CAS Key Laboratory of Separation Science for Analytical Chemistry, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 457 Zhongshan Road, Dalian, 116023, China.
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China.
Nat Commun. 2024 Mar 13;15(1):2268. doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-46595-z.
Although adverse environmental exposures are considered a major cause of chronic diseases, current studies provide limited information on real-world chemical exposures and related risks. For this study, we collected serum samples from 5696 healthy people and patients, including those with 12 chronic diseases, in China and completed serum biomonitoring including 267 chemicals via gas and liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry. Seventy-four highly frequently detected exposures were used for exposure characterization and risk analysis. The results show that region is the most critical factor influencing human exposure levels, followed by age. Organochlorine pesticides and perfluoroalkyl substances are associated with multiple chronic diseases, and some of them exceed safe ranges. Multi-exposure models reveal significant risk effects of exposure on hyperlipidemia, metabolic syndrome and hyperuricemia. Overall, this study provides a comprehensive human serum exposome atlas and disease risk information, which can guide subsequent in-depth cause-and-effect studies between environmental exposures and human health.
尽管不良的环境暴露被认为是导致慢性疾病的主要原因,但目前的研究提供的关于真实世界化学暴露及其相关风险的信息有限。在这项研究中,我们收集了来自中国 5696 名健康人和患者的血清样本,包括 12 种慢性病患者,并通过气相和液相色谱-串联质谱法完成了包括 267 种化学物质的血清生物监测。我们使用 74 种高频率检测到的暴露物进行暴露特征描述和风险分析。结果表明,地域是影响人体暴露水平的最关键因素,其次是年龄。有机氯农药和全氟烷基物质与多种慢性疾病有关,其中一些物质超过了安全范围。多暴露模型揭示了暴露对高血脂、代谢综合征和高尿酸血症的显著风险影响。总的来说,这项研究提供了一个全面的人类血清暴露组图谱和疾病风险信息,可指导后续环境暴露与人类健康之间的因果关系研究。