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ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVES
卷 117, 期 10, 页码 1632-1638出版社
US DEPT HEALTH HUMAN SCIENCES PUBLIC HEALTH SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.0900870
关键词
age; children; enzymatic assay; longitudinal birth cohort; organophosphate metabolism; oxidative stress; paraoxonase; pesticides; PON1 activity
资金
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) [R826886, R82670901]
- National Institute of Environmental Health Science (NIEHS) [R01ESO12503-03, P01 ES009605]
BACKGROUND: Paraoxonase 1 (PON1) is an enzyme that detoxifies activated organophosphorus pesticides (OPs) and is also involved in oxidative stress pathways. OBJECTIVES: PON1 activity in newborns is lower than in adults, but the ontogeny of PON1 activity is poorly characterized in young children. We examined the effects of age and PON1 genotype on enzyme activity in a birth cohort of Mexican-American children. METHODS: We determined three substrate-specific measures of PON1 activity in 1, 143 plasma samples collected longitudinally from 458 children at five time points from birth through 7 years of age, and genotyped PON1 polymorphisms at positions 192 and -108 in these children. RESULTS: Contrary to previous reports that PON1 activities plateau by 2 years of age, we observed an age-dependent increase in all three PON1 measures from birth through 7 years of age (p < 0.0001). The PON1(192) genotype significantly modified the effect of age on paraoxonase (POase) activity (p < 0.0001) such that increases in enzyme activity with age were influenced by the number of R alleles in a dose-dependent manner. Children with the PON1(-108CC192RR) diplotype had significantly higher mean PON1 activities and also experienced steeper increases of POase activity over time compared with children with the PON1(-108TT192QQ) diplotype. CONCLUSIONS: Lower levels of the PON1 enzyme, which is involved in protection against OPs and oxidative stress, persist in young children past 2 years of age through at least 7 years of age. Future policies addressing pesticide exposure in children should take into account that the window of vulnerability to OPs in young children may last beyond infancy.
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