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Efficient Fluorescence Detection of Aromatic Toxicants and Toxicant Metabolites in Human Breast Milk.

ABSTRACT: Once chemical contaminants are released into the environment, there are a number of concerns that arise regarding the environmental persistence of the contaminants, their known and suspected toxicities, and their potential disruption to the ecosystem. One class of contaminants that is of continuing concern is polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), persistent organic pollutants that are significant components of oil spills. PAHs have been found in the breast milk of nursing mothers living in oil spill affected regions, and can harm the nursing children. We report herein the sensitive and selective detection of 10 PAHs and PAH metabolites in human breast milk using fluorescence energy transfer from the PAH to a high quantum yield fluorophore, and array-based statistical analyses of the resulting fluorescence responses. This detection system was able to separate and identify the PAHs with 100% success in human breast milk and at concentrations as low as 0.17 ?M. These results have significant implications in public health and in the monitoring and mitigation of environmental disasters.

SUBMITTER: DiScenza DJ

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6420232 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Efficient Fluorescence Detection of Aromatic Toxicants and Toxicant Metabolites in Human Breast Milk.

DiScenza Dana J DJ Lynch Julie J Verderame Molly M Serio Nicole N Prignano Lindsey L Gareau Lauren L Levine Mindy M

Supramolecular chemistry 20170703 4

Once chemical contaminants are released into the environment, there are a number of concerns that arise regarding the environmental persistence of the contaminants, their known and suspected toxicities, and their potential disruption to the ecosystem. One class of contaminants that is of continuing concern is polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), persistent organic pollutants that are significant components of oil spills. PAHs have been found in the breast milk of nursing mothers living in oi ...[more]

PMID: 30880882

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Project description:BACKGROUND:Early disruption of the microbial community may influence life-long health. Environmental toxicants can contaminate breast milk and the developing infant gut microbiome is directly exposed. We investigated whether environmental toxicants in breastmilk affect the composition and function of the infant gut microbiome at 1 month. We measured environmental toxicants in breastmilk, fecal short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs), and gut microbial composition from 16S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing using samples from 267 mother-child pairs in the Norwegian Microbiota Cohort (NoMIC). We tested 28 chemical exposures: polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), polybrominated flame retardants (PBDEs), per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs), and organochlorine pesticides. We assessed chemical exposure and alpha diversity/SCFAs using elastic net regression modeling and generalized linear models, adjusting for confounders, and variation in beta diversity (UniFrac), taxa abundance (ANCOM), and predicted metagenomes (PiCRUSt) in low, medium, and high exposed groups. RESULTS:PBDE-28 and the surfactant perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS) were associated with less microbiome diversity. Some sub-OTUs of Lactobacillus, an important genus in early life, were lower in abundance in samples from infants with relative "high" (>?80th percentile) vs. "low" (<?20th percentile) toxicant exposure in this cohort. Moreover, breast milk toxicants were associated with microbiome functionality, explaining up to 34% of variance in acetic and propionic SCFAs, essential signaling molecules. Per one standard deviation of exposure, PBDE-28 was associated with less propionic acid (-?24% [95% CI -?35% to -?14%] relative to the mean), and PCB-209 with less acetic acid (-?15% [95% CI -?29% to -?0.4%]). Conversely, PFOA and dioxin-like PCB-167 were associated with 61% (95% CI 35% to 87%) and 22% (95% CI 8% to 35%) more propionic and acetic acid, respectively. CONCLUSIONS:Environmental toxicant exposure may influence infant gut microbial function during a critical developmental window. Future studies are needed to replicate these novel findings and investigate whether this has any impact on child health.

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Efficient Fluorescence Detection of Aromatic Toxicants and Toxicant Metabolites in Human Breast Milk.

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Efficient Fluorescence Detection of Aromatic Toxicants and Toxicant Metabolites in Human Breast Milk.

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