Cognitive function and plasma BDNF levels among manganese-exposed smelters

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 189-194

  Zou, Yunfeng ^a   ZouQing, Li ^a   Zeng, Xiaoyun ^a   Shen, Yuefei ^a   Zhong, Yaoqiu ^a   Liu, Jing ^a   Li, Qin ^a   Chen, Kangcheng ^a   Lv, Yingnan ^a   Huang, Damin ^a   HuangLiang, Guiqiang ^a   Zhang, Wei ^a   Chen, Lang ^a   Yang, Yiping ^a   Yang, Xiaobo ^a  

^a GUANGXI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; INHALATION EXPOSURE; MALE; MANGANESE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONS;

EID: 84893787871     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oemed-2013-101896     Document Type: Article

References (47)

1. Guilarte TR, McGlothan JL, Degaonkar M, et al. Evidence for cortical dysfunction and widespread manganese accumulation in the nonhuman primate brain following chronic manganese exposure: a 1H-MRS and MRI study. Toxicol Sci 2006;94:351-8.
2. Levy BS, Nassetta WJ. Neurologic effects of manganese in humans: a review. Int J Occup Environ Health 2003;9:153-63.
3. Josephs KA, Ahlskog JE, Klos KJ, et al. Neurologic manifestations in welders with pallidal MRI T1 hyperintensity. Neurology 2005;64:2033-9.
4. Myers JE, Thompson ML, Ramushu S, et al. The nervous system effects of occupational exposure on workers in a South African manganese smelter. Neurotoxicology 2003;24:885-94.
5. Couper J. On the effects of black oxide of manganese when inhaled into the lungs. Br Ann Med Pharmacol 1837;1:41-2.
6. Bowler RM, Gysens S, Diamond E, et al. Neuropsychological sequelae of exposure to welding fumes in a group of occupationally exposed men. Int J Hyg Environ Health 2003;206:517-29.
7. Wang X, Yang Y, Wang X, et al. The effect of occupational exposure to metals on the nervous system function in welders. J Occup Health 2006;48:100-6.
8. Wennberg A, Iregren A, Struwe G, et al. Manganese exposure in steel smelters a health hazard to the nervous system. Scand J Work Environ Health 1991;17:255-62.
9. Iregren A. Manganese neurotoxicity in industrial exposures: proof of effects, critical exposure level and sensitive tests. Neurotoxicology 1998;20:315-23.
10. Mergler D, Huel G, Bowler R, et al. Nervous system dysfunction among workers with long-term exposure to manganese. Environ Res 1994;64:151-80.
11. Mergler D, Baldwin M. Early manifestations of manganese neurotoxicity in humans: an update. Environ Res 1997;73:92-100.
12. Yuan H, He S, He M, et al. A comprehensive study on neurobehavior, neurotransmitters and lymphocyte subsets alteration of Chinese manganese welding workers. Life Sci 2006;78:1324-8.
13. Bowler RM, Gysens S, Diamond E, et al. Manganese exposure: neuropsychological and neurological symptoms and effects in welders. Neurotoxicology 2006;27:315-26.
14. Nasreddine ZS, Phillips NA, Bédirian V, et al. The Montreal Cognitive Assessment, MoCA: a brief screening tool for mild cognitive impairment. J Am Geriatr Soc 2005;53:695-9.
15. Bernabeu R, Bevilaqua L, Ardenghi P, et al. Involvement of hippocampal cAMP/cAMP-dependent protein kinase signaling pathways in a late memory consolidation phase of aversively motivated learning in rats. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 1997;94:7041-6.
16. Eckel-Mahan KL, Phan T, Han S, et al. Circadian oscillation of hippocampal MAPK activity and cAMP: implications for memory persistence. Nat Neurosci 2008;11:1074-82.
17. Ma N, Wang X, Gao P, et al. Effects of DiBP on the cAMP/PKA-CREB-BDNF signaling pathway of hippocampus in mice. Wei Sheng Yan Jiu 2013;42:405-9.
18. Pezawas L, Verchinski BA, Mattay VS, et al. The brain-derived neurotrophic factor val66met polymorphism and variation in human cortical morphology. J Neurosci 2004;24:10099-102.
19. Bekinschtein P, Cammarota M, Igaz LM, et al. Persistence of long-term memory storage requires a late protein synthesis-and BDNF-dependent phase in the hippocampus. Neuron 2007;53:261-77.
20. Levine ES, Crozier RA, Black IB, et al. Brain-derived neurotrophic factor modulates hippocampal synaptic transmission by increasing N-methyl-D-aspartic acid receptor activity. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 1998;95:10235-9.
21. Morris RG, Moser E, Riedel G, et al. Elements of a neurobiological theory of the hippocampus: the role of activity-dependent synaptic plasticity in memory. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 2003;358:773-86.
22. Bekinschtein P, Cammarota M, Katche C, et al. BDNF is essential to promote persistence of long-term memory storage. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 2008;105:2711-16.
