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

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Dibutyl phthalate (DBP) is an endocrine disruptor and used in some medication coatings, such as mesalamine for treatment inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). OBJECTIVES:To determine whether high-DBP from some mesalamine medications alters thyroid function. METHODS: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). RESULTS: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. CONCLUSIONS: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.

SUBMITTER: Nassan FL

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6221978 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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

Nassan Feiby L FL Korevaar Tim I M TIM Coull Brent A BA Skakkebæk Niels E NE Krawetz Stephen A SA Estill Molly M Hait Elizabeth J EJ Korzenik Joshua R JR Ford Jennifer B JB De Poortere Ralph A RA Broeren Maarten A MA Moss Alan C AC Zoeller Thomas R TR Hauser Russ R

International journal of hygiene and environmental health 20180828 1

<h4>Background</h4>Dibutyl phthalate (DBP) is an endocrine disruptor and used in some medication coatings, such as mesalamine for treatment inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).<h4>Objectives</h4>To determine whether high-DBP from some mesalamine medications alters thyroid function.<h4>Methods</h4>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 ...[more]

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Project description:BackgroundPhthalates are widely used chemicals with ubiquitous exposure. Dibutyl-phthalate (DBP), a male reproductive toxicant in animals, is understudied in humans. Some mesalamine medications used to treat inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) have DBP in their coating, whereas other mesalamine formulations do not.ObjectivesTaking advantage of differences in mesalamine formulations, we investigated whether high-DBP exposure from mesalamine medications was associated with decreased semen parameters.Methods73 men with IBD taking mesalamine participated in a crossover-crossback prospective study. Men taking non-DBP containing mesalamine at baseline i.e., background exposure, crossed-over for four months to high-DBP mesalamine and then crossed-back for four months to their non-DBP mesalamine (B1HB2-arm;Background1-High-Background2) and vice versa for men taking high-DBP mesalamine at baseline (H1BH2-arm;High1-Background-High2). Men provided up to six semen samples (2: baseline, 2: crossover and 2: crossback).ResultsWe estimated crossover, crossback and carryover effects using linear mixed models adjusted for abstinence time, age, season and duration on high-DBP mesalamine at baseline. Semen parameters in B1HB2-arm (26 men, 133 samples) decreased after high-DBP mesalamine exposure (crossover versus baseline), especially motility parameters, and continued to decrease further even after crossback to non-DBP mesalamine (crossback versus crossover). The cumulative carryover effect of high-DBP (crossback versus baseline) was a decrease of % total sperm motility by 7.61(CI:-13.1, -2.15), % progressive sperm motility by 4.23(CI:-8.05, -0.4) and motile sperm count by 26.0% (CI:-46.2%, 1.7%). However, H1BH2-arm (47 men, 199 samples) had no significant change during crossover or crossback.ConclusionsMen newly exposed to high-DBP mesalamine for four months had a cumulative reduction in several semen parameters, primarily sperm motility, that was more pronounced and statistically significant even after exposure ended for four months.

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

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

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