PMID- 34677372 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20230802 IS - 2218-1989 (Print) IS - 2218-1989 (Electronic) IS - 2218-1989 (Linking) VI - 11 IP - 10 DP - 2021 Sep 28 TI - In Utero Exposure to Persistent Organic Pollutants and Childhood Lipid Levels. LID - 10.3390/metabo11100657 [doi] LID - 657 AB - Animal studies have shown that developmental exposures to polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDE) permanently affect blood/liver balance of lipids. No human study has evaluated associations between in utero exposures to persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and later life lipid metabolism. In this pilot, maternal plasma levels of PBDEs (BDE-47, BDE-99, BDE-100, and BDE-153) and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB-138, PCB-153, and PCB-180) were determined at delivery in participants of GESTation and Environment (GESTE) cohort. Total cholesterol (TCh), triglycerides (TG), low- and high-density lipoproteins (LDL-C and HDL-C), total lipids (TL), and PBDEs were determined in serum of 147 children at ages 6-7. General linear regression was used to estimate the relationship between maternal POPs and child lipid levels with adjustment for potential confounders, and adjustment for childhood POPs. In utero BDE-99 was associated with lower childhood levels of TG (p = 0.003), and non-significantly with HDL-C (p = 0.06) and TL (p = 0.07). Maternal PCB-138 was associated with lower childhood levels of TG (p = 0.04), LDL-C (p = 0.04), and TL (p = 0.02). Our data indicate that in utero exposures to POPs may be associated with long lasting decrease in circulating lipids in children, suggesting increased lipid accumulation in the liver, a mechanism involved in NAFLD development, consistent with previously reported animal data. FAU - Boutot, Maegan E AU - Boutot ME AD - Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, School of Public Health and Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA 01003, USA. FAU - Whitcomb, Brian W AU - Whitcomb BW AD - Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, School of Public Health and Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA 01003, USA. FAU - Abdelouahab, Nadia AU - Abdelouahab N AD - Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Sherbrooke University, Sherbrooke, QC J1H 5N4, Canada. FAU - Baccarelli, Andrea A AU - Baccarelli AA AD - Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA. FAU - Boivin, Amelie AU - Boivin A AD - Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Sherbrooke University, Sherbrooke, QC J1H 5N4, Canada. FAU - Caku, Artuela AU - Caku A AD - Department of Biochemistry and Functional Genomics, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Sherbrooke University, Sherbrooke, QC J1H 5N4, Canada. FAU - Gillet, Virginie AU - Gillet V AD - Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Sherbrooke University, Sherbrooke, QC J1H 5N4, Canada. FAU - Martinez, Guillaume AU - Martinez G AD - Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences, Sherbrooke, QC J1K 2R1, Canada. FAU - Pasquier, Jean-Charles AU - Pasquier JC AD - Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Sherbrooke University, Sherbrooke, QC J1H 5N4, Canada. FAU - Zhu, Jiping AU - Zhu J AD - Environmental Health Science and Research Bureau, Health Canada, Ottawa, ON K1A 0K9, Canada. FAU - Takser, Larissa AU - Takser L AD - Department of Pediatrics & Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Sherbrooke University, Sherbrooke, QC J1H 5N4, Canada. FAU - St-Cyr, Lindsay AU - St-Cyr L AD - Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Sherbrooke University, Sherbrooke, QC J1H 5N4, Canada. FAU - Suvorov, Alexander AU - Suvorov A AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-2757-5897 AD - Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, School of Public Health and Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA 01003, USA. AD - Department of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health and Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA 01003, USA. LA - eng GR - R21 ES029686/ES/NIEHS NIH HHS/United States GR - R21 ES029686-01A1/ES/NIEHS NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article DEP - 20210928 PL - Switzerland TA - Metabolites JT - Metabolites JID - 101578790 PMC - PMC8540619 OTO - NOTNLM OT - NAFLD OT - dyslipidemia OT - fetal programing OT - lipid metabolism OT - persistent organic pollutants COIS- The authors declare no conflict of interest. EDAT- 2021/10/23 06:00 MHDA- 2021/10/23 06:01 PMCR- 2021/09/28 CRDT- 2021/10/22 12:18 PHST- 2021/09/03 00:00 [received] PHST- 2021/09/21 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2021/09/24 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2021/10/22 12:18 [entrez] PHST- 2021/10/23 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/10/23 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2021/09/28 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - metabo11100657 [pii] AID - metabolites-11-00657 [pii] AID - 10.3390/metabo11100657 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Metabolites. 2021 Sep 28;11(10):657. doi: 10.3390/metabo11100657.