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Vermeulen R, Portengen L, Li G, Gilbert ES, Dores GM, Ji BT, Hayes R, Yin S, Rothman N, Linet MS, Lan Q. Benzene exposure and risk of benzene poisoning in Chinese workers. Occup Environ Med 2022; 79:oemed-2021-108155. [PMID: 35273074 DOI: 10.1136/oemed-2021-108155] [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: 12/03/2021] [Accepted: 02/22/2022] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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OBJECTIVES Benzene is a known haematoxin and leukemogen that can cause benzene poisoning (BP), that is, a persistent reduction in white cell counts that is strongly associated with increased risk of lymphohaematopoietic malignancies. Data are needed on the exposure-response, particularly at low doses and susceptible populations for clinical and regulatory purposes. METHODS In a case-cohort study among 110 631 Chinese workers first employed 1949-1987 and followed up during 1972-1999, we evaluated BP risk according to benzene exposure level and investigated risk modification by subject (sex, attained age) and exposure-related factors (latency, exposure windows, age at first benzene exposure, coexposure to toluene) using excess relative risk and excess absolute risk models. RESULTS There were 538 BP cases and 909 benzene-exposed referents. The exposure metric with best model fit was cumulative benzene exposure during a 5-year risk window, followed by a 9-month lag period before BP diagnosis. Estimated excess absolute risk of BP at age 60 increased from 0.5% for subjects in the lowest benzene exposure category (>0 to 10 ppm-years) to 5.0% for those in the highest category (>100 ppm-years) compared with unexposed subjects. Increased risks were apparent at low cumulative exposure levels and for workers who were first exposed at <30 years of age. CONCLUSIONS Our data show a clear association between benzene exposure and BP, beginning at low cumulative benzene exposure levels with no threshold, and with higher risks for workers exposed at younger ages. These findings are important because BP has been linked to a strongly increased development of lymphohaematopoietic malignancies.
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- Roel Vermeulen
- Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Institute of Occupational Health and Injuries, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China
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- Radiation Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- Analytic Epidemiology Branch, Division of Epidemiology, Office of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, US Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, Maryland, USA
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- Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology Branch, National Cancer Institute Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- Division of Epidemiology, Department of Population Health, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA
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- Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, Beijing, China
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- Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology Branch, National Cancer Institute Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- Radiation Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology Branch, National Cancer Institute Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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Modes of action considerations in threshold expectations for health effects of benzene. Toxicol Lett 2020; 334:78-86. [DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2020.09.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2020] [Revised: 09/05/2020] [Accepted: 09/10/2020] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Tweats D, Eastmond DA, Lynch AM, Elhajouji A, Froetschl R, Kirsch-Volders M, Marchetti F, Masumura K, Pacchierotti F, Schuler M. Role of aneuploidy in the carcinogenic process: Part 3 of the report of the 2017 IWGT workgroup on assessing the risk of aneugens for carcinogenesis and hereditary diseases. MUTATION RESEARCH-GENETIC TOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL MUTAGENESIS 2019; 847:403032. [PMID: 31699349 DOI: 10.1016/j.mrgentox.2019.03.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2018] [Revised: 02/10/2019] [Accepted: 03/13/2019] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Aneuploidy is regarded as a hallmark of cancer, however, its role is complex with both pro- and anti-carcinogenic effects evident. In this IWGT review, we consider the role of aneuploidy in cancer biology; cancer risk associated with constitutive aneuploidy; rodent carcinogenesis with known chemical aneugens; and chemotherapy-related malignant neoplasms. Aneuploidy is seen at various stages in carcinogenesis. However, the relationship between induced aneuploidy occurring after exposure and clonal aneuploidy present in tumours is not clear. Recent evidence indicates that the induction of chromosomal instability (CIN), may be more important than aneuploidy per se, in the carcinogenic process. Down Syndrome, trisomy 21, is associated with altered hematopoiesis in utero which, in combination with subsequent mutations, results in an increased risk for acute megakaryoblastic and lymphoblastic leukemias. In contrast, there is reduced cancer risk for most solid tumours in Down Syndrome. Mouse models with high levels of aneuploidy are also associated with increased cancer risk for particular tumours with long latencies, but paradoxically other types of tumour often show decreased incidence. The aneugens reviewed that induce cancer in humans and animals all possess other carcinogenic properties, such as mutagenicity, clastogenicity, cytotoxicity, organ toxicities, hormonal and epigenetic changes which likely account for, or interact with aneuploidy, to cause carcinogenesis. Although the role that aneuploidy plays in carcinogenesis has not been fully established, in many cases, it may not play a primary causative role. Tubulin-disrupting aneugens that do not possess other properties linked to carcinogenesis, were not carcinogenic in rodents. Similarly, in humans, for the tubulin-disrupting aneugens colchicine and albendazole, there is no reported association with increased cancer risk. There is a need for further mechanistic studies on agents that induce aneuploidy, particularly by mechanisms other than tubulin disruption and to determine the role of aneuploidy in pre-neoplastic events and in early and late stage neoplasia.
