. Cloud, Minnesota, USA
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- Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, and Department of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, State University of New York at Albany, Albany, New York, USA
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- Department of Animal Science, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA
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Serdar B, LeBlanc WG, Norris JM, Dickinson LM. Potential effects of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and selected organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) on immune cells and blood biochemistry measures: a cross-sectional assessment of the NHANES 2003-2004 data. Environ Health 2014; 13:114. [PMID: 25515064 PMCID: PMC4290093 DOI: 10.1186/1476-069x-13-114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2014] [Accepted: 12/09/2014] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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BACKGROUND Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) are widely distributed in the environment and may have adverse effects on the immune system. METHODS Lipid adjusted serum levels of 19 Dioxin Like (DL), 17 Non Dioxin Like (NDL) PCBs, 5 OCPs, and measures of complete blood count and routine biochemistry profile were obtained from the NHANES 2003-2004 cycle. For each of the PCB/OCP variables, individuals were put into four exposure groups and blood markers were compared across these groups. RESULTS Serum levels of PCBs and OCPs increased with age. Total white blood cell (WBC) count, red blood cells (RBC), hemoglobin, and hematocrit measures were lowest in the group with the highest serum PCBs. Results for the OCPs varied. For Mirex, WBC declined in the highest exposure; no significant differences were observed for p-p'-DDT or p-p'-DDE; and higher levels of WBC were observed at the highest exposure groups of serum trans-nonachlor and oxychlordane. Liver enzymes (AST, ALT, and GGT) were significantly higher in the highest exposure groups of PCBs/OCPs. CONCLUSIONS We observed significant associations between PCB/OCP levels and blood markers in the general population. All of the levels were within normal ranges but the consistency of results is remarkable and may reflect subclinical effects. Largest differences were observed for NDL PCBs. Thus, routine application of toxic equivalency factors, which assume dioxin like mechanisms and aryl hydrocarbon receptor involvement, may not adequately reflect the effects of NDL PCBs in the mixture.
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- Berrin Serdar
- />Environmental and Occupational Health Department, Colorado School of Public Health, University of Colorado Denver, Colorado, Denver USA
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- />Department of Family Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Colorado Denver, Colorado, Denver USA
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- />Epidemiology Department, Colorado School of Public Health, University of Colorado Denver, Colorado, Denver USA
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- />Department of Family Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Colorado Denver, Colorado, Denver USA
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Sonne C, Bustnes JO, Herzke D, Jaspers VLB, Covaci A, Eulaers I, Halley DJ, Moum T, Ballesteros M, Eens M, Ims RA, Hanssen SA, Erikstad KE, Johnsen TV, Rigét FF, Jensen AL, Kjelgaard-Hansen M. Blood plasma clinical-chemical parameters as biomarker endpoints for organohalogen contaminant exposure in Norwegian raptor nestlings. ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY 2012; 80:76-83. [PMID: 22445502 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2012.02.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2011] [Revised: 02/09/2012] [Accepted: 02/12/2012] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Raptors are exposed to biomagnifying and toxic organohalogenated compounds (OHCs) such as organochlorines, brominated flame retardants and perfluorinated compounds. To investigate how OHC exposure may affect biochemical pathways we collected blood plasma from Norwegian northern goshawk (n=56), golden eagle (n=12) and white-tailed eagle (n=36) nestlings during three consecutive breeding seasons. We found that blood plasma concentrations of calcium, sodium, creatinine, cholesterol, albumin, total protein, urea, inorganic phosphate, protein:creatinine, urea:creatinine and uric acid:creatinine ratios and liver enzymes ALKP and ALAT were positively correlated to PCBs, chlordanes, p,p'-DDE, HCB, PFCs and/or PBDEs. Total bilirubin and glucose were negatively correlated to PCBs while magnesium and potassium were negatively correlated to HCB and p,p'-DDE. In addition, protein:creatinine and ALAT were also negatively correlated to PCBs and PFCs, respectively. The most significant relationships were found for the highly contaminated northern goshawks and white-tailed eagles. The statistical relationships between OHCs and BCCPs indicate that biochemical pathways could be influenced while it is uncertain if such changes have any health effects. The OHC concentrations were below concentrations causing reproductive toxicity in adults of other raptor species but similar to those of concern for endocrine disruption of thyroid hormones in e.g., bald eagles.
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- Christian Sonne
- Department of Bioscience, Faculty of Science and Technology, Aarhus University, Frederiksborgvej 399, PO Box 358, DK-4000 Roskilde, Denmark.
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Hough RL, Booth P, Avery LM, Rhind S, Crews C, Bacon J, Campbell CD, Tompkins D. Risk assessment of the use of PAS100 green composts in sheep and cattle production in Scotland. WASTE MANAGEMENT (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 2012; 32:117-130. [PMID: 21924890 DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2011.08.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2011] [Revised: 07/29/2011] [Accepted: 08/09/2011] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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A generalized quantitative risk assessment for the use of source-segregated green waste (SSGW) compost use in livestock production is presented. This assessment focussed on potential risks associated with a specific product, PAS100 compost that meets the UK publicly available specification 100 and represents the majority of compost available for use in extensive Scottish livestock systems. A hazard screening approach was used to identify all potentially hazardous agents present in compost. A total of 497 potentially hazardous agents were screened, with 147 finally put forward for quantitative risk assessment. Scenarios modelled in the assessment included surface application of compost to grazing land and also incorporation into soil and subsequent uptake by fodder crops. Risk estimates were compared to those associated with six comparator materials, including various sludges, slurries and farm yard manures. Overall, five potentially hazardous agents (PCB28, PCB138, PCB153, 1,2,3,4,6,7,8-HpCDD, Clopyralid) returned a hazard quotient >1 but within margins of uncertainty, indicating that further investigation may be required. Within the limitations of available information, SSGW compost was found to pose less risk to grazing livestock, or the environment, than other commonly-used soil amendments. While this assessment relates to a specific product/standard used in the UK, the methodology could easily be applied to other composts/products/situations. Therefore these results have wider applicability.
