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Title: | The Parental Pesticide and Offspring’s Epigenome Study: Towards an Integrated Use of Human Biomonitoring of Exposure and Effect Biomarkers | Authors: | Menouni, Aziza Duca, Radu Corneliu Berni, Imane Khouchoua, Mohamed Ghosh, Manosij El Ghazi, Brahim Zouine, Noura Lhilali, Ilham Akroute, Dina Pauwels , Sara Creta, Matteo Poels , Katrien Hoet, Peter Vanoirbeeck, Jeroen Kestemont, Marie-Paule JANSSEN, Paul Attwood, Tara Sabo Godderis, Lode El Jaafari, Samir |
Issue Date: | 2021 | Publisher: | MDPI | Source: | Toxics, 9 (12) (Art N° 332) | Abstract: | In Morocco, due to the lack of education and the presence of a counterfeit market, pesticides constitute a major problem to be addressed by occupational and environmental health agencies. This paper aims to introduce the PaPOE (Parental Pesticides and Offspring Epigenome) prospective study and its goals, to motivate the study rationale and design, and to examine comprehensively whether multi-residue exposure to commonly used pesticides could induce epigenetic alterations through the oxidative stress pathway. The PaPOE project includes a cross-sectional study assessing the occupational exposure among 300 farmworkers in Meknes, and initiates a birth cohort of 1000 pregnant women. Data and biological samples are collected among farmworkers, and throughout pregnancy, and at birth. Oxidative stress biomarkers include Glutathione, Malondialdehyde, and 8-OHdG. Global and gene-specific DNA methylation is assessed. The study began enrollment in 2019 and is ongoing. As of 30 June 2021, 300 farmworkers and 125 pregnant women have enrolled. The results are expected to showcase the importance of biomonitoring for understanding individual risks, and to identify a number of regions where DNA methylation status is altered in the pesticides-exposed population, paving the way for an integrated biomonitoring system in Morocco and Africa to assess environmental exposures and their long-term health consequences. | Notes: | Menouni, A (corresponding author), Moulay Ismail Univ, Cluster Competence Environm & Hlth, Meknes 50000, Morocco.; Menouni, A (corresponding author), Katholieke Univ Leuven, Fac Med, Hlth & Environm Unit, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium. a.menouni@edu.umi.ac.ma; radu.duca@lns.etat.lu; imane.berni@gmail.com; khouchouamohamed@gmail.com; manosij.ghosh@kuleuven.be; elghazi.ibrahim@gmail.com; nora.zouine@edu.umi.ac.ma; ilham.lhilali@edu.umi.ac.ma; dina.akroute@edu.umi.ac.ma; sara.pauwels@kuleuven.be; matteo.creta@kuleuven.be; katrien.poels@kuleuven.be; peter.hoet@kuleuven.be; jeroen.vanoirbeek@kuleuven.be; marie-paule.kestemont@uclouvain.be; paul.janssen@uhasselt.be; sabo@phhp.ufl.edu; lode.godderis@kuleuven.be; s.eljaafari@umi.ac.ma |
Keywords: | biomonitoring;pesticides;epigenetic biomarkers;oxidative stress;Morocco | Document URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1942/36587 | e-ISSN: | 2305-6304 | DOI: | 10.3390/toxics9120332 | ISI #: | 000737247900001 | Rights: | 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https:// creativecommons.org/licenses/by/ 4.0/) | Category: | A1 | Type: | Journal Contribution | Validations: | ecoom 2023 |
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