A metabolome-wide association study of in utero metal and trace element exposures with cord blood metabolome profile: Findings from the Boston Birth Cohort

Background: Exposure to metals lead (Pb), mercury (Hg), and cadmium (Cd) and trace elements selenium (Se) and manganese (Mn) has been linked to the developmental origins of cardiometabolic diseases, but the mechanisms are not well-understood. Objective: Conduct a metabolome-wide association study to...

Descripción completa

Guardado en:
Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Mingyu Zhang, Jessie P Buckley, Liming Liang, Xiumei Hong, Guoying Wang, Mei-Cheng Wang, Marsha Wills-Karp, Xiaobin Wang, Noel T Mueller
Formato: article
Lenguaje:EN
Publicado: Elsevier 2022
Materias:
Acceso en línea:https://doaj.org/article/416180a622c04bcbab9b582ed8e13c8e
Etiquetas: Agregar Etiqueta
Sin Etiquetas, Sea el primero en etiquetar este registro!
id oai:doaj.org-article:416180a622c04bcbab9b582ed8e13c8e
record_format dspace
spelling oai:doaj.org-article:416180a622c04bcbab9b582ed8e13c8e2021-11-20T04:55:40ZA metabolome-wide association study of in utero metal and trace element exposures with cord blood metabolome profile: Findings from the Boston Birth Cohort0160-412010.1016/j.envint.2021.106976https://doaj.org/article/416180a622c04bcbab9b582ed8e13c8e2022-01-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160412021006012https://doaj.org/toc/0160-4120Background: Exposure to metals lead (Pb), mercury (Hg), and cadmium (Cd) and trace elements selenium (Se) and manganese (Mn) has been linked to the developmental origins of cardiometabolic diseases, but the mechanisms are not well-understood. Objective: Conduct a metabolome-wide association study to understand how in utero exposure to Pb, Hg, Cd, Se, and Mn affects the metabolic programming of fetuses. Methods: We used data from the Boston Birth Cohort, which enrolled mother-child pairs from Boston, MA. We measured metals and trace elements in maternal red blood cells (RBCs) collected 24–72 h after delivery, and metabolites in cord blood collected at birth. We used multivariable linear regression to examine associations of metals and trace elements with metabolites and Bonferroni correction to account for multiple comparisons. We assessed non-linear associations of metals and trace elements with metabolites using restricted cubic spline plots. Results: This analysis included 670 mother-child pairs (57% non-Hispanic Black and 24% Hispanic). After Bonferroni correction, there were 25 cord metabolites associated with at least one of the metals or trace elements. Pb was negatively associated with the xenobiotic piperine, Cd was positively associated with xenobiotics cotinine and hydroxycotinine, and Hg was associated with 8 lipid metabolites (in both directions). Se and Mn shared associations with 6 metabolites (in both directions), which mostly included nucleotides and amino acids; Se was additionally associated with 7 metabolites (mostly amino acids, nucleotides, and carnitines) and Mn was additionally associated with C36:4 hydroxy phosphatidylcholine. Restricted cubic spline plots showed that most associations were linear. Discussion: Maternal RBC metal and trace element concentrations were associated in a dose-dependent fashion with cord blood metabolites. What remains to be determined is whether these metals- and trace elements-associated changes in cord metabolites can influence a child’s risk of cardiometabolic diseases.Mingyu ZhangJessie P BuckleyLiming LiangXiumei HongGuoying WangMei-Cheng WangMarsha Wills-KarpXiaobin WangNoel T MuellerElsevierarticleHeavy metalsLeadMercuryCadmiumTrace elementsSeleniumEnvironmental sciencesGE1-350ENEnvironment International, Vol 158, Iss , Pp 106976- (2022)
institution DOAJ
collection DOAJ
language EN
topic Heavy metals
Lead
Mercury
Cadmium
Trace elements
Selenium
Environmental sciences
GE1-350
spellingShingle Heavy metals
Lead
Mercury
Cadmium
Trace elements
Selenium
Environmental sciences
GE1-350
Mingyu Zhang
Jessie P Buckley
Liming Liang
Xiumei Hong
Guoying Wang
Mei-Cheng Wang
Marsha Wills-Karp
Xiaobin Wang
Noel T Mueller
A metabolome-wide association study of in utero metal and trace element exposures with cord blood metabolome profile: Findings from the Boston Birth Cohort
description Background: Exposure to metals lead (Pb), mercury (Hg), and cadmium (Cd) and trace elements selenium (Se) and manganese (Mn) has been linked to the developmental origins of cardiometabolic diseases, but the mechanisms are not well-understood. Objective: Conduct a metabolome-wide association study to understand how in utero exposure to Pb, Hg, Cd, Se, and Mn affects the metabolic programming of fetuses. Methods: We used data from the Boston Birth Cohort, which enrolled mother-child pairs from Boston, MA. We measured metals and trace elements in maternal red blood cells (RBCs) collected 24–72 h after delivery, and metabolites in cord blood collected at birth. We used multivariable linear regression to examine associations of metals and trace elements with metabolites and Bonferroni correction to account for multiple comparisons. We assessed non-linear associations of metals and trace elements with metabolites using restricted