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Metabolic targets of endocrine disrupting chemicals assessed by cord blood transcriptome profiling
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Early life exposure to endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) has been frequently associated with impaired perinatal growth, an important risk factor for later onset of metabolic disorders. We analyzed whether the cord blood transcriptome showed early indications of alterations in metabolic processes in 195 human samples in relation to cord blood levels of dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene (p,p′-DDE), polychlorinated biphenyl-153 (PCB-153), perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), and perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS). Overall, 39 metabolically relevant transcription factors were significantly enriched (31 by p,p′-DDE, 10 by PCB-153, 8 by PFOA, and 2 by PFOS). These included the glucocorticoid receptor (p,p′-DDE and PCB-153) and the progesterone receptor (PFOA and PFOS). The insulin receptor signaling, acute phase response signaling, Interleukin(IL)-6 signaling, and prolactin signaling pathways were significantly enriched in relation to p,p′-DDE. Transcriptional changes at birth suggest a role for specific metabolic targets as a link between prenatal EDC exposure and metabolic disorders later in life.
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English
Source (journal)
Reproductive toxicology. - Elmsford, N.Y.
Publication
Elmsford, N.Y. : 2016
ISSN
0890-6238
DOI
10.1016/J.REPROTOX.2016.08.018
Volume/pages
65 (2016) , p. 307-320
ISI
000385990900034
Pubmed ID
27589886
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UAntwerpen
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OBELIX: OBesogenic Endocrine disrupting chemicals: LInking prenatal eXposure to the development of obesity later in life
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