The GSTP1 rs1695 Polymorphism Is Associated with Mercury Levels and Neurodevelopmental Delay in Indigenous Munduruku Children from the Brazilian Amazon
2024
Mayara Calixto da Silva | Paulo Cesar Basta | Cristina Barroso Hofer | Mirian Akiko Furutani de Oliveira | Joeseph William Kempton | Rogério Adas Ayres de Oliveira | Ana Claudia Santiago de Vasconcellos | Jamila Alessandra Perini
Genetic polymorphisms may influence mercury (Hg) toxicity. The aims of this study were to evaluate individual factors, such as the presence of the GSTP1 rs1695 polymorphism, associated with internal Hg dose and child neurodevelopment in indigenous people from the Brazilian Amazon chronically exposed to Hg. Eighty-two indigenous children were clinically evaluated, hair Hg was measured, and the GSTP1 rs1695 polymorphism was genotyped. The mean age was 4.8 years, the median Hg was 5.5 µ:g/g, and 93.8% of children exceeded the safe limit (2.0 µ:g/g). Fish consumption was associated with Hg levels (p = 0.03). The GSTP1 rs1695 A>:G polymorphism was in the Hardy&ndash:Weinberg equilibrium and the highest prevalence of the GSTP1 AA genotype (80%) was found in Sawré: Aboy, which had the highest Hg levels (10 µ:g/g) among the studied villages. The Hg levels tended to increase over the years in males and in carriers of the GSTP1 :AA genotype (0.69 µ:g/g and 0.86 µ:g/g, respectively). Nine children failed the neurodevelopmental test, all of whom had Hg >: 2.0 µ:g/g, and 88.9% carried the GSTP1 :AA or AG genotypes, previously associated with the highest internal Hg doses and neurocognitive disorders. The genetic counseling of this population is important to identify the individuals at greater risk for neurodevelopmental disorders resulting from chronic Hg exposure.
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