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Associations between multiple essential trace metal concentrations and risk of hyperuricemia: insights from a central Chinese population.

Previous studies have indicated that levels of individual essential trace metals are related to hyperuricemia (HUA), but evidence on their combined effects is limited. To address this gap, the associations of individual and joint levels of 12 essential trace metals (manganese, selenium, nickel, chromium, cobalt, tin, iron, molybdenum, zinc, strontium, vanadium, and copper) with the risk of HUA were investigated in 2,021 adults recruited from Hunan Province, China. Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) was employed to determine urinary metal concentrations. Logistic regression, Bayesian kernel machine regression (BKMR), and quantile g calculation (Qgcomp) were applied to evaluate the associations of single and mixture metal concentrations with HUA. Of the participants, 516 (25.53%) were diagnosed with HUA. Inverse associations were found between vanadium, chromium, manganese, iron, cobalt, selenium, strontium, and molybdenum levels and HUA, with ORs ranging from 0.63 to 0.91. Conversely, a positive association was observed between zinc concentration and HUA [OR (95% CI): 1.17 (1.01, 1.37)]. Both BKMR and Qgcomp models showed a negative overall effect of essential trace metals on HUA risk, with strontium (- 43.6%) and vanadium (- 27.8%) being the main contributors. In addition, formal interaction tests revealed significant effect modification by age for tin and by BMI for zinc. In conclusion, the levels of essential trace metals were linked to a decreased risk of HUA, and these associations were modified by age and BMI only for specific metals.

Humans

Bioaccumulation Patterns of Potentially Toxic Elements in Three Grouper Species from the Nizampatnam Coast, India: Multivariate Analysis and Risk Assessment.

The Indian Bay of Bengal coast represents an important marine fishing area and serves as a significant source of dietary protein for consumers. These highlights growing concerns regarding the bioaccumulation of potentially toxic elements (PTEs) in fish and the associated environmental and human health risks linked to their consumption. Thus, this study aims to assess the accumulation of PTEs (As (arsenic), Sr (strontium), Ti (titanium), Be (beryllium), Cd (cadmium), Sb (antimony), Pb (lead), Hg (mercury), and Li (lithium)) in the muscles of three groupers. The highest value (29.88 ± 0.17 µg/g dry wt.) was observed in Epinephelus areolatus for As, and the lowest in E. bleekeri for Be (0.59 ± 0.20 µg/kg dry wt.). Multivariate analyses (PCA and HCA) confirmed a very close relationship among the As, Cd, Sb, Ti, and Be, while Pb, Hg, Th, and Li had their own specific habitats of bioaccumulation, implying distinct inputs of PTE. Health risk evaluations reveal that As was the most hazardous PTE, with the incidence of toxic effects and cancer risk, especially for habitual consumers. However, Ti is the most hazardous PTE, posing the highest non-carcinogenic risk of the studied species. Metal-protein docking further showed the strong binding of Pb2+ and Sr2+ to Nrf2, p53, and DNMT1, indicating potential disruption of redox regulation, genomic stability, and epigenetic control. The findings indicate that the intake of the specified grouper species poses a significant arsenic-related health risk to people, underscoring the necessity for ongoing monitoring and management of PTE contaminants in fisheries.

Animals

Proteomic insights into the immunomodulatory effects of Ca/Sr co-doped sol-gel coatings for titanium implants.

Ionic functionalization of biomaterial coatings has emerged as a powerful strategy to regulate early host responses at the implant interface. However, how combined Ca/Sr incorporation governs the adsorbed proteome and downstream immune signaling remains poorly understood. This study analyses, employing in vitro tests and proteomics, the effect of adding Sr and Ca to Si-based coatings designed to bioactivate Ti implants. Hybrid Si-based coatings were synthesized by the sol-gel route with a fixed Ca content (0.5 wt%) and increasing Sr contents (0.5, 1.0, 1.5 wt%), and their physicochemical properties, ion release kinetics, and hydrolytic stability were characterized. The coatings remained highly crosslinked despite Ca/Sr incorporation, whereas the highest Sr content increased hydrolytic degradation to around 70% after 56 days. Proteomic analysis identified 183 adsorbed proteins, of which 56 were differentially adsorbed on Ca/Sr-coatings, mainly associated with immune and coagulation pathways. In vitro, RAW 264.7 showed increased gene expression of TNF-α and TGF-β; with an enhanced TNF-α secretion by the addition of Ca and Sr. In parallel, MC3T3-E1 indicated that Ca/Sr-coatings were not cytotoxic and did not impair cell proliferation. However, ALP activity was reduced in the co-doped groups, indicating that the immunomodulatory effects induced by Ca/Sr incorporation were not accompanied by enhanced early osteogenic differentiation. The Ca/Sr combination induced alterations in the adsorption of immune-related proteins, which correlated with the in vitro findings. The deeper insight into how Ca/Sr mixtures modulate protein adsorption on biomaterial surfaces may be key to understanding the immunomodulatory capacity of these bioactive cations.

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