Toxics,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
12(5), P. 338 - 338
Published: May 6, 2024
More
research
is
needed
to
understand
how
the
maternal
consumption
of
fish
and
fish-borne
toxicants
impacts
infant
neurodevelopment.
The
present
analysis
was
conducted
over
460
mother–infant
pairs
within
ECLIPSES
study.
Dietary
intake
metals
persistent
organic
pollutants
from
(including
white
fish,
blue
seafood)
estimated
in
pregnant
women.
infants
underwent
cognitive,
language,
motor
function
assessments
using
Bayley
Scales
Infant
Development-III
at
40-day
postpartum.
Associations
between
dietary
outcomes
were
assessed
multivariable
linear
regression
models.
Estimated
prenatal
exposure
toxicants,
such
as
arsenic,
inorganic
methylmercury,
dioxin-like
polychlorinated
biphenyls
(DL-PCBs),
non-DL-PCBs,
associated
with
poorer
language
functions
infants,
whereas
no
significant
associations
found
or
cognitive
functions.
Maternal
exceeding
Spanish
recommendation
more
than
71
g
per
day
linked
these
adverse
effects
on
abilities
without
affecting
development.
This
highlights
importance
vigilant
monitoring
environmental
provision
guidance
for
women,
potential
implications
public
health
child
Journal of Xenobiotics,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
15(3), P. 72 - 72
Published: May 12, 2025
Phthalates,
a
group
of
synthetic
non-persistent
organic
chemicals
commonly
used
as
solvents
and
plasticisers,
have
been
associated
with
range
detrimental
health
effects.
These
endocrine
disrupting
(ECDs)
may
exert
their
effects
through
epigenetic
changes
such
altered
microRNA
(miRNA)
expression.
miRNAs
are
short
non-coding
endogenous
RNA
transcripts
that
preferentially
expressed
in
various
tissues
cell
types
can
circulate
body
fluids,
thereby
regulating
gene
expression
acting
mediators
for
intercellular
communication.
As
mostly
target
protein-coding
transcripts,
they
involved
nearly
all
networks
regulate
developmental
pathological
processes.
In
this
review,
we
provide
an
overview
human,
vivo
vitro
studies
assessing
miRNA
due
to
phthalate
exposure
biological
Importantly,
study
suggests
the
mechanism
action
part
be
mediated
by
changes,
affecting
large
number
different
proteins.
This
is
indicative
alterations
induced
then
implicated
wide
conditions,
including
reproductive
dysfunction,
oncogenesis,
metabolic
disorders,
neurodevelopmental
outcomes.
Exposure
phthalates
metabolites
predominantly
results
upregulation
miRNAs.
Dysregulation
miR-34a,
miR-15b,
miR-141,
miR-184,
miR-19a,
miR-125,
miR-let-7
were
observed
across
several
studies.
More
research
involving
human
participants
combined
mechanistic
integrating
mRNA
analysis
would
beneficial
understanding
downstream
on
grasping
broader
implications.
Current Opinion in Psychiatry,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
37(3), P. 237 - 250
Published: Feb. 19, 2024
Perinatal
mental
health
research
provides
an
important
perspective
on
neurobehavioral
development.
Here,
we
aim
to
review
the
association
of
maternal
perinatal
with
offspring
neurodevelopment,
providing
update
(self-)regulation
problems,
hypothesized
mechanistic
pathways,
progress
and
challenges,
implications
for
health.
The Science of The Total Environment,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
915, P. 170095 - 170095
Published: Jan. 16, 2024
The
fetal
brain
is
particularly
plastic,
and
may
be
concurrently
affected
by
chemical
exposure
malnutritional
factors.
Selenium
essential
for
the
developing
brain,
excess
manganese
exert
neurotoxic
effects.
However,
few
epidemiological
studies
have
evaluated
interaction
of
selenium
assessed
in
different
prenatal
stages
on
postnatal
neurodevelopmental
trajectories.
