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Polymorphisms in Arsenic(+III Oxidation State) Methyltransferase (AS3MT) Predict Gene Expression of AS3MT as Well as Arsenic Metabolism

Engström, Karin ; Vahter, Marie ; Mlakar, Simona Jurkovic ; Concha, Gabriela ; Nermell, Barbro ; Raqib, Rubhana ; Cardozo, Alejandro ; Broberg, Karin

Environmental health perspectives, 2011-02, Vol.119 (2), p.182-188 [Periódico revisado por pares]

Research Triangle Park, NC: National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences

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Polymorphisms in Arsenic(+III Oxidation State) Methyltransferase (AS3MT) Predict Gene Expression of AS3MT as Well as Arsenic Metabolism
Autor: Engström, Karin ; Vahter, Marie ; Mlakar, Simona Jurkovic ; Concha, Gabriela ; Nermell, Barbro ; Raqib, Rubhana ; Cardozo, Alejandro ; Broberg, Karin
Assuntos: Arbetsmedicin och miljömedicin ; Arsenic ; Arsenic - metabolism ; Arsenic - toxicity ; AS3MT ; Betaine-Homocysteine S-Methyltransferase - genetics ; BHMT ; Biological and medical sciences ; Blood ; Chemical and industrial products toxicology. Toxic occupational diseases ; Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid ; DNA (Cytosine-5-)-Methyltransferase 1 ; DNA (Cytosine-5-)-Methyltransferases - genetics ; DNA (Cytosine-5-)-Methyltransferases - urine ; DNA Methyltransferase 3B ; DNMT1a ; DNMT3b ; Environmental Health and Occupational Health ; Female ; Gene expression ; Genes ; Genetic aspects ; Genotype ; Genotypes ; Haplotypes ; Health Sciences ; Humans ; Hälsovetenskap ; Male ; Mass Spectrometry ; Medical and Health Sciences ; Medical sciences ; Medicin och hälsovetenskap ; Metabolism ; Metabolites ; Metals and various inorganic compounds ; Methylation ; Methyltransferases ; Methyltransferases - genetics ; one-carbon metabolism ; P values ; PEMT ; Phosphatidylethanolamine N-Methyltransferase - genetics ; Polymethyl methacrylates ; Polymorphism ; Polymorphism, Genetic - genetics ; Populations ; Pregnancy ; Toxicology ; Urine
É parte de: Environmental health perspectives, 2011-02, Vol.119 (2), p.182-188
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The authors declare they have no actual or potential competing financial interests.
Descrição: Background: Arsenic (As) occurs as monomethylarsonic acid (MMA) and dimethylarsinic acid (DMA) in humans, and the methylation pattern demonstrates large interindividual differences. The fraction of urinary MMA is a marker for susceptibility to As-related diseases. Objectives: We evaluated the impact of polymorphisms in five methyltransferase genes on As metabolism in two populations, one in South America and one in Southeast Asia. The methyltransferase genes were arsenic(+ III oxidation state) methyltransferase (AS3MT), DNA-methyltransferase 1a and 3b (DNMTla and DNMT3b, respectively), phosphatidylethanolamine N-methyltransferase and betaine-homocysteine methyltransferase (BHMT). AS3MT expression was analyzed in peripheral blood. Methods: Subjects were women exposed to As in drinking water in the Argentinean Andes [n = 172; median total urinary As (U-As), 200 fig/L] and in rural Bangladesh [n = 361; U-As, 100 ug/L; all in early pregnancy). Urinary As metabolites were measured by high-pressure liquid chromatography/inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry. Polymorphisms (n = 22) were genotyped with Sequenom, and AS3MT expression was measured by quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction using TaqMan expression assays. Results: Six AS3MT polymorphisms were significantly associated with As metabolite patterns in both populations (p > < 0.01). The most frequent AS3MT haplotype in Bangladesh was associated with a higher percentage of MMA (% MMA), and the most frequent haplotype in Argentina was associated with a lower % MMA and a higher percentage of DMA. Four polymorphisms in the DNMT genes were associated with metabolite patterns in Bangladesh. Noncoding AS3MT polymorphisms affected gene expression of AS3MT in peripheral blood, demonstrating that one functional impact of AS3MT polymorphisms may be altered levels of gene expression. Conclusions: Polymorphisms in AS3MT significantly predicted As metabolism across these two very different populations, suggesting that AS3MT may have an impact on As metabolite patterns in populations worldwide.
Editor: Research Triangle Park, NC: National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
Idioma: Inglês

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Polymorphisms in Arsenic(+III Oxidation State) Methyltransferase (AS3MT) Predict Gene Expression of AS3MT as Well as Arsenic Metabolism

Engström, Karin ; Vahter, Marie ; Mlakar, Simona Jurkovic ; Concha, Gabriela ; Nermell, Barbro ; Raqib, Rubhana ; Cardozo, Alejandro ; Broberg, Karin

Research Triangle Park, NC: National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences

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