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- Gouveia-Figueira, Sandra, et al.
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Cord blood eicosanoid signatures and newborn gestational age
- 2017
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Ingår i: Prostaglandins & other lipid mediators. - : Elsevier. - 1098-8823 .- 2212-196X. ; 133, s. 123-127
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Beyond prostaglandins, the function of eicosanoids and other oxylipins in pregnancy and labor is poorly understood. In contrast to earlier work focusing on preterm infants, we investigated how oxylipin levels in newborns (measured in cord blood) vary during the last weeks of pregnancy in 190 mother-newborns (≥37 weeks of gestation) of the ENVIRONAGE birth cohort, Belgium. We found increased levels of PGE2 (p = 0.003), PGF2α (p = 0.042), 8,9-DHET (p = 0.037), 11-HETE (p = 0.034), and 15-HETrE (p = 0.008) associated with full term pregnancy compared to early term labor. Furthermore, late vs early term was associated with increased levels of PGE2 (p = 0.012) and TXB2 (p = 0.033), while late vs full term was associated with decreased levels of 14,15-DHET (p = 0.029), 11,12-DHET (p = 0.033), and 5-HETE (p = 0.045). To summarize, nine eicosanoids, derived via three enzymatic pathways, were significantly associated with gestational age. Eight of these were derived from arachidonic acid, and one from dihomo-γ-linolenic acid.
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- Martens, Dries S, et al.
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Neonatal Cord Blood Oxylipins and Exposure to Particulate Matter in the Early-Life Environment : an ENVIRONAGE Birth Cohort Study
- 2017
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Ingår i: Journal of Environmental Health Perspectives. - 0091-6765 .- 1552-9924. ; 125:4, s. 691-698
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- BACKGROUND: As part of the lipidome, oxylipins are bioactive lipid compounds originating from oxidation of different fatty acids. Oxylipins could provide a new target in the developmental origins model or the ability of early life exposure to change biology.OBJECTIVES: We studied the association between in utero PM2.5 (particulate matter with aerodynamic diameter <2.5µm) exposure and oxylipin profiles in newborns.METHODS: Thirty-seven oxylipins reflecting the cyclooxygenase (COX), lipoxygenase (5-LOX and 12/15-LOX) and cytochrome P450 (CYP) pathways were assayed in 197 cord blood plasma samples from the ENVIRONAGE birth cohort. Principal component (PC) analysis and multiple regression models were used to estimate associations of in utero PM2.5 exposure with oxylipin pathways and individual metabolites.RESULTS: A principal component representing the 5-LOX pathway (6 metabolites) was significantly positively associated with PM2.5 exposure during the entire (multiple testing-adjusted q-value = 0.05) and second trimester of pregnancy (q = 0.05). A principal component representing the 12/15-LOX pathway (11 metabolites) was positively associated with PM2.5 exposure during the second trimester of pregnancy (q = 0.05). PM2.5 was not significantly associated with the COX pathway during any time period. There was a positive but non-significant association between second trimester PM2.5 and the CYP pathway (q = 0.16).CONCLUSION: In utero exposure to particulate matter, particularly during the second trimester, was associated with differences in the cord blood levels of metabolites derived from the lipoxygenase pathways. These differences may indicate an effect of air pollution during in utero life on the inflammatory state of the newborn at birth. Oxylipins may be important mediators between early life exposures and health outcomes later in life.
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