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Associations between blood heavy metal(loid)s and serum heme oxygenase-1 in pregnant women: Do their distribution patterns matter?

The relationship between heavy metal(loid)s exposure and oxidative stress damage is a matter of research interest. Our study aimed to investigate the distribution patterns of the nine heavy metal(loid)s in blood of pregnant women, including four toxic heavy metal(loid)s [arsenic (As), cadmium (Cd), lead (Pb) and mercury (Hg)] and five typical heavy metal(loid)s [manganese (Mn), cobalt (Co), copper (Cu), zinc (Zn), and selenium (Se)] in blood. Blood samples of 348 women were collected and their concentrations in the serum (sr) and blood cells (bc) were measured, as well as serum heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1) (an oxidative stress marker). Total blood (tb) concentrations of these metal(loid)s and serum-to-blood cell concentration ratios (sr/bc) were further calculated. We found Cu mainly accumulated in the serum compared to the blood cells with Cusr/bc?=?2.30, whereas Co, Se, and As evenly distributed between these two fractions. Other metal(loid)s mainly concentrated in the blood cells. Cosr, Cusr, Cubc, Mnbc, Znbc, Cdbc, Cotb, Cutb, Mntb, Zntb, Cdtb, and Cusr/bc were negatively associated with serum HO-1, whereas Assr, Asbc, Astb, Znsr/bc, Cdsr/bc, and Hgsr/bc were positively, indicating of their potential toxicity. We concluded that the distribution patterns of blood heavy metal(loid)s, in particular for Cd, Hg and Zn, which either increased in serum or decreased in blood cells, might be associated with elevated serum oxidative stress, should be considered in environmental health assessments.

» Author: Kexin Li, Bin Wang, Lailai Yan, Yu Jin, Zhiyi Li, Hang An, Mengyuan Ren, Yiming Pang, Changxin Lan, Junxi Chen, Yali Zhang, Le Zhang, Rongwei Ye, Zhiwen Li, Aiguo Ren

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