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- Rupert L Hough
- The James Hutton Institute, Craigiebuckler, Aberdeen AB15 8QH, UK.
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Hayley S, Mangano E, Crowe G, Li N, Bowers WJ. An in vivo animal study assessing long-term changes in hypothalamic cytokines following perinatal exposure to a chemical mixture based on Arctic maternal body burden. Environ Health 2011; 10:65. [PMID: 21745392 PMCID: PMC3148548 DOI: 10.1186/1476-069x-10-65] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2010] [Accepted: 07/11/2011] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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BACKGROUND The geographic distribution of environmental toxins is generally not uniform, with certain northern regions showing a particularly high concentration of pesticides, heavy metals and persistent organic pollutants. For instance, Northern Canadians are exposed to high levels of persistent organic pollutants like polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB), organochlorine pesticides (OCs) and methylmercury (MeHg), primarily through country foods. Previous studies have reported associations between neuronal pathology and exposure to such toxins. The present investigation assessed whether perinatal exposure (gestation and lactation) of rats to a chemical mixture (27 constituents comprised of PCBs, OCs and MeHg) based on Arctic maternal exposure profiles at concentrations near human exposure levels, would affect brain levels of several inflammatory cytokines METHODS Rats were dosed during gestation and lactation and cytokine levels were measured in the brains of offspring at five months of age. Hypothalamic cytokine protein levels were measured with a suspension-based array system and differences were determined using ANOVA and post hoc statistical tests. RESULTS The early life PCB treatment alone significantly elevated hypothalamic interleukin-6 (IL-6) levels in rats at five months of age to a degree comparable to that of the entire chemical mixture. Similarly, the full mixture (and to a lesser degree PCBs alone) elevated levels of the pro-inflammatory cytokine, IL-1b, as well as the anti-inflammatory cytokine, IL-10. The full mixture of chemicals also moderately increased (in an additive fashion) hypothalamic levels of the pro-inflammatory cytokines, IL-12 and tumor necrosis factor (TNF-α). Challenge with bacterial endotoxin at adulthood generally increased hypothalamic levels to such a degree that differences between the perinatally treated chemical groups were no longer detectable. CONCLUSIONS These data suggest that exposure at critical neurodevelopmental times to environmental chemicals at concentrations and combinations reflective of those observed in vulnerable population can have enduring consequences upon cytokines that are thought to contribute to a range of pathological states. In particular, such protracted alterations in the cytokine balance within the hypothalamus would be expected to favor marked changes in neuro-immune and hormonal communication that could have profound behavioral consequences.
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- Shawn Hayley
- Department of Neuroscience, Carleton University, 1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, K1S 5B6, Canada
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- Department of Neuroscience, Carleton University, 1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, K1S 5B6, Canada
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- Department of Neuroscience, Carleton University, 1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, K1S 5B6, Canada
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- Environmental Health Science and Research Bureau, Health Canada, 50 Colombine Driveway, Ottawa, K1A OK9, Canada
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- Environmental Health Science and Research Bureau, Health Canada, 50 Colombine Driveway, Ottawa, K1A OK9, Canada
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Antonijevic B, Jankovic S, Curcic M, Durgo K, Stokic E, Srdic B, Tomic-Naglic D. Risk characterization for mercury, dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane and polychlorinated biphenyls associated with fish consumption in Serbia. Food Chem Toxicol 2011; 49:2586-93. [PMID: 21763389 DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2011.06.078] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2011] [Revised: 06/03/2011] [Accepted: 06/30/2011] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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The aim of this work was to assess the risk due to mercury (Hg), dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) and non-dioxin-like polychlorinated biphenyls (ndl PCBs) intake via fish consumption in Serbia. We have developed 24 scenarios using four concentration levels (mean, maximum, 50th and 95th percentile) of contaminants, determined in 521 samples of fish products available on Serbian market; two consumption levels (Food and Agriculture Organization/World Health Organization data and recommendation of American Heart Association); and three body weights (5th, 50th and 95th percentile). All the values concerning the intake of DDT are below the corresponding health based guidance value. Calculated weekly intake of Hg using maximal concentration, intake of 340g/week and 5th percentile of body weight exceeded the provisional tolerable weekly intake (PTWI). When maximal and 95th percentile concentration of ndl PCBs was used, weekly intakes exceeded a "guidance value" with one exception i.e., when 95th percentile of concentration along with 95th percentile of body weight were used. Concerning Hg and ndl PCBs, when extreme concentrations were used, HIs exceeded the value of 1, indicating that fish and fishery products may pose a threat to consumer's health.
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- B Antonijevic
- Department of Toxicology, "Akademik Danilo Soldatovic", Belgrade University-Faculty of Pharmacy, Vojvode Stepe 450, 11221 Belgrade, Serbia.
