Journal
AUTISM RESEARCH
Volume 8, Issue 3, Pages 272-283Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/aur.1444
Keywords
bisphenol A (BPA); autism spectrum disorders; glucuronidation; phthalates; plasticizers
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Funding
- NJ Governor's Council for Medical Research and Treatment of Autism [CAUT13APL016]
- NIH [RES015316A]
- Department of Defense [W81XWH-08-1-0729]
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The etiology of autism spectrum disorders (ASD) is believed to involve genetic and environmental components. This study focused on the plasticizer, Bisphenol-A (BPA). The major pathway for BPA metabolism and excretion is via glucuronidation. To determine whether there was a relationship between BPA exposure and ASD, urine specimens were collected from 46 children with ASD and 52 controls. Free and total BPA concentrations were determined by mass spectrometry. The fraction glucuronidated was calculated from the difference. A metabolomics study was done to investigate metabolite distribution in the urine. (i) Most of the BPA excreted in the urine was as the glucuronide; (ii) about 20% of the ASD children had BPA levels beyond the 90th percentile (>50 ng/mL) of the frequency distribution for the total sample of 98 children; (iii) Mann-Whitney U tests and multiple regression analyses found significant differences (P<0.05) between the groups in total and % bound BPA; and (iv) the metabolomics analyses showed the number of absolute partial correlations >vertical bar 0.30 vertical bar between metabolite concentrations and total BPA was similar to 3 times greater with the ASD group than the controls (P<0.001), and the number of absolute partial correlations >vertical bar 0.30 vertical bar for % bound BPA was similar to 15 times higher with ASD (P<0.001). The results suggest there is an association between BPA and ASD. (C) 2015 International Society for Autism Research, Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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