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- Environmental Health Science and Research Bureau, Health Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada
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- Division of Genetics and Mutagenesis, National Institute of Health Sciences, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Health Protection Technology Division, Laboratory of Biosafety and Risk Assessment, ENEA, CR Casaccia, Rome, Italy
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OBJECTIVE Due to the sparse data on benzene exposure and myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) subtypes, we studied this relationship in patients from 29 hospitals in Shanghai, China. METHODS We recruited 604 cases of MDS and 1193 controls matched on age, sex, and admission date. We interviewed subjects for information on workplace and lifestyle exposures, and developed semi-quantitative exposure estimates. RESULTS Benzene exposure showed a direct exposure-response pattern with refractory cytopenia with multilineage dysplasia, a less certain association with refractory cytopenia with unilineage dysplasia, and no association with other MDS subtypes. A different pattern was observed with farm residence and smoking, which was primarily related to refractory anemias. CONCLUSIONS This research demonstrates the importance of MDS subtype specification for more robust etiologic insights. Our data suggests that subtypes with non-erythroid dysplasia are associated with benzene exposure.
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Gross SA, Paustenbach DJ. Shanghai Health Study (2001-2009): What was learned about benzene health effects? Crit Rev Toxicol 2017; 48:217-251. [PMID: 29243948 DOI: 10.1080/10408444.2017.1401581] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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The Shanghai Health Study (SHS) was a large epidemiology study conducted as a joint effort between the University of Colorado and Fudan University in Shanghai, China. The study was funded by members of the American Petroleum Institute between 2001 and 2009 and was designed to evaluate the human health effects associated with benzene exposure. Two arms of the SHS included: an occupational-based molecular epidemiology study and several hospital-based case control studies. Consistent with historical literature, following sufficient exposure to relatively high airborne concentrations and years of exposure, the SHS concluded that exposure to benzene resulted in an increased risk of various blood and bone marrow abnormalities such as benzene poisoning, aplastic anemia (AA), myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS), and acute myeloid leukemia (AML). Non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) was not significantly increased for the exposures examined in this study. Perhaps the most important contribution of the SHS was furthering our understanding of the mechanism of benzene-induced bone marrow toxicity and the importance of identifying the proper subset of MDS relevant to benzene. Investigators found that benzene-exposed workers exhibited bone marrow morphology consistent with an immune-mediated inflammatory response. Contrary to historic reports, no consistent pattern of cytogenetic abnormalities was identified in these workers. Taken together, findings from SHS provided evidence that the mechanism for benzene-induced bone marrow damage was not initiated by chromosome abnormalities. Instead, chronic inflammation, followed by an immune-mediated response, is likely to play a more significant role in benzene-induced disease initiation and progression than previously thought.
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Kerzic PJ, Irons RD. Distribution of chromosome breakpoints in benzene-exposed and unexposed AML patients. ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND PHARMACOLOGY 2017; 55:212-216. [PMID: 28926803 DOI: 10.1016/j.etap.2017.08.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2017] [Accepted: 08/30/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Results of laboratory studies and investigations of occupationally exposed healthy individuals have been used to develop a mode of action for benzene-induced leukemia that mirrors disease following treatment with chemotherapeutic agents. Recently we have described series of AML and MDS cases with benzene exposure history, and have provided cytogenetic, molecular, and pathologic evidence that these cases differ significantly in many features from therapy-related disease. Here we have extended this work, and describe chromosome breakpoints across 441 identifiable regions, in terms of gains or losses, in 710 AML cases collected during the Shanghai Health Study, which include 75 with a history of benzene exposure. Using FISH and cytogenetic analysis, we developed prevalence information and risk ratios for benzene exposure across all regions with a lesion in at least one exposed and unexposed case. These results indicate that AML following benzene exposure mirrors de novo disease, and supports a mechanism for development of hematopoietic disease that bears no resemblance to therapy-related disease.
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- Patrick J Kerzic
- California Environmental Protection Agency, 9211 Oakdale Ave, Chatsworth, CA, 91311, USA.
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- Department of Hematology, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China; Anschutz Medical Center, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO, USA
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Lymphohematopoietic cancers induced by chemicals and other agents and their implications for risk evaluation: An overview. MUTATION RESEARCH-REVIEWS IN MUTATION RESEARCH 2014; 761:40-64. [PMID: 24731989 DOI: 10.1016/j.mrrev.2014.04.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2013] [Revised: 04/02/2014] [Accepted: 04/03/2014] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Lymphohematopoietic neoplasia are one of the most common types of cancer induced by therapeutic and environmental agents. Of the more than 100 human carcinogens identified by the International Agency for Research on Cancer, approximately 25% induce leukemias or lymphomas. The objective of this review is to provide an introduction into the origins and mechanisms underlying lymphohematopoietic cancers induced by xenobiotics in humans with an emphasis on acute myeloid leukemia, and discuss the implications of this information for risk assessment. Among the agents causing lymphohematopoietic cancers, a number of patterns were observed. Most physical and chemical leukemia-inducing agents such as the therapeutic alkylating agents, topoisomerase II inhibitors, and ionizing radiation induce mainly acute myeloid leukemia through DNA-damaging mechanisms that result in either gene or chromosomal mutations. In contrast, biological agents and a few immunosuppressive chemicals induce primarily lymphoid neoplasms through mechanisms that involve alterations in immune response. Among the environmental agents examined, benzene was clearly associated with acute myeloid leukemia in humans, with increasing but still limited evidence for an association with lymphoid neoplasms. Ethylene oxide and 1,3-butadiene were linked primarily to lymphoid cancers. Although the association between formaldehyde and leukemia remains controversial, several recent evaluations have indicated a potential link between formaldehyde and acute myeloid leukemia. The four environmental agents examined in detail were all genotoxic, inducing gene mutations, chromosomal alterations, and/or micronuclei in vivo. Although it is clear that rapid progress has been made in recent years in our understanding of leukemogenesis, many questions remain for future research regarding chemically induced leukemias and lymphomas, including the mechanisms by which the environmental agents reviewed here induce these diseases and the risks associated with exposures to such agents.
