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Polymorphisms in glutathione-related genes affect methylmercury retention.

Författare

  • Hipolito Custodio
  • Karin Broberg Palmgren
  • Maria Wennberg
  • Jan-Håkan Jansson
  • Bengt Vessby
  • Goran Hallmans
  • Birgitta Stegmayr
  • Staffan Skerfving

Summary, in English

Methylmercury is eliminated from the human body as glutathione (GSH) conjugates. GSH production is mediated by glutamyl-cysteine ligase (GCL) and conjugation by glutathione S-transferases (GST). In this study, the authors tested whether polymorphisms in GCL and GST genes modify methylmercury retention. Erythrocyte mercury concentration (EryHg), plasma polyunsaturated fatty acids (PPUFA), and genotype for GCLC, GCLM, GSTA1, GSTM1, GSTP1, and GSTT1 were determined in 365 individuals. A general linear model was developed for analyzing whether genotype modified the regression of EryHg on PPUFA. The presence of one variant allele for either GCLC-129 or GSTP1-114 was associated with higher EryHg and steeper regression slope. No similar trends were shown for GCLM, GSTA1, GSTM1, or GSTT1. These findings indicate that GCLC polymorphisms that affect GSH production also affect methylmercury retention, and that GSTP1 may play a role in conjugating methylmercury with GSH.

Publiceringsår

2004

Språk

Engelska

Sidor

588-595

Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie

Archives of Environmental Health

Volym

59

Issue

11

Dokumenttyp

Artikel i tidskrift

Förlag

Taylor & Francis

Ämne

  • Environmental Health and Occupational Health

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt

  • ISSN: 0003-9896