Global and gene-specific promoter methylation changes are related to anti-B[a]PDE-DNA adduct levels and influence micronuclei levels in polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon-exposed individuals
✍ Scribed by Sofia Pavanello; Valentina Bollati; Angela Cecilia Pesatori; Lucyna Kapka; Claudia Bolognesi; Pier Alberto Bertazzi; Andrea Baccarelli
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- French
- Weight
- 97 KB
- Volume
- 125
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0020-7136
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✦ Synopsis
Abstract
We investigated the effect of chronic exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) on DNA methylation states (percentage of methylated cytosines (%mC)) in Polish male nonsmoking coke‐oven workers and matched controls. Methylation states of gene‐specific promoters (p53, p16, HIC1 and IL‐6) and of Alu and LINE‐1 repetitive elements, as surrogate measures of global methylation, were quantified by pyrosequencing in peripheral blood lymphocytes (PBLs). DNA methylation was evaluated in relation to PAH exposure, assessed by urinary 1‐pyrenol and anti‐benzo[a]pyrene diolepoxide (anti‐B[a]PDE)‐DNA adduct levels, a critical genetic damage from B[a]P. We also evaluated whether PAH‐induced DNA methylation states were in turn associated with micronuclei in PBLs, an indicator of chromosomal instability. © 2009 UICC