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Irons RD, Kerzic PJ. Cytogenetics in benzene-associated myelodysplastic syndromes and acute myeloid leukemia: new insights into a disease continuum. Ann N Y Acad Sci 2014; 1310:84-8. [PMID: 24611724 DOI: 10.1111/nyas.12336] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Hematopoiesis in health and disease results from complex interactions between primitive hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) and the extrinsic influences of other cells in the bone marrow (BM) niche. Advances in stem cell biology, molecular genetics, and computational biology reveal that the immortality, self-renewal, and maintenance of blood homeostasis generally attributed to individual HSCs are functions of the cells' behavior in the normal BM environment. Here we discuss how these advances, together with results of outcomes-based clinical epidemiology studies, provide new insight into the importance of epigenetic events in leukemogenesis. For the chemical benzene (Bz), development of myeloid neoplasms depends predominantly on alterations within the microenvironments in which they arise. The primary persistent disease in Bz myelotoxicity is myelodysplastic syndrome, which precedes cytogenetic injury. Evidence indicates that acute myeloid leukemia arises as a secondary event, subsequent to evolution of the leukemia-initiating cell phenotype within the altered BM microenvironment. Further explorations into the nature of chemical versus de novo disease should consider this mechanism, which is biologically distinct from previous models of clonal cytogenetic injury. Understanding alterations of homeostatic regulation in the BM niche is important for validation of models of leukemogenesis, monitoring at-risk populations, and development of novel treatment and prevention strategies.
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- Richard D Irons
- Department of Hematology, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China; Anshutz Medical Center, University of Colorado, Aurora, Colorado; Cinpathogen, Inc, Boulder, Colorado
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Influence of acetylsalicylic acid on hematotoxicity of benzene. Int J Occup Med Environ Health 2013; 26:802-12. [PMID: 24249093 DOI: 10.2478/s13382-013-0144-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2013] [Accepted: 09/05/2013] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVES The aim of the study was to evaluate the influence of acetylsalicylic acid (ASA) on benzene hematotoxicity in rats. MATERIALS AND METHODS The study was carried out on rats exposed for 2, 4 and 8 weeks to benzene vapour at a concentration of 1.5 or 4.5 mmol/m(3) of air (5 days per week, 6 hours per day) alone or together with ASA at the doses of 5, 150 or 300 mg/kg body weight (per os). RESULTS Benzene at a concentration of 4.5 mmol/m(3) caused a slight lymphopenia, granulocytosis and reticulocytosis in blood. In bone marrow traits of megaloblastic renewal, presence of undifferentiated cells and giant forms of granulocytes as well as an increase in myeloperoxidase and decrease in chloroacetate esterase activity and lipids content were noted. ASA (150 and 300 mg/kg b.w.) influenced some of hematological parameters, altered by benzene intoxication. ASA limited the solvent-induced alteration in blood reticulocyte count and in the case of bone marrow in the erythroblasts count. Traits of megaloblastic renewal in bone marrow were less pronounced. Besides, higher activity of myeloperoxidase and the decrease in the level of lipids in granulocytes were noted. CONCLUSION Our results suggest that ASA limited the benzene-induced hematotoxicity.
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Acquired myelodysplasia or myelodysplastic syndrome: clearing the fog. Adv Hematol 2013; 2013:309637. [PMID: 24194760 PMCID: PMC3806348 DOI: 10.1155/2013/309637] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2013] [Accepted: 08/28/2013] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) are clonal myeloid disorders characterized by progressive peripheral blood cytopenias associated with ineffective myelopoiesis. They are typically considered neoplasms because of frequent genetic aberrations and patient-limited survival with progression to acute myeloid leukemia (AML) or death related to the consequences of bone marrow failure including infection, hemorrhage, and iron overload. A progression to AML has always been recognized among the myeloproliferative disorders (MPD) but occurs only rarely among those with essential thrombocythemia (ET). Yet, the World Health Organization (WHO) has chosen to apply the designation myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPN), for all MPD but has not similarly recommended that all MDS become the myelodysplastic neoplasms (MDN). This apparent dichotomy may reflect the extremely diverse nature of MDS. Moreover, the term MDS is occasionally inappropriately applied to hematologic disorders associated with acquired morphologic myelodysplastic features which may rather represent potentially reversible hematological responses to immune-mediated factors, nutritional deficiency states, and disordered myelopoietic responses to various pharmaceutical, herbal, or other potentially myelotoxic compounds. We emphasize the clinical settings, and the histopathologic features, of such AMD that should trigger a search for a reversible underlying condition that may be nonneoplastic and not MDS.
