Effects of particulate matter exposure on blood 5-hydroxymethylation: results from the Beijing truck driver air pollution study

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Sanchez-Guerra, Marco
Zheng, Yinan
Osorio-Yanez, Citlalli
Chervona, Yana
Wang, Sheng
Chang, Dou
McCracken, John P
Díaz, Anaite
Bertazzi, Pier Alberto
Zhang, Xiao
Zhang, Wei
Byun, Hyang-Min
Hou, Lifang
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Sanchez-Guerra, M., Y. Zheng, C. Osorio-Yanez, J. Zhong, Y. Chervona, S. Wang, D. Chang, et al. 2015. “Effects of particulate matter exposure on blood 5-hydroxymethylation: results from the Beijing truck driver air pollution study.” Epigenetics 10 (7): 633-642. doi:10.1080/15592294.2015.1050174. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15592294.2015.1050174.Abstract
Previous studies have reported epigenetic changes induced by environmental exposures. However, previous investigations did not distinguish 5-methylcytosine (5mC) from a similar oxidative form with opposite functions, 5-hydroxymethylcytosine (5hmC). Here, we measured blood DNA global 5mC and 5hmC by ELISA and used adjusted mixed-effects regression models to evaluate the effects of ambient PM10 and personal PM2.5 and its elemental components—black carbon (BC), aluminum (Al), calcium (Ca), potassium (K), iron (Fe), sulfur (S), silicon (Si), titanium (Ti), and zinc (Zn)—on blood global 5mC and 5hmC levels. The study was conducted in 60 truck drivers and 60 office workers in Beijing, China from The Beijing Truck Driver Air Pollution Study at 2 exams separated by one to 2 weeks. Blood 5hmC level (0.08%) was ∼83-fold lower than 5mC (6.61%). An inter-quartile range (IQR) increase in same-day PM10 was associated with increases in 5hmC of 26.1% in office workers (P = 0.004), 20.2% in truck drivers (P = 0.014), and 21.9% in all participants combined (P < 0.001). PM10 effects on 5hmC were increasingly stronger when averaged over 4, 7, and 14 d preceding assessment (up to 132.6% for the 14-d average in all participants, P < 0.001). PM10 effects were also significant after controlling for multiple testing (family-wise error rate; FWER < 0.05). 5hmC was not correlated with personal measures of PM2.5 and elemental components (FWER > 0.05). 5mC showed no correlations with PM10, PM2.5, and elemental components measures (FWER > 0.05). Our study suggests that exposure to ambient PM10 affects 5hmC over time, but not 5mC. This finding demonstrates the need to differentiate 5hmC and 5mC in environmental studies of DNA methylation.Other Sources
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