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Schwacke LH, Zolman ES, Balmer BC, De Guise S, George RC, Hoguet J, Hohn AA, Kucklick JR, Lamb S, Levin M, Litz JA, McFee WE, Place NJ, Townsend FI, Wells RS, Rowles TK. Anaemia, hypothyroidism and immune suppression associated with polychlorinated biphenyl exposure in bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus). Proc Biol Sci 2011; 279:48-57. [PMID: 21613298 DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2011.0665] [Citation(s) in RCA: 102] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), persistent chemicals widely used for industrial purposes, have been banned in most parts of the world for decades. Owing to their bioaccumulative nature, PCBs are still found in high concentrations in marine mammals, particularly those that occupy upper trophic positions. While PCB-related health effects have been well-documented in some mammals, studies among dolphins and whales are limited. We conducted health evaluations of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) near a site on the Georgia, United States coast heavily contaminated by Aroclor 1268, an uncommon PCB mixture primarily comprised of octa- through deca-chlorobiphenyl congeners. A high proportion (26%) of sampled dolphins suffered anaemia, a finding previously reported from primate laboratory studies using high doses of a more common PCB mixture, Aroclor 1254. In addition, the dolphins showed reduced thyroid hormone levels and total thyroxine, free thyroxine and triiodothyronine negatively correlated with PCB concentration measured in blubber (p = 0.039, < 0.001, 0.009, respectively). Similarly, T-lymphocyte proliferation and indices of innate immunity decreased with blubber PCB concentration, suggesting an increased susceptibility to infectious disease. Other persistent contaminants such as DDT which could potentially confound results were similar in the Georgia dolphins when compared with previously sampled reference sites, and therefore probably did not contribute to the observed correlations. Our results clearly demonstrate that dolphins are vulnerable to PCB-related toxic effects, at least partially mediated through the endocrine system. The severity of the effects suggests that the PCB mixture to which the Georgia dolphins were exposed has substantial toxic potential and further studies are warranted to elucidate mechanisms and potential impacts on other top-level predators, including humans, who regularly consume fish from the same marine waters.
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- Lori H Schwacke
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Ocean Service, Hollings Marine Laboratory, 331 Fort Johnson Road, Charleston, SC 29412, USA.
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Yang CY, Huang TS, Lin KC, Kuo P, Tsai PC, Guo YL. Menstrual effects among women exposed to polychlorinated biphenyls and dibenzofurans. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 2011; 111:288-294. [PMID: 21186023 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2010.11.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2010] [Revised: 11/16/2010] [Accepted: 11/24/2010] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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BACKGROUND Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), dibenzofurans (PCDFs), and dibenzo-dioxins (PCDDs) may affect the female reproductive system in humans. A mass poisoning occurred in Taiwan due to PCBs/PCDFs-contaminated cooking oil, and was called the Yucheng (oil-disease in Chinese). We aimed to determine whether Yucheng women were affected in their menstruation. METHODS After the event, we followed the exposed individuals and an age-matched neighborhood reference group. Menstrual cycle characteristics and age at menarche were obtained by a telephone interview. We used multiple linear and logistic regression to examine the association between PCBs/PCDFs and menstrual cycle characteristics, after adjusting for confounding factors. RESULTS Totally 445 women responded satisfactorily and were included in the analyses of menstrual characteristics. Menstrual cycle irregularity and dysmenorrheal did not differ between Yucheng and referents. Yucheng women's menstrual cycles were 0.5 (95% CI: 0.0-0.5; p=0.03) days shorter than those of the referents. The Yucheng women with skin lesions caused by PCBs/PCDFs were more prominently affected, with the cycles 1.2 days shorter than the referents. Yucheng women exposed to PCBs/PCDFs at the premenacheal period had reduced cycle length (-0.7 day, 95% CI: -1.4 to 0.0; p=0.04) and longer days of menstrual flow (0.5 day, 95% CI: 0.0-1.0; p=0.04). Among those women who were exposed at an age of 5-9 years, menarche started slightly earlier with borderline significance. CONCLUSIONS Shorter menstrual cycle length and a longer duration of bleeding in each cycle were found among women previously exposed to PCBs/PCDFs. These effects were more obviously observed among those exposed at premenarcheal ages.
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- Chiu-Yueh Yang
- Department of Health Business Administration, Hung-Kuang University, Taichung, Taiwan, ROC
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Sonne C, Bustnes JO, Herzke D, Jaspers VLB, Covaci A, Halley DJ, Moum T, Eulaers I, Eens M, Ims RA, Hanssen SA, Einar Erikstad K, Johnsen T, Schnug L, Rigét FF, Jensen AL. Relationships between organohalogen contaminants and blood plasma clinical-chemical parameters in chicks of three raptor species from Northern Norway. ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY 2010; 73:7-17. [PMID: 19800686 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2009.08.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2009] [Revised: 08/25/2009] [Accepted: 08/29/2009] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Organohalogen contaminants (OHCs) may affect various physiological parameters in birds including blood chemistry. We therefore examined blood plasma clinical-chemical parameters and OHCs in golden eagle, white-tailed eagle and goshawk chicks from Northern Norway. Correlation analyses on pooled data showed that alkaline phosphatase (ALKP), glucose and creatinine were significantly negatively correlated to various OHCs (all: p<0.05; r: -0.43 to -0.55; n=23), while alanine aminotransferase (ALAT), total protein, cholesterol, uric acid, total bilirubin, ratios protein:creatinine and uric acid:creatinine were significantly positively correlated to various OHCs (all: p<0.05; r: 0.43-0.96). Based on these relationships, we suggest that the OHC concentrations found in certain raptor chicks of Northern Scandinavia may impact blood plasma biochemistry in a way that indicates impacts on liver, kidney, bone, endocrinology and metabolism. In order to elaborate further on these relationships and mechanisms, we recommend that a larger study should take place in the near future.
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- Christian Sonne
- Arhus University, National Environmental Research Institute, Department of Arctic Environment, Frederiksborgvej 399, PO Box 358, DK-4000 Roskilde, Denmark.