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Irons RD, Chen Y, Wang X, Ryder J, Kerzic PJ. Acute myeloid leukemia following exposure to benzene more closely resembles de novo than therapy related-disease. Genes Chromosomes Cancer 2013; 52:887-94. [PMID: 23840003 DOI: 10.1002/gcc.22084] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2013] [Accepted: 05/21/2013] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Benzene (Bz) is widely regarded as a prototype environmental leukemogen and individuals chronically exposed are at risk for myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) and acute myeloid leukemia (AML). It is widely assumed that initiation and pathogenesis of AML following Bz exposure (Bz-AML) is similar or identical to therapy-related AML (t-AML), in which clonal cytogenetic abnormalities, including aneuploidy, are initiating events. However, this assumption is not supported by studies reporting actual disease outcomes together with cytogenetic analyses. Here, using clinically relevant cytogenetic, hematologic, and epidemiological methods, we directly show for 722 consecutive AML cases that the pattern of clonal cytogenetic abnormalities encountered in Bz-exposed cases (n = 78) more closely resembles de novo-AML than t-AML. The prevalence of aneuploidy in Bz-exposed- and de novo-AML cases was identical (23%), and no significant increases in -5/5q- (RR = 0.79) (95% CI: 0.29-2.12) or -7/7q- (RR = 1.27) (95% CI: 0.55-2.92) abnormalities were observed between Bz- vs de novo-AML, respectively. Previous studies have suggested a role for autoimmunity in Bz related MDS including immune mediated inflammatory features and positive responses to immunosuppressive therapy which are indistinguishable from those reported in MDS with low risk of progression to AML. These observations are more consistent with an epigenetic model for initiation of Bz-AML in which altered homeostatic regulation in the bone marrow niche, not direct cytogenetic injury, predominates in the initial development of the leukemic stem cell phenotype, a mechanism biologically distinct from previous models of clonal cytogenetic injury. These findings are important for further understanding the biological basis of AML, particularly in environmental and occupational settings.
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- Richard D Irons
- Department of Hematology, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
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Arnold SM, Angerer J, Boogaard PJ, Hughes MF, O'Lone RB, Robison SH, Schnatter AR. The use of biomonitoring data in exposure and human health risk assessment: benzene case study. Crit Rev Toxicol 2013; 43:119-53. [PMID: 23346981 PMCID: PMC3585443 DOI: 10.3109/10408444.2012.756455] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2012] [Revised: 11/30/2012] [Accepted: 12/04/2012] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Abstract A framework of "Common Criteria" (i.e. a series of questions) has been developed to inform the use and evaluation of biomonitoring data in the context of human exposure and risk assessment. The data-rich chemical benzene was selected for use in a case study to assess whether refinement of the Common Criteria framework was necessary, and to gain additional perspective on approaches for integrating biomonitoring data into a risk-based context. The available data for benzene satisfied most of the Common Criteria and allowed for a risk-based evaluation of the benzene biomonitoring data. In general, biomarker (blood benzene, urinary benzene and urinary S-phenylmercapturic acid) central tendency (i.e. mean, median and geometric mean) concentrations for non-smokers are at or below the predicted blood or urine concentrations that would correspond to exposure at the US Environmental Protection Agency reference concentration (30 µg/m(3)), but greater than blood or urine concentrations relating to the air concentration at the 1 × 10(-5) excess cancer risk (2.9 µg/m(3)). Smokers clearly have higher levels of benzene exposure, and biomarker levels of benzene for non-smokers are generally consistent with ambient air monitoring results. While some biomarkers of benzene are specific indicators of exposure, the interpretation of benzene biomonitoring levels in a health-risk context are complicated by issues associated with short half-lives and gaps in knowledge regarding the relationship between the biomarkers and subsequent toxic effects.
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Dutta A, Bhattacharya P, Lahiri T, Ray MR. Immune cells and cardiovascular health in premenopausal women of rural India chronically exposed to biomass smoke during daily household cooking. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2012; 438:293-298. [PMID: 23010103 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.08.065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2012] [Revised: 08/06/2012] [Accepted: 08/16/2012] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Changes in cells of the immune system are important indicators of systemic response of the body to air pollution. The aim of this study was to investigate the immunological changes in rural women who have been cooking exclusively with biomass for the past 5 years or more and compare the findings with women cooking exclusively with liquefied petroleum gas (LPG). We conducted a cross-sectional analysis of the associations between indices of indoor air pollution (IAP) and a set of immune assays. Biomass users illustrated marked suppression in the total number of T-helper (CD4+) cells and B (CD19+) cells while appreciable rise was documented in the number of CD8+ T-cytotoxic cells and CD16+CD56+ natural killer (NK) cells. A consistent finding among biomass users was rise in regulatory T (Treg) cells. Among biomass users, peripheral lymphocyte subpopulations, Treg cells, and the number of typical monocytes (CD16-CD64+ cells), antigen presenting types (CD16+CD64- cells) and plasmacytoid cells (CD16-CD64- cells) were found to be significantly altered in those who daily cooked with dung in comparison to wood and crop residue users (p<0.05). Biomass users who cooked in kitchens adjacent to their living areas had significant changes in peripheral lymphocyte subpopulations, typical monocytes (CD16-CD64+) with high phagocytic activity and antigen presenting monocytes (CD16+CD64-) against women who cooked in separate kitchens (p<0.01). This study has shown that women who cooked exclusively with biomass fuel had alterations in immune defense compared with their neighbors who cooked with LPG.
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- Anindita Dutta
- College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, China.
