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Merlin F, Giroux É. Narratives in exposomics: A reversed heuristic determinism? HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY OF THE LIFE SCIENCES 2024; 46:22. [PMID: 38922522 DOI: 10.1007/s40656-024-00620-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2023] [Accepted: 05/19/2024] [Indexed: 06/27/2024]
Abstract
Since the completion of the Human Genome Project (HGP), biomedical sciences have moved away from a gene-centred view and towards a multi-factorial one in which environment, broadly speaking, plays a central role in the determination of human health and disease. Environmental exposures have been shown to be highly prevalent in disease causation. They are considered as complementary to genetic factors in the etiology of diseases, hence the introduction of the concept of the "exposome" as encompassing the totality of human environmental exposures, from conception onwards (Wild in Cancer Epidemiol Biomark Prev 14:1847-1850, 2005), and the launch of the Human Exposome Project (HEP) which aims to complement the HGP. At first sight, and seen as complementary to the genome, the exposome could thus appear as contributing to the rise of novel postgenomic deterministic narratives which place the environment at their core. Is this really the case? If so, what sort of determinism is at work in exposomics research? Is it a case of environmental determinism, and if so, in what sense? Or is it a new sort of deterministic view? In this paper, we first show that causal narratives in exposomics are still very similar to gene-centred deterministic narratives. They correspond to a form of Laplacian determinism and, above all, to what Claude Bernard called the "determinism of a phenomenon". Second, we introduce the notion of "reversed heuristic determinism" to characterize the specific deterministic narratives present in exposomics. Indeed, the accepted sorts of external environmental exposures conceived as being at the origins of diseases are determined, methodologically speaking, by their identifiable internal and biological markers. We conclude by highlighting the most relevant implications of the presence of this heuristic determinism in exposomics research.
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- Francesca Merlin
- Institut d'histoire et de philosophie des sciences et des techniques (UMR 8590), CNRS & Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, Paris, France.
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- Université Jean Moulin Lyon 3 et Institut de Recherches Philosophiques de Lyon (UR 4187), Lyon, France
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Monien BH, Bergau N, Gauch F, Weikert C, Abraham K. Internal exposure to heat-induced food contaminants in omnivores, vegans and strict raw food eaters: biomarkers of exposure to acrylamide (hemoglobin adducts, urinary mercapturic acids) and new insights on its endogenous formation. Arch Toxicol 2024:10.1007/s00204-024-03798-z. [PMID: 38819476 DOI: 10.1007/s00204-024-03798-z] [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: 05/06/2024] [Accepted: 05/23/2024] [Indexed: 06/01/2024]
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The urinary mercapturic acids N-acetyl-S-(2-carbamoylethyl)-L-cysteine (AAMA) and N-acetyl-S-(2-carbamoyl-2-hydroxyethyl)-L-cysteine (GAMA) are short-term biomarkers of exposure from acrylamide and its metabolite glycidamide, respectively. The medium-term exposure to acrylamide and glycidamide is monitored by the adducts N-(2-carbamoylethyl)-Val (AA-Val) and N-(2-carbamoyl-2-hydroxyethyl)-Val (GA-Val) in hemoglobin (Hb), respectively. Three questions were addressed by application of these biomarkers in two diet studies including 36 omnivores, 36 vegans and 16 strict raw food eaters (abstaining from any warmed or heated food for at least four months): first, what is the internal acrylamide exposure following a vegan or a raw food diet in comparison to that in omnivores? Second, did the exposure change between 2017 and 2021? And third, what is the stability over time of AAMA/GAMA excretion compared to that of AA-Val/GA-Val levels in Hb between both time points? Median urinary AAMA excretion per day in non-smoking omnivores, vegans and raw food eaters were 62.4, 85.4 and 15.4 µg/day, respectively; the corresponding median AA-Val levels were 27.7, 39.7 and 13.3 pmol/g Hb, respectively. Median levels in strict raw food eaters were about 25% (AAMA excretion) and 48% (AA-Val) of those in omnivores. In comparison to 2017, AAMA and GAMA excretion levels were hardly altered in 2021, however, levels of AA-Val and GA-Val in 2021 slightly increased. There was a weak correlation between AAMA excretion levels determined four years apart (rS = 0.30), and a moderate correlation between levels of AA-Val (rS = 0.55) in this timeframe. Our data in strict raw food eaters confirm a significant endogenous formation to acrylamide in a size range, which is-based on the levels of AA-Val-distinctly higher than reported previously based on levels of urinary AAMA excretion. The relatively lower AAMA excretion in raw food eaters likely represents a lower extent of glutathione conjugation due to missing hepatic first-pass metabolism in case of endogenous formation of acrylamide, which leads to a higher systemic exposure.
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- Bernhard H Monien
- Department of Food Safety, German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR), Max-Dohrn-Strasse 8-10, 10589, Berlin, Germany.
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- Department of Food Safety, German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR), Max-Dohrn-Strasse 8-10, 10589, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Food Safety, German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR), Max-Dohrn-Strasse 8-10, 10589, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Food Safety, German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR), Max-Dohrn-Strasse 8-10, 10589, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Food Safety, German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR), Max-Dohrn-Strasse 8-10, 10589, Berlin, Germany
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Impellizzeri FM, Shrier I, McLaren SJ, Coutts AJ, McCall A, Slattery K, Jeffries AC, Kalkhoven JT. Understanding Training Load as Exposure and Dose. Sports Med 2023; 53:1667-1679. [PMID: 37022589 PMCID: PMC10432367 DOI: 10.1007/s40279-023-01833-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 02/28/2023] [Indexed: 04/07/2023]
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Various terms used in sport and exercise science, and medicine, are derived from other fields such as epidemiology, pharmacology and causal inference. Conceptual and nomological frameworks have described training load as a multidimensional construct manifested by two causally related subdimensions: external and internal training load. In this article, we explain how the concepts of training load and its subdimensions can be aligned to classifications used in occupational medicine and epidemiology, where exposure can also be differentiated into external and internal dose. The meanings of terms used in epidemiology such as exposure, external dose, internal dose and dose-response are therefore explored from a causal perspective and their underlying concepts are contextualised to the physical training process. We also explain how these concepts can assist in the validation process of training load measures. Specifically, to optimise training (i.e. within a causal context), a measure of exposure should be reflective of the mediating mechanisms of the primary outcome. Additionally, understanding the difference between intermediate and surrogate outcomes allows for the correct investigation of the effects of exposure measures and their interpretation in research and applied settings. Finally, whilst the dose-response relationship can provide evidence of the validity of a measure, conceptual and computational differentiation between causal (explanatory) and non-causal (descriptive and predictive) dose-response relationships is needed. Regardless of how sophisticated or "advanced" a training load measure (and metric) appears, in a causal context, if it cannot be connected to a plausible mediator of a relevant response (outcome), it is likely of little use in practice to support and optimise the training process.
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- Franco M Impellizzeri
- Faculty of Health, Human Performance Research Centre, School of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 2007, Australia.
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- Centre for Clinical Epidemiology, Lady Davis Institute, Jewish General Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Newcastle Falcons Rugby Club, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
- Department of Sport and Exercise Sciences, Durham University, Durham, UK
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- Faculty of Health, Human Performance Research Centre, School of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 2007, Australia
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- Faculty of Health, Human Performance Research Centre, School of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 2007, Australia
- Arsenal Performance and Research Team, Arsenal Football Club, London, UK
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- Faculty of Health, Human Performance Research Centre, School of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 2007, Australia
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- Faculty of Health, Human Performance Research Centre, School of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 2007, Australia
- College of Engineering, Science and Environment, School of Environmental & Life Sciences, The University of Newcastle, Newcastle, NSW, Australia
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- Faculty of Health, Human Performance Research Centre, School of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 2007, Australia
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Srinivasan B, Ghosh S, Webb P, Griswold SP, Xue KS, Wang JS, Mehta S. Assessing an aflatoxin exposure biomarker: Exploring the interchangeability and correlation between venous and capillary blood samples. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 2022; 215:114396. [PMID: 36154854 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2022.114396] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2022] [Revised: 07/09/2022] [Accepted: 09/18/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Exposure to dietary aflatoxins has been recognized as a potential threat to child nutrition and growth, in addition to being a known carcinogen. The ability to accurately assess concentration of aflatoxin in the blood of at-risk individuals is therefore very important to inform public health policies and on-the-ground programs around the world. Venous blood is frequently used to quantify biomarkers of exposure such as AFB1-lysine adducts. However, venous blood collection methods are invasive, requiring highly trained staff, which makes this method challenging to implement, especially in resource-limited settings. In contrast, capillary blood collection by fingerprick is less invasive and has the potential for application in point-of-need monitoring. The aim of this exploratory study was to investigate the correlation and interchangeability of capillary and venous human blood samples in the quantification of AFB1-lysine adduct concentration. A total of 72 venous and capillary blood samples were collected from 36 women of reproductive age (16-49 years) in northern Uganda. All sample specimens were analyzed using high-performance liquid chromatography with fluorescence detection. Regression analysis and Bland-Altman analysis were performed to compare AFB1-lysine concentrations between venous and capillary sample pairs. Bland-Altman analysis of albumin-normalized AFB1-lysine data-bias was -0.023 pg/mg-albumin and the 95% limits of agreement were 0.51 to -0.56 pg/mg-albumin for log-transformed data. There was a positive correlation between albumin-normalized venous and capillary AFB1-lysine concentrations with r of 0.71 (p < .0001). A lack of any accepted clinical cutoff for aflatoxin exposure makes definition of an 'acceptable' limit for statistical analysis and comparison of methods challenging. Our data suggests a positive correlation between albumin-normalized AFB1-lysine concentrations in venous and capillary sample pairs, but relatively weak agreement and interchangeability based on Bland-Altman analysis.
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- Balaji Srinivasan
- Center for Precision Nutrition and Health, Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 14853, USA.
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- Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University, Boston, MA, USA
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- Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University, Boston, MA, USA
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- Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Environmental Health Science, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA
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- Department of Environmental Health Science, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA
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- Center for Precision Nutrition and Health, Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 14853, USA.
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Abdelzaher H, Tawfik SM, Nour A, Abdelkader S, Elbalkiny ST, Abdelkader M, Abbas WA, Abdelnaser A. Climate change, human health, and the exposome: Utilizing OMIC technologies to navigate an era of uncertainty. Front Public Health 2022; 10:973000. [PMID: 36211706 PMCID: PMC9533016 DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2022.973000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2022] [Accepted: 08/17/2022] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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Climate change is an anthropogenic phenomenon that is alarming scientists and non-scientists alike. The emission of greenhouse gases is causing the temperature of the earth to rise and this increase is accompanied by a multitude of climate change-induced environmental exposures with potential health impacts. Tracking human exposure has been a major research interest of scientists worldwide. This has led to the development of exposome studies that examine internal and external individual exposures over their lifetime and correlate them to health. The monitoring of health has also benefited from significant technological advances in the field of "omics" technologies that analyze physiological changes on the nucleic acid, protein, and metabolism levels, among others. In this review, we discuss various climate change-induced environmental exposures and their potential health implications. We also highlight the potential integration of the technological advancements in the fields of exposome tracking, climate monitoring, and omics technologies shedding light on important questions that need to be answered.
