PMID- 35675978 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20220610 LR - 20230712 IS - 1347-4715 (Electronic) IS - 1342-078X (Print) IS - 1342-078X (Linking) VI - 27 DP - 2022 TI - Gene-environment interactions related to maternal exposure to environmental and lifestyle-related chemicals during pregnancy and the resulting adverse fetal growth: a review. PG - 24 LID - 10.1265/ehpm.21-00033 [doi] LID - 24 AB - BACKGROUND: There are only limited numbers of reviews on the association of maternal-child genetic polymorphisms and environmental and lifestyle-related chemical exposure during pregnancy with adverse fetal growth. Thus, this article aims to review: (1) the effect of associations between the above highlighted factors on adverse fetal growth and (2) recent birth cohort studies regarding environmental health risks. METHODS: Based on a search of the PubMed database through August 2021, 68 epidemiological studies on gene-environment interactions, focusing on the association between environmental and lifestyle-related chemical exposure and adverse fetal growth was identified. Moreover, we also reviewed recent worldwide birth cohort studies regarding environmental health risks. RESULTS: Thirty studies examined gene-smoking associations with adverse fetal growth. Sixteen maternal genes significantly modified the association between maternal smoking and adverse fetal growth. Two genes significantly related with this association were detected in infants. Moreover, the maternal genes that significantly interacted with maternal smoking during pregnancy were cytochrome P450 1A1 (CYP1A1), X-ray repair cross-complementing protein 3 (XRCC3), interleukin 6 (IL6), interleukin 1 beta (IL1B), human leukocyte antigen (HLA) DQ alpha 1 (HLA-DQA1), HLA DQ beta 1 (HLA-DQB1), and nicotinic acetylcholine receptor. Fetal genes that had significant interactions with maternal smoking during pregnancy were glutathione S-transferase theta 1 (GSTT1) and fat mass and obesity-associated protein (FTO). Thirty-eight studies examined the association between chemical exposures and adverse fetal growth. In 62 of the 68 epidemiological studies (91.2%), a significant association was found with adverse fetal growth. Across the studies, there was a wide variation in the analytical methods used, especially with respect to the genetic polymorphisms of interest, environmental and lifestyle-related chemicals examined, and the study design used to estimate the gene-environment interactions. It was also found that a consistently increasing number of European and worldwide large-scale birth cohort studies on environmental health risks have been conducted since approximately 1996. CONCLUSION: There is some evidence to suggest the importance of gene-environment interactions on adverse fetal growth. The current knowledge on gene-environment interactions will help guide future studies on the combined effects of maternal-child genetic polymorphisms and exposure to environmental and lifestyle-related chemicals during pregnancy. FAU - Kobayashi, Sumitaka AU - Kobayashi S AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-0396-8637 AD - Center for Environmental and Health Sciences, Hokkaido University. FAU - Sata, Fumihiro AU - Sata F AD - Center for Environmental and Health Sciences, Hokkaido University. AD - Health Center, Chuo University. FAU - Kishi, Reiko AU - Kishi R AD - Center for Environmental and Health Sciences, Hokkaido University. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Review PL - Japan TA - Environ Health Prev Med JT - Environmental health and preventive medicine JID - 9609642 RN - EC 1.14.11.33 (Alpha-Ketoglutarate-Dependent Dioxygenase FTO) RN - EC 1.14.11.33 (FTO protein, human) SB - IM MH - Alpha-Ketoglutarate-Dependent Dioxygenase FTO MH - Female MH - Fetal Development MH - *Gene-Environment Interaction MH - Humans MH - Life Style MH - *Maternal Exposure/adverse effects MH - Polymorphism, Genetic MH - Pregnancy PMC - PMC9251623 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Developmental origins of health and disease OT - Environmental chemical OT - Epidemiology OT - Fetal growth OT - Gene-environment interaction OT - Lifestyle-related chemical OT - Polymorphism OT - Precision medicine OT - Precision public health OT - Smoking COIS- The authors declare that they have no competing interests. EDAT- 2022/06/09 06:00 MHDA- 2022/06/11 06:00 PMCR- 2022/06/09 CRDT- 2022/06/08 21:02 PHST- 2022/06/08 21:02 [entrez] PHST- 2022/06/09 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/06/11 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2022/06/09 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 21-00033 [pii] AID - 10.1265/ehpm.21-00033 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Environ Health Prev Med. 2022;27:24. doi: 10.1265/ehpm.21-00033.