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Schnatter AR, Glass DC, Tang G, Irons RD, Rushton L. Myelodysplastic syndrome and benzene exposure among petroleum workers: an international pooled analysis. J Natl Cancer Inst 2012; 104:1724-37. [PMID: 23111193 PMCID: PMC3502195 DOI: 10.1093/jnci/djs411] [Citation(s) in RCA: 113] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Background Benzene at high concentrations is known to cause acute myeloid leukemia (AML), but its relationship with other lymphohematopoietic (LH) cancers remains uncertain, particularly at low concentrations. In this pooled analysis, we examined the risk of five LH cancers relative to lower levels of benzene exposure in petroleum workers. Methods We updated three nested case–control studies from Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom with new incident LH cancers among petroleum distribution workers through December 31, 2006, and pooled 370 potential case subjects and 1587 matched LH cancer-free control subjects. Quantitative benzene exposure in parts per million (ppm) was blindly reconstructed using historical monitoring data, and exposure certainty was scored as high, medium, or low. Two hematopathologists assigned diagnoses and scored the certainty of diagnosis as high, medium, or low. Dose–response relationships were examined for five LH cancers, including the three most common leukemia cell-types (AML, chronic myeloid leukemia [CML], and chronic lymphoid leukemia [CLL]) and two myeloid tumors (myelodysplastic syndrome [MDS] and myeloproliferative disease [MPD]). Odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were calculated using conditional logistic regression, controlling for age, sex, and time period. Results Cumulative benzene exposure showed a monotonic dose–response relationship with MDS (highest vs lowest tertile, >2.93 vs ≤0.348 ppm-years, OR = 4.33, 95% CI = 1.31 to 14.3). For peak benezene exposures (>3 ppm), the risk of MDS was increased in high and medium certainty diagnoses (peak exposure vs no peak exposure, OR = 6.32, 95% CI = 1.32 to 30.2) and in workers having the highest exposure certainty (peak exposure vs no peak exposure, OR = 5.74, 95% CI = 1.05 to 31.2). There was little evidence of dose–response relationships for AML, CLL, CML, or MPD. Conclusions Relatively low-level exposure to benzene experienced by petroleum distribution workers was associated with an increased risk of MDS, but not AML, suggesting that MDS may be the more relevant health risk for lower exposures.
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- A Robert Schnatter
- Occupational and Public Health Division, ExxonMobil Biomedical Sciences, Inc, 1545 US Highway 22 East, Annandale, NJ 08801-3059, USA.
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Armstrong TW, Liang Y, Hetherington Y, Bowes SM, Wong O, Fu H, Chen M, Schnatter AR. Retrospective occupational exposure assessment for case-control and case-series epidemiology studies based in Shanghai China. JOURNAL OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HYGIENE 2011; 8:561-572. [PMID: 21830875 DOI: 10.1080/15459624.2011.605013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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To provide exposure information for epidemiology studies conducted in Shanghai from 2001 to 2008, we completed retrospective exposure assessments (EA) of benzene and other hazards. Interviewers administered questionnaires to subjects from Shanghai area hospitals. An initial exposure screening by EA staff members, blinded as to case-control status, stratified jobs into exposed, unexposed, or uncertain categories prior to review by a separate expert panel (EP). Resources for the EA included job/industry-specific questionnaire responses by subjects, short-term benzene area concentration measurements from a Shanghai regulatory agency database, Chinese literature for qualitative and short-term quantitative measurements, on-site investigations, summaries of technology changes, and selected task simulations with concurrent benzene concentration measurements. An EP in Shanghai completed semi-quantitative benzene exposure assignments, with categories of 0 to 4 corresponding to intensity ranges of none, <1, 1 to 10, >10 to 100, and >100 mg/m(3). For other hazards, sources included the EP's knowledge of the industries and Chinese and Western literature. For benzene, 20% of the EAs selected by a stratified random process were evaluated by two alternate methods. The study database of potential cases and controls included 18,857 jobs from the subjects' work histories. From 818 individuals initially screened as probably benzene exposed, 964 jobs underwent further review. From subjects with final diagnoses, 755 jobs qualified for inclusion in the final database for any study. For other exposures, the EA considered 17,893 jobs from 7654 subjects for possible exposures and were in the final study database. Of these, 2565 individuals had exposures of study interest from their 4909 exposed jobs. The prevalent exposures included agricultural chemicals, petroleum products, and metals. The EA involved extensive information assembly and exposure assignment by an EP and periodic reviews. The methods described went beyond those typically applied in past general population studies and may have provided improved information for the epidemiologic analyses. However, sufficient, reliable measured historical data are lacking to evaluate this conclusion.
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- Thomas W Armstrong
- TWA8HR Occupational Hygiene Consulting, Branchburg, New Jersey 08876, USA.
