暴露于低水平的工人的血液毒性
Qing Lan1, Luoping Zhang, Guilan Li
1Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute (NCI), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
概括
暴露在1ppm以下会降低血细胞计数,影响白细胞和血小板. 遗传因素增加了对的敏感性.
科学领域:
- 毒理学 毒理学 毒理学
- 血液学 血液学 血液学
- 职业健康 职业健康 职业健康
背景情况:
- 是一种已知的血液毒剂,但其在百万分之一 (ppm) 以下的影响尚不清楚.
- 的职业暴露极限为1 ppm.
- 关于在较低度下对血液和骨髓的影响存在不确定性.
研究的目的:
- 调查暴露在低于美国职业标准的水平的血液毒性影响.
- 为了评估对血液细胞数量和原生细胞形成的影响.
- 确定影响对诱导血毒性易感性的遗传因素.
主要方法:
- 一项涉及250名暴露于的工人和140名对照者的比较研究.
- 对暴露组和对照组白细胞和血小板计数的分析.
- 与暴露水平相关的原始细胞殖民地形成的评估.
- 评估遗传变异对髓氧化酶和NAD(P) H:氨酸氧降解酶的影响.
主要成果:
- 在暴露于的工人中观察到白细胞和血小板数量显著降低,即使暴露水平低于1ppm.
- 原生细胞殖民地形成的显著下降,随着暴露的增加,显示出比成熟血细胞更高的敏感性.
- 代谢酶中的特定遗传变异与对血毒性敏感性增加有关.
结论:
- 暴露于的血液毒性发生在空气水平为1ppm或更低时.
- 对血液细胞的产生是显而易见的,即使在低暴露水平.
- 遗传敏感的个体可能会从暴露中经历更明显的血液毒性影响.
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