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Title: Effect of gene-environment Interactions on mental development in African American, Dominican, and Caucasian mothers and newborns.

Authors: Wang, Shuang; Chanock, Stephen; Tang, Deliang; Li, Zhigang; Edwards, Susan; Jedrychowski, Wieslaw; Perera, Frederica P

Published In Ann Hum Genet, (2010 Jan)

Abstract: The health impact of environmental toxins has gained increasing recognition over the years. Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) are known to affect nervous system development in children, but no studies have investigated how polymorphisms in PAH metabolic genes affect child cognitive development following PAH exposure during pregnancy. In two parallel prospective cohort studies of non-smoking African American and Dominican mothers and children in New York City and of Caucasian mothers and children in Krakow, Poland, we explored the effect of gene-PAH interaction on child mental development index (MDI). Genes known to play important roles in the metabolic activation or detoxification of PAHs were selected. Genetic variations in these genes could influence susceptibility to adverse effects of PAHs in polluted air. We explored the effects of interactions between prenatal PAH exposure and 21 polymorphisms or haplotypes in these genes on MDI at 12, 24, and 36 months among 547 newborns and 806 mothers from three different ethnic groups. Significant interaction effects between haplotypes and PAHs were observed in mothers and their newborns in all three ethnic groups after Bonferroni correction. The strongest and most consistent effect observed was between PAH and haplotype ACCGGC of the CYP1B1 gene.

PubMed ID: 19860743 Exiting the NIEHS site

MeSH Terms: Adult; Black or African American; Child; Child Development/drug effects*; Cognition/drug effects*; Environmental Pollutants/toxicity*; Female; Genetic Markers*; Hispanic or Latino; Humans; Infant; Infant, Newborn; New York City; Poland; Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons/toxicity*; Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide; Pregnancy; Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects*; White People

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