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Pyatt DW, Hays SM, English C, Cushing CA. United States Voluntary Children's Chemical Evaluation Program (VCCEP) risk assessment for children exposed to benzene. Toxicol Mech Methods 2011; 22:81-104. [PMID: 21859365 DOI: 10.3109/15376516.2011.596232] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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As part of the Voluntary Children's Chemical Evaluation Program (VCCEP) program, a risk assessment was performed to evaluate the risks to children from environmental benzene exposures. This paper summarizes this risk assessment. Risk was characterized using two distinct methods: USEPA's default type of risk assessment, which used the Reference Dose (RfD) and Cancer Slope Factor (CSF) to characterize non-cancer and cancer risks, as well as a Margin of Safety (MOS) approach that utilized a point of departure (POD). The exposures for most scenarios evaluated in this VCCEP risk assessment are lower than both the cancer and non-cancer PODs by several orders of magnitude, indicating a large MOS and corresponding low potential for toxicity at these exposures. The highest benzene exposures likely experienced by children, associated with the lowest MOS, are from cigarette smoke. In addition, the potential for age-related differences in the sensitivity towards benzene-induced toxicity was investigated. In general, this risk assessment does not indicate that children are likely to be at a elevated risk of AML or hematopoietic toxicity associated with environmental exposures to benzene.
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- David W Pyatt
- Summit Toxicology, L.L.P., University of Colorado, School of Pharmacy, Denver, CO, USA.
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Galbraith D, Gross SA, Paustenbach D. Benzene and human health: A historical review and appraisal of associations with various diseases. Crit Rev Toxicol 2010; 40 Suppl 2:1-46. [DOI: 10.3109/10408444.2010.508162] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Immunosuppressive therapy of cyclosporin A for severe benzene-induced haematopoietic disorders and a 6-month follow-up. Chem Biol Interact 2010; 186:96-102. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cbi.2010.03.049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/27/2009] [Revised: 03/29/2010] [Accepted: 03/31/2010] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Temozolomide-induced myelodysplasia. Adv Hematol 2010; 2010:760402. [PMID: 20224797 PMCID: PMC2833319 DOI: 10.1155/2010/760402] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2009] [Revised: 11/17/2009] [Accepted: 01/13/2010] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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A patient who had received temozolomide (TMZ) as a single agent in treatment of malignant glioma developed therapy-induced myelodysplasia (T-MDS). TMZ is an orally active imidazotetrazine which methylates guanine residues in DNA, ultimately causing single and double-strand DNA breaks leading to apoptotic cell death. TMZ does not chemically cross-link DNA and is considered a nonclassical alkylating agent, similar in structure and activity to dacarbazine. Observations on this patient, and on similarly treated others, suggest that the cumulative dose threshold (CDT) for TMZ that predisposes to T-MDS and which may potentially lead to acute myeloid leukemia (T-AML) is around 18000 to 20000 mg/sq m. Although the incidence of T-MDS and the predisposing CDT of TMZ may differ from that of other potentially leukemogenic compounds currently and formerly used as chemotherapeutic agents, all alkylating agents, including TMZ, should be considered potentially leukemogenic when administered long term.
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Exposure assessment for case–control and case–case epidemiology studies based in Shanghai China: Summary of methods and results. Chem Biol Interact 2010; 184:286-9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cbi.2009.11.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Zarbl H, Gallo MA, Glick J, Yeung KY, Vouros P. The vanishing zero revisited: thresholds in the age of genomics. Chem Biol Interact 2010; 184:273-8. [PMID: 20109442 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbi.2010.01.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2009] [Revised: 01/11/2010] [Accepted: 01/18/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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The concept of the vanishing zero, which was first discussed 50 years ago in relation to pesticide residues in foods and food crops, focused on the unintended regulatory consequences created by ever-increasing sensitivity and selectivity of analytical methods, in conjunction with the ambiguous wording of legislation meant to protect public health. In the interim, the ability to detect xenobiotics in most substrates has increased from tens of parts per million to parts per trillion or less, challenging our ability to interpret the biological significance of exposures at the lowest detectable levels. As a result the focus of risk assessment, especially for potential carcinogens, has shifted from defining an acceptable level, to extrapolating from the best available analytical results. Analysis of gene expression profiles in exposed target cells using genomic technologies can identify biological pathways induced or repressed by the exposure as a function of dose and time. This treatise explores how toxicogenomic responses at low doses may inform risk assessment and risk management by defining thresholds for cellular responses linked to modes or mechanisms of toxicity at the molecular level.
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- Helmut Zarbl
- Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA.
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Gross SA, Irons RD, Schnatter AR, Ryder J, Wang XQ, Copley GB, Armstrong TW. A hospital-based case control study of aplastic anemia in Shanghai, China. Chem Biol Interact 2009; 184:165-73. [PMID: 20026322 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbi.2009.12.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2009] [Revised: 12/10/2009] [Accepted: 12/14/2009] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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We report results of a hospital-based case control study of 137 consecutive patients diagnosed with aplastic anemia (AA) in participating hospitals over a 4-year period. Diagnoses were made by a single laboratory, subjects were age- and gender-matched to two controls and interviewed concerning previous disease, work histories and exposures to potential etiologic agents. Analysis was conducted on two distinct subgroups: severe aplastic anemia (SAA) and moderate aplastic anemia (MAA). In univariate regression models, the strongest associations were observed for exposure to benzene and SAA (OR=3.12, 95% CI=1.12-8.65) and life on a farm and MAA (OR=3.08, 95% CI=1.44-6.56). Benzene exposure did not show a strong dose-response relationship with either subtype. When accounting for all of the potential confounders we considered in conditional regression models, the previous relationships persisted. Other explanatory variables included hair-dye use for MAA and farm exposures, such as livestock for SAA, although most of these additional variables fell just short of statistical significance. Adjusted R-squared values were only 10% for each subtype, leaving 90% of AA occurrence unexplained. Our results suggest that: (a) benzene exposure is more strongly related to SAA than MAA, (b) farm and livestock exposures are related to both forms of AA, confirming some previous results, and (c) a large percentage of AA remains unexplained, which may indicate that individual susceptibility has a major influence on AA occurrence.
