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Title: Dibutyl-phthalate exposure from mesalamine medications and serum thyroid hormones in men.

Authors: Nassan, Feiby L; Korevaar, Tim I M; Coull, Brent A; Skakkebæk, Niels E; Krawetz, Stephen A; Estill, Molly; Hait, Elizabeth J; Korzenik, Joshua R; Ford, Jennifer B; De Poortere, Ralph A; Broeren, Maarten A; Moss, Alan C; Zoeller, Thomas R; Hauser, Russ

Published In Int J Hyg Environ Health, (2019 01)

Abstract: Dibutyl phthalate (DBP) is an endocrine disruptor and used in some medication coatings, such as mesalamine for treatment inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).To determine whether high-DBP from some mesalamine medications alters thyroid function.Seventy men with IBD, without thyroid disease or any radiation history participated in a crossover-crossback prospective study and provided up to 6 serum samples (2:baseline, 2:crossover, 2:crossback). Men on non-DBP mesalamine (background exposure) at baseline crossed-over to DBP-mesalamine (high exposure) then crossed-back to non-DBP mesalamine (B1HB2-arm) and vice versa for men on DBP-mesalamine at baseline (H1BH2-arm). Serum concentrations of total triiodothyronine (T3), total thyroxine (T4), free triiodothyronine (FT3), free thyroxine (FT4), thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) and thyroid peroxidase antibody (TPOAb), and thyroglobulin antibody (TgAb).After crossover in B1HB2-arm (26 men, 134 samples), T3 decreased 10% (95% confidence interval (CI): 14%,-5%), T3/T4 ratio decreased 8% (CI: 12%,-3%), TPOAb, and TgAb concentrations decreased, 11% (-20%, -2%) and 15% (-23%, -5%), respectively; after crossback, they increased. When men in the H1BH2-arm (44 men, 193 samples) crossed-over, T3 decreased 7% (CI: -11%, -2%) and T3/T4 ratio decreased 6% (CI: -9%, -2%). After crossback, only TgAb increased and FT4 decreased.High-DBP novel exposure or removal from chronic high-DBP exposure could alter elements of the thyroid system, and most probably alters the peripheral T4 conversion to T3 and thyroid autoimmunity, consistent with thyroid disruption. After exposure removal, these trends were mostly reversed.

PubMed ID: 30170956 Exiting the NIEHS site

MeSH Terms: Adult; Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal/administration & dosage; Dibutyl Phthalate/adverse effects*; Humans; Inflammatory Bowel Diseases/drug therapy; Male; Mesalamine/administration & dosage; Middle Aged; Prospective Studies; Thyroid Hormones/blood*; Young Adult

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