期刊
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
卷 586, 期 -, 页码 313-318出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.01.224
关键词
DNA methylation; Disinfection by-products; Exposure; Trichloroacetic acid; Trihalomethanes
资金
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [81273020, 81472946, 81502784]
- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities of China (HUST) [2015QN107]
Maternal exposure to drinking water disinfection by-products (DBPs) during pregnancy has been related to adverse birth outcomes. While experimental studies have shown that exposure to DBPs induce DNA hypomethylation, evidence from humans is limited. This study aimed to examine whether prenatal exposure to drinking water DBPs was associated with DNA methylation in cord blood. Maternal biomarkers of exposure to drinking water DBPs including blood trihalomethanes [THMs, induding chlbrofonn (TCM), bromodichloromethane (BDCM), dibromochloromethane (DBCM), and bromoform (TBM)] and urinary trichloroacetic acid (TCAA) were measured during late pregnancy. DNA methylation in Alu and long interspersed nucleotide element-1 (LINE-1) repetitive elements from cord blood samples (n = 115) was measured by pyrosequendng. We used multivariable linear regression to estimate the associations of DNA methylation in cord blood with maternal blood THMs and urinary TCAA. We found no statistically significant association between urinary TCAA and DNA methylation. However, we found that blood TBM was associated with decreased Alu methylation (-0.39%; 95% CI: -0.83%, 0.05% for the highest versus lowest exposure group; p for trend = 0.08) and decreased LINE-1 methylation (-127%; 95% CI: -2.91%, 036% for the highest versus lowest exposure group; p for trend = 0.06). Our results suggest that prenatal exposure to drinking water TBM is associated with DNA hypomethylation in cord blood. However, further studies are needed to confirm our findings. (C) 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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