Monastero RN1,2, Vacchi-Suzzi C3,4, Marsit C5, Demple B6,7, Meliker JR8,9.
Abstract
Heavy Metals and Gene Expression is an interesting and unique study. There is growing evidence of immunotoxicity related to exposure to toxic trace metals, and an examination of gene expression patterns in peripheral blood samples may provide insights into the potential development of these outcomes.
This pilot study aimed to correlate the blood levels of three heavy metals (mercury, cadmium, and lead) with differences in gene expression in 24 participants from the Long Island Study of Seafood Consumption.
We measured the peripheral blood mRNA expression of 98 genes that are implicated in stress, toxicity, inflammation, and autoimmunity.
We fit multiple linear regression models with multiple testing correction to correlate exposure biomarkers with mRNA abundance.
The mean blood Hg in this cohort was 16.1 µg/L, which was nearly three times the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) reference dose (5.8 µg/L).
The levels of the other metals were consistent with those in the general population: the mean Pb was 26.8 µg/L, and the mean Cd was 0.43 µg/L.
The expression of three genes was associated with mercury, four were associated with cadmium, and five were associated with lead, although none were significant after multiple testing correction.
Little evidence was found to associate metal exposure with mRNA abundance for the tested genes that were associated with stress, toxicity, inflammation, or autoimmunity. Future work should provide a more complete picture of physiological reactions to heavy metal exposure.
KEYWORDS:
Cd; Fish; Hg; Pb; mRNA
PMID:29986418
Toxics. 2018 Jul 6;6(3). pii: E35.
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