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Arnich N, Tard A, Leblanc JC, Bizec BL, Narbonne JF, Maximilien R. Dietary intake of non-dioxin-like PCBs (NDL-PCBs) in France, impact of maximum levels in some foodstuffs. Regul Toxicol Pharmacol 2009; 54:287-93. [DOI: 10.1016/j.yrtph.2009.05.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2009] [Revised: 05/15/2009] [Accepted: 05/16/2009] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Small CM, Cheslack-Postava K, Terrell M, Blanck HM, Tolbert P, Rubin C, Henderson A, Marcus M. Risk of spontaneous abortion among women exposed to polybrominated biphenyls. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 2007; 105:247-55. [PMID: 17239850 PMCID: PMC2237897 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2006.11.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2006] [Revised: 11/20/2006] [Accepted: 11/28/2006] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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Accidental contamination of livestock in Michigan in 1973 with polybrominated biphenyls (PBBs) led to the establishment of a registry of exposed individuals in 1976. At the time of enrollment, serum was collected and analyzed for PBBs and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). In 1997, women aged 18 years or older and active in the registry were invited to participate in a telephone interview about their health. Using generalized estimating equations to account for correlated outcomes within the same woman, we assessed the risk of spontaneous abortion among 529 women with 1344 potentially exposed pregnancies. PBB and PCB exposure were not associated with risk of spontaneous abortion after adjusting for maternal age at conception, age at menarche, and prior infertility. Compared to pregnancies with PBB exposure below the limit of detection, those with levels above 2.9 ppb had a non-significant reduced odds of spontaneous abortion (adjusted OR=0.73; 95% CI=0.47-1.13). Compared to pregnancies with PCB exposure below the limit of detection, those with levels above 6.5 ppb had little difference in risk (adjusted OR=0.91; 95% CI=0.59-1.41). Maternal age at conception above 34 years was significantly associated with elevated risk of spontaneous abortion (OR=2.46; 95% CI=1.10-5.49). The effect of prior infertility was of borderline significance (OR=1.52; 95% CI=0.98-2.38). Older age at menarche was associated with decreased risk of spontaneous abortion (adjusted OR=0.58; 95% CI: 0.38-0.89, comparing menarche at 12-13 with menarche <12). Our results do not support an association between exposure to PBBs or PCBs and risk of spontaneous abortion.
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- Chanley M Small
- Department of Epidemiology, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA.
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Stedeford T, Zhao QJ, Dourson ML, Banasik M, Hsu CH. The application of non-default uncertainty factors in the U.S. EPA's Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS). Part I: UF(L), UF(S), and "other uncertainty factors". JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND HEALTH. PART C, ENVIRONMENTAL CARCINOGENESIS & ECOTOXICOLOGY REVIEWS 2007; 25:245-79. [PMID: 17763048 DOI: 10.1080/10590500701569430] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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The United States Environmental Protection Agency's Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) includes hazard identification and dose-response assessment values developed by Agency scientists. Uncertainty factors (UFs) are used in the development of IRIS values to address the lack of information in five main areas. The standard UFs account for interspecies uncertainty (UF(A)) and intraspecies variability (UF(H)). The UF(A) addresses uncertainty related to the extrapolation of data from animals to humans, whereas the UF(H) addresses variability amongst individuals (i.e., intrahuman). Additional UFs have been employed to account for database incompleteness, extrapolations from a lowest-observed-adverse-effect level in the absence of a no-observed-adverse-effect level (UF(L)), and subchronic-to-chronic extrapolation (UF(S)). A sixth UF designated as "other uncertainty factors" (UF(O)) has also been applied in place of the UF(L) to account for uncertainty with the adversity of points of departure obtained using benchmark dose modeling. This review will discuss how UF(L), UF(S), and UF(O) have been applied in IRIS assessments, along with the rationale used to describe the choice of UF values that deviate from the standard default of 10.
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- Todd Stedeford
- Integrated Risk Information System, National Center for Environmental Assessment, Office of Research and Development, United States Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC, USA
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Dickerson SM, Gore AC. Estrogenic environmental endocrine-disrupting chemical effects on reproductive neuroendocrine function and dysfunction across the life cycle. Rev Endocr Metab Disord 2007; 8:143-59. [PMID: 17674209 DOI: 10.1007/s11154-007-9048-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 166] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) are natural or synthetic compounds that interfere with the normal function of an organism's endocrine system. Many EDCs are resistant to biodegradation, due to their structural stability, and persist in the environment. The focus of this review is on natural and artificial EDCs that act through estrogenic mechanisms to affect reproductive neuroendocrine systems. This endocrine axis comprises the hypothalamic gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH), pituitary gonadotropins, and gonadal steroid hormones, including estrogens. Although it is not surprising that EDCs that mimic or antagonize estrogen receptors may exert actions upon reproductive targets, the mechanisms for these effects are complex and involve all three levels of the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal (HPG) system. Nevertheless, considerable evidence links exposure to estrogenic environmental EDCs with neuroendocrine reproductive deficits in wildlife and in humans. The effects of an EDC are variable across the life cycle of an animal, and are particularly potent when exposure occurs during fetal and early postnatal development. As a consequence, abnormal sexual differentiation, disrupted reproductive function, or inappropriate sexual behavior may be detected later in life. This review will cover the effects of two representative classes of estrogenic EDCs, phytoestrogens and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), on neuroendocrine reproductive function, from molecules to behavior, across the vertebrate life cycle. Finally, we identify the gaps of knowledge in this field and suggest future directions for study.
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- Sarah M Dickerson
- Division of Pharmacology and Toxicology, The University of Texas at Austin, P.O. Box A1915, Austin, TX 78712, USA.
