Characteristics of iron status, oxidation response, and DNA methylation profile in response to occupational iron oxide nanoparticles exposure.

Toxicology and Industrial Health
Min YuShichuan Tang

Abstract

Although the growing development and application of iron oxide nanoparticles (IONPs) may pose exposure risk and adverse health outcomes, biological changes due to occupational exposure remain unexplored. This cross-sectional study recruited 23 workers at a plant that manufactures IONPs and 23 age- and sex-matched controls without metal-rich occupational hazards exposure. Exposure metrics at worksites were monitored, and iron status, oxidation markers, and methylation profiles of genomic DNA in peripheral blood were measured using corresponding enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays and methylation-specific polymerase chain reaction (PCR), respectively. The mass concentration, number counting, and surface area concentration of airborne particles at the worksite significantly increased during the work process of manufacturing/handling IONPs. Overall, compared to controls, workers exhibited increased 5-hydroxymethylcytosine (5hmC) levels without changes in 5-methylcytosine (5mC), hepcidin methylation, iron, soluble transferrin receptor (sTfR), ferritin, hepcidin, 8-hydroxydeoxyguanosine, and glutathione. A positive correlation was found between 5hmC and IONP exposure year with adjustment for age, sex, and cotinine using partial correl...Continue Reading

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