Impact of occupational pesticide exposure on the human gut microbiome
The rising use of pesticides in modern agriculture has led to a shift in disease burden in which exposure to these chemicals plays an increasingly important role. The human gut microbiome, which is partially responsible for the biotransformation of xenobiotics, is also known to promote biotransforma...
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| author | Milla F. Brandao Gois Asier Fernández-Pato Anke Huss Ranko Gacesa Ranko Gacesa Cisca Wijmenga Rinse K. Weersma Rinse K. Weersma Jingyuan Fu Jingyuan Fu Roel C. H. Vermeulen Alexandra Zhernakova Virissa C. Lenters Alexander Kurilshikov |
| author_facet | Milla F. Brandao Gois Asier Fernández-Pato Anke Huss Ranko Gacesa Ranko Gacesa Cisca Wijmenga Rinse K. Weersma Rinse K. Weersma Jingyuan Fu Jingyuan Fu Roel C. H. Vermeulen Alexandra Zhernakova Virissa C. Lenters Alexander Kurilshikov |
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| description | The rising use of pesticides in modern agriculture has led to a shift in disease burden in which exposure to these chemicals plays an increasingly important role. The human gut microbiome, which is partially responsible for the biotransformation of xenobiotics, is also known to promote biotransformation of environmental pollutants. Understanding the effects of occupational pesticide exposure on the gut microbiome can thus provide valuable insights into the mechanisms underlying the impact of pesticide exposure on health. Here we investigate the impact of occupational pesticide exposure on human gut microbiome composition in 7198 participants from the Dutch Microbiome Project of the Lifelines Study. We used job-exposure matrices in combination with occupational codes to retrieve categorical and cumulative estimates of occupational exposures to general pesticides, herbicides, insecticides and fungicides. Approximately 4% of our cohort was occupationally exposed to at least one class of pesticides, with predominant exposure to multiple pesticide classes. Most participants reported long-term employment, suggesting a cumulative profile of exposure. We demonstrate that contact with insecticides, fungicides and a general “all pesticides” class was consistently associated with changes in the gut microbiome, showing significant associations with decreased alpha diversity and a differing beta diversity. We also report changes in the abundance of 39 different bacterial taxa upon exposure to the different pesticide classes included in this study. Together, the extent of statistically relevant associations between gut microbial changes and pesticide exposure in our findings highlights the impact of these compounds on the human gut microbiome. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a043aeaeec2f4fb1b51e93d8bd0575042023-08-10T16:12:33ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Microbiology1664-302X2023-08-011410.3389/fmicb.2023.12231201223120Impact of occupational pesticide exposure on the human gut microbiomeMilla F. Brandao Gois0Asier Fernández-Pato1Anke Huss2Ranko Gacesa3Ranko Gacesa4Cisca Wijmenga5Rinse K. Weersma6Rinse K. Weersma7Jingyuan Fu8Jingyuan Fu9Roel C. H. Vermeulen10Alexandra Zhernakova11Virissa C. Lenters12Alexander Kurilshikov13Department of Genetics and Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, NetherlandsDepartment of Genetics and Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, NetherlandsDepartment of Population Health Sciences, Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences (IRAS), Utrecht University, Utrecht, NetherlandsDepartment of Genetics and Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, NetherlandsDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, NetherlandsDepartment of Genetics and Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, NetherlandsDepartment of Genetics and Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, NetherlandsDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, NetherlandsDepartment of Genetics and Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, NetherlandsDepartment of Pediatrics, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, NetherlandsDepartment of Population Health Sciences, Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences (IRAS), Utrecht University, Utrecht, NetherlandsDepartment of Genetics and Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, NetherlandsDepartment of Population Health Sciences, Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences (IRAS), Utrecht University, Utrecht, NetherlandsDepartment of Genetics and Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, NetherlandsThe rising use of pesticides in modern agriculture has led to a shift in disease burden in which exposure to these chemicals plays an increasingly important role. The human gut microbiome, which is partially responsible for the biotransformation of xenobiotics, is also known to promote biotransformation of environmental pollutants. Understanding the effects of occupational pesticide exposure on the gut microbiome can thus provide valuable insights into the mechanisms underlying the impact of pesticide exposure on health. Here we investigate the impact of occupational pesticide exposure on human gut microbiome composition in 7198 participants from the Dutch Microbiome Project of the Lifelines Study. We used job-exposure matrices in combination with occupational codes to retrieve categorical and cumulative estimates of occupational exposures to general pesticides, herbicides, insecticides and fungicides. Approximately 4% of our cohort was occupationally exposed to at least one class of pesticides, with predominant exposure to multiple pesticide classes. Most participants reported long-term employment, suggesting a cumulative profile of exposure. We demonstrate that contact with insecticides, fungicides and a general “all pesticides” class was consistently associated with changes in the gut microbiome, showing significant associations with decreased alpha diversity and a differing beta diversity. We also report changes in the abundance of 39 different bacterial taxa upon exposure to the different pesticide classes included in this study. Together, the extent of statistically relevant associations between gut microbial changes and pesticide exposure in our findings highlights the impact of these compounds on the human gut microbiome.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2023.1223120/fullgut microbiomepesticide exposureexposomeoccupational exposuremicrobiome |
| spellingShingle | Milla F. Brandao Gois Asier Fernández-Pato Anke Huss Ranko Gacesa Ranko Gacesa Cisca Wijmenga Rinse K. Weersma Rinse K. Weersma Jingyuan Fu Jingyuan Fu Roel C. H. Vermeulen Alexandra Zhernakova Virissa C. Lenters Alexander Kurilshikov Impact of occupational pesticide exposure on the human gut microbiome Frontiers in Microbiology gut microbiome pesticide exposure exposome occupational exposure microbiome |
| title | Impact of occupational pesticide exposure on the human gut microbiome |
| title_full | Impact of occupational pesticide exposure on the human gut microbiome |
| title_fullStr | Impact of occupational pesticide exposure on the human gut microbiome |
| title_full_unstemmed | Impact of occupational pesticide exposure on the human gut microbiome |
| title_short | Impact of occupational pesticide exposure on the human gut microbiome |
| title_sort | impact of occupational pesticide exposure on the human gut microbiome |
| topic | gut microbiome pesticide exposure exposome occupational exposure microbiome |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2023.1223120/full |
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