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Simon T, Britt JK, James RC. Development of a neurotoxic equivalence scheme of relative potency for assessing the risk of PCB mixtures. Regul Toxicol Pharmacol 2007; 48:148-70. [PMID: 17475378 DOI: 10.1016/j.yrtph.2007.03.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2007] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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PCBs produce adverse effects in humans and animals by several modes of action. The first mode of action is binding of coplanar or mono-ortho-PCBs to the aryl hydrocarbon (Ah) receptor leading to effects associated with the activation of this receptor. The remaining PCB congeners do not activate this receptor and have different modes of action underlying their toxic effects. One mode of action that has been shown for di-ortho-substituted non-coplanar PCBs (PCB congeners with two or more chlorines in the ortho-positions) is the interference with intracellular signaling pathways dependent on Ca(2+) homeostasis and the resulting cellular, organ-level and organismal effects. The ortho-substituted non-coplanar congeners produce other cellular or organ-level effects including changes in protein kinase C translocation, changes in cellular dopamine (DA) uptake, formation of reactive oxygen species, and thyroid effects. Here, we propose a scheme for developing relative potency estimates (REP) for the PCB congeners not considered in the TEF scheme used to assess the toxicity of coplanar and mono-ortho-PCBs and chlorinated dioxins and furans. Because a number of the modes of action listed here for the ortho-substituted non-coplanar PCB congeners have been implicated in the neurotoxic effects of these PCBs congeners, this relative potency scheme is referred to here as the Neurotoxic Equivalent (NEQ) scheme for estimating toxicity of PCB mixtures. The Neurotoxic Equivalent (NEQ) values are developed in a way similar in concept to the derivation of the well-known TEF congener values. Although this scheme is in its infancy and the set of NEQ values are limited by the current data, there are several compelling reasons for proposing such a scheme now. First, it should open discussions as to how different modes of action can be utilized to predict congener potency differences for the effects they produce. Second, consideration and evaluation of the ability of the proposed NEQ scheme to predict the toxicity of PCB mixtures will assist in the identification of the specific modes of action relevant to the effects produced by non-coplanar PCBs. If other modes of action are suggested and subsequently identified, then other schemes of relative potency could be developed specifically for those modes of action, distinct from either the TEF scheme or the NEQ scheme. Knowing these other modes of action and the relative toxicity of the various congeners would advance our understanding of PCB toxicology and thereby ultimately improve our ability to estimate the toxic potency of PCB mixtures for each identified mode of action. Third, a quantitative scheme for assessing the toxicity of the non-coplanar PCB congeners present in a mixture has the potential to improve significantly future risk assessments of PCB mixtures.
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- Ted Simon
- Ted Simon, LLC, 4184 Johnston Road, Winston, GA 30187, USA.
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Opinion of the Scientific Panel on contaminants in the food chain [CONTAM] related to the presence of non dioxin-like polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB) in feed and food. EFSA J 2005. [DOI: 10.2903/j.efsa.2005.284] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Keller JM, Kucklick JR, Stamper MA, Harms CA, McClellan-Green PD. Associations between organochlorine contaminant concentrations and clinical health parameters in loggerhead sea turtles from North Carolina, USA. ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVES 2004; 112:1074-9. [PMID: 15238280 PMCID: PMC1247380 DOI: 10.1289/ehp.6923] [Citation(s) in RCA: 109] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2003] [Accepted: 04/21/2004] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Widespread and persistent organochlorine (OC) contaminants, such as polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and pesticides, are known to have broad-ranging toxicities in wildlife. In this study we investigated, for the first time, their possible health effects on loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta). Nonlethal fat biopsies and blood samples were collected from live turtles for OC contaminant analysis, and concentrations were compared with clinical health assessment data, including hematology, plasma chemistry, and body condition. Concentrations of total PCBs (Sigma PCBs), Sigma DDTs, Sigma chlordanes, dieldrin, and mirex were determined in 44 fat biopsies and 48 blood samples. Blood concentrations of Sigma chlordanes were negatively correlated with red blood cell counts, hemoglobin, and hematocrit, indicative of anemia. Positive correlations were observed between most classes of OC contaminants and white blood cell counts and between mirex and Sigma TCDD-like PCB concentrations and the heterophil:lymphocyte ratio, suggesting modulation of the immune system. All classes of OCs in the blood except dieldrin were correlated positively with aspartate aminotransferase (AST) activity, indicating possible hepatocellular damage. Mirex and Sigma TCDD-like PCB blood concentrations were negatively correlated with alkaline phosphatase (ALP) activity. Significant correlations to levels of certain OC contaminant classes also suggested possible alteration of protein (increasing blood urea nitrogen, decreasing albumin:globulin ratio), carbohydrate (decreasing glucose), and ion (increasing sodium, decreasing magnesium) regulation. These correlations suggest that OC contaminants may be affecting the health of loggerhead sea turtles even though sea turtles accumulate lower concentrations of OCs compared with other wildlife.
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- Jennifer M Keller
- Duke University, Integrated Toxicology Program and Nicholas School of the Environment Coastal Systems Science and Policy, Beaufort, North Carolina, USA.
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Still KR, Arfsten DP, Jederberg WW, Kane LV, Larcom BJ. Estimation of the health risks associated with polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) concentrations found onboard older U.S. Navy vessels. APPLIED OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HYGIENE 2003; 18:737-58. [PMID: 12959885 DOI: 10.1080/10473220301444] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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PCBs have been identified on surfaces and in component materials and equipment from inactive U.S. Navy nuclear submarines commissioned prior to 1970. Health risks associated with PCBs present onboard submarines were estimated for hypothetical crew members and shipyard workers. Median non-cancer hazard quotients for shipyard workers and submarine crew ranged between 0.4-54.6, with the highest quotients estimated for unprotected shipyard workers. Median cancer risk estimates ranged from 7.3 x 10(-6) to 1.1 x 10(-3) with the highest estimated risk calculated for unprotected shipyard workers. Our findings suggest that PCB surface concentrations found onboard inactive nuclear submarines commissioned prior to 1970 may be high enough to constitute a possible risk to the health of persons involved in dismantling of Navy submarines if PCB exposure is not minimized. Potential sources of uncertainty in our risk assessment include the correlation between PCB contamination levels on inactive versus active nuclear submarine vessels, the relationship between wipe sample concentrations and human exposure, dermal contact frequency with PCB-contaminated surfaces, carcinogenicity of PCBs in humans, and uncertainties inherent with the PCB cancer slope factor and oral RfD. Our findings support Navy policy that shipyard workers should wear personal protective equipment when PCB contamination is suspected or has been identified and that IH surveys should continue to identify sources of PCB contamination onboard vessels and reduce PCB contamination to concentrations that are reasonably achievable.