23. Bramham CR, Messaoudi E. BDNF function in adult synaptic plasticity: the synaptic consolidation hypothesis. Prog Neurobiol 2005;76:99-125.
24. Sun H, Zhang J, Zhang L, et al. Environmental enrichment influences BDNF and NR1 levels in the hippocampus and restores cognitive impairment in chronic cerebral hypoperfused rats. Curr Neurovasc Res 2010;7:268-80.
25. Karege F, Perret G, Bondolfi G, et al. Decreased serum brain-derived neurotrophic factor levels in major depressed patients. Psychiatry Res 2002;109:143-8.
26. Zhang XY, Liang J, Xiu MH, et al. Low BDNF is associated with cognitive impairment in chronic patients with schizophrenia. Psychopharmacology 2012;222:277-84.
27. Deng Q, Liu J, Li Q, et al. Interaction of occupational manganese exposure and alcohol drinking aggravates the increase of liver enzyme concentrations from a cross-sectional study in China. Environ Health 2013;12:30.
28. Freitas S, Simoes MR, Alves L, et al. Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA): normative study for the Portuguese population. J Clin Exp Neuropsychol 2011;33:989-96.
29. Chang Y, Lee JJ, Seo JH, et al. Altered working memory process in the manganese-exposed brain. NeuroImage 2010;53:1279-85.
30. Lucchini R, Selis L, Folli D, et al. Neurobehavioral effects of manganese in workers from a ferroalloy plant after temporary cessation of exposure. Scand J Work Environ Health 1995 21:143-149.
31. Dalrymple-Alford J, MacAskill M, Nakas C, et al. The MoCA well-suited screen for cognitive impairment in Parkinson disease. Neurology 2010;75:1717-25.
32. Dong Y, Sharma VK, Chan BP-L, et al. The Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) is superior to the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) for the detection of vascular cognitive impairment after acute stroke. J Neurol Sci 2010; 299:15-18.
33. Koski L, Brouillette MJ, Lalonde R, et al. Computerized testing augments pencil-and-paper tasks in measuring HIV-associated mild cognitive impairment. HIV Med 2011;12:472-80.
34. Folstein MF, Folstein SE, McHugh PR. "Mini-mental state": a practical method for grading the cognitive state of patients for the clinician. J Psychiatr Res 1975;12:189-98.
35. Lu Y, Christian K, Lu B. BDNF: a key regulator for protein synthesis-dependent LTP and long-term memory? Neurobiol Learn Mem 2008;89:312-23.
36. Li G, Peskind ER, Millard SP, et al. Cerebrospinal fluid concentration of brain-derived neurotrophic factor and cognitive function in non-demented subjects. PLoS ONE 2009;4:e5424.
37. Laske C, Stransky E, Leyhe T, et al. BDNF serum and CSF concentrations in Alzheimer's disease, normal pressure hydrocephalus and healthy controls. J Psychiatr Res 2007;41:387-94.
38. Gunstad J, Benitez A, Smith J, et al. Serum brain-derived neurotrophic factor is associated with cognitive function in healthy older adults. J Geriatr Psychiatry Neurol 2008;21:166-70.
39. Driscoll I, Martin B, An Y, et al. Plasma BDNF is associated with age-related white matter atrophy but not with cognitive function in older, non-demented adults. PloS ONE 2012;7:e35217.
40. Komulainen P, Pedersen M, Hanninen T, et al. BDNF is a novel marker of cognitive function in ageing women: the DR's EXTRA Study. Neurobiol Learn Mem 2008;90:596-603.
41. Karege F, Schwald M, Cisse M. Postnatal developmental profile of brain-derived neurotrophic factor in rat brain and platelets. Neurosci Lett 2002;328:261-4.
42. Sartorius A, Hellweg R, Litzke J, et al. Correlations and discrepancies between serum and brain tissue levels of neurotrophins after electroconvulsive treatment in rats. Pharmacopsychiatry 2009;42:270-6.
43. Klein AB, Williamson R, Santini MA, et al. Blood BDNF concentrations reflect brain-tissue BDNF levels across species. Int J Neuropsychopharmacol 2011;14:347.
44. Castellano V, White LJ. Serum brain-derived neurotrophic factor response to aerobic exercise in multiple sclerosis. J Neurol Sci 2008;269:85-91.
45. Karege F, Perret G, Bondolfi G, et al. Decreased serum brain-derived neurotrophic factor levels in major depressed patients. Psychiatry Res 2002;109:143-8.
46. Laske C, Stransky E, Leyhe T, et al. Stage-dependent BDNF serum concentrations in Alzheimer's disease. J Neural Transm 2006;113:1217-24.
47. Tan L, Luo A, Zhao Y, et al. Effect of ketamine on cAMP response element binding protein phosphorylation in hippocampus of neonatal rats. Chin J Anesthesiol 2010;30:317-19.