title: Placental transfer of dechlorane plus in mother-infant pairs in an e-waste recycling area (Wenling, China).
abstract: It has been reported that breastfeeding can expose newborns to dechlorane plus (DP), but transplacental transfer of DP has not been documented. We measured DP and its dechlorinated analogs in matched maternal blood-placenta-cord blood samples from 72 residents of the e-waste recycling area of Wenling, China. DP was detected in cord sera, indicating the occurrence of prenatal DP exposure and the transfer of DP across the placenta. The concentration ratio in the cord serum and maternal serum was estimated to be 0.45 for syn-DP and 0.35 for anti-DP, indicating the placenta partially limited DP transfer with a greater extent for anti-DP. The DP concentrations in the maternal serum, placenta, and cord serum strongly correlated, indicating that DP could transfer between the tissues. The DP concentrations in the matched samples could be predicted from each other. The anti-DP/total DP concentration ratios in the placentas and cord sera were significantly different from those in the maternal sera, suggesting that DP stereoselectively bioaccumulates in human tissues. When the congener concentrations of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) were used as control variables, DP and total triiodothyronine concentrations were associated in the sera from mothers who had lived in Wenling for over 20 years.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, Research Center of Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences , P.O. Box 2871, 18 Shuangqing Road, Haidian District, Beijing 100085, China.
authors.forename: Yu-Jie
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Ben
authors.forename: Xing-Hong
authors.initials: XH
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: You-Lin
authors.initials: YL
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Long
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Mei-Yun
authors.initials: MY
authors.lastname: Zheng
authors.forename: Wen-Yue
authors.initials: WY
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Xiao-Bai
authors.initials: XB
authors.lastname: Xu
mesh_terms: D002681:China; D059029:Electronic Waste; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006843:Hydrocarbons, Chlorinated / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008431:Maternal-Fetal Exchange; D010920:Placenta / Q000378:metabolism*; D011083:Polycyclic Compounds / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*; D011247:Pregnancy; D059027:Recycling
chemical_list: D006843:Hydrocarbons, Chlorinated; D011083:Polycyclic Compounds; C526360:dechlorane plus