PMID- 35099691 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20220523 LR - 20220523 IS - 1614-7499 (Electronic) IS - 0944-1344 (Linking) VI - 29 IP - 26 DP - 2022 Jun TI - The effects of chemical mixtures on lipid profiles in the Korean adult population: threshold and molecular mechanisms for dyslipidemia involved. PG - 39182-39208 LID - 10.1007/s11356-022-18871-2 [doi] AB - A scarcity of research assesses the effects of exposure to a combination of chemicals on lipid profiles as well as molecular mechanisms related to dyslipidemia. A cross-sectional study of 3692 adults aims to identify the association between chemical mixtures, including blood and urine 26 chemicals, and lipid profiles among Korean adults (aged >/= 18) using linear regression models, weighted quantile sum (WQS) regression, quantile g-computation (qgcomp), and Bayesian kernel machine regression (BKMR). In silico toxicogenomic data-mining, we assessed molecular mechanisms linked with dyslipidemia, including genes, miRNAs, pathways, biological processes, and diseases. In the linear regression models, heavy metals, volatile organic compound metabolites, and phthalate metabolites were found to be related to HDL-C, triglycerides, LDL-C, total lipids, and total cholesterol, and significant trends were observed for these chemical quartiles (p < 0.01). The WQS index was significantly linked with HDL-C, triglycerides, LDL-C, total cholesterol, and total lipids. The qgcomp index also found a significant association between chemicals and HDL-C, triglycerides, and total lipids. In BKMR analysis, the overall effect of the chemical mixture was significantly associated with HDL-C, triglycerides, total cholesterol, and total lipids. We found that mixed chemicals interacted with the PPARA gene and were linked with dyslipidemia. Several pathways ("SREBF and miR33 in cholesterol," "estrogen receptor pathway and lipid homeostasis," and "regulation of PGC-1alpha"), "negative regulation of hepatocyte apoptotic process," "negative regulation of sequestering of triglycerides," "regulation of hepatocyte apoptotic process," and "negative regulation of cholesterol storage," and "abdominal obesity metabolic syndrome" were identified as key molecular mechanisms that may be affected by mixed chemicals and implicated in the development of dyslipidemia. The highest interaction and expression of miRNAs involved in the process of dyslipidemia were also described. Especially, the cutoff levels for chemical exposure levels related to lipid profiles were also provided. CI - (c) 2022. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature. FAU - Nguyen, Hai Duc AU - Nguyen HD AD - Department of Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy and Research Institute of Life and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sunchon National University, Sunchon, Jeonnam, Republic of Korea. FAU - Oh, Hojin AU - Oh H AD - Department of Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy and Research Institute of Life and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sunchon National University, Sunchon, Jeonnam, Republic of Korea. FAU - Kim, Min-Sun AU - Kim MS AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-9952-0038 AD - Department of Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy and Research Institute of Life and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sunchon National University, Sunchon, Jeonnam, Republic of Korea. minsun@scnu.ac.kr. LA - eng GR - grant nos. NRF2013R1A1A3008851/This work supported by grants National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) grant funded by the Korean government (MEST)/ GR - 2018R1D1A1B07049610/This work supported by grants National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) grant funded by the Korean government (MEST)/ PT - Journal Article DEP - 20220131 PL - Germany TA - Environ Sci Pollut Res Int JT - Environmental science and pollution research international JID - 9441769 RN - 0 (Cholesterol, HDL) RN - 0 (Cholesterol, LDL) RN - 0 (MicroRNAs) RN - 0 (Triglycerides) SB - IM MH - Adult MH - Bayes Theorem MH - Cholesterol, HDL MH - Cholesterol, LDL MH - Cross-Sectional Studies MH - *Dyslipidemias MH - Humans MH - *MicroRNAs MH - Republic of Korea MH - Triglycerides OTO - NOTNLM OT - Chemical mixture OT - Dyslipidemia OT - Lipid profiles OT - Modeling OT - Molecular mechanism EDAT- 2022/02/01 06:00 MHDA- 2022/05/24 06:00 CRDT- 2022/01/31 12:17 PHST- 2021/10/18 00:00 [received] PHST- 2022/01/21 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2022/02/01 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/05/24 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2022/01/31 12:17 [entrez] AID - 10.1007/s11356-022-18871-2 [pii] AID - 10.1007/s11356-022-18871-2 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 2022 Jun;29(26):39182-39208. doi: 10.1007/s11356-022-18871-2. Epub 2022 Jan 31.