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- K R Still
- Naval Health Research Center Detachment (Toxicology), Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
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Faroon OM, Keith S, Jones D, de Rosa C. Effects of polychlorinated biphenyls on development and reproduction. Toxicol Ind Health 2001; 17:63-93. [PMID: 12117298 DOI: 10.1191/0748233701th097oa] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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As part of its mandate, the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) prepares toxicological profiles on hazardous chemicals found at Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) National Priorities List (NPL) sites that have the greatest public health impact. These profiles comprehensively summarize toxicological and environmental information. This article, which constitutes the release of an important section of the Toxicological Profile for Polychlorinated Biphenyls (ATSDR 2000) into the scientific literature, focuses on the developmental and reproductive effects of this group of synthetic organic chemicals (PCBs) in humans and animals. Information on other health effects, toxicokinetics, mechanisms of toxicity, biomarkers, interactions, chemical and physical properties, potential for human exposure, and regulations and advisories is detailed in the profile. Interested readers are encouraged to consult the original toxicological profile for more information. Profiles can be requested from ATSDR's Information Center by telephone (1-888-42-ATSDR [1-888-422-8737] or E-mail: (atsdric@cdc.gov).
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- O M Faroon
- Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, US Department of Health and Human Services, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA.
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Bryce F, Hayward S, Stapley R, Arnold DL. Consequences of Aroclor 1254 ingestion on the menstrual cycle of rhesus (Macaca mulatta) monkeys. Food Chem Toxicol 2000; 38:1053-64. [PMID: 11038242 DOI: 10.1016/s0278-6915(00)00094-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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A group of 80 female rhesus (Macaca mulatta) monkeys were randomly distributed to four similar test rooms (20 monkeys/room) and then randomly allocated to one of five test groups (four females/test group/room). The objective of the study was to ascertain the toxicological and reproductive effects of Aroclor 1254 ingestion at dose levels of 0, 5, 20, 40 or 80 microg Aroclor 1254/kg body weight per day (Arnold et al., 1993a,b, 1995, 1996, 1997). It was deemed necessary to establish the menstrual patterns for all the monkeys both before and after the start of dosing so as to provide an appropriate baseline from which potential treatment effects could be ascertained. The data presented herein were obtained during the first 3 years after the start of dosing, or the study's pre-mating phase. At the end of the first 2 years of dosing, the monkeys attained a qualitative pharmacokinetic steady state regarding the levels of polychlorinated biphenyls in their adipose tissue. Upon termination of the study, a number of monkeys were found to have endometriosis, adenomyosis or uterine leiomyomas (Arnold et al., 1996, 1997). These monkeys were designated as having gynecological abnormalities which were considered to be a factor in the analysis of the menstrual data. The menstrual data (i.e. menses frequency, cycle length and menses duration) were subjected to a statistical assessment to see whether year, quarter, gynecological abnormalities or dose of Aroclor 1254 had any effect on menses frequency, menstrual cycle length (i.e. the first day of menses until the day prior to the start of the next menses) and/or menses duration (i.e. the number of days of haemorrhagic discharge). The only consistent statistically significant effect found was that gynecological abnormalities increased menses duration (P<0.05) in all 12 quarters of the premating observation period. This effect was significant during both the pre- (P=0.0004) and post- (P< or =0.0001) pharmacokinetic steady-state intervals. While there was some indication of seasonality regarding menstrual cycle length and menses duration when these data were compared on a quarterly basis during the first 2 years of the study (P=0.043; P< or =0.0001, respectively), this effect was not evident during the third year (P=0.21; P=0.31, respectively). In particular, the effect of quarter on menses cycle length was most evident during the first year, with the shortest cycles occurring during the first or spring quarter and the longest in the third or fall quarter. However, menses duration was shortest in the first quarter during the first 2 years and tended to peak in the second quarter of all 3 years, while generally diminishing in the third and fourth quarters. There was also an increase in menses duration with increasing time on test for all groups. In addition, Aroclor 1254 treatment appeared to have some effect on menses duration when menses duration was plotted against dose group, but the effect was not statistically significant (P>0. 05). It was concluded that the ingestion of Aroclor 1254 at dose levels up to 80 microg/kg body weight/day by rhesus monkeys did not have any appreciable biological effect on menstrual frequency, menstrual cycle length or menses duration. However, gynecological abnormalities significantly increased menses duration during the three-year observation period.
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- F Bryce
- Toxicology Research Division, Bureau of Chemical Safety, Food Directorate, Postal locator 2202D1, Health Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0L2, Canada
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Gerhard I, Monga B, Krähe J, Runnebaum B. Chlorinated hydrocarbons in infertile women. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 1999; 80:299-310. [PMID: 10330303 DOI: 10.1006/enrs.1998.3890] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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This study was conducted to investigate the hypothesis that chlorinated hydrocarbons (CHC) may affect fertility in women. In 489 infertile women, CHC levels were measured in whole blood. Different anamnestic and clinical parameters were obtained or investigated in order to detect possible associations to CHC concentrations. CHC levels were correlated to the women's age, body mass index, and nationality. Especially in women with uterine fibroids, endometriosis, miscarriages, persistent infertility, and hormonal disturbances, elevated concentrations of chlorinated hydrocarbons with long half-lives were observed. Chlorinated hydrocarbons may play a role in female infertility and may be an underlying factor in certain gynecological conditions.
