Lipid and endothelium-related genes, ambient particulate matter, and heart rate variability—the VA Normative Aging Study
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Background: Many studies have shown that exposures to air pollution are associated with cardiovascular events, although the mechanism remains to be clarified. To identify whether exposures to ambient particles act on autonomic function via the lipid/endothelial metabolism pathway, whether effects of particulate matter <2.5 μm in aerodynamic diameter (PM 2.5) on heart rate variability (HRV) were modified by gene polymorphisms related to those pathways were evaluated. Methods: HRV and gene data from the Normative Aging Study and PM 2.5 from a monitor located a kilometre from the examination site were used. A mixed model was fitted to investigate the associations between PM 2.5 and repeated measurements of HRV by gene polymorphisms of apolipoprotein E (APOE), lipoprotein lipase (LPL) and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) adjusting for potential confounders chosen a priori. Results: A 10 μg/m 3 increase in PM 2.5 in the 2 days before the examination was associated with 3.8% (95% CI 0.2% to 7.4%), 7.8% (95 CI 0.4% to 15.3%) and 10.6% (95% CI 1.8% to 19.4%) decreases of the standard deviation of normal-to-normal intervals, the low frequency and the high frequency, respectively. Overall, carriers of wild-type APOE, LPL and VEGF genes had stronger effects of particles on HRV than those with hetero- or homozygous types. Variations of LPL-N291S, LPL-D9N and APOE-G113C significantly modified effects of PM 2.5 on HRV. Conclusion: Associations between PM 2.5 and HRV were modified by gene polymorphisms of APOE, LPL and VEGF; the biological metabolism remains to be identified.
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Epidemiological studies reveal positive associations between PM2.5 exposure and plasma homocysteine levels.
“Epidemiological studies also reveal positive associations between PM2.5 exposure and plasma homocysteine levels, an established marker of cardiovascular disease risk [156].”
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- Ren, C., Baccarelli, A., Wilker, E., Suh, H., Sparrow, D., Vokonas, P., Wright, R., & Schwartz, J.
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- Harvard University (US)
- University of Milan (IT)
- Boston University (US)
- Boston Children's Hospital (US)
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- BMJ
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- 2009-07-13
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- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis › Air Quality and Health Impacts
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine › Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
- Keywords
- particulate matter, PM2.5, air pollution, heart rate variability, autonomic function, genetic polymorphism, apolipoprotein E, lipoprotein lipase, vascular endothelial growth factor, lipid metabolism, endothelial function, gene-environment interaction, cardiovascular effects of air pollution, Normative Aging Study
- MeSH terms
- Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Air Pollutants, Apolipoproteins E, Endothelium, Genotype, Heart Rate, Humans, Lipoprotein Lipase, Longitudinal Studies, Male, Polymorphism, Genetic, Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A, Particulate Matter
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