Genetic and methylation variation in the CYP2B6 gene is related to circulating p,p'-dde levels in a population-based sample.
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Lind L, Ng E, Ingelsson E, Lindgren C, Salihovic S, van Bavel B, Mahajan A, Lampa E, Morris AP, Lind PM
Environ Int 98 (-) 212-218 [2017-01-00; online 2016-11-11]
Since the metabolism of the organochlorine pesticide dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) is not fully known in humans, we evaluated if circulating levels of a major breakdown product of DDT, p,p'-DDE, were related to genome-wide genetic and methylation variation in a population-based sample. In the population-based Prospective Investigation of the Vasculature in Uppsala Seniors (PIVUS) study (1016 subjects all aged 70), circulating levels of p,p'-DDE were analyzed by high-resolution chromatography coupled to high-resolution mass spectrometry (HRGC/HRMS). Genetic variants were genotyped and imputed (1000 Genomes reference, March 2012 release). Methylation sites were assayed using the Illumina HumanMethylation450 array in whole blood. A genome-wide association study (GWAS) approach was applied. Evidence for genome-wide significant association with p,p'-DDE levels was observed only for a locus at chromosome 19 corresponding to the CYP2B6 gene (lead SNP rs7260538). Subjects being homozygote for the G allele showed a median level of 472ng/g lipid, while the corresponding level for those being homozygote for the T allele was 192ng/g lipid (p=1.5×10 Circulating levels of p,p'-DDE were related to genetic variation in the CYP2B6 gene in the general elderly population. DNA methylation in this gene is not closely linked to the p,p'-DDE levels.
PubMed 27839851
DOI 10.1016/j.envint.2016.11.010
Crossref 10.1016/j.envint.2016.11.010
pii: S0160-4120(16)30761-9
pmc: PMC5152752