Maria Cruz Gomez Pellin , Eduardo Linares-Ruiz , Javier Esteban , Inmaculada Salcedo-Bellido , Gonca Çakmak , María Eugenia Velasco García , Jose Barril , Suylen Galbán-Velázquez , Celia Pérez-Díaz , Francisco M. Pérez-Carrascosa , Petra Vrhovnik , Željka Fiket , María de la Cruz Pellín , Juan P. Arrebola
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Abstract
Paraoxonase 1 (PON1) is an antiatherogenic enzyme inhibited by environmental stressors such as cadmium (Cd). Thus, this human study aimed to assess (1) the associations between adipose tissue Cd concentrations and serum PON1 status and (2) the influence of the PON1Q192R phenotype on the susceptibility of PON1 status to Cd. As a continuation from previous work, a subsample from the GraMo cohort (Granada, Spain) was studied. Three PON1 activities using non-organophosphorous substrates {PALS (phenyl acetate in the absence of NaCl), PAHS (phenyl acetate in 2 M NaCl) and CMPA [4-(chloromethyl)phenyl acetate]} were assayed in serum (n = 296) to obtain the three functional PON1Q192R phenotypes (QQ, QR and RR). Complementarily, Cd concentrations in adipose tissue (n = 226) and information on socio-demographic characteristics, lifestyle, diet and health status acquired by face-to-face interviews were available. The associations between PON1 activities in serum and Cd concentrations in adipose tissue (subset of n = 138) were explored by using linear regression models, which were adjusted for sex, alcohol consumption and PON1Q192R phenotype. Additionally, benchmark dose (BMD) modelling was performed. Higher adipose tissue Cd concentrations were associated with lower PON1 activities. PON1Q192R specific susceptibility to Cd increased in the order QQ < QR < RR. The Cd BMD ranges for an averaged subject were 0.002–0.016 and 0.046–0.115 mgCd/kgadipose-tissue for RR and QR, respectively. For QQ cases, the BMD were higher than the Cd concentrations found in adipose tissue. These results suggest that part of the increased susceptibility of the RR cases to cardiovascular diseases might putatively be mediated by its higher sensitivity to Cd, with adipose tissue Cd levels serving as a biomarker of chronic exposure.
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