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- Institute of Global Health and Human Ecology, The American University in Cairo, New Cairo, Egypt
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Gouveia-Fernandes S, Rodrigues A, Nunes C, Charneira C, Nunes J, Serpa J, Antunes AMM. Glycidamide and cis-2-butene-1,4-dial (BDA) as potential carcinogens and promoters of liver cancer - An in vitro study. Food Chem Toxicol 2022; 166:113251. [PMID: 35750087 DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2022.113251] [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: 05/02/2022] [Revised: 06/15/2022] [Accepted: 06/18/2022] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Acrylamide and furan are environmental and food contaminants that are metabolized by cytochrome P450 2E1 (CYP2E1), giving rise to glycidamide and cis-2-butene-1,4-dial (BDA) metabolites, respectively. Both glycidamide and BDA are electrophilic species that react with nucleophilic groups, being able to introduce mutations in DNA and perform epigenetic remodeling. However, whereas these carcinogens are primarily metabolized in the liver, the carcinogenic potential of acrylamide and furan in this organ is still controversial, based on findings from experimental animal studies. With the ultimate goal of providing further insights into this issue, we explored in vitro, using a hepatocyte cell line and a hepatocellular carcinoma cell line, the putative effect of these metabolites as carcinogens and cancer promoters. Molecular alterations were investigated in cells that survive glycidamide and BDA toxicity. We observed that those cells express CD133 stemness marker, present a high proliferative capacity and display an adjusted expression profile of genes encoding enzymes involved in oxidative stress control, such as GCL-C, GSTP1, GSTA3 and CAT. These molecular changes seem to be underlined, at least in part, by epigenetic remodeling involving histone deacetylases (HDACs). Although more studies are needed, here we present more insights towards the carcinogenic capacity of glycidamide and BDA and also point out their effect in favoring hepatocellular carcinoma progression.
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- Sofia Gouveia-Fernandes
- NOVA Medical School Research, NOVA Medical School
- Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Campo dos Mártires da Pátria, 130, 1169-056, Lisboa, Portugal; Instituto Português de Oncologia de Lisboa Francisco Gentil (IPOLFG), Rua Prof Lima Basto, 1099-023, Lisboa, Portugal
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- NOVA Medical School Research, NOVA Medical School
- Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Campo dos Mártires da Pátria, 130, 1169-056, Lisboa, Portugal; Instituto Português de Oncologia de Lisboa Francisco Gentil (IPOLFG), Rua Prof Lima Basto, 1099-023, Lisboa, Portugal
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- NOVA Medical School Research, NOVA Medical School
- Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Campo dos Mártires da Pátria, 130, 1169-056, Lisboa, Portugal; Instituto Português de Oncologia de Lisboa Francisco Gentil (IPOLFG), Rua Prof Lima Basto, 1099-023, Lisboa, Portugal
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- Centro de Química Estrutural, Institute of Molecular Sciences, Departamento de Engenharia Química, Instituto Superior Técnico, Av. Rovisco Pais, 1049 001, Lisboa, Portugal
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- Centro de Química Estrutural, Institute of Molecular Sciences, Departamento de Engenharia Química, Instituto Superior Técnico, Av. Rovisco Pais, 1049 001, Lisboa, Portugal
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- NOVA Medical School Research, NOVA Medical School
- Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Campo dos Mártires da Pátria, 130, 1169-056, Lisboa, Portugal; Instituto Português de Oncologia de Lisboa Francisco Gentil (IPOLFG), Rua Prof Lima Basto, 1099-023, Lisboa, Portugal.
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- Centro de Química Estrutural, Institute of Molecular Sciences, Departamento de Engenharia Química, Instituto Superior Técnico, Av. Rovisco Pais, 1049 001, Lisboa, Portugal.
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Simultaneous quantification of eight hemoglobin adducts of genotoxic substances by isotope-dilution UHPLC-MS/MS. Anal Bioanal Chem 2022; 414:5805-5815. [PMID: 35655100 PMCID: PMC9293867 DOI: 10.1007/s00216-022-04143-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2022] [Revised: 05/12/2022] [Accepted: 05/19/2022] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Various genotoxic carcinogens ubiquitously present in the human environment or respective reactive metabolites form adducts in DNA and proteins, which can be used as biomarkers of internal exposure. For example, the mass spectrometric determination of Val adducts at the N-termini of hemoglobin (Hb) peptide chains after cleavage by an Edman degradation has a long tradition in occupational medicine. We developed a novel isotope-dilution UHPLC-MS/MS method for the simultaneous quantification of Val adducts of eight genotoxic substances in Hb after cleavage with fluorescein-5-isothiocyanate (FIRE procedure™). The following adducts were included [sources in square brackets]: N-(2,3-dihydroxypropyl)-Val [glycidol], N-(2-carbamoylethyl)-Val [acrylamide], N-(2-carbamoyl-2-hydroxyethyl)-Val [glycidamide], N-((furan-2-yl)methyl)-Val [furfuryl alcohol], N-(trans-isoestragole-3′-yl)-Val [estragole/anethole], N-(3-ketopentyl)-Val [1-penten-3-one], N-(3-ketooctanyl)-Val [1-octene-3-one], and N-benzyl-Val [benzyl chloride], each of which was quantified with a specific isotope-labeled standard. The limits of quantification were between 0.014 and 3.6 pmol/g Hb (using 35 mg Hb per analysis); other validation parameters were satisfactory according to guidelines of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The quantification in erythrocyte samples of human adults (proof of principle) showed that the median levels of Hb adducts of acrylamide, glycidamide, and glycidol were found to be significantly lower in six non-smokers (25.9, 12.2, and 4.7 pmol/g Hb, respectively) compared to those of six smokers (69.0, 44.2, and 8.6 pmol/g Hb, respectively). In summary, the method surpasses former techniques of Hb adduct quantification due to its simplicity, sensitivity, and accuracy. It can be extended continuously with other Hb adducts and will be used in epidemiological studies on internal exposure to carcinogens.
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Canali S, Leonelli S. Reframing the environment in data-intensive health sciences. STUDIES IN HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE 2022; 93:203-214. [PMID: 35576883 DOI: 10.1016/j.shpsa.2022.04.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2021] [Revised: 02/25/2022] [Accepted: 04/20/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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In this paper, we analyse the relation between the use of environmental data in contemporary health sciences and related conceptualisations and operationalisations of the notion of environment. We consider three case studies that exemplify a different selection of environmental data and mode of data integration in data-intensive epidemiology. We argue that the diversification of data sources, their increase in scale and scope, and the application of novel analytic tools have brought about three significant conceptual shifts. First, we discuss the EXPOsOMICS project, an attempt to integrate genomic and environmental data which suggests a reframing of the boundaries between external and internal environments. Second, we explore the MEDMI platform, whose efforts to combine health, environmental and climate data instantiate a reframing and expansion of environmental exposure. Third, we illustrate how extracting epidemiological insights from extensive social data collected by the CIDACS institute yields innovative attributions of causal power to environmental factors. Identifying these shifts highlights the benefits and opportunities of new environmental data, as well as the challenges that such tools bring to understanding and fostering health. It also emphasises the constraints that data selection and accessibility pose to scientific imagination, including how researchers frame key concepts in health-related research.
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- Stefano Canali
- Department of Electronics, Information and Bioengineering and META - Social Sciences and Humanities for Science and Technology, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy.
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- Department of Sociology, Philosophy and Anthropology and Exeter Centre for the Study of the Life Sciences (Egenis), University of Exeter, Exeter, UK.
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Abend M, Blakely WF, Ostheim P, Schuele S, Port M. Early molecular markers for retrospective biodosimetry and prediction of acute health effects. JOURNAL OF RADIOLOGICAL PROTECTION : OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE SOCIETY FOR RADIOLOGICAL PROTECTION 2022; 42:010503. [PMID: 34492641 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6498/ac2434] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2021] [Accepted: 09/07/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Radiation-induced biological changes occurring within hours and days after irradiation can be potentially used for either exposure reconstruction (retrospective dosimetry) or the prediction of consecutively occurring acute or chronic health effects. The advantage of molecular protein or gene expression (GE) (mRNA) marker lies in their capability for early (1-3 days after irradiation), high-throughput and point-of-care diagnosis, required for the prediction of the acute radiation syndrome (ARS) in radiological or nuclear scenarios. These molecular marker in most cases respond differently regarding exposure characteristics such as e.g. radiation quality, dose, dose rate and most importantly over time. Changes over time are in particular challenging and demand certain strategies to deal with. With this review, we provide an overview and will focus on already identified and used mRNA GE and protein markers of the peripheral blood related to the ARS. These molecules are examined in light of 'ideal' characteristics of a biomarkers (e.g. easy accessible, early response, signal persistency) and the validation degree. Finally, we present strategies on the use of these markers considering challenges as their variation over time and future developments regarding e.g. origin of samples, point of care and high-throughput diagnosis.
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- M Abend
- Bundeswehr Institute of Radiobiology, Munich, Germany
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- Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute, Bethesda, MD, United States of America
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- Bundeswehr Institute of Radiobiology, Munich, Germany
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- Bundeswehr Institute of Radiobiology, Munich, Germany
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- Bundeswehr Institute of Radiobiology, Munich, Germany
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Chen CHS, Kuo TC, Kuo HC, Tseng YJ, Kuo CH, Yuan TH, Chan CC. Lipidomics of children and adolescents exposed to multiple industrial pollutants. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 2021; 201:111448. [PMID: 34119529 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2021.111448] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2021] [Revised: 05/21/2021] [Accepted: 05/28/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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BACKGROUND There are limited studies on the lipidomics of children and adolescents exposed to multiple industrial pollutants. OBJECTIVES In this study, we aimed to investigate lipid profile perturbations in 99 children and adolescents (aged 9-15) who lived in a polluted area surrounding the largest petrochemical complex in Taiwan. Previous studies have reported increased risks of acute and chronic diseases including liver dysfunctions and chronic kidney disease (CKD) in residents living in this area. METHODS We measured urinary concentrations of 11 metals and metalloids and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) metabolite 1-hydroxypyrene (1-OHP) as exposure biomarkers, and urinary oxidative stress biomarkers and serum acylcarnitines as early health effect biomarkers. The association between individual exposure biomarkers and early health effect biomarkers were analyzed using linear regression, while association of combined exposure biomarkers with four oxidative stress biomarkers and acylcarnitines were analyzed using weighted quantile sum (WQS) regression. Lipid profiles were analyzed using an untargeted liquid chromatography mass spectrometry-based technique. "Meet-in-the-middle" approach was applied to identify potential lipid features that linked multiple industrial pollutants exposure with early health effects. RESULTS We identified 15 potential lipid features that linked elevated multiple industrial pollutants exposure with three increased oxidative stress biomarkers and eight deregulated serum acylcarnitines, including one lysophosphatidylcholines (LPCs), four phosphatidylcholines (PCs), and two sphingomyelins (SMs) that were up-regulated in high exposure group compared to low exposure group, and two LPCs, four PCs, and two phosphatidylinositols (PIs) down-regulated in high exposure group compared to low exposure group. CONCLUSION Our findings could provide information for understanding the health effects, including early indicators and biological mechanism identification, of children and adolescents exposed to multiple industrial pollutants during critical stages of development.
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- Chi-Hsin S Chen
- Master of Public Health Program, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University. No. 17, Xu-Zhou Road, Taipei, 10055, Taiwan
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- The Metabolomics Core Laboratory, Center of Genomic Medicine, National Taiwan University. No. 1, Sec. 4, Roosevelt Road, Taipei, 10617, Taiwan; Graduate Institute of Biomedical Electronics and Bioinformatics, College of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, National Taiwan University. No. 1, Sec. 4, Roosevelt Road, Taipei, 10617, Taiwan
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- The Metabolomics Core Laboratory, Center of Genomic Medicine, National Taiwan University. No. 1, Sec. 4, Roosevelt Road, Taipei, 10617, Taiwan
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- Graduate Institute of Biomedical Electronics and Bioinformatics, College of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, National Taiwan University. No. 1, Sec. 4, Roosevelt Road, Taipei, 10617, Taiwan; Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering, College of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, National Taiwan University. No. 1, Sec. 4, Roosevelt Road, Taipei, 10617, Taiwan
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- School of Pharmacy, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University. No. 33, Linsen S. Road, Taipei, 10055, Taiwan
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- Department of Health and Welfare, College of City Management, University of Taipei, Taipei, Taiwan. No.101, Sec. 2, Zhongcheng Rd., Shilin Dist., Taipei City, 11153, Taiwan
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- Institute of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University. No. 17, Xu-Zhou Road, Taipei, 10055, Taiwan.
