Genomic damages in peripheral blood lymphocytes and association with polymorphisms of three glutathione S-transferases in workers exposed to formaldehyde
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- 作者：Shoufang Jiang ; Liqun Yu ; Juan Cheng ; Shuguang Leng ; Yufei Dai ; Yanshu Zhang ; Yong Niu ; Huifang Yan ; Weidong Qu ; Chunzhi Zhang ; Kai Zhang ; Rujing Yang ; Lihai Zhou ; Yuxin Zheng
- 关键词：Formaldehyde ; DNA and chromosome damage ; Genetic polymorphism ; Glutathione S-transferase
- 刊名：Mutation Research/Genetic Toxicology and Environmental Mutagenesis
- 出版年：2010
- 出版时间：January 2010
- 年：2010
- 卷：695
- 期：1-2
- 页码：9-15
- 全文大小：256 K
文摘
DNA and chromosome damages in peripheral blood lymphocytes were evaluated in 151 workers occupationally exposed to formaldehyde (FA) and 112 non-FA exposed controls. The effects of polymorphisms in three glutathione-S-transferase (GSTs) genes on the DNA and chromosome damages were assessed as well. Alkaline comet assay and cytokinesis-block micronucleus (CBMN) assay were used to determine DNA and chromosome damages, respectively. The genotypes of GSTP1 (Ile105Val), GSTT1, and GSTM1 were assayed. The mean 8-h time-weighted average (TWA) concentrations of FA in two plywood factories were 0.83 ppm (range: 0.08–6.30 ppm). FA-exposed workers had higher olive tail moment (TM) and CBMN frequency compared with controls (Olive TM, 3.54, 95 % CI = 3.19–3.93 vs. 0.93, 95 % CI = 0.78–1.10, P < 0.01; CBMN frequency, 5.51 ± 3.37 vs. 2.67 ± 1.32, P < 0.01). Olive TM and the CBMN frequency also had a dose-dependent relation with the personal FA exposure. Significant association between FA exposure history and olive TM and CBMN frequency were also identified. The level of olive TM was slightly higher in FA-exposed workers with GSTM1 null genotype than those with non-null genotype (3.86, 95 % CI = 3.31–4.50 vs. 3.27, 95 % CI = 2.83–3.78, P = 0.07) with adjustment of covariates. We also found that FA-exposed workers carrying GSTP1 Val allele had a slightly higher CBMN frequency compared with workers carrying only the wild-type allele (6.32 ± 3.78 vs. 5.01 ± 2.98, P = 0.05). Our results suggest that the FA exposure in this occupational population increased DNA and chromosome damages and polymorphisms in GSTs genes may modulate the genotoxic effects of FA exposure.