基于微塑料及其添加剂的分泌和代谢模式,用于评估肠道暴露于微塑料的非侵入性定量方法
Zehua Yan1, Ziao Hao1, Zhanao Zhang1
1State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210023, China.
Environmental science & technology
|April 23, 2024
概括
研究人员开发了一种非侵入性方法来量化人类肠道中微塑料 (MP) 暴露的数量. 这项研究确立了MP摄入和甲酸代谢物之间的相关性,有助于对健康风险的评估.
科学领域:
- 环境科学 环境科学
- 毒理学 毒理学 毒理学
- 人类健康 人类健康 人类健康
背景情况:
- 微塑料 (MP) 对胃肠道和肠道微生物群构成潜在的健康风险.
- 缺乏人类肠道MP暴露量的定量评估方法,阻碍了健康风险评估.
研究的目的:
- 开发一种定量评估方法,用于人类肠道中的微塑料体内暴露.
- 调查微塑料暴露和体内甲酸盐水平之间的关系.
主要方法:
- 在小鼠身上进行了长期连续暴露的实验,使用的微塑料反映了人类的暴露.
- 测量了便中的微塑料分泌物,以及血清和尿液中甲酸盐 (PAE) 和其代谢物 (mPAE) 的度.
- 建立了一个非侵入性模型,并使用来自6大洲133个人的数据进行验证.
主要成果:
- 观察到累积便微塑料排泄率约为93%.
- 在低暴露和高暴露组中,在微塑料暴露和尿液mPAE度之间发现了显著的线性相关性.
- 在每日PAE暴露和MP相关PAE总暴露之间发现了强烈的相关性.
结论:
- 建立了一种新的非侵入性模型,用于定量评估体内微塑性塑料暴露.
- 该研究为评估与摄入微塑料相关的健康风险提供了技术支持.
- 这些发现提供了对微塑料和人类健康之间的复杂相互作用的见解.
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