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Zhang H, Hu H, Diller M, Hogan WR, Prosperi M, Guo Y, Bian J. Semantic standards of external exposome data. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 2021; 197:111185. [PMID: 33901445 PMCID: PMC8597904 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2021.111185] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2020] [Revised: 03/25/2021] [Accepted: 04/12/2021] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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An individual's health and conditions are associated with a complex interplay between the individual's genetics and his or her exposures to both internal and external environments. Much attention has been placed on characterizing of the genome in the past; nevertheless, genetics only account for about 10% of an individual's health conditions, while the remaining appears to be determined by environmental factors and gene-environment interactions. To comprehensively understand the causes of diseases and prevent them, environmental exposures, especially the external exposome, need to be systematically explored. However, the heterogeneity of the external exposome data sources (e.g., same exposure variables using different nomenclature in different data sources, or vice versa, two variables have the same or similar name but measure different exposures in reality) increases the difficulty of analyzing and understanding the associations between environmental exposures and health outcomes. To solve the issue, the development of semantic standards using an ontology-driven approach is inevitable because ontologies can (1) provide a unambiguous and consistent understanding of the variables in heterogeneous data sources, and (2) explicitly express and model the context of the variables and relationships between those variables. We conducted a review of existing ontology for the external exposome and found only four relevant ontologies. Further, the four existing ontologies are limited: they (1) often ignored the spatiotemporal characteristics of external exposome data, and (2) were developed in isolation from other conceptual frameworks (e.g., the socioecological model and the social determinants of health). Moving forward, the combination of multi-domain and multi-scale data (i.e., genome, phenome and exposome at different granularity) and different conceptual frameworks is the basis of health outcomes research in the future.
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- Hansi Zhang
- Department of Health Outcomes and Biomedical Informatics, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, College of Public Health and Health Professions and College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
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- Department of Health Outcomes and Biomedical Informatics, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
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- Department of Health Outcomes and Biomedical Informatics, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, College of Public Health and Health Professions and College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA; Cancer Informatics Shared Resource, University of Florida Health Cancer Center, Gainesville, FL, USA
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- Department of Health Outcomes and Biomedical Informatics, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA; Cancer Informatics Shared Resource, University of Florida Health Cancer Center, Gainesville, FL, USA
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- Department of Health Outcomes and Biomedical Informatics, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA; Cancer Informatics Shared Resource, University of Florida Health Cancer Center, Gainesville, FL, USA.
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Lucock M. Vitamin-related phenotypic adaptation to exposomal factors: The folate-vitamin D-exposome triad. Mol Aspects Med 2021; 87:100944. [PMID: 33551238 DOI: 10.1016/j.mam.2021.100944] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2020] [Revised: 01/02/2021] [Accepted: 01/25/2021] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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The biological role of two key vitamins, folic acid and vitamin D is so fundamental to life processes, it follows that their UV sensitivity, dietary abundance (both key exposomal factors) and variability in dependent genes will modify their functional efficacy, particularly in the context of maintaining the integrity and function of genome and epigenome. This article therefore examines folate and vitamin D-related phenotypic adaptation to environmental factors which vary across the human life cycle as well as over an evolutionary time-scale. Molecular mechanisms, key nutrigenomic factors, phenotypic maladaptation and evolutionary models are discussed.
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- Mark Lucock
- School of Environmental & Life Sciences, University of Newcastle, PO Box 127, Brush Rd, Ourimbah, NSW, 2258, Australia.
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Totsuka Y, Watanabe M, Lin Y. New horizons of DNA adductome for exploring environmental causes of cancer. Cancer Sci 2021; 112:7-15. [PMID: 32978845 PMCID: PMC7780056 DOI: 10.1111/cas.14666] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2020] [Revised: 09/08/2020] [Accepted: 09/17/2020] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Chemical carcinogenesis is focused on the formation of DNA adducts, a form of DNA damage caused by covalent binding of a chemical moiety to DNA. The detection of carcinogen-DNA adducts in human tissues, along with demonstration of mutagenicity/carcinogenicity in experimental systems, and validation of adducts as biomarkers of environmental exposure and indicators of cancer risk in molecular epidemiological studies suggests a pivotal role of DNA adducts in cancer development. However, accurate measurement of DNA adducts in varied biological samples is challenging. Advances in mass spectrometry have prompted the development of DNA adductome analysis, an emerging method that simultaneously screens for multiple DNA adducts and provides relevant structural information. In this review, we summarize the basic principle and applications of DNA adductome analysis that would contribute to the elucidation of the environmental causes of cancer. Based on parallel developments in several fields, including next-generation sequencing, we describe a new approach used to explore cancer etiology, which integrates analyses of DNA adductome data and mutational signatures derived from whole-genome/exome sequencing.
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- Yukari Totsuka
- Department of Cancer Model DevelopmentNational Cancer Center Research InstituteTokyoJapan
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- Department of Public HealthAichi Medical University School of MedicineNagakuteJapan
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Lucock MD. A Brief Introduction to the Exposome and Human Health. EXPLORATORY RESEARCH AND HYPOTHESIS IN MEDICINE 2020; 000:1-6. [DOI: 10.14218/erhm.2020.00070] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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What Is New about the Exposome? Exploring Scientific Change in Contemporary Epidemiology. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2020; 17:ijerph17082879. [PMID: 32331256 PMCID: PMC7215638 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph17082879] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2020] [Revised: 04/02/2020] [Accepted: 04/07/2020] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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In this commentary, I discuss the scientific changes brought by the exposome, asking what is new about this approach and line of research. I place the exposome in a historical perspective, by analyzing the conditions under which the exposome has been conceived, developed and established in the context of contemporary epidemiological research. I argue that the exposome has been developed by transferring approaches, methods and conceptualizations from other lines of research in the life and health sciences. I thus discuss the conceptual and methodological innovations of the exposome as a result of the merging and adaptation of these elements for new uses and purposes. On this basis, I argue that the novelty of the exposome should be seen in incremental rather than revolutionary terms and, in this sense, the exposome shares significant elements with other projects and repertoires in postgenomics. I conclude by discussing the consequences of this analysis for the potential limitations and future development of exposome research.
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Salk JJ, Kennedy SR. Next-Generation Genotoxicology: Using Modern Sequencing Technologies to Assess Somatic Mutagenesis and Cancer Risk. ENVIRONMENTAL AND MOLECULAR MUTAGENESIS 2020; 61:135-151. [PMID: 31595553 PMCID: PMC7003768 DOI: 10.1002/em.22342] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2019] [Revised: 09/20/2019] [Accepted: 09/25/2019] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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Mutations have a profound effect on human health, particularly through an increased risk of carcinogenesis and genetic disease. The strong correlation between mutagenesis and carcinogenesis has been a driving force behind genotoxicity research for more than 50 years. The stochastic and infrequent nature of mutagenesis makes it challenging to observe and to study. Indeed, decades have been spent developing increasingly sophisticated assays and methods to study these low-frequency genetic errors, in hopes of better predicting which chemicals may be carcinogens, understanding their mode of action, and informing guidelines to prevent undue human exposure. While effective, widely used genetic selection-based technologies have a number of limitations that have hampered major advancements in the field of genotoxicity. Emerging new tools, in the form of enhanced next-generation sequencing platforms and methods, are changing this paradigm. In this review, we discuss rapidly evolving sequencing tools and technologies, such as error-corrected sequencing and single cell analysis, which we anticipate will fundamentally reshape the field. In addition, we consider a variety emerging applications for these new technologies, including the detection of DNA adducts, inference of mutational processes based on genomic site and local sequence contexts, and evaluation of genome engineering fidelity, as well as other cutting-edge challenges for the next 50 years of environmental and molecular mutagenesis research. Environ. Mol. Mutagen. 61:135-151, 2020. © 2019 The Authors. Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc. on behalf of Environmental Mutagen Society.
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- Jesse J. Salk
- Department of Medicine, Division of Medical OncologyUniversity of Washington School of MedicineSeattleWashington
- TwinStrand BiosciencesSeattleWashington
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- Department of PathologyUniversity of WashingtonSeattleWashington
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Dertinger SD, Totsuka Y, Bielas JH, Doherty AT, Kleinjans J, Honma M, Marchetti F, Schuler MJ, Thybaud V, White P, Yauk CL. High information content assays for genetic toxicology testing: A report of the International Workshops on Genotoxicity Testing (IWGT). MUTATION RESEARCH-GENETIC TOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL MUTAGENESIS 2019; 847:403022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mrgentox.2019.02.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2018] [Revised: 01/30/2019] [Accepted: 02/20/2019] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Tryndyak V, Borowa-Mazgaj B, Beland FA, Pogribny IP. Gene expression and cytosine DNA methylation alterations in induced pluripotent stem-cell-derived human hepatocytes treated with low doses of chemical carcinogens. Arch Toxicol 2019; 93:3335-3344. [PMID: 31555880 DOI: 10.1007/s00204-019-02569-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2019] [Accepted: 09/04/2019] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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The increasing number of man-made chemicals in the environment that may pose a carcinogenic risk emphasizes the need to develop reliable time- and cost-effective approaches for carcinogen detection. To address this issue, we have investigated the utility of human hepatocytes for the in vitro identification of genotoxic and non-genotoxic carcinogens. Induced pluripotent stem-cell (iPSC)-derived human hepatocytes were treated with the genotoxic carcinogens aflatoxin B1 (AFB1) and benzo[a]pyrene (B[a]P), the non-genotoxic liver carcinogen methapyrilene, and the non-carcinogens aflatoxin B2 (AFB2) and benzo[e]pyrene (B[e]P) at non-cytotoxic concentrations for 7 days, and transcriptomic and DNA methylation profiles were examined. 1569, 1693, and 2061 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) were detected in cells treated with AFB1, B[a]P, and methapyrilene, respectively, whereas no DEGs were found in cells treated with AFB2 or B[e]P. In contrast to the profound cellular transcriptomic responses, exposure of iPSC-derived hepatocytes to the test chemicals resulted in minor random alterations in global DNA methylome, most of which were not associated with changes in gene expression. Overall, our results demonstrate that the major non-genotoxic effect of exposure to carcinogens, regardless of their mode of action, is a profound global transcriptomic response rather than global DNA methylome alterations, indicating the significance of transcriptomic alterations as an informative endpoint in short-term in vitro carcinogen testing.
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- Volodymyr Tryndyak
- Division of Biochemical Toxicology, FDA-National Center for Toxicological Research, Jefferson, AR, USA
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- Division of Biochemical Toxicology, FDA-National Center for Toxicological Research, Jefferson, AR, USA
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- Division of Biochemical Toxicology, FDA-National Center for Toxicological Research, Jefferson, AR, USA
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- Division of Biochemical Toxicology, FDA-National Center for Toxicological Research, Jefferson, AR, USA.
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Bocato MZ, Bianchi Ximenez JP, Hoffmann C, Barbosa F. An overview of the current progress, challenges, and prospects of human biomonitoring and exposome studies. JOURNAL OF TOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH. PART B, CRITICAL REVIEWS 2019; 22:131-156. [PMID: 31543064 DOI: 10.1080/10937404.2019.1661588] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Human Biomonitoring (HB), the process for determining whether and to what extent chemical substances penetrated our bodies, serves as a useful tool to quantify human exposure to pollutants. In cases of nutrition and physiologic status, HB plays a critical role in the identification of excess or deficiency of essential nutrients. In pollutant HB studies, levels of substances measured in body fluids (blood, urine, and breast milk) or tissues (hair, nails or teeth) aid in the identification of potential health risks or associated adverse effects. However, even as a widespread practice in several countries, most HB studies reflect exposure to a single compound or mixtures which are measured at a single time point in lifecycle. On the other hand, throughout an individual's lifespan, the contact with different physical, chemical, and social stressors occurs at varying intensities, differing times and durations. Further, the interaction between stressors and body receptors leads to dynamic responses of the entire biological system including proteome, metabolome, transcriptome, and adductome. Bearing this in mind, a relatively new vision in exposure science, defined as the exposome, is postulated to expand the traditional practice of measuring a single exposure to one or few chemicals at one-time point to an approach that addresses measures of exposure to multiple stressors throughout the lifespan. With the exposome concept, the science of exposure advances to an Environment-Wide Association Perspective, which might exhibit a stronger relationship with good health or disease conditions for an individual (phenotype). Thus, this critical review focused on the current progress of HB and exposome investigations, anticipating some challenges, strategies, and future needs to be taken into account for designing future surveys.
