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Glutathione S-transferases M1 and T1 polymorphisms and arsenic content in hair and urine in two ethnic clans exposed to indoor combustion of high arsenic coal in Southwest Guizhou, China

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A total of 2,402 cases of arsenic-related skin lesions (as of 2002) in a few villages of China’s Southwest Guizhou Autonomous Prefecture represent a unique case of endemic arseniasis related with indoor combustion of high arsenic coal. A significant difference of skin lesion prevalence was observed between two clans of different ethnicities (Hmong and Han) in one of the hyperendemic villages in this prefecture. This study was focused on a possible involvement of GST T1 and M1 polymorphisms in risk modulation of skin lesions and in the body burden of As in this unique case of As exposure. GST T1 and M1 polymorphisms were genotyped by an allele-specific PCR-based procedure. Total As contents in hair and urine samples as well as environmental samples of the homes of the two ethnic clans were analyzed. No significant deviations in the population frequencies of GST T1 and M1 0/0 genotypes or their combination were recorded between diagnosed skin lesion patients and asymptomatic individuals in both clans. Significantly higher As contents in hair and urine were observed in GSTM1 0/0 carriers, not in GSTT1 0/0 carriers. After stratified by ethnicity and gender, a statistically significant association of the GSTM1 0/0 genotype and higher As content in hair was only confirmed in the subgroups of ethnic Han clan members and all male villagers, not in ethnic Hmong clan members or in females. GST T1 and M1 homozygous deletions were not associated with an increased susceptibility to skin lesions in long-term exposure to indoor combustion of high As coal. The polymorphic status at the locus of GSTM1 might modulate individual’s body burden of total As in some Chinese ethnic groups.

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This work was supported by Chinese State’s Strategic Basic Research Project (973, grant: 2002CB512900)

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  1. Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 300 Fenglin Road, Shanghai, 200032, China

    Guo-fang Lin, Wei-chao Guo & Jian-hua Shen

  2. Prefecture Center for Disease Prevention and Control, Xingyi, Guizhou, 562400, China

    Hui Du, Hong-chao Lu, Jin-xiang Kai & Yun-shu Zhou

  3. Municipal Center for Disease Prevention and Control, Shanghai, 200236, China

    Ji-gang Chen

  4. Division of Dermatology, Zunyi Medical College, Affiliated Hospital, Zunyi, Guizhou, 563003, China

    Xin-jiang Zhang

  5. Institute of Genetics, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200333, China

    Da-ru Lu

  6. Institute for Occupational Physiology at the University of Dortmund, 44139, Dortmund, Germany

    Klaus Golka

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Lin, Gf., Du, H., Chen, Jg. et al. Glutathione S-transferases M1 and T1 polymorphisms and arsenic content in hair and urine in two ethnic clans exposed to indoor combustion of high arsenic coal in Southwest Guizhou, China . Arch Toxicol 81, 545–551 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00204-007-0187-4

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