Allergy Asthma Immunol Res.  2018 Mar;10(2):172-179. 10.4168/aair.2018.10.2.172.

Interactions Between Bisphenol A Exposure and GSTP1 Polymorphisms in Childhood Asthma

• Lin TJ
• Karmaus WJ
• Chen ML
• Hsu JC
• Wang IJ

• KMID: 2402977
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.4168/aair.2018.10.2.172

Abstract

PURPOSE
Bisphenol A (BPA) exposure may increase the risk of asthma. Genetic polymorphisms of oxidative stress-related genes, glutathione S-transferases (GSTM1, GSTP1), manganese superoxide dismutase, catalase, myeloperoxidase, and microsomal epoxide hydrolase may be related to BPA exposure. The aim is to evaluate whether oxidative stress genes modulates associations of BPA exposure with asthma.
METHODS
We conducted a case-control study comprised of 126 asthmatic children and 327 controls. Urine Bisphenol A glucuronide (BPAG) levels were measured by ultra-performance liquid chromatography/tandem mass spectrometry, and genetic variants were analyzed by a TaqMan assay. Information on asthma and environmental exposure was collected. Analyses of variance and logistic regressions were performed to determine the association of genotypes and urine BPAG levels with asthma.
RESULTS
BPAG levels were significantly associated with asthma (adjusted odds ratio [aOR], 1.29 per log unit increase in concentration; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.081.55). Compared to the GG genotype, children with a GSTP1 AA genotype had higher urine BPAG concentrations (geometric mean [standard error], 12.72 [4.16] vs 11.42 [2.82]; P=0.036). In children with high BPAG, the GSTP1 AA genotype was related to a higher odds of asthma than the GG genotype (aOR, 4.84; 95% CI, 1.0223.06).
CONCLUSIONS
GSTP1 variants are associated with urine BPA metabolite levels. Oxidative stress genes may modulate the effect of BPA exposure on asthma.

Keyword

Bisphenol A; GSTP1; genotype; asthma

MeSH Terms

Asthma*
Case-Control Studies
Catalase
Child
Environmental Exposure
Epoxide Hydrolases
Genotype
Glutathione
Humans
Logistic Models
Mass Spectrometry
Odds Ratio
Oxidative Stress
Peroxidase
Polymorphism, Genetic
Superoxide Dismutase
Catalase
Epoxide Hydrolases
Glutathione
Peroxidase
Superoxide Dismutase

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