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- I Gerhard
- Department of Gynecological Endocrinology and Reproduction, University Hospital of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Heidelberg, 69115, Germany
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Arnold DL, Bryce F, Mes J, Tryphonas H, Hayward S, Malcolm S. Toxicological consequences of feeding PCB congeners to infant rhesus (Macaca mulatta) and cynomolgus (Macaca fascicularis) monkeys. Food Chem Toxicol 1999; 37:153-67. [PMID: 10227739 DOI: 10.1016/s0278-6915(98)00120-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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In a study designed to minimize interspecies extrapolation of toxicological data, nine rhesus (Macaca mulatta) and 15 cynomolgus (M. fascicularis) day-old infant monkeys were separated from their dams following parturition and hand-reared using a liquid non-human primate formulation. The infants were randomly divided into a control and a treated group which received a mixture of polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) congeners analogous to those found in breast milk from Canadian women. The concentration of congeners in the dosing media resulted in each infant receiving a total of 7.5 microg PCB congeners/kg body weight/day. The congeners were added either to the liquid formulation or to corn oil and administered to the back of the monkey's mouth for 20 weeks. Monthly blood and adipose specimens were obtained during the dosing period and then periodically until the monkey was necropsied or taken off test (minimum of 66 weeks on test) for congener analysis. Parameters such as body weight, formula consumption, tooth eruption, somatic measurements, haematology and serum biochemistry were monitored throughout the study. In addition, a qualitative evaluation of the absorption and depletion of the various congeners was undertaken as was an immunological evaluation. For the monitored parameters, very few differences were found to be statistically significant. For the immunological parameters, the only statistically differences found were a reduction over time for immunoglobulins M and G antibodies to sheep red blood cells (cyno, P = 0.025; rhesus, P = 0.002) and a treatment-related reduction in the levels of the HLA-DR cell surface marker (mean percent, P = 0.016; absolute levels, P = 0.027). There were some qualitative differences regarding absorption and depletion rates for the various congeners, but it could not be definitely ascertained whether these differences were due to species differences or dosing mode. However, statistically significant differences were found for treatment (P = 0.0293) as well as for species and vehicle regarding the concentration of PCB in blood (species;--P = 0.0399; treatment--P = 0.0001) and adipose tissue (species--P = 0.0489; treatment--P = 0.0001).
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- D L Arnold
- Toxicology Research Division, Bureau of Chemical Safety, Health Canada, Ottawa
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Lapierre P, De Guise S, Muir DC, Norstrom R, Béland P, Fournier M. Immune functions in the Fisher rat fed beluga whale (Delphinapterus leucas) blubber from the contaminated St. Lawrence estuary. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 1999; 80:S104-S112. [PMID: 10092424 DOI: 10.1006/enrs.1998.3942] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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In order to assess the immunotoxic potential of food naturally contaminated with PCBs and other organohalogens, Fisher rats were fed a diet in which the lipids originated from the blubber of either a highly polluted St. Lawrence beluga or a relatively uncontaminated Arctic beluga. After a period of 2 months, different immune functions were evaluated, including lymphoblastic transformation, natural killer cell activity, plaque-forming cells, phagocytosis, oxidative burst, and immunophenotyping. For all assays, rats fed a St. Lawrence beluga blubber diet or a mixture of Arctic and St. Lawrence beluga blubber diet were not different from control rats fed a diet containing Arctic beluga blubber. These results are inconsistent with the well-known immunosuppressive effects of organochlorines in numerous species and with the lesions suggestive of organochlorine-related immunosuppression that are observed in St. Lawrence belugas. The lack of observable immunotoxic effects in rats fed contaminated beluga blubber might be explained by antagonistic effects in the organohalogen mixture, by a response specific to the rat, by a strain-related lack of sensitivity to organochlorines, or by insufficient dose due to the shortness of the exposure period or the route of exposure.
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- P Lapierre
- Département des Sciences Biologiques, Université du Québec à Montrèal, Montréal, H3C 3P8, Canada
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Golden RJ, Noller KL, Titus-Ernstoff L, Kaufman RH, Mittendorf R, Stillman R, Reese EA. Environmental endocrine modulators and human health: an assessment of the biological evidence. Crit Rev Toxicol 1998; 28:109-227. [PMID: 9557209 DOI: 10.1080/10408449891344191] [Citation(s) in RCA: 175] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Recently, a great deal of attention and interest has been directed toward the hypothesis that exposure, particularly in utero exposure, to certain environmental chemicals might be capable of causing a spectrum of adverse effects as a result of endocrine modulation. In particular, the hypothesis has focused on the idea that certain organochlorine and other compounds acting as weak estrogens have the capability, either alone or in combination, to produce a variety of adverse effects, including breast, testicular and prostate cancer, adverse effects on male reproductive tract, endometriosis, fertility problems, alterations of sexual behavior, learning disability or delay, and adverse effects on immune and thyroid function. While hormones are potent modulators of biochemical and physiological function, the implication that exposure to environmental hormones (e.g., xenoestrogens) has this capability is uncertain. While it is reasonable to hypothesize that exposure to estrogen-like compounds, whatever their source, could adversely affect human health, biological plausibility alone is an insufficient basis for concluding that environmental endocrine modulators have adversely affected humans. Diethylstilbestrol (DES) is a potent, synthetic estrogen administered under a variety of dosing protocols to millions of women in the belief (now known to be mistaken) that it would prevent miscarriage. As a result of this use, substantial in utero exposure to large numbers of male and female offspring occurred. Numerous studies have been conducted on the health consequences of in utero DES exposure among the adult offspring of these women. There are also extensive animal data on the effects of DES and there is a high degree of concordance between effects observed in animals and humans. The extensive human data in DES-exposed cohorts provide a useful basis for assessing the biological plausibility that potential adverse effects might occur following in utero exposure to compounds identified as environmental estrogens. The effects observed in both animals and humans following in utero exposure to sufficient doses of DES are consistent with basic principles of dose response as well as the possibility of maternal dose levels below which potential non-cancer effects may not occur. Significant differences in estrogenic potency between DES and chemicals identified to date as environmental estrogens, as well as an even larger number of naturally occurring dietary phytoestrogens, must be taken into account when inferring potential effects from in utero exposure to any of these substances. The antiestrogenic properties of many of these same exogenous compounds might also diminish net estrogenic effects. Based on the extensive data on DES-exposed cohorts, it appears unlikely that in utero exposure to usual levels of environmental estrogenic substances, from whatever source, would be sufficient to produce many of the effects (i.e., endometriosis, adverse effects on the male reproductive tract, male and female fertility problems, alterations of sexual behavior, learning problems, immune system effects or thyroid effects) hypothesized as potentially resulting from exposure to chemicals identified to date as environmental estrogens.
