Document Type : Original Article
Authors
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Forensic Medicine and Clinical Toxicology Department,Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig University, Egypt
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Forensic medicine and clinical toxicology department, Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt
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Neurology department, Faculty of medicine, Zagazig University, Egypt.
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Community, Environmental and occupational medicine department ,Faculty of medicine, Zagazig University, Egypt.
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Community, Environmental and occupational medicine department, Faculty of medicine, Zagazig University, Egypt.
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Biochemistry Departement, Biotechnology Research Institute, National Research Centre, Dokki, Giza, Egypt.
Abstract
Background: Chronic low-level exposure to organophosphates is significant hazard for the human. It was reported to have an adverse neurological complication including Parkinson disease (PD). Studying gene-environment interactions may elucidate the complex origins of idiopathic Parkinson disease. Aim of the study: To investigate the relation between PON1 polymorphisms (PON1192Q/R) and its enzymatic activity and PD in patient with chronic exposure to organophosphorus pesticides. Patients and Methods: This study was conducted on 190 PD and 190 healthy persons. All participants were subjected to urine analysis for dialkyl phosphate metabolites (DAPs) detection, serum paraoxonase/arylesterase activity, and blood samples subjected to isolation of genomic DNA for PON1 polymorphisms genotyping using polymerase chain reaction–restriction fragment length polymorphism method. Results: There was no significant difference between both patient and control groups as regarding socio-demographic characteristics except for occupational history as 85.3% of cases reported past history of pesticides exposure, for more than 10 year (56.8%). GC-MS analysis of urine samples revealed that 91.9% of cases have statistically significant detectable DAPs metabolites compared to 24.2% of controls. The mean value of serum PON1/arylesterase activity was statistically significantly lower in PD than in control. The study revealed that subjects who are RR homozygotes, and R allele showed higher risk for PD (P <0.001 for each). Conclusion: The present study indicated that PON1 gene polymorphisms may contribute to susceptibility to Parkinson disease in Egyptians. Parkinson disease may importantly be influenced by PON1 polymorphism in interaction with organophosphorus exposure.
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