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- Mariana Zuccherato Bocato
- Laboratório de Toxicologia Analítica e de Sistemas, Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo , Ribeirão Preto , Brazil
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- Laboratório de Toxicologia Analítica e de Sistemas, Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo , Ribeirão Preto , Brazil
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- Departmento de Alimentos e Nutrição Experimental Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas, Universidade de São Paulo , São Paulo , Brazil
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- Laboratório de Toxicologia Analítica e de Sistemas, Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo , Ribeirão Preto , Brazil
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Kobets T, Iatropoulos MJ, Williams GM. Mechanisms of DNA-reactive and epigenetic chemical carcinogens: applications to carcinogenicity testing and risk assessment. Toxicol Res (Camb) 2019; 8:123-145. [PMID: 30997017 PMCID: PMC6417487 DOI: 10.1039/c8tx00250a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2018] [Accepted: 12/18/2018] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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Chemicals with carcinogenic activity in either animals or humans produce increases in neoplasia through diverse mechanisms. One mechanism is reaction with nuclear DNA. Other mechanisms consist of epigenetic effects involving either modifications of regulatory macromolecules or perturbation of cellular regulatory processes. The basis for distinguishing between carcinogens that have either DNA reactivity or an epigenetic activity as their primary mechanism of action is detailed in this review. In addition, important applications of information on these mechanisms of action to carcinogenicity testing and human risk assessment are discussed.
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- Tetyana Kobets
- Department of Pathology , New York Medical College , Valhalla , NY 10595 , USA . ; ; Tel: +1 914-594-3105
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- Department of Pathology , New York Medical College , Valhalla , NY 10595 , USA . ; ; Tel: +1 914-594-3105
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- Department of Pathology , New York Medical College , Valhalla , NY 10595 , USA . ; ; Tel: +1 914-594-3105
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Li D, Tolleson WH, Yu D, Chen S, Guo L, Xiao W, Tong W, Ning B. Regulation of cytochrome P450 expression by microRNAs and long noncoding RNAs: Epigenetic mechanisms in environmental toxicology and carcinogenesis. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND HEALTH. PART C, ENVIRONMENTAL CARCINOGENESIS & ECOTOXICOLOGY REVIEWS 2019; 37:180-214. [PMID: 31305208 PMCID: PMC6737535 DOI: 10.1080/10590501.2019.1639481] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Environmental exposures to hazardous chemicals are associated with a variety of human diseases and disorders, including cancers. Phase I metabolic activation and detoxification reactions catalyzed by cytochrome P450 enzymes (CYPs) affect the toxicities of many xenobiotic compounds. Proper regulation of CYP expression influences their biological effects. Noncoding RNAs (ncRNAs) are involved in regulating CYP expression, and ncRNA expression is regulated in response to environmental chemicals. The mechanistic interactions between ncRNAs and CYPs associated with the toxicity and carcinogenicity of environmental chemicals are described in this review, focusing on microRNA-dependent CYP regulation. The role of long noncoding RNAs in regulating CYP expression is also presented and new avenues of research concerning this regulatory mechanism are described.
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- Dongying Li
- a National Center for Toxicological Research (NCTR), U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) , Jefferson , AR , USA
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- a National Center for Toxicological Research (NCTR), U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) , Jefferson , AR , USA
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- a National Center for Toxicological Research (NCTR), U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) , Jefferson , AR , USA
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- a National Center for Toxicological Research (NCTR), U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) , Jefferson , AR , USA
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- a National Center for Toxicological Research (NCTR), U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) , Jefferson , AR , USA
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- a National Center for Toxicological Research (NCTR), U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) , Jefferson , AR , USA
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- a National Center for Toxicological Research (NCTR), U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) , Jefferson , AR , USA
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- a National Center for Toxicological Research (NCTR), U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) , Jefferson , AR , USA
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Tryndyak V, Kindrat I, Dreval K, Churchwell MI, Beland FA, Pogribny IP. Effect of aflatoxin B 1, benzo[a]pyrene, and methapyrilene on transcriptomic and epigenetic alterations in human liver HepaRG cells. Food Chem Toxicol 2018; 121:214-223. [PMID: 30157460 DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2018.08.034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2018] [Revised: 08/15/2018] [Accepted: 08/22/2018] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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The increasing number of man-made chemicals in the environment that may pose a carcinogenic risk highlights the need for developing reliable time- and cost-effective approaches for carcinogen detection and identification. To address this issue, we investigated the utility of high-throughput microarray gene expression and next-generation genome-wide DNA methylation sequencing for the in vitro identification of genotoxic and non-genotoxic carcinogens. Terminally differentiated and metabolically competent human liver HepaRG cells were treated at minimally cytotoxic concentrations of (i) the genotoxic human liver carcinogen aflatoxin B1 (AFB1) and its structural non-carcinogenic analog aflatoxin B2 (AFB2); (ii) the genotoxic human lung carcinogen benzo[a]pyrene (B[a]P) and its non-carcinogenic isomer benzo[e]pyrene (B[e]P); and (iii) the non-genotoxic liver carcinogen methapyrilene for 72 h and transcriptomic and DNA methylation profiles were examined. Treatment of HepaRG cells with the liver carcinogens AFB1 and methapyrilene generated distinct gene-expression profiles, whereas B[a]P had only a slight effect on gene expression. In contrast to transcriptomic alterations, treatment of HepaRG cells with the carcinogenic and non-carcinogenic chemicals resulted in profound changes in the DNA methylation footprint; however, the correlation between gene-specific DNA methylation and gene expression changes was minimal. Among the carcinogen-altered genes, transferrin (TF) emerged as sensitive marker for an initial screening of chemicals for their potential liver carcinogenicity. Potential liver carcinogens (i.e., chemicals causing altered TF gene expression) could then be subjected to gene-expression analyses to differentiate genotoxic from non-genotoxic liver carcinogens. This approach may substantially enhance the identification and assessment of potential liver carcinogens.
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- Volodymyr Tryndyak
- Division of Biochemical Toxicology, National Center for Toxicological Research, 3900 NCTR Rd, Jefferson, AR, 72079, USA
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- Division of Biochemical Toxicology, National Center for Toxicological Research, 3900 NCTR Rd, Jefferson, AR, 72079, USA
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- Division of Biochemical Toxicology, National Center for Toxicological Research, 3900 NCTR Rd, Jefferson, AR, 72079, USA; Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Molecular Medicine, Program in Cancer Genetics, Epigenetics and Genomics, University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center, Albuquerque, NM, 87131, USA
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- Division of Biochemical Toxicology, National Center for Toxicological Research, 3900 NCTR Rd, Jefferson, AR, 72079, USA
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- Division of Biochemical Toxicology, National Center for Toxicological Research, 3900 NCTR Rd, Jefferson, AR, 72079, USA
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- Division of Biochemical Toxicology, National Center for Toxicological Research, 3900 NCTR Rd, Jefferson, AR, 72079, USA.
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How does the social environment during life course embody in and influence the development of cancer? Int J Public Health 2018; 63:811-821. [DOI: 10.1007/s00038-018-1131-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2017] [Revised: 05/19/2018] [Accepted: 06/01/2018] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Asimina S, Chapizanis D, Karakitsios S, Kontoroupis P, Asimakopoulos DN, Maggos T, Sarigiannis D. Assessing and enhancing the utility of low-cost activity and location sensors for exposure studies. ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT 2018; 190:155. [PMID: 29464404 DOI: 10.1007/s10661-018-6537-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2017] [Accepted: 02/08/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Nowadays, the advancement of mobile technology in conjunction with the introduction of the concept of exposome has provided new dynamics to the exposure studies. Since the addressing of health outcomes related to environmental stressors is crucial, the improvement of exposure assessment methodology is of paramount importance. Towards this aim, a pilot study was carried out in the two major cities of Greece (Athens, Thessaloniki), investigating the applicability of commercially available fitness monitors and the Moves App for tracking people's location and activities, as well as for predicting the type of the encountered location, using advanced modeling techniques. Within the frame of the study, 21 individuals were using the Fitbit Flex activity tracker, a temperature logger, and the application Moves App on their smartphones. For the validation of the above equipment, participants were also carrying an Actigraph (activity sensor) and a GPS device. The data collected from Fitbit Flex, the temperature logger, and the GPS (speed) were used as input parameters in an Artificial Neural Network (ANN) model for predicting the type of location. Analysis of the data showed that the Moves App tends to underestimate the daily steps counts in comparison with Fitbit Flex and Actigraph, respectively, while Moves App predicted the movement trajectory of an individual with reasonable accuracy, compared to a dedicated GPS. Finally, the encountered location was successfully predicted by the ANN in most of the cases.
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- Stamatelopoulou Asimina
- Environmental Research Laboratory, I.N.RA.S.T.E.S., NCSR "DEMOKRITOS", Athens, Greece.
- Department of Applied Physics, Faculty of Physics, University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
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- Environmental Engineering Laboratory, Department of Chemical Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Environmental Engineering Laboratory, Department of Chemical Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Environmental Engineering Laboratory, Department of Chemical Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Department of Applied Physics, Faculty of Physics, University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- Environmental Research Laboratory, I.N.RA.S.T.E.S., NCSR "DEMOKRITOS", Athens, Greece
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- Environmental Engineering Laboratory, Department of Chemical Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
- Institute for Advanced Study of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
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Kianmehr M, Hajavi J, Gazeri J. Assessment of DNA damage in blood lymphocytes of bakery workers by comet assay. Toxicol Ind Health 2017; 33:726-735. [PMID: 28862089 DOI: 10.1177/0748233717712408] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The comet assay is widely used in screening and identification of genotoxic effects of different substances on people in either their working or living environment. Exposure to fuel smoke leads to DNA damage and ultimately different types of cancer. Using a comet assay, the present study aimed to assess peripheral blood lymphocyte DNA damage in people working in bakeries using natural gas, kerosene, diesel, or firewood for fuel compared to those in the control group. The subjects of this study were 55 people in total who were divided into four experimental groups, each of which comprised of 11 members (based on the type of fuel used), and one control group comprised of 11 members. Using CometScore, the subjects' peripheral blood lymphocytes were examined for DNA damage. All bakers, that is, experimental subjects, showed significantly greater peripheral blood lymphocyte DNA damage compared to the individuals in the control group. There was greater peripheral blood lymphocyte DNA damage in bakers who had been using firewood for fuel compared to those using other types of fuel to such an extent that tail moments (µm) for firewood-burning bakers was 4.40 ± 1.98 versus 1.35 ± 0.84 for natural gas, 1.85 ± 1.33 for diesel, and 2.19 ± 2.20 for kerosene. The results indicated that burning firewood is the greatest inducer of peripheral blood lymphocytes DNA damage in bakers. Nonetheless, there was no significant difference in peripheral blood lymphocyte DNA damage among diesel and kerosene burning bakers.