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- Sherilyn A Gross
- Fudan-Cinpathogen Clinical and Molecular Research Center, Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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Irons RD, Gross SA, Le A, Wang XQ, Chen Y, Ryder J, Schnatter AR. Integrating WHO 2001-2008 criteria for the diagnosis of Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MDS): a case-case analysis of benzene exposure. Chem Biol Interact 2009; 184:30-8. [PMID: 19941839 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbi.2009.11.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2009] [Revised: 11/12/2009] [Accepted: 11/17/2009] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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We characterized the prevalence of hematopoietic and lymphoid disease for 2923 consecutive patients presenting at 29 hospitals from August 2003 to June 2007. Diagnoses were made in our laboratory using WHO criteria based on morphologic, immunophenotypic, cytogenetic, FISH and molecular data. A total of 611 subjects (322 males/289 females) were prospectively diagnosed with MDS using WHO (2001) criteria. Update and re-evaluation of cases using MDS (2008) criteria resulted in 649 MDS cases. Using WHO (2008) criteria, refractory cytopenia with multilineage dysplasia (RCMD) accounted for 68% of total cases, refractory anemia with excess blasts (RAEB), 16.3%; refractory anemia (RA), 6.5%; refractory cytopenia with unilineage dysplasia (RCUD), 4%; and MDS-unclassifiable (MDS-U), 4.5%. Subjects were administered questionnaires and information on previous disease, work histories and exposures to potential etiologic agents such as benzene (BZ) was obtained. A total of 80/649 (13.2%) were determined to have some BZ exposure. The frequency of clonal cytogenetic abnormalities in all MDS was 30%, the most common being +8>del(20)q>del(7q)>del(5q), while the analogous frequency in BZ-exposed cases was only 24%. To further investigate the characteristics of MDS associated with BZ, we identified a subset of cases with high BZ exposure. These BZ signal cases were each matched by age and gender to two cases with no known BZ exposure. When contrasting BZ signal cases vs matched cases with no BZ exposure, we found a high odds ratio (OR) for the WHO subtype MDS-U (OR=11.1), followed by RAEB and RCUD (OR=1), RA (OR=0.7) and RCMD (OR=0.6). Multilineage dysplasia with abnormal eosinophils (MDS-Eo) was strongly associated with BZ exposure, whereas the relative risk of clonal cytogenetic abnormalities was reduced for high BZ-exposed cases (OR=0.5). These findings are strongly indicative that MDS subtypes are influenced by BZ exposure, and taken together with previous studies, the features of MDS-Eo suggest that altered immune regulation plays a major role in the pathogenesis of MDS following chronic exposure to BZ.
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- Richard D Irons
- Fudan-Cinpathogen Clinical and Molecular Research Center, Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
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Kang MS, Hong JR, Gil HW, Yang JO, Lee EY, Hong SY, Jun YT, Son BS. Benzene and toluene concentrations in a hemodialysis room in a medium sized South Korean city. Korean J Intern Med 2008; 23:111-5. [PMID: 18787362 PMCID: PMC2686965 DOI: 10.3904/kjim.2008.23.3.111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND/AIMS The current study was designed to determine whether the indoor air pollution in a hemodialysis room (HD) was different from that of other comparable areas in a hospital. METHODS Five air monitor samplers were hung on the ceiling and placed on the table in both the HD and general ward nursing stations, respectively. In addition, five samplers were placed in the nurse's breathing zone of the HD and the general ward, respectively. Ten air monitor samplers were also placed on the edge of the bed in the HD, which represented the patient's breathing zone. The levels of benzene and toluene were analyzed by GC/MS. RESULTS In the general ward, the toluene concentration was significantly higher in the nurse breathing zone than that for the ceiling or table samples (p=0.001). The benzene concentration was also significantly higher in the general ward nurse breathing zone than that in the HD (p=0.006). In addition, the benzene concentrations on the table were higher at the general ward as compared to the HD (p=0.028), but there was no significant difference between the ceiling, general ward station and HD. CONCLUSIONS Both the benzene and toluene concentrations in the HD appear to be more affected by the outdoor atmospheric conditions than by any potential indoor internal sources.
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- Moon-Soo Kang
- Department of Internal Medicine, Soonchunhyang University Medical College, Cheonan, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Soonchunhyang University Medical College, Cheonan, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Soonchunhyang University Medical College, Cheonan, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Soonchunhyang University Medical College, Cheonan, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Soonchunhyang University Medical College, Cheonan, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Soonchunhyang University Medical College, Cheonan, Korea
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- Department of Environmental Health Science, Soonchunhyang University, Asan, Korea
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- Department of Environmental Health Science, Soonchunhyang University, Asan, Korea
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The myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) consist of a group of diverse hematological disorders that carry an increased risk of transforming into acute myeloid leukemia. They may appear de novo and without obvious cause (primary or de novo MDS) or be induced by certain mutagenic environmental or therapeutic toxins (secondary MDS). Excessive exposures to benzene are generally considered to be a potential environmental risk factor for both MDS and acute myeloid leukemia. However, such risk is unproven for each disease component within the MDS classification. A critical review of the refractory sideroblastic disorders strongly suggests that benzene exposure is not a potential cause of this distinct and still-evolving subset of MDS. The widely disparate nature of MDS suggests that epidemiologic studies can only provide meaningful data on associations and potential causation of its component syndromes by a disease-specific analysis, as is currently advocated for other hematological malignancies.
