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ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVES
卷 125, 期 4, 页码 721-729出版社
US DEPT HEALTH HUMAN SCIENCES PUBLIC HEALTH SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1289/EHP265
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- Harvard Superfund Research Program [P42ES16454]
- National Institutes of Health (NIH)/National Institute of Environmental Health Science (NIEHS) [ES015533, ES022230, ES006189]
- Harvard NIEHS Center grant [P30ES000002]
- Joseph D. Brain and Jere Meade Fellowships
- NIH Training grant on Interdisciplinary Pulmonary Sciences [5T32HL007118]
BACKGROUND: Lead (Pb) adversely affects neurodevelopment in children. Neural stem cells (NSCs) play an essential role in shaping the developing brain, yet little is known about how Pb perturbs NSC functions and whether such perturbation contributes to impaired neurodevelopment. OBJECTIVES: We aimed to identify Pb-induced transcriptomic changes in NSCs and to link these changes to neurodevelopmental outcomes in children who were exposed to Pb. METHODS: We performed RNA-seq-based transcriptomic profiling in human NSCs treated with 1 mu M Pb. We used qRT-PCR, Western blotting, ELISA, and ChIP (chromatin immuno-precipitation) to characterize Pb-induced gene up-regulation. Through interrogation of a genomewide association study, we examined the association of gene variants with neurodevelopment outcomes in the ELEMENT birth cohort. RESULTS: We identified 19 genes with significantly altered expression, including many known targets of NRF2-the master transcriptional factor for the oxidative stress response. Pb induced the expression of SPP1 (secreted phosphoprotein 1), which has known neuroprotective effects. We demonstrated that SPP1 is a novel direct NRF2 target gene. Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) (rs12641001) in the regulatory region of SPP1 exhibited a statistically significant association (p=0.005) with the Cognitive Development Index (CDI). CONCLUSION: Our findings revealed that Pb induces an NRF2-dependent transcriptional response in neural stem cells and identified SPP1 up-regulation as a potential novel mechanism linking Pb exposure with neural stem cell function and neurodevelopment in children.
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