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High lead exposure is associated with telomere length shortening in Chinese battery manufacturing plant workers.
Wu, Yixing; Liu, Yimin; Ni, Na; Bao, Bei; Zhang, Cheng; Lu, Lingeng.
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  • Wu Y; Department of Internal Medicine, The Fourth Hospital Affiliated to Guangzhou Medical College, Guangzhou, China. wyxingz@hotmail.com
Occup Environ Med ; 69(8): 557-63, 2012 Aug.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-22539657
OBJECTIVES: Critically shortening of telomere length caused by various factors including environmental pollutants results in genome instability and age-associated diseases. Lead is one of the ubiquitous environmental and occupational pollutants, potentially affecting public health even at a low level. However, it is still unclear whether lead exposure affects telomere length. This study aims to investigate the association between lead exposure and peripheral white blood cell telomere length (PWBTL) in Chinese battery manufacturing plant workers. METHODS: Lead levels in blood (BLL) and urine (ULL) were evaluated using flame atomic absorption spectrometry and lead mobilisation test for body lead burden (BLB) assessment, respectively. Quantitative PCR was employed to determine relative PWBTL. Univariate and multivariate analyses were performed to examine the associations of telomere length and other variables. RESULTS: PWBTL averaged 1.76 (telomere/single-copy gene of albumin, T/S) in 144 battery plant workers. Significantly shorter PWBTL was observed in the workers with abnormal BLL and/or ULL than those with normal ones (1.66±0.63 vs 1.91±0.46, p=0.010). In all workers, PWBTL was in negative correlations with BLL, ULL, time working at the plant (working length) and body mass index. A strong inverse correlation was observed between PWBTL and BLB (r=-0.70, p<0.0001) in those with abnormal BLL and ULL. GLMSELECT model showed in the subgroup of inpatient workers, working length and BLB were significantly in inverse associations with PWBTL, while BLL was in weak positive association with PWBTL. CONCLUSIONS: These findings suggest that PWBTL shortening is associated with long-term lead exposure and that PWBTL may be one of the targets damaged by lead toxicity.
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Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Substâncias Perigosas / Exposição Ocupacional / Telômero / Encurtamento do Telômero / Chumbo / Intoxicação por Chumbo / Doenças Profissionais Tipo de estudo: Prognostic_studies / Risk_factors_studies Limite: Humans País/Região como assunto: Asia Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 2012 Tipo de documento: Article

Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Substâncias Perigosas / Exposição Ocupacional / Telômero / Encurtamento do Telômero / Chumbo / Intoxicação por Chumbo / Doenças Profissionais Tipo de estudo: Prognostic_studies / Risk_factors_studies Limite: Humans País/Região como assunto: Asia Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 2012 Tipo de documento: Article