cubic spline plots. Results: This analysis included 670 mother-child pairs (57% non-Hispanic Black and 24% Hispanic). After Bonferroni correction, there were 25 cord metabolites associated with at least one of the metals or trace elements. Pb was negatively associated with the xenobiotic piperine, Cd was positively associated with xenobiotics cotinine and hydroxycotinine, and Hg was associated with 8 lipid metabolites (in both directions). Se and Mn shared associations with 6 metabolites (in both directions), which mostly included nucleotides and amino acids; Se was additionally associated with 7 metabolites (mostly amino acids, nucleotides, and carnitines) and Mn was additionally associated with C36:4 hydroxy phosphatidylcholine. Restricted cubic spline plots showed that most associations were linear. Discussion: Maternal RBC metal and trace element concentrations were associated in a dose-dependent fashion with cord blood metabolites. What remains to be determined is whether these metals- and trace elements-associated changes in cord metabolites can influence a child’s risk of cardiometabolic diseases.
format article
author Mingyu Zhang
Jessie P Buckley
Liming Liang
Xiumei Hong
Guoying Wang
Mei-Cheng Wang
Marsha Wills-Karp
Xiaobin Wang
Noel T Mueller
author_facet Mingyu Zhang
Jessie P Buckley
Liming Liang
Xiumei Hong
Guoying Wang
Mei-Cheng Wang
Marsha Wills-Karp
Xiaobin Wang
Noel T Mueller
author_sort Mingyu Zhang
title A metabolome-wide association study of in utero metal and trace element exposures with cord blood metabolome profile: Findings from the Boston Birth Cohort
title_short A metabolome-wide association study of in utero metal and trace element exposures with cord blood metabolome profile: Findings from the Boston Birth Cohort
title_full A metabolome-wide association study of in utero metal and trace element exposures with cord blood metabolome profile: Findings from the Boston Birth Cohort
title_fullStr A metabolome-wide association study of in utero metal and trace element exposures with cord blood metabolome profile: Findings from the Boston Birth Cohort
title_full_unstemmed A metabolome-wide association study of in utero metal and trace element exposures with cord blood metabolome profile: Findings from the Boston Birth Cohort
title_sort metabolome-wide association study of in utero metal and trace element exposures with cord blood metabolome profile: findings from the boston birth cohort
publisher Elsevier
publishDate 2022
url https://doaj.org/article/416180a622c04bcbab9b582ed8e13c8e
work_keys_str_mv AT mingyuzhang ametabolomewideassociationstudyofinuterometalandtraceelementexposureswithcordbloodmetabolomeprofilefindingsfromthebostonbirthcohort
AT jessiepbuckley ametabolomewideassociationstudyofinuterometalandtraceelementexposureswithcordbloodmetabolomeprofilefindingsfromthebostonbirthcohort
AT limingliang ametabolomewideassociationstudyofinuterometalandtraceelementexposureswithcordbloodmetabolomeprofilefindingsfromthebostonbirthcohort
AT xiumeihong ametabolomewideassociationstudyofinuterometalandtraceelementexposureswithcordbloodmetabolomeprofilefindingsfromthebostonbirthcohort
AT guoyingwang ametabolomewideassociationstudyofinuterometalandtraceelementexposureswithcordbloodmetabolomeprofilefindingsfromthebostonbirthcohort
AT meichengwang ametabolomewideassociationstudyofinuterometalandtraceelementexposureswithcordbloodmetabolomeprofilefindingsfromthebostonbirthcohort
AT marshawillskarp ametabolomewideassociationstudyofinuterometalandtraceelementexposureswithcordbloodmetabolomeprofilefindingsfromthebostonbirthcohort
AT xiaobinwang ametabolomewideassociationstudyofinuterometalandtraceelementexposureswithcordbloodmetabolomeprofilefindingsfromthebostonbirthcohort
AT noeltmueller ametabolomewideassociationstudyofinuterometalandtraceelementexposureswithcordbloodmetabolomeprofilefindingsfromthebostonbirthcohort
AT mingyuzhang metabolomewideassociationstudyofinuterometalandtraceelementexposureswithcordbloodmetabolomeprofilefindingsfromthebostonbirthcohort
AT jessiepbuckley metabolomewideassociationstudyofinuterometalandtraceelementexposureswithcordbloodmetabolomeprofilefindingsfromthebostonbirthcohort
AT limingliang metabolomewideassociationstudyofinuterometalandtraceelementexposureswithcordbloodmetabolomeprofilefindingsfromthebostonbirthcohort
AT xiumeihong metabolomewideassociationstudyofinuterometalandtraceelementexposureswithcordbloodmetabolomeprofilefindingsfromthebostonbirthcohort
AT guoyingwang metabolomewideassociationstudyofinuterometalandtraceelementexposureswithcordbloodmetabolomeprofilefindingsfromthebostonbirthcohort
AT meichengwang metabolomewideassociationstudyofinuterometalandtraceelementexposureswithcordbloodmetabolomeprofilefindingsfromthebostonbirthcohort
AT marshawillskarp metabolomewideassociationstudyofinuterometalandtraceelementexposureswithcordbloodmetabolomeprofilefindingsfromthebostonbirthcohort
AT xiaobinwang metabolomewideassociationstudyofinuterometalandtraceelementexposureswithcordbloodmetabolomeprofilefindingsfromthebostonbirthcohort
AT noeltmueller metabolomewideassociationstudyofinuterometalandtraceelementexposureswithcordbloodmetabolomeprofilefindingsfromthebostonbirthcohort
_version_ 1718419709993418752