This
study
contained
1024
mother-child
pairs
Shanghai-birth-cohort
from
2013
to
2016
recruited
since
early/before
pregnancy
with
complete
data
levels
infant
Whole
blood
early
around
birth
were
measured
inductively-coupled-plasma-mass-spectrometry
(ICP-MS),
children's
cognitive
development
was
at
6,
12,
24
months
age
using
Age
&
Stage-Questionnaire
(ASQ)-3
Bayley-III.
Multiple
linear
regression
used
investigate
1.82
±
0.98
μg/dL
13.53
2.70
maternal
pregnancy,
5.06
1.67
11.81
3.35
umbilical
cord
blood,
respectively.
Higher
Se
associated
better
neurocognitive
performances
or
consistently-high-level
trajectory
(P
<
0.05),
more
significant
associations
observed
than
birth.
such
positive
relationships
became
non-significant
even
adverse
high
(vs.
low)
status,
effect
differences
between
low
pregnancy.
Prenatal
positively
child
neurodevelopment,
but
mitigate
favorable
effects
mainly
earlier
stage.
Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
106, P. 104384 - 104384
Published: Feb. 6, 2024
Phthalates
are
plasticizing
chemicals,
widely
used
in
packaging
materials
and
consumer
products
for
several
decades.
These
molecules
have
raised
concerns
because
of
their
toxicity
use
been
restricted
countries.
Therefore,
novel
phthalates
introduced.
Among
these,
diisononilphtalate
(DINP)
is
employed.
However,
its
safety
has
not
properly
addressed.
using
a
well
validated
granulosa
cell
model,
collected
from
swine
ovaries
with
translational
value,
we
studied
potential
DINP
effects
on
important
cellular
functional
parameters.
In
particular,
growth,
steroidogenesis
redox
status.
Collected
data
showed
that
stimulates
(p<0.05)
increases
estrogen
inhibits
progesterone
production
(P
<
0.05),
disrupts
balance
stimulating
free
radicals
while
reducing
scavenger
activities
(P<0.05).
Taken
together,
DINP's
impact
cultured
cells
provide
cause
concern
regarding
adverse
reproductive
endocrine
functions.
Environment International,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
191, P. 108976 - 108976
Published: Aug. 24, 2024
•
Combined
chemical
and
social
stress
exposure
assessments
are
needed.
The
postpartum
period
is
an
often
overlooked
window
of
susceptibility.
Chemical
was
different
across
races
amongst
participants.
Clustering
identified
co-exposure
to
certain
groups
stress.
Further
investigation
needed
understand
sources
differential
exposure.
Multiple
external
stressors
known
have
adverse
impacts
on
health
development.
Certain
more
vulnerable
and/or
likely
be
exposed
environmental,
psychological,
simultaneously.
Yet,
few
studies
examined
combined
environmental
toxicants
psychosocial
Here,
we
integrated
data
collected
using
silicone
wristbands
self-report
stressor
within
the
Brain
Early
Experience
(BEE)
perinatal
cohort
chemicals
Silicone
were
worn
for
one
week
by
mothers
throughout
central
North
Carolina
who
6
months
(n
=
97).
Exposure
110
eight
classes
quantified
gas
chromatography
mass
spectrometry.
Social
evaluated
established
questionnaires
(e.g.,
Brief
Symptom
Inventory,
Perceived
Stress
Scale),
quantifying
experiences
such
as
race-related
stress,
economic
strain,
relationship
conflict.
Hair
cortisol
levels
measured
additional
metric
landscape
associations
among
exposure,
demographic
characteristics,
characterized
through
individual
variable
analyses,
cluster
reduction,
compiled
scoring
approaches
comprehensively
evaluate
burdens.
We
found
that
contain
co-occurring
patterns
largely
based
class,
with
phthalates
representing
class
highest
polychlorinated
biphenyls
lowest.
Chemicals
showed
racial
groups,
diethyl
phthalate,
triphenyl
phosphate,
tris(3,5-dimethyl
phenyl)
phosphate
at
higher
in
Black
participants
compared
White
Integrating
profiling
particularly
subset
which
high
burden
coincided
racism
These
findings
demonstrate
warranting
further
better
how
these
may
contribute
disparities
maternal
child
health.