Research progress on the association of occupational antimony exposure with lung cancer and its carcinogenic mechanism

VernacularTitle:职业性锑暴露与肺癌相关性及其致癌机制研究进展
Author: Lan GAO ¹ ; Lanfei JIN ; Guangdi CHEN
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1. 浙江大学医学院公共卫生学院，杭州　310058
Keywords: Antimony; Occupational exposure; Lung cancer; Genotoxicity; Oxidative stress
From: Chinese Journal of Industrial Hygiene and Occupational Diseases 2023;41(9):710-714
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Previous epidemiological studies suggested that occupational antimony exposure was associated with an increased risk of lung cancer. The evidence is sufficient for carcinogenicity of trivalent antimony in experimental animals, and strong mechanistic evidence has been observed in human primary cells and experinental systems. Thus, trivalent antimony has been classified as possibly carcinogenic to humans (Group 2A) by International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) , and the United States National Toxicology Program (NTP) classified Sb 2O 3 as a human carcinogen. Antimony and its compounds could induce chromosome breakage and/or DNA damage. Oxidative damage of DNA under oxidative stress and inhibition of DNA damage repair may be the main mechanism of antimony carcinogenesis. This review summarizes the epidemiological investigation of occupational antimony exposure and lung cancer, as well as the experimental research progression on the carcinogenic effects of antimony exposure, and discusses the limitations of previous studies and future research directions.