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- Mojtaba Kianmehr
- 1 Department of Medical Physics, Faculty of Medicine, Gonabad University of Medical Sciences, Gonabad, Iran
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- 2 Department of Basic Sciences, Faculty of Allied Medicine, Gonabad University of Medical Sciences, Gonabad, Iran.,3 Immunology Research Center, Medical School, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
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- 4 Department of Humanities, University of Gonabad, Gonabad, Iran
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Bai Y, Yang A, Pu H, Dai M, Cheng N, Ding J, Li J, Li H, Hu X, Ren X, He J, Zheng T. Cohort Profile: The China Metal-Exposed Workers Cohort Study (Jinchang Cohort). Int J Epidemiol 2017; 46:1095-1096e. [PMID: 27836916 PMCID: PMC5837576 DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyw223] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 07/13/2016] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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- Yana Bai
- Institute of Epidemiology and Statistics, School of Public Health, and Center for Cancer Prevent and Treatment, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, Gansu, China
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- Institute of Epidemiology and Statistics, School of Public Health, and Center for Cancer Prevent and Treatment, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, Gansu, China
- Department of Epidemiology, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA
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- Workers’ Hospital of Jinchuan Group Co., Jinchang, Gansu, China
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- Cancer Institute and Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China and
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- Center of Medical Laboratory, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, Gansu, China
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- Workers’ Hospital of Jinchuan Group Co., Jinchang, Gansu, China
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- Institute of Epidemiology and Statistics, School of Public Health, and Center for Cancer Prevent and Treatment, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, Gansu, China
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- Workers’ Hospital of Jinchuan Group Co., Jinchang, Gansu, China
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- Institute of Epidemiology and Statistics, School of Public Health, and Center for Cancer Prevent and Treatment, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, Gansu, China
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- Institute of Epidemiology and Statistics, School of Public Health, and Center for Cancer Prevent and Treatment, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, Gansu, China
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- Cancer Institute and Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China and
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- Department of Epidemiology, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA
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Fasullo M, Freedland J, St John N, Cera C, Egner P, Hartog M, Ding X. An in vitro system for measuring genotoxicity mediated by human CYP3A4 in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. ENVIRONMENTAL AND MOLECULAR MUTAGENESIS 2017; 58:217-227. [PMID: 28436563 PMCID: PMC5479318 DOI: 10.1002/em.22093] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2016] [Revised: 04/06/2017] [Accepted: 04/11/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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P450 activity is required to metabolically activate many chemical carcinogens, rendering them highly genotoxic. CYP3A4 is the most abundantly expressed P450 enzyme in the liver, accounting for most drug metabolism and constituting 50% of all hepatic P450 activity. CYP3A4 is also expressed in extrahepatic tissues, including the intestine. However, the role of CYP3A4 in activating chemical carcinogens into potent genotoxins is unclear. To facilitate efforts to determine whether CYP3A4, per se, can activate carcinogens into potent genotoxins, we expressed human CYP3A4 in the DNA-repair mutant (rad4 rad51) strain of budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae and tested the novel, recombinant yeast strain for ability to report CYP3A4-mediated genotoxicity of a well-known genotoxin, aflatoxin B1 (AFB1 ). Yeast microsomes containing human CYP3A4, but not those that do not contain CYP3A4, were active in hydroxylation of diclofenac, a known CYP3A4 substrate drug, a result confirming CYP3A4 activity in the recombinant yeast strain. In cells exposed to AFB1 , the expression of CYP3A4 supported DNA adduct formation, chromosome rearrangements, cell death, and expression of the large subunit of ribonucleotide reductase, Rnr3, a marker of DNA damage. Expression of CYP3A4 also conferred sensitivity in rad4 rad51 mutants exposed to colon carcinogen, 2-amino-3,8-dimethylimidazo[4,5-f]quinoxaline (MeIQx). These data confirm the ability of human CYP3A4 to mediate the genotoxicity of AFB1 , and illustrate the usefulness of the CYP3A4-expressing, DNA-repair mutant yeast strain for screening other chemical compounds that are CYP3A4 substrates, for potential genotoxicity. Environ. Mol. Mutagen. 58:217-227, 2017. © 2017 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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- Michael Fasullo
- College of Nanoscale Sciences and Engineering, State University of New York Polytechnic Institute, Albany, New York 12205
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, State University of New York at Albany, 150 New Scotland Avenue, Albany, New York 12209
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- College of Nanoscale Sciences and Engineering, State University of New York Polytechnic Institute, Albany, New York 12205
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- College of Nanoscale Sciences and Engineering, State University of New York Polytechnic Institute, Albany, New York 12205
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- Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, 615 North Wolfe Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21205
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- College of Nanoscale Sciences and Engineering, State University of New York Polytechnic Institute, Albany, New York 12205
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- College of Nanoscale Sciences and Engineering, State University of New York Polytechnic Institute, Albany, New York 12205
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Holland N. Future of environmental research in the age of epigenomics and exposomics. REVIEWS ON ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH 2017; 32:45-54. [PMID: 27768585 PMCID: PMC5346048 DOI: 10.1515/reveh-2016-0032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2016] [Accepted: 09/15/2016] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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Environmental research and public health in the 21st century face serious challenges such as increased air pollution and global warming, widespread use of potentially harmful chemicals including pesticides, plasticizers, and other endocrine disruptors, and radical changes in nutrition and lifestyle typical of modern societies. In particular, exposure to environmental and occupational toxicants may contribute to the occurrence of adverse birth outcomes, neurodevelopmental deficits, and increased risk of cancer and other multifactorial diseases such as diabetes and asthma. Rapidly evolving methodologies of exposure assessment and the conceptual framework of the Exposome, first introduced in 2005, are new frontiers of environmental research. Metabolomics and adductomics provide remarkable opportunities for a better understanding of exposure and prediction of potential adverse health outcomes. Metabolomics, the study of metabolism at whole-body level, involves assessment of the total repertoire of small molecules present in a biological sample, shedding light on interactions between gene expression, protein expression, and the environment. Advances in genomics, transcriptomics, and epigenomics are generating multidimensional structures of biomarkers of effect and susceptibility, increasingly important for the understanding of molecular mechanisms and the emergence of personalized medicine. Epigenetic mechanisms, particularly DNA methylation and miRNA expression, attract increasing attention as potential links between the genetic and environmental determinants of health and disease. Unlike genetics, epigenetic mechanisms could be reversible and an understanding of their role may lead to better protection of susceptible populations and improved public health.
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Freedland J, Cera C, Fasullo M. CYP1A1 I462V polymorphism is associated with reduced genotoxicity in yeast despite positive association with increased cancer risk. MUTATION RESEARCH-GENETIC TOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL MUTAGENESIS 2017; 815:35-43. [PMID: 28283091 DOI: 10.1016/j.mrgentox.2017.02.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2016] [Revised: 01/18/2017] [Accepted: 02/13/2017] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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CYP1A1 functions in detoxifying xenobiotics but occasionally converts compounds into potent genotoxins. CYP1A1 activates polyaromatic hydrocarbons, such as benzo[a]pyrene 7,8 dihydrodiol (BaP-DHD), rendering them genotoxic. Particular alleles of CYP1A1, such as CYP1A1 I462V have been correlated with a higher incidence of breast and lung cancer, but it is unknown whether these variants express enzymes in vivo that are more potent in generating genotoxins. We individually expressed CYP1A1 (CYP1A1.1), CYP1A1 T461N (CYP1A1.4) and I462V (CYP1A1.2) alleles in wild-type and DNA repair deficient mutant strains of Saccharomyces cerevisiae (budding yeast) and asked which yeast strains exhibited the highest levels of carcinogen-associated genotoxicity after exposure to BaP-DHD, aflatoxin B1 (AFB1), and heterocyclic aromatic amines (HAAs). We measured carcinogen-associated recombination, Rad51 foci, and carcinogen-associated toxicity in a DNA repair mutant deficient in both nucleotide excision repair and recombinational repair. CYP1A1 activity was confirmed by measuring ethoxyresorufin-O-deethylation (EROD) activities. Our data indicate that CYP1A1 I462V allele confers the least carcinogen-associated genotoxicity, compared to CYP1A1; however, results vary depending on the chemical carcinogen and the genotoxic endpoint. We speculate that the cancer-associated risk of CYP1A1 I462V may be caused by exposure to other xenobiotics.
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- Julian Freedland
- College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering, State University of New York Polytechnic Institute, Albany, NY 12205, United States
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- Center for Medical Sciences,150 New Scotland Road, Albany, NY 12208, United States
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- College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering, State University of New York Polytechnic Institute, Albany, NY 12205, United States; Center for Medical Sciences,150 New Scotland Road, Albany, NY 12208, United States.
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Wang R, Cui Y, Xu Y, Irudayaraj J. Basic studies on epigenetic carcinogenesis of low-dose exposure to 1-trichloromethyl-1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-β-carboline (TaClo) in vitro. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0172243. [PMID: 28199384 PMCID: PMC5310788 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0172243] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2016] [Accepted: 02/01/2017] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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1-Trichloromethyl-1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-β-carboline (TaClo) has been widely studied as a neurotoxic substance, however, only few reports have explored its effect on carcinogenicity. Since the aberrant modification of DNA methylation occurs very early in almost all human cancers, the focus of this study is to assess the carcinogenicity of TaClo by characterizing alterations of the epigenetic state, specifically, DNA methylation, upon exposure to TaClo in a HEK 293 model cell line. Our results suggest that TaClo could induce global DNA hypomethylation and transcriptional repression of critical tumor suppressor genes by increasing their promoter methylation. Enhanced cell proliferation, migration and anchorage independent growth were observed in cells exposed to TaClo. Our study highlights the epigenetic toxicity of TaClo, which contributes to its carcinogenicity by altering the DNA methylation status.
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- Renjie Wang
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing, China
- Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Bindley Bioscience Center, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America
- International R & D Center of Micro-Nano Systems and New Materials Technolog, Chongqing University, Chongqing, China
- Key disciplines laboratory of Novel Micro-Nano Devices and System Technology, Chongqing University, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Bindley Bioscience Center, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing, China
- International R & D Center of Micro-Nano Systems and New Materials Technolog, Chongqing University, Chongqing, China
- Key disciplines laboratory of Novel Micro-Nano Devices and System Technology, Chongqing University, Chongqing, China
- Microsystem Research Center, School of Optoelectronic Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Bindley Bioscience Center, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America
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Schlossmacher MG, Tomlinson JJ, Santos G, Shutinoski B, Brown EG, Manuel D, Mestre T. Modelling idiopathic Parkinson disease as a complex illness can inform incidence rate in healthy adults: the P R EDIGT score. Eur J Neurosci 2017; 45:175-191. [PMID: 27859866 PMCID: PMC5324667 DOI: 10.1111/ejn.13476] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2016] [Revised: 10/16/2016] [Accepted: 11/07/2016] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Fifty-five years after the concept of dopamine replacement therapy was introduced, Parkinson disease (PD) remains an incurable neurological disorder. To date, no disease-modifying therapeutic has been approved. The inability to predict PD incidence risk in healthy adults is seen as a limitation in drug development, because by the time of clinical diagnosis ≥ 60% of dopamine neurons have been lost. We have designed an incidence prediction model founded on the concept that the pathogenesis of PD is similar to that of many disorders observed in ageing humans, i.e. a complex, multifactorial disease. Our model considers five factors to determine cumulative incidence rates for PD in healthy adults: (i) DNA variants that alter susceptibility (D), e.g. carrying a LRRK2 or GBA risk allele; (ii) Exposure history to select environmental factors including xenobiotics (E); (iii) Gene-environment interactions that initiate pathological tissue responses (I), e.g. a rise in ROS levels, misprocessing of amyloidogenic proteins (foremost, α-synuclein) and dysregulated inflammation; (iv) sex (or gender; G); and importantly, (v) time (T) encompassing ageing-related changes, latency of illness and propagation of disease. We propose that cumulative incidence rates for PD (PR ) can be calculated in healthy adults, using the formula: PR (%) = (E + D + I) × G × T. Here, we demonstrate six case scenarios leading to young-onset parkinsonism (n = 3) and late-onset PD (n = 3). Further development and validation of this prediction model and its scoring system promise to improve subject recruitment in future intervention trials. Such efforts will be aimed at disease prevention through targeted selection of healthy individuals with a higher prediction score for developing PD in the future and at disease modification in subjects that already manifest prodromal signs.