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Benzene-induced acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is considered a secondary form of AML, based both in theory and on limited cohort observations. Its latency, cytogenetic aberrations, and clinical features are thought similar to, or identical with, AML resulting from the use of modern day cytotoxic agents for chemotherapy and immunotherapy. Although distinction between secondary AML and the far more common de novo AML is difficult to establish with certainty in any given case, latency from toxic therapeutic and environmental exposure and certain clinical and pathological features generally separate these two entities. AML is the only human neoplasm proven to be potentially caused by benzene, which actually is an obsolete form of chemotherapy. Despite many years of environmental regulation, alleged toxic exposure to this ubiquitous chemical has become an expanding area of litigation. A review of benzene-induced AML suggests that, in developed countries, this entity should no longer merit serious consideration among workers in the modern petrochemical industry and related fields.
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MESH Headings
- Acute Disease
- Attitude of Health Personnel
- Benzene/adverse effects
- Benzene/therapeutic use
- Chromosome Aberrations/chemically induced
- Chromosome Inversion
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 15
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 16
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 17
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 21
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 8
- Developed Countries
- Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions
- Humans
- Leukemia, Myeloid/chemically induced
- Leukemia, Myeloid/diagnosis
- Leukemia, Myeloid/epidemiology
- Leukemia, Myeloid/etiology
- Leukemia, Myeloid/genetics
- Leukemia, Myeloid/pathology
- Occupational Diseases/chemically induced
- Occupational Diseases/epidemiology
- Occupational Exposure/adverse effects
- Occupational Exposure/analysis
- Petroleum/adverse effects
- Translocation, Genetic
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- Ethan A Natelson
- Department of Medicine, Weill Medical College at the Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas 77030, USA.
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Lv L, Kerzic P, Lin G, Schnatter AR, Bao L, Yang Y, Zou H, Fu H, Ye X, Gross SA, Armstrong TW, Irons RD. The TNF-alpha 238A polymorphism is associated with susceptibility to persistent bone marrow dysplasia following chronic exposure to benzene. Leuk Res 2007; 31:1479-85. [PMID: 17367855 DOI: 10.1016/j.leukres.2007.01.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2006] [Revised: 01/16/2007] [Accepted: 01/18/2007] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Chronic exposure to benzene can result in transient hematotoxicity (benzene poisoning, BP) or persistent bone marrow pathology including dysplasia and/or acute myeloid leukemia. We recently described a persistent bone marrow dysplasia with unique dysplastic and inflammatory features developing in individuals previously exposed to benzene (BID) [Irons RD, Lv L, Gross SA, Ye X, Bao L, Wang XQ, et al. Chronic exposure to benzene results in a unique form of dysplasia. Leuk Res 2005;29:1371-80]. In this study we investigated the association of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) (-863 (C-->A), -857 (C-->T), -308 (G-->A), -238 (G-->A)) in the promoter region of the cytokine, tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) on the development of BP, persistent BID and de novo myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) in 394 individuals. Only the -238 (G-->A) polymorphism was significantly associated with the development of BID (odds ratio (OR)=7.4; 95% C.I. 1.23-44.7) and was specific for BID and not de novo MDS or BP. These findings are consistent with a role for inflammation in the development of BID and suggest that cell-specific alterations in TNF-alpha expression may promote clonal selection in the evolution of neoplastic hematopoietic disease.
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- Ling Lv
- International Clinical and Molecular Research Center, Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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Irons RD, Wang X, Gross SA, Bao L, Ryder J, Chen Y, Chen H, Sun H, Zhou J, Ji M, Du X, Fu H, Lin G. Prevalence of MDS subtypes in Shanghai, China: a comparison of the World Health Organization and French American British classifications. Leuk Res 2005; 30:769-75. [PMID: 16337268 DOI: 10.1016/j.leukres.2005.10.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2005] [Revised: 10/18/2005] [Accepted: 10/21/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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The prevalence of subtypes of the myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) was determined in a prospective series of 176 patients presenting at 28 Shanghai hospitals. Diagnosis was established in a single laboratory, analyzing morphologic, immunophenotypic, and cytogenetic data, using the World Health Organization (WHO) revised classification and directly compared to the French American British (FAB) criteria. The median age at diagnosis for all cases was 53 years. There was a striking increase in the prevalence of RCMD in younger patients relative to other subtypes (WHO). The overall frequency of clonal cytogenetic abnormalities was 26.5% (WHO) and 31% (FAB). The most frequently encountered lesions were trisomy 8, del(20)q, del(7q), and del(5q). These results are consistent with previously reported age-dependent differences in MDS and a decreased frequency of del(5q) abnormalities between China and the West. These results also indicate that multilineage dysplasia is a prominent feature in MDS developing in younger individuals in Shanghai and suggest distinguishing between RCMD and RA may be important in the design of studies to further understand regional differences in subtype prevalence and to elucidate the pathogenesis of this complex and multifactorial disease.
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- Richard D Irons
- Sino-US Joint Clinical and Molecular Laboratory, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
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