Interaction of Blood Manganese Concentrations with GSTT1 in Relation to Autism Spectrum Disorder in Jamaican Children

Mohammad H. Rahbar, Maureen Samms-Vaughan, Sepideh Saroukhani, Min Jae Lee, Jing Zhang, Jan Bressler, Manouchehr Hessabi, Sydonnie Shakespeare-Pellington, Megan L. Grove, Katherine A. Loveland

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Abstract

Using data from 266 age- and sex-matched pairs of Jamaican children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and typically developing (TD) controls (2–8 years), we investigated whether glutathione S-transferase theta 1 (GSTT1) modifies the association between blood manganese concentrations (BMC) and ASD. After adjusting conditional logistic regression models for socioeconomic status and the interaction between GSTT1 and GSTP1 (glutathione S-transferase pi 1), using a recessive genetic model for GSTT1 and either a co-dominant or dominant model for GSTP1, the interaction between GSTT1 and BMC was significant (P = 0.02, P = 0.01, respectively). Compared to controls, ASD cases with GSTT1-DD genotype had 4.33 and 4.34 times higher odds of BMC > 12 vs. ≤ 8.3 μg/L, respectively. Replication in other populations is warranted.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)1953-1965
Number of pages13
JournalJournal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
Volume51
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 2021

Keywords

  • Autism spectrum disorder (ASD)
  • Blood manganese concentrations (BMC)
  • Conditional logistic regression (CLR)
  • Glutathione S-transferase (GST) genes
  • Interaction
  • Jamaica

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Developmental and Educational Psychology

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