Carcinogenesis, Teratogenesis & Mutagenesis ›› 2017, Vol. 29 ›› Issue (3): 222-225,234.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1004-616x.2017.03.012

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Correlation between telomere length of peripheral blood leukocytes and noise-induced hearing loss

LIU Xinxia1,3, LU Yao2, LIU Haozhong1,3, HE Yun2,3   

  1. 1. Zhongshan Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Zhongshan 528403;
    2. Faculty of Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510080;
    3. Zhongshan Institute of the School of Public Health, Sun Yat-sen University, Zhongshan 528403, Guangdong, China
  • Received:2017-03-06 Revised:2017-05-05 Online:2017-05-31 Published:2017-05-31

Abstract: OBJECTIVE:To study the correlation between telomere length of peripheral blood leukocytes and noise-induced hearing loss. METHODS:In a factory that produced computer shells,all posts that had noise intensity LEX,8 h ≥ 85 dB(A),as determined by SV104IS wireless noise intensity detector,were selected. Questionnaires were used for collecting general and occupational information from workers and real-time polymerase chain reaction was used to detect telomere length of their peripheral blood leukocytes. Ordinal ploytomous logistic regression was used for analyzing the correlation between telomere length and noise-induced hearing loss. RESULTS:The average noise intensity among LEX,8 h of overproof posts in the factory was (91.30±3.22) dB(A). This study recruited 127 noise-exposed workers consisting of 43 normal hearing workers (33.86%),75 abnormal high-frequency hearing loss workers (59.06%),9 abnormal speech-frequency hearing loss accompanied with abnormal high-frequency hearing loss (7.09%). Statistical significance was found in relative telomere length between different levels of noise-induced hearing loss (P < 0.05). It was revealed that noise intensity,age,gender and relative telomere length were factors related to noise-induced hearing loss (P < 0.05). CONCLUSION:Relative telomere length of peripheral blood leukocytes can potentially be used as a biomarker of susceptibility for noise-induced hearing loss.

Key words: peripheral blood leukocyte, telomere, relative length, noise-induced hearing loss

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