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- Michael G. Schlossmacher
- Neuroscience ProgramOttawa Hospital Research Institute451 Smyth RoadRGH #1414OttawaONK1H 8M5Canada
- Division of NeurologyDepartment of MedicineThe Ottawa HospitalOttawaCanada
- University of Ottawa Brain & Mind Research InstituteOttawaCanada
- Faculty of MedicineUniversity of OttawaOttawaCanada
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- Neuroscience ProgramOttawa Hospital Research Institute451 Smyth RoadRGH #1414OttawaONK1H 8M5Canada
- University of Ottawa Brain & Mind Research InstituteOttawaCanada
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- Neuroscience ProgramOttawa Hospital Research Institute451 Smyth RoadRGH #1414OttawaONK1H 8M5Canada
- University of Ottawa Brain & Mind Research InstituteOttawaCanada
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- Neuroscience ProgramOttawa Hospital Research Institute451 Smyth RoadRGH #1414OttawaONK1H 8M5Canada
- Faculty of MedicineUniversity of OttawaOttawaCanada
- Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and ImmunologyUniversity of OttawaOttawaCanada
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- Faculty of MedicineUniversity of OttawaOttawaCanada
- Clinical Epidemiology ProgramOttawa Hospital Research InstituteOttawaCanada
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- Neuroscience ProgramOttawa Hospital Research Institute451 Smyth RoadRGH #1414OttawaONK1H 8M5Canada
- Division of NeurologyDepartment of MedicineThe Ottawa HospitalOttawaCanada
- University of Ottawa Brain & Mind Research InstituteOttawaCanada
- Faculty of MedicineUniversity of OttawaOttawaCanada
- Clinical Epidemiology ProgramOttawa Hospital Research InstituteOttawaCanada
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Schmied-Tobies MIH, Paschke H, Reemtsma T. Combined chemoassay and mass spectrometric approach to study the reactive potential of electrophiles towards deoxynucleosides as model for DNA. CHEMOSPHERE 2016; 151:263-270. [PMID: 26945242 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2016.02.052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2015] [Revised: 02/10/2016] [Accepted: 02/11/2016] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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The modification of DNA by adduct formation is a potential molecular initiating event of genotoxicity. A chemoassay was established to study adduct formation of electrophiles with deoxynucleosides. Liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry was used to determine the reactivity of the model electrophiles para-benzoquinone, hydroquinone, and 1,4-naphthoquinone with deoxynucleoside (deoxyadenosine (dA), deoxyguanosine (dG), deoxycytidine (dC) and thymidine (dT)) to detect formation of adducts via constant neutral loss scan of deoxyribose (116 Da), and to elucidate adduct structures using high resolution mass spectrometry. Of the four deoxynucleosides dG was most susceptible, followed by dC and para-benzoquinone was the most reactive electrophile. With this approach five dG and four dC adducts were detected, formed by Michael addition and subsequent condensation. Also oxidation occurred with reactive oxygen species (ROS). Three of the adducts formed by benzoquinone have not been reported before. This chemoassay combined with mass spectrometry offers a way (a) to screen a large number of chemicals for their genotoxic potential, (b) to determine novel adducts that may be searched for in in vitro and in vivo studies and thus (c) to better understand the reaction of electrophiles with nucleobases.
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- Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Permoserstrasse 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany
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- Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Permoserstrasse 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany.
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Yuan TH, Chung MK, Lin CY, Chen ST, Wu KY, Chan CC. Metabolic profiling of residents in the vicinity of a petrochemical complex. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2016; 548-549:260-269. [PMID: 26802354 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.01.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2015] [Revised: 01/07/2016] [Accepted: 01/07/2016] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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No previous studies have simultaneously measured the biomarkers of environmental exposure and metabolome perturbation in residents affected by industrial pollutants. This study aimed to investigate the metabolic effects of environmental pollutants such as vanadium and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) on residents in the vicinity of a petrochemical complex. The study subjects were 160 residents, including 80 high-exposure subjects exposed to high levels of vanadium and PAHs and 80 age- and gender-matched low-exposure subjects living within a 40-km radius of a petrochemical complex. The exposure biomarkers vanadium and 1-hydroxypyrene and four oxidative/nitrosative stress biomarkers were measured in these subjects. Plasma samples from the study subjects were also analyzed using (1)H NMR spectroscopy for metabolic profiling. The results showed that the urinary levels of vanadium and 1-hydroxypyrene in the high-exposure subjects were 40- and 20-fold higher, respectively, than those in the low-exposure subjects. Higher urinary levels of stress biomarkers, including 8-OHdG, HNE-MA, 8-isoPF2α, and 8-NO2Gua, were also observed among the high-exposure subjects compared with the low-exposure subjects. Partial least squares discriminant analysis of the plasma metabolome demonstrated a clear separation between the high- and low-exposure subjects; the intensities of amino acids and carbohydrate metabolites were lower in the high-exposure subjects compared with the low-exposure subjects. The exposure to vanadium and PAHs may cause a reduction in the levels of amino acids and carbohydrates by elevating PPAR and insulin signaling, as well as oxidative/nitrosative stress.
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- Tzu-Hsuen Yuan
- Institute of Occupational Medicine and Industrial Hygiene, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Institute of Occupational Medicine and Industrial Hygiene, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Institute of Environmental Health, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Institute of Occupational Medicine and Industrial Hygiene, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Institute of Occupational Medicine and Industrial Hygiene, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Institute of Occupational Medicine and Industrial Hygiene, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.
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Jin K, Su KK, Li T, Zhu XQ, Wang Q, Ge RS, Pan ZF, Wu BW, Ge LJ, Zhang YH, Wang YF, Shen GF, Zhu DY, Xiang CS, Li LJ, Lou YJ. Hepatic Premalignant Alterations Triggered by Human Nephrotoxin Aristolochic Acid I in Canines. Cancer Prev Res (Phila) 2016; 9:324-34. [PMID: 26851235 DOI: 10.1158/1940-6207.capr-15-0339] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2015] [Accepted: 01/22/2016] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Aristolochic acid I (AAI) existing in plant drugs from Aristolochia species is an environmental human carcinogen associated with urothelial cancer. Although gene association network analysis demonstrated gene expression profile changes in the liver of human TP53 knock-in mice after acute AAI exposure, to date, whether AAI causes hepatic tumorigenesis is still not confirmed. Here, we show that hepatic premalignant alterations appeared in canines after a 10-day AAI oral administration (3 mg/kg/day). We observed c-Myc oncoprotein and oncofetal RNA-binding protein Lin28B overexpressions accompanied by cancer progenitor-like cell formation in the liver by AAI exposure. Meanwhile, we found that forkhead box O1 (FOXO1) was robustly phosphorylated, thereby shuttling into the cytoplasm of hepatocytes. Furthermore, utilizing microarray and qRT-PCR analysis, we confirmed that microRNA expression significantly dysregulated in the liver treated with AAI. Among them, we particularly focused on the members in let-7 miRNAs and miR-23a clusters, the downstream of c-Myc and IL6 receptor (IL6R) signaling pathway linking the premalignant alteration. Strikingly, when IL6 was added in vitro, IL6R/NF-κB signaling activation contributed to the increase of FOXO1 phosphorylation by the let-7b inhibitor. Therefore, it highlights the new insight into the interplay of the network in hepatic tumorigenesis by AAI exposure, and also suggests that anti-premalignant therapy may be crucial for preventing AAI-induced hepatocarcinogenesis.
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- Ke Jin
- Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, Hangzhou, PR China. Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, The 1st Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, PR China
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- Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, PR China
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- Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, PR China
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- Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, PR China
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- The Population Council at the Rockefeller University, New York, USA. Institute of Reproductive Biomedicine, the 2nd Affiliated Hospital, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, PR China
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- Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, PR China
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- Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, PR China
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- Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, PR China
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- Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, PR China
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- Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, PR China
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- Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, PR China
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- Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, Hangzhou, PR China. Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, The 1st Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, Hangzhou, PR China. Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, The 1st Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, PR China.
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- Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, PR China.
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Saib MS, Caudeville J, Beauchamp M, Carré F, Ganry O, Trugeon A, Cicolella A. Building spatial composite indicators to analyze environmental health inequalities on a regional scale. Environ Health 2015; 14:68. [PMID: 26294093 PMCID: PMC4546175 DOI: 10.1186/s12940-015-0054-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2014] [Accepted: 08/10/2015] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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BACKGROUND Reducing health inequalities involves the identification and characterization of social and exposure factors and the way they accumulate in a given area. The areas of accumulation then allow for prioritization of interventions. The present study aims to build spatial composite indicators based on the aggregation of environmental, social and health indicators and their inter-relationships. METHOD Preliminary work was carried out firstly to homogenize spatial coverage, and secondly to study spatial variation of environmental (EI), socioeconomic (SI) and health (HI) indicators. The aggregation of the different indicators was performed using several methodologies for which results and decision-makers' usability were compared. RESULTS Four methodologies were tested: 1) A simple summation of normalized HI, EI and SI indicators (IC), 2) the sum of the normalized HI, EI and SI indicators weighted by the first principal component of a Principal Component Analysis (IC PCA), 3) the sum of normalized and weighted indicators of the first principal component of Local Principal Component Analysis (IC LPCA), and 4) the sum of normalized and weighted indicators of the first principal component of a Geographically Weighted Principal Component Analysis (IC GWPCA). CONCLUSION The GWPCA is particularly adapted to taking into account the spatial heterogeneity and the spatial autocorrelation between SI, EI and HI. This approach invalidates the basic assumptions of many standard statistical analyses. Where socioeconomic indicators present high deprivation and where they are associated with potential modifiable health determinants, decision-makers can prioritize these areas for reducing inequalities by controlling the socioeconomic and health determinants.
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- Mahdi-Salim Saib
- French National Institute for Industrial Environment and Risks, Parc Technologique Alata,BP 2, 60550, Verneuil-en-Halatte, France.
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- French National Institute for Industrial Environment and Risks, Parc Technologique Alata,BP 2, 60550, Verneuil-en-Halatte, France
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- French National Institute for Industrial Environment and Risks, Parc Technologique Alata,BP 2, 60550, Verneuil-en-Halatte, France
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- French National Institute for Industrial Environment and Risks, Parc Technologique Alata,BP 2, 60550, Verneuil-en-Halatte, France
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- Epidemiology and public health department, University hospital of Amiens, Amiens, France
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- Regional Observatory of Health and Social Issues in Picardie, Amiens, France
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- French National Institute for Industrial Environment and Risks, Parc Technologique Alata,BP 2, 60550, Verneuil-en-Halatte, France
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Environmental Impact on DNA Methylation in the Germline: State of the Art and Gaps of Knowledge. BIOMED RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2015; 2015:123484. [PMID: 26339587 PMCID: PMC4538313 DOI: 10.1155/2015/123484] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2015] [Accepted: 05/03/2015] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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The epigenome consists of chemical changes in DNA and chromatin that without modifying the DNA sequence modulate gene expression and cellular phenotype. The epigenome is highly plastic and reacts to changing external conditions with modifications that can be inherited to daughter cells and across generations. Whereas this innate plasticity allows for adaptation to a changing environment, it also implies the potential of epigenetic derailment leading to so-called epimutations. DNA methylation is the most studied epigenetic mark. DNA methylation changes have been associated with cancer, infertility, cardiovascular, respiratory, metabolic, immunologic, and neurodegenerative pathologies. Experiments in rodents demonstrate that exposure to a variety of chemical stressors, occurring during the prenatal or the adult life, may induce DNA methylation changes in germ cells, which may be transmitted across generations with phenotypic consequences. An increasing number of human biomonitoring studies show environmentally related DNA methylation changes mainly in blood leukocytes, whereas very few data have been so far collected on possible epigenetic changes induced in the germline, even by the analysis of easily accessible sperm. In this paper, we review the state of the art on factors impinging on DNA methylation in the germline, highlight gaps of knowledge, and propose priorities for future studies.
