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First Insight into Fetal Exposure to Legacy and Emerging Plasticizers Revealed by Infant Hair and Meconium: Occurrence, Biotransformation, and Accumulation
Cai, Feng Shan1; Tang, Bin1; Zheng, Jing1,2; Yan, Xiao1,2; Ding, Xiao Fan3; Liao, Qi Long1; Luo, Xiao Jun4; Ren, Ming Zhong1; Yu, Yun Jiang1; Mai, Bi Xian4
2024-03-08
Source PublicationENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
ABS Journal Level3
ISSN0013-936X
Volume58Issue:13Pages:5739-5749
Abstract

Epidemiological studies have demonstrated the embryonic and developmental toxicity of plasticizers. Thus, understanding the in utero biotransformation and accumulation of plasticizers is essential to assessing their fate and potential toxicity in early life. In the present study, 311 infant hair samples and 271 paired meconium samples were collected at birth in Guangzhou, China, to characterize fetal exposure to legacy and emerging plasticizers and their metabolites. Results showed that most of the target plasticizers were detected in infant hair, with medians of 9.30, 27.6, and 0.145 ng/g for phthalate esters (PAEs), organic phosphate ester (OPEs), and alternative plasticizers (APs), and 1.44, 0.313, and 0.066 ng/g for the metabolites of PAEs, OPEs, and APs, respectively. Positive correlations between plasticizers and their corresponding primary metabolites, as well as correlations among the oxidative metabolites of bis(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP) and 1,2-cyclohexane dicarboxylic acid diisononyl ester (DINCH), were observed, indicating that infant hair retained the major phase-I metabolism of the target plasticizers. While no positive correlations were found in parent compounds or their primary metabolites between paired infant hair and meconium, significant positive correlations were observed among secondary oxidative metabolites of DEHP and DINCH in hair and meconium, suggesting that the primary metabolites in meconium come from hydrolysis of plasticizers in the fetus but most of the oxidative metabolites come from maternal-fetal transmission. The parent compound/metabolite ratios in infant hair showed a decreasing trend across pregnancy, suggesting in utero accumulation and deposition of plasticizers. To the best of our knowledge, this study is the first to report in utero exposure to both parent compounds and metabolites of plasticizers by using paired infant hair and meconium as noninvasive biomonitoring matrices and provides novel insights into the fetal biotransformation and accumulation of plasticizers across pregnancy.

KeywordInfant Hair Meconium Fetal Exposure Plasticizers Biotransformation
DOI10.1021/acs.est.3c11032
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Indexed BySCIE
Language英語English
WOS Research AreaEngineering ; Environmental Sciences & Ecology
WOS SubjectEngineering, Environmental ; Environmental Sciences
WOS IDWOS:001181860000001
PublisherAMER CHEMICAL SOC, 1155 16TH ST, NW, WASHINGTON, DC 20036
Scopus ID2-s2.0-85187396268
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Document TypeJournal article
CollectionFaculty of Health Sciences
Corresponding AuthorZheng, Jing; Yan, Xiao
Affiliation1.State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Health Risk Assessment, Research Center of Emerging Contaminants, South China Institute of Environmental Sciences, Ministry of Environmental Protection, Guangzhou, 510655, China
2.School of Public Health, Key Laboratory of Environmental Pollution and Disease Monitoring of Ministry of Education, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, 550000, China
3.Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Macau, Macau, Building E12, Avenida da Universidade, 999078, Macao
4.State Key Laboratory of Organic Geochemistry, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Environmental Protection and Resources Utilization, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, 510640, China
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Cai, Feng Shan,Tang, Bin,Zheng, Jing,et al. First Insight into Fetal Exposure to Legacy and Emerging Plasticizers Revealed by Infant Hair and Meconium: Occurrence, Biotransformation, and Accumulation[J]. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, 2024, 58(13), 5739-5749.
APA Cai, Feng Shan., Tang, Bin., Zheng, Jing., Yan, Xiao., Ding, Xiao Fan., Liao, Qi Long., Luo, Xiao Jun., Ren, Ming Zhong., Yu, Yun Jiang., & Mai, Bi Xian (2024). First Insight into Fetal Exposure to Legacy and Emerging Plasticizers Revealed by Infant Hair and Meconium: Occurrence, Biotransformation, and Accumulation. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, 58(13), 5739-5749.
MLA Cai, Feng Shan,et al."First Insight into Fetal Exposure to Legacy and Emerging Plasticizers Revealed by Infant Hair and Meconium: Occurrence, Biotransformation, and Accumulation".ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 58.13(2024):5739-5749.
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