都市汚染に曝露された労働者におけるベンゼンと下垂体-甲状腺軸
Grazia Giammichele1, Lucio Montuori1, Carmina Sacco2
1SiPro Sicurezza e Produttività nel lavoro. Via Stimigliano 5, 00199 Rome, Italy.
Journal of occupational and environmental medicine
|December 18, 2025
まとめ
都市大気中の低用量ベンゼン曝露は、屋外労働者の甲状腺ホルモンに悪影響を及ぼす。血中ベンゼンおよび尿中代謝物は、FT3、FT4、TSHレベルの変化と相関する。
科学分野:
- 環境衛生
- 労働衛生医学
- 内分泌学
背景:
- 都市大気汚染には、既知の毒性物質であるベンゼンが含まれている。
- 屋外労働者は、環境汚染物質に曝露される可能性がある。
- 甲状腺ホルモンは代謝調節に不可欠である。
研究 の 目的:
- 職業的ベンゼン曝露と甲状腺ホルモンレベルとの関連を調査すること。
- 屋外労働者における甲状腺機能に対する都市大気からの低用量ベンゼン曝露の影響を評価すること。
主な方法:
- 334人の屋外労働者を対象としたベンゼン曝露の環境モニタリングおよび生物学的モニタリング。
- 血中ベンゼン、尿中trans, trans-ムコン酸(t,t-MA)、および尿中S-フェニルメルカプツール酸(S-PMA)の測定。
- 遊離サイロキシン(FT3)、遊離チロキシン(FT4)、および甲状腺刺激ホルモン(TSH)を含む甲状腺ホルモンの分析。
主要な成果:
- 血中ベンゼン/尿中t,t-MAレベルとFT3/FT4の間に負の相関が観察された。
- 血中ベンゼン/尿中t,t-MAレベルとTSHの間に正の相関が見られた。
- これらの所見は、ベンゼン曝露が甲状腺ホルモンバランスを変化させることを示唆している。
結論:
- 都市環境における低用量ベンゼンへの職業的曝露は、労働者の甲状腺ホルモンレベルに悪影響を与える可能性がある。
- ベンゼン曝露は、正常な甲状腺機能を妨げる可能性があり、さらなる調査と保護措置が必要である。
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