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Ceccaroli C, Pulliero A, Geretto M, Izzotti A. Molecular fingerprints of environmental carcinogens in human cancer. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND HEALTH. PART C, ENVIRONMENTAL CARCINOGENESIS & ECOTOXICOLOGY REVIEWS 2015; 33:188-228. [PMID: 26023758 DOI: 10.1080/10590501.2015.1030491] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Identification of specific molecular changes (fingerprints) is important to identify cancer etiology. Exploitable biomarkers are related to DNA, epigenetics, and proteins. DNA adducts are the turning point between environmental exposures and biological damage. DNA mutational fingerprints are induced by carcinogens in tumor suppressor and oncogenes. In an epigenetic domain, methylation changes occurs in specific genes for arsenic, benzene, chromium, and cigarette smoke. Alteration of specific microRNA has been reported for environmental carcinogens. Benzo(a)pyrene, cadmium, coal, and wood dust hits specific heat-shock proteins and metalloproteases. The multiple analysis of these biomarkers provides information on the carcinogenic mechanisms activated by exposure to environmental carcinogens.
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- C Ceccaroli
- a Department of Health Sciences, University of Genoa , Italy
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Trantakis IA, Sturla SJ. Gold nanoprobes for detecting DNA adducts. Chem Commun (Camb) 2014; 50:15517-20. [PMID: 25354716 DOI: 10.1039/c4cc07184k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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A colorimetric probe for the detection of a mutagenic DNA adduct within a sequence was created. The probe involves incorporation of a synthetic nucleoside that selectively pairs opposite a target DNA adduct into oligonucleotides conjugated to gold nanoparticles (AuNPs).
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- Ioannis A Trantakis
- Department of Health Sciences and Technology, Institute of Food, Nutrition and Health, ETH Zurich, Switzerland.
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Espín-Pérez A, Krauskopf J, de Kok TM, Kleinjans JC. ‘OMICS-based’ Biomarkers for Environmental Health Studies. Curr Environ Health Rep 2014. [DOI: 10.1007/s40572-014-0028-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Porru S, Pavanello S, Carta A, Arici C, Simeone C, Izzotti A, Mastrangelo G. Complex relationships between occupation, environment, DNA adducts, genetic polymorphisms and bladder cancer in a case-control study using a structural equation modeling. PLoS One 2014; 9:e94566. [PMID: 24722645 PMCID: PMC3983188 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0094566] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2013] [Accepted: 03/17/2014] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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DNA adducts are considered an integrate measure of carcinogen exposure and the initial step of carcinogenesis. Their levels in more accessible peripheral blood lymphocytes (PBLs) mirror that in the bladder tissue. In this study we explore whether the formation of PBL DNA adducts may be associated with bladder cancer (BC) risk, and how this relationship is modulated by genetic polymorphisms, environmental and occupational risk factors for BC. These complex interrelationships, including direct and indirect effects of each variable, were appraised using the structural equation modeling (SEM) analysis. Within the framework of a hospital-based case/control study, study population included 199 BC cases and 213 non-cancer controls, all Caucasian males. Data were collected on lifetime smoking, coffee drinking, dietary habits and lifetime occupation, with particular reference to exposure to aromatic amines (AAs) and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). No indirect paths were found, disproving hypothesis on association between PBL DNA adducts and BC risk. DNA adducts were instead positively associated with occupational cumulative exposure to AAs (p = 0.028), whereas XRCC1 Arg 399 (p<0.006) was related with a decreased adduct levels, but with no impact on BC risk. Previous findings on increased BC risk by packyears (p<0.001), coffee (p<0.001), cumulative AAs exposure (p = 0.041) and MnSOD (p = 0.009) and a decreased risk by MPO (p<0.008) were also confirmed by SEM analysis. Our results for the first time make evident an association between occupational cumulative exposure to AAs with DNA adducts and BC risk, strengthening the central role of AAs in bladder carcinogenesis. However the lack of an association between PBL DNA adducts and BC risk advises that these snapshot measurements are not representative of relevant exposures. This would envisage new scenarios for biomarker discovery and new challenges such as repeated measurements at different critical life stages.
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- Stefano Porru
- Department of Medical-Surgical Specialties, Radiological Sciences and Public Health, Section of Public Health and Human Sciences, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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- Department of Cardiac, Thoracic, and Vascular Sciences, Unit of Occupational Medicine, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
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- Department of Medical-Surgical Specialties, Radiological Sciences and Public Health, Section of Public Health and Human Sciences, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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- Department of Medical-Surgical Specialties, Radiological Sciences and Public Health, Section of Public Health and Human Sciences, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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- Department of Medical-Surgical Specialties, Radiological Sciences and Public Health, Section of Surgical Specialties, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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- Department of Health Sciences, University of Genoa, Italy/Mutagenesis Unit, IRCCS Hospital-University San Martino Company – IST National Institute for Cancer Research, Genoa, Italy
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- Department of Cardiac, Thoracic, and Vascular Sciences, Unit of Occupational Medicine, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
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Mensaert K, Denil S, Trooskens G, Van Criekinge W, Thas O, De Meyer T. Next-generation technologies and data analytical approaches for epigenomics. ENVIRONMENTAL AND MOLECULAR MUTAGENESIS 2014; 55:155-70. [PMID: 24327356 DOI: 10.1002/em.21841] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2013] [Revised: 11/27/2013] [Accepted: 11/27/2013] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Epigenetics refers to the collection of heritable features that modulate the genome-environment interaction without being encoded in the actual DNA sequence. While being mitotically and sometimes even meiotically transmitted, epigenetic traits often demonstrate extensive flexibility. This allows cells to acquire diverse gene expression patterns during differentiation, but also to adapt to a changing environment. However, epigenetic alterations are not always beneficial to the organism, as they are, for example, frequently identified in human diseases such as cancer. Accurate and cost-efficient genome-scale profiling of epigenetic features is thus of major importance to pinpoint these "epimutations," for example, to monitor the epigenetic impact of environmental exposure. Over the last decade, the field of epigenetics has been revolutionized by several innovative "epigenomics" technologies exactly addressing this need. In this review, we discuss and compare widely used next-generation methods to assess DNA methylation and hydroxymethylation, noncoding RNA expression, histone modifications, and nucleosome positioning. Although recent methods are typically based on "second-generation" sequencing, we also pay attention to still commonly used array- and PCR-based methods, and look forward to the additional advantages of single-molecule sequencing. As the current bottleneck in epigenomics research is the analysis rather than generation of data, the basic difficulties and problem-solving strategies regarding data preprocessing and statistical analysis are introduced for the different technologies. Finally, we also consider the complications associated with epigenomic studies of species with yet unsequenced genomes and possible solutions.
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- Klaas Mensaert
- Department of Mathematical Modelling, Statistics and Bioinformatics, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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Valencia-Quintana R, Sánchez-Alarcón J, Tenorio-Arvide MG, Deng Y, Montiel-González JMR, Gómez-Arroyo S, Villalobos-Pietrini R, Cortés-Eslava J, Flores-Márquez AR, Arenas-Huertero F. The microRNAs as potential biomarkers for predicting the onset of aflatoxin exposure in human beings: a review. Front Microbiol 2014; 5:102. [PMID: 24672518 PMCID: PMC3957091 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2014.00102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2013] [Accepted: 02/26/2014] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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The identification of aflatoxins as human carcinogens has stimulated extensive research efforts, which continue to the present, to assess potential health hazards resulting from contamination of the human food supply and to minimize exposure. The use of biomarkers that are mechanistically supported by toxicological studies will be important tools for identifying stages in the progression of development of the health effects of environmental agents. miRNAs are small non-coding mRNAs that regulate post-transcriptional gene expression. Also, they are molecular markers of cellular responses to various chemical agents. Growing evidence has demonstrated that environmental chemicals can induce changes in miRNA expression. miRNAs are good biomarkers because they are well defined, chemically uniform, restricted to a manageable number of species, and stable in cells and in the circulation. miRNAs have been used as serological markers of HCC and other tumors. The expression patterns of different miRNAs can distinguish among HCC-hepatitis viruses related, HCC cirrhosis-derivate, and HCC unrelated to either of them. The main objective of this review is to find unreported miRNAs in HCC related to other causes, so that they can be used as specific molecular biomarkers in populations exposed to aflatoxins and as early markers of exposure, damage/presence of HCC. Until today specific miRNAs as markers for aflatoxins-exposure and their reliability are currently lacking. Based on their elucidated mechanisms of action, potential miRNAs that could serve as possible markers of HCC by exposure to aflatoxins are miR-27a, miR-27b, miR-122, miR-148, miR-155, miR-192, miR-214, miR-221, miR-429, and miR-500. Future validation for all of these miRNAs will be needed to assess their prognostic significance and confirm their relationship with the induction of HCC due to aflatoxin exposure.
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- Rafael Valencia-Quintana
- Evaluación de Riesgos Ambientales, Facultad de Agrobiología, Universidad Autónoma de Tlaxcala Tlaxcala, México
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- Evaluación de Riesgos Ambientales, Facultad de Agrobiología, Universidad Autónoma de Tlaxcala Tlaxcala, México
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- Departamento de Investigación en Ciencias Agrícolas, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla Puebla, México
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- Department of Soil and Crop Sciences, Texas AgriLife, Texas A&M University College Station, TX, USA
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- Evaluación de Riesgos Ambientales, Facultad de Agrobiología, Universidad Autónoma de Tlaxcala Tlaxcala, México
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- Departamento de Ciencias Ambientales, Centro de Ciencias de la Atmósfera, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Distrito Federal, México
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- Departamento de Ciencias Ambientales, Centro de Ciencias de la Atmósfera, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Distrito Federal, México
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- Departamento de Ciencias Ambientales, Centro de Ciencias de la Atmósfera, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Distrito Federal, México
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- Departamento de Ciencias Ambientales, Centro de Ciencias de la Atmósfera, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Distrito Federal, México
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- Laboratorio de Patología Experimental, Hospital Infantil de México Federico Gómez Distrito Federal, México
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Fasullo M, Smith A, Egner P, Cera C. Activation of aflatoxin B1 by expression of human CYP1A2 polymorphisms in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. MUTATION RESEARCH-GENETIC TOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL MUTAGENESIS 2014; 761:18-26. [PMID: 24472830 DOI: 10.1016/j.mrgentox.2014.01.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2012] [Revised: 01/09/2014] [Accepted: 01/17/2014] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Human susceptibility to environmental carcinogens is highly variable and depends on multiple genetic factors, including polymorphisms in cytochrome P450 genes. Although epidemiological studies have identified individual polymorphisms in cytochrome P450 genes that may alter cancer risk, there is often conflicting data about whether such polymorphisms alter the genotoxicity of environmental carcinogens. This is particularly true of the CYP1A2 polymorphisms that confer differential activation of multiple human carcinogens. To determine whether a single cytochrome P450 polymorphism confers higher levels of carcinogen-associated genotoxicity, we chose an organism that lack enzymes to metabolically activate aflatoxins and expressed individual human P450 genes in budding yeast. We measured the frequencies of recombination, Rad51 foci formation, 7-methoxyresorufin O-demethylase activities, and the concentrations of carcinogen-associated DNA adducts in DNA repair proficient yeast expressing P450 polymorphisms after exposure to aflatoxin B1 (AFB1).We measured growth of rad4 rad51 cells expressing CYP1A2 polymorphisms while exposed to AFB1. We observed that there was significantly less AFB1-associated genotoxicity in yeast expressing CYP1A2 I386F, while yeast expressing CYP1A2 C406Y exhibited intermediate levels of genotoxicity compared to yeast expressing CYP1A2 D348N or wild type. We conclude that differences in carcinogen genotoxicity can be observed in yeast expressing different CYP1A2 alleles. This is the first report that carcinogen-associated P450 polymorphisms can be studied in yeast.