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- R J Golden
- Environmental Risk Sciences, Washington, D.C. 20007, USA
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Arnold DL, Nera EA, Stapley R, Bryce F, Fernie S, Tolnai G, Miller D, Hayward S, Campbell JS, Greer I. Toxicological consequences of Aroclor 1254 ingestion by female rhesus (Macaca mulatta) monkeys and their nursing infants. Part 3: post-reproduction and pathological findings. Food Chem Toxicol 1997; 35:1191-207. [PMID: 9449225 DOI: 10.1016/s0278-6915(97)85470-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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A group of 80 menstruating rhesus (Macaca mulatta) monkeys were randomly allocated to four similar rooms (20 monkeys/room) and then to one of five dose groups (four females/dose group/room). Each day the monkeys self-ingested capsules containing doses of 0, 5, 20, 40 or 80 microg Aroclor 1254/kg body weight. After 25 months of continuous dosing, approximately 90% of the treated females had attained a qualitative pharmacokinetic steady state with respect to the concentration of polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) in their nuchal fat pad. Concurrently, sebaceous glands were being examined for changes analogous to chloracne. Subsequently, the females were paired with untreated males. The infants' blood PCB levels at birth were not correlated with its dam's dose or blood PCB level. However, there was an association between an infants preweaning blood PCB levels and its dam's dose and PCB milk levels. After weaning, the infants were not dosed with PCB. The half-life for the PCB in the infants' blood was determined and found to be slightly more than 15 wk. After 6 yr on test, three monkeys from the 0, 5, 20 and 40 microg dose groups were randomly allocated to a depletion study to ascertain the half-lives of specific PCB congeners (Mes et al., Chemosphere 1995, 30, 789-800). Concurrently, necropsies began of the remaining females, and of seven infants from the treated dams and four infants from the control dams, which had attained an age of 2 yr. Approximately 3 yr later, the depletion monkeys were necropsied. The only statistically significant treatment-related pathological changes found during the study were in the adult females, in which an involution of the sebaceous glands and a dose related increase in liver weight due to hyperplasia were evident.
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- D L Arnold
- Toxicology Research Division, Bureau of Chemical Safety, Health Canada, Ottawa
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Mes J, Arnold DL, Bryce F. Postmortem tissue levels of polychlorinated biphenyls in female rhesus monkeys after more than six years of daily dosing with Aroclor 1254 and in their non-dosed offspring. ARCHIVES OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION AND TOXICOLOGY 1995; 29:69-76. [PMID: 7794014 DOI: 10.1007/bf00213089] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Polychlorinated biphenyl (PCBs) analyses were made on prenecropsy blood samples and postmortem adipose, liver, kidney, and brain tissues from female rhesus monkeys fed a daily dose of 0, 5, 20, 40, or 80 micrograms Aroclor 1254/kg body weight for approximately 6 years. During this time, the females were bred with non-dosed males. All resulting offspring were nursed for 22 weeks and fed no additional PCBs until they were necropsied at approximately 120 weeks after birth. PCBs were also measured in necropsied infant tissues to determine PCB levels due to intake of PCB-contaminated milk from the dosed dams, in addition to in utero exposure. Polychlorinated biphenyl levels in all tissues of the adult monkeys increased with their dosage. The highest PCB levels were found in adipose tissue and the lowest levels were found in the brain. Polychlorinated biphenyl residues in the cortex of the kidney were lower than in the medulla, while in the brain no appreciable differences were observed between the occipital and frontal lobes. Necropsy tissues of infants from dosed dams contained more PCBs than those nursed by controls, but less than tissues from stillborn infants. Although no differences were observed between PCB tissue levels from monkeys having offspring and those having no offspring, those having a stillborn infant had higher PCB levels in their tissues than those with a viable infant. Similarly, monkeys that were euthanized because of poor health had higher PCB levels in their tissues than those necropsied at the conclusion of the study and showed a dramatic shift from tetra- and hexachlorobiphenyls to penta- and heptachlorobiphenyls in their tissues. The PCB distribution pattern in tissues from a dosed mother/infant pair differed considerably. A larger percentage of heptachlorobiphenyls was found in the infant than in its dam. The adipose/blood PCB ratio in the adult monkeys remained remarkably constant.
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- J Mes
- Toxicology Research Division, Bureau of Chemical Safety, Food Directorate, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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Fernie S, Wrenshall E, Malcolm S, Bryce F, Arnold DL. Normative hematologic and serum biochemical values for adult and infant rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta) in a controlled laboratory environment. JOURNAL OF TOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH 1994; 42:53-72. [PMID: 8169997 DOI: 10.1080/15287399409531863] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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During the conduct of a long-term toxicity/reproduction study using rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta), periodic hematologic and serum biochemical analyses were undertaken on blood obtained from 15 untreated (vehicle control) adult female monkeys over a period of 3 yr, 20 untreated adult males over a period of 6 yr, and 9 infants (5 male, 4 female, whose dams were the vehicle control females) from 12 wk through 2 yr of age. All samples were obtained by femoral puncture. To facilitate handling, ketamine hydrochloride (Ket.HCl) was administered to the males, and for some of the later infant samplings. Complete blood cell counts were performed using electronic cell counters, while reticulocyte counts and leukocyte differentials were assessed manually. The serum biochemistry analyses were performed with automated analyzers. These data were obtained as part of a health monitoring program, with medians and 2.5 to 97.5 percentiles for each parameter indicated. Some monitored parameters were found to be affected by the type of equipment used and by the use of Ket.HCl.
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- S Fernie
- Toxicology Research Division, Health and Welfare Canada, Ontario
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