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Organochlorine pesticides, oxidative stress biomarkers, and leukemia: a case-control study

Arash Rafeeinia, Gholamreza Asadikaram, Mehrnaz Karimi-Darabi, Moslem Abolhassani, Mojtaba Abbasi-Jorjandi, Vahid Moazed
DOI: 10.1136/jim-2021-002289 Published 1 December 2022
Arash Rafeeinia
1 Neuroscience Research Center, Institute of Neuropharmacology, School of Medicine, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran
2 Department of Clinical Biochemistry, School of Medicine, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran
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Gholamreza Asadikaram
2 Department of Clinical Biochemistry, School of Medicine, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran
3 Endocrinology and Metabolism Research Center, Institute of Basic and Clinical Physiology Sciences, Kerman, Iran
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Mehrnaz Karimi-Darabi
4 Department of Biochemistry, Cellular and Molecular Research Center, Medical School, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Science, Ahvaz, Iran
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Moslem Abolhassani
2 Department of Clinical Biochemistry, School of Medicine, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran
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Mojtaba Abbasi-Jorjandi
2 Department of Clinical Biochemistry, School of Medicine, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran
5 Physiology Research Center, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran
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Vahid Moazed
6 Hematology and Oncology, School of Medicine, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran
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Exposure to pesticides has been linked to an elevated risk of leukemia. The present research aimed to evaluate the relationship between organochlorine (OC) pesticides and biomarkers of oxidative stress in patients with leukemia. This work was conducted on 109 patients with leukemia and 109 healthy controls. The serum concentrations of seven derivatives of OCs including alpha-hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH), beta-HCH, gamma-HCH, 2,4-dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT), 4,4-DDT, 2,4-dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene (DDE), and 4,4-DDE along with acetylcholinesterase (AChE), glutathione peroxidase (GPx), superoxide dismutase (SOD), paraoxonase-1 (PON1), and catalase (CAT) activities as well as total antioxidant capacity (TAC), nitric oxide (NO), protein carbonyl (PC), and malondialdehyde (MDA) levels were measured in all the subjects. Levels of OCs were remarkably higher in patients with leukemia compared with the controls (p<0.05). In addition, levels of SOD, AChE, GPx, PON1, and TAC were remarkably lower in patients with leukemia compared with controls (p<0.05). In contrast, MDA, NO, and PC concentrations were higher in patients with leukemia than in the controls (p<0.05). Moreover, the serum level of 4,4-DDE was negatively associated with GPx activity (p=0.038). Our findings suggest that OCs may play a role in the development of leukemia by disrupting the oxidant/antioxidant balance.

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  • Contributors GA: conceptualization, methodology, supervision, guarantor. AR and MKD: sample collection, performing experiments, and writing the manuscript. MAJ and MA: software and statistical analysis. VM: scientific and technical support. All authors revised and approved the final manuscript.

  • Funding This work was supported by a grant from Kerman University of Medical Sciences (grant number: 96000953) and is a part of a PhD thesis.

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Organochlorine pesticides, oxidative stress biomarkers, and leukemia: a case-control study
Arash Rafeeinia, Gholamreza Asadikaram, Mehrnaz Karimi-Darabi, Moslem Abolhassani, Mojtaba Abbasi-Jorjandi, Vahid Moazed
Journal of Investigative Medicine Dec 2022, 70 (8) 1736-1745; DOI: 10.1136/jim-2021-002289

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Arash Rafeeinia, Gholamreza Asadikaram, Mehrnaz Karimi-Darabi, Moslem Abolhassani, Mojtaba Abbasi-Jorjandi, Vahid Moazed
Journal of Investigative Medicine Dec 2022, 70 (8) 1736-1745; DOI: 10.1136/jim-2021-002289
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Arash Rafeeinia, Gholamreza Asadikaram, Mehrnaz Karimi-Darabi, Moslem Abolhassani, Mojtaba Abbasi-Jorjandi, Vahid Moazed
Journal of Investigative Medicine Dec 2022, 70 (8) 1736-1745; DOI: 10.1136/jim-2021-002289
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