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- Michael Fasullo
- Ordway Research Institute, Center for Medical Sciences, 150 New Scotland Avenue, Albany, NY 12209, USA; Department of Biomedical Sciences, School of Public Health, Center for Medical Sciences, 150 New Scotland Avenue, Albany NY, USA.
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- Ordway Research Institute, Center for Medical Sciences, 150 New Scotland Avenue, Albany, NY 12209, USA
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- Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Ordway Research Institute, Center for Medical Sciences, 150 New Scotland Avenue, Albany, NY 12209, USA
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We recently introduced the concept of the infectome as a means of studying all infectious factors which contribute to the development of autoimmune disease. It forms the infectious part of the exposome, which collates all environmental factors contributing to the development of disease and studies the sum total of burden which leads to the loss of adaptive mechanisms in the body. These studies complement genome-wide association studies, which establish the genetic predisposition to disease. The infectome is a component which spans the whole life and may begin at the earliest stages right up to the time when the first symptoms manifest, and may thus contribute to the understanding of the pathogenesis of autoimmunity at the prodromal/asymptomatic stages. We provide practical examples and research tools as to how we can investigate disease-specific infectomes, using laboratory approaches employed from projects studying the “immunome” and “microbiome”. It is envisioned that an understanding of the infectome and the environmental factors that affect it will allow for earlier patient-specific intervention by clinicians, through the possible treatment of infectious agents as well as other compounding factors, and hence slowing or preventing disease development.
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Wang SS, Nieters A. Unraveling the interactions between environmental factors and genetic polymorphisms in non-Hodgkin lymphoma risk. Expert Rev Anticancer Ther 2014; 10:403-13. [DOI: 10.1586/era.09.194] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Goel S, Evans-Johnson JA, Georgieva NI, Boysen G. Exposure profiling of reactive compounds in complex mixtures. Toxicology 2013; 313:145-150. [PMID: 23219592 PMCID: PMC4868061 DOI: 10.1016/j.tox.2012.11.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2012] [Revised: 11/13/2012] [Accepted: 11/25/2012] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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Humans are constantly exposed to mixtures, such as tobacco smoke, exhaust from diesel, gasoline or new bio-fuels, containing several 1000 compounds, including many known human carcinogens. Covalent binding of reactive compounds or their metabolites to DNA and formation of stable adducts is believed to be the causal link between exposure and carcinogenesis. DNA and protein adducts are well established biomarkers for the internal dose of reactive compounds or their metabolites and are an integral part of science-based risk assessment. However, technical limitations have prevented comprehensive detection of a broad spectrum of adducts simultaneously. Therefore, most studies have focused on measurement of abundant individual adducts. These studies have produced valuable insight into the metabolism of individual carcinogens, but they are insufficient for risk assessment of exposure to complex mixtures. To overcome this limitation, we present herein proof-of-principle for comprehensive exposure assessment, using N-terminal valine adduct profiles as a biomarker. The reported method is based on our previously established immunoaffinity liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) method with modification to enrich all N-terminal valine alkylated peptides. The method was evaluated using alkylated peptide standards and globin reacted in vitro with alkylating agents (1,2-epoxy-3-butene, 1,2:3,4-diepoxybutane, propylene oxide, styrene oxide, N-ethyl-N-nitrosourea and methyl methanesulfonate), known to form N-terminal valine adducts. To demonstrate proof-of-principle, the method was successfully applied to globin from mice treated with four model compounds. The results suggest that this novel approach might be suitable for in vivo biomonitoring.
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Key Words
- 1,2 epoxy-3-butene
- 1,2:3,4-diepoxybutane
- 1,3-butadiene
- 1-hydroxy (or 2-hydroxy)-propyl-valine
- 1-phenyl-2-hydroxyethyl-valine or 2-phenyl-2-hydroxyethyl-valine
- 2,3,4-trihydroxybutyl-valine
- 3,4-epoxy-1,2-butanediol
- BD
- Biomarkers
- Biomonitoring
- DEB
- EB
- EB-diol
- ENU
- ENU-Val
- Et-Val
- FA
- H(2)N-Val
- HB-Val
- HP-Val
- Hb
- IA
- LC–MS/MS
- MMS
- Me-Val
- Mixtures
- Multiple exposure detection
- N,N-(2,3-dihydroxy-1,4-butadiyl)-valine
- N-(2-hydroxy-3-buten-1-yl)-valine
- N-ethyl-N-nitrosourea
- N-terminal valine adducts
- PO
- SO
- SO-Val
- THB-Val
- carbamoylated-valine
- ethyl-valine
- formic acid
- hemoglobin
- immunoaffinity
- liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry
- methyl-methanesulfonate
- methyl-valine
- non-alkylated-valine
- propylene oxide
- pyr-Val
- styrene oxide
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- Shilpi Goel
- Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, The Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute at The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, United States
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- Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, The Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute at The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, United States
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- Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, The Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute at The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, United States
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- Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, The Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute at The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, United States
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Williams-DeVane CR, Reif DM, Hubal EC, Bushel PR, Hudgens EE, Gallagher JE, Edwards SW. Decision tree-based method for integrating gene expression, demographic, and clinical data to determine disease endotypes. BMC SYSTEMS BIOLOGY 2013; 7:119. [PMID: 24188919 PMCID: PMC4228284 DOI: 10.1186/1752-0509-7-119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2012] [Accepted: 10/18/2013] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Background Complex diseases are often difficult to diagnose, treat and study due to the multi-factorial nature of the underlying etiology. Large data sets are now widely available that can be used to define novel, mechanistically distinct disease subtypes (endotypes) in a completely data-driven manner. However, significant challenges exist with regard to how to segregate individuals into suitable subtypes of the disease and understand the distinct biological mechanisms of each when the goal is to maximize the discovery potential of these data sets. Results A multi-step decision tree-based method is described for defining endotypes based on gene expression, clinical covariates, and disease indicators using childhood asthma as a case study. We attempted to use alternative approaches such as the Student’s t-test, single data domain clustering and the Modk-prototypes algorithm, which incorporates multiple data domains into a single analysis and none performed as well as the novel multi-step decision tree method. This new method gave the best segregation of asthmatics and non-asthmatics, and it provides easy access to all genes and clinical covariates that distinguish the groups. Conclusions The multi-step decision tree method described here will lead to better understanding of complex disease in general by allowing purely data-driven disease endotypes to facilitate the discovery of new mechanisms underlying these diseases. This application should be considered a complement to ongoing efforts to better define and diagnose known endotypes. When coupled with existing methods developed to determine the genetics of gene expression, these methods provide a mechanism for linking genetics and exposomics data and thereby accounting for both major determinants of disease.
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- Clarlynda R Williams-DeVane
- National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory - Integrated Systems Toxicology Division, U,S, Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, Durham, NC 27711, USA.
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Tyrrell J, Melzer D, Henley W, Galloway TS, Osborne NJ. Associations between socioeconomic status and environmental toxicant concentrations in adults in the USA: NHANES 2001-2010. ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL 2013; 59:328-35. [PMID: 23892225 DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2013.06.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 150] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2013] [Revised: 06/03/2013] [Accepted: 06/21/2013] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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Low level chronic exposure to toxicants is associated with a range of adverse health effects. Understanding the various factors that influence the chemical burden of an individual is of critical importance to public health strategies. We investigated the relationships between socioeconomic status (SES) and bio-monitored chemical concentration in five cross-sectional waves of the U.S. National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES). We utilised adjusted linear regression models to investigate the association between 179 toxicants and the poverty income ratio (PIR) for five NHANES waves. We then selected a subset of chemicals associated with PIR in 3 or more NHANES waves and investigated potential mediating factors using structural equation modelling. PIR was associated with 18 chemicals in 3 or more NHANES waves. Higher SES individuals had higher burdens of serum and urinary mercury, arsenic, caesium, thallium, perfluorooctanoic acid, perfluorononanoic acid, mono(carboxyoctyl) phthalate and benzophenone-3. Inverse associations were noted between PIR and serum and urinary lead and cadmium, antimony, bisphenol A and three phthalates (mono-benzyl, mono-isobutyl, mono-n-butyl). Key mediators included fish and shellfish consumption for the PIR, mercury, arsenic, thallium and perfluorononanoic acid associations. Sunscreen use was an important mediator in the benzophenone-3/PIR relationship. The association between PIR and cadmium or lead was partially mediated by smoking, occupation and diet. These results provide a comprehensive analysis of exposure patterns as a function of socioeconomic status in US adults, providing important information to guide future public health remediation measures to decrease toxicant and disease burdens within society.
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- Jessica Tyrrell
- European Centre for Environment and Human Health, University of Exeter Medical School, University of Exeter, United Kingdom
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Wild CP, Scalbert A, Herceg Z. Measuring the exposome: a powerful basis for evaluating environmental exposures and cancer risk. ENVIRONMENTAL AND MOLECULAR MUTAGENESIS 2013; 54:480-99. [PMID: 23681765 DOI: 10.1002/em.21777] [Citation(s) in RCA: 143] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2013] [Revised: 03/04/2013] [Accepted: 03/06/2013] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Advances in laboratory sciences offer much in the challenge to unravel the complex etiology of cancer and to therefore provide an evidence-base for prevention. One area where improved measurements are particularly important to epidemiology is exposure assessment; this requirement has been highlighted through the concept of the exposome. In addition, the ability to observe genetic and epigenetic alterations in individuals exposed to putative risk factors also affords an opportunity to elucidate underlying mechanisms of carcinogenesis, which in turn may allow earlier detection and more refined molecular classification of disease. In this context the application of omics technologies to large population-based studies and their associated biobanks raise exciting new avenues of research. This review considers the areas of genomics, transcriptomics, epigenomics and metabolomics and the evidence to date that people exposed to well-defined factors (for example, tobacco, diet, occupational exposures, environmental pollutants) have specific omics profiles. Although in their early stages of development these approaches show promising evidence of distinct exposure-derived biological effects and indicate molecular pathways that may be particularly relevant to the carcinogenic process subsequent to environmental and lifestyle exposures. Such an interdisciplinary approach is vital if the full benefits of advances in laboratory sciences and investments in large-scale prospective cohort studies are to be realized in relation to cancer prevention.
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- Christopher P Wild
- International Agency for Research on Cancer, 150 cours Albert Thomas, Lyon, France.
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Kyrtopoulos SA. Making sense of OMICS data in population-based environmental health studies. ENVIRONMENTAL AND MOLECULAR MUTAGENESIS 2013; 54:468-479. [PMID: 23625801 DOI: 10.1002/em.21778] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2013] [Revised: 03/06/2013] [Accepted: 03/06/2013] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Although experience from the application of OMICS technologies in population-based environmental health studies is still relatively limited, the accumulated evidence shows that it can allow the identification of features (genes, proteins, and metabolites), or sets of such features, which are targeted by particular exposures or correlate with disease risk. Such features or profiles can therefore serve as biomarkers of exposure or disease risk. Blood-based OMIC profiles appear to reflect to some extent events occurring in target tissues and are associated with toxicity or disease and therefore have the potential to facilitate the elucidation of exposure-disease relationships. Further progress in this direction requires better understanding of the significance of exposure-induced network perturbations for disease initiation and progression and the development of a framework that combines agnostic searches with the utilization of prior knowledge, taking account of particular elements which characterize the structure and evolution of complex systems and brings in principles of systems biology.
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- Soterios A Kyrtopoulos
- National Hellenic Research Foundation, Institute of Biology, Medicinal Chemistry and Biotechnology, 48, Vassileos Constantinou Avenue, Athens 11635, Greece.
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