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  • Title: Prooxidant and proinflammatory potency of air pollution particulate matter (PM₂.₅₋₀.₃) produced in rural, urban, or industrial surroundings in human bronchial epithelial cells (BEAS-2B).
    Author: Dergham M, Lepers C, Verdin A, Billet S, Cazier F, Courcot D, Shirali P, Garçon G.
    Journal: Chem Res Toxicol; 2012 Apr 16; 25(4):904-19. PubMed ID: 22404339.
    Abstract:
    Compelling evidence indicates that exposure to air pollution particulate matter (PM) affects human health. However, how PM composition interacts with PM-size to cause adverse health effects needs elucidation. In this study, we were also interested in the physicochemical characteristics and toxicological end points of PM₂.₅₋₀.₃ samples produced in rural, urban, or industrial surroundings, thereby expecting to differentiate their respective in vitro adverse health effects in human bronchial epithelial cells (BEAS-2B). Physicochemical characteristics of the three PM₂.₅₋₀.₃ samples, notably their inorganic and organic components, were closely related to their respective emission sources. Referring also to the dose/response relationships of the three PM₂.₅₋₀.₃ samples, the most toxicologically relevant exposure times (i.e., 24, 48, and 72 h) and doses (i.e., 3.75 μg PM/cm² and 15 μg PM/cm²) to use to study the underlying mechanisms of action involved in PM-induced lung toxicity were chosen. Organic chemicals adsorbed on the three PM₂.₅₋₀.₃ samples (i.e., polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons) were able to induce the gene expression of xenobiotic-metabolizing enzymes (i.e., Cytochrome P4501A1 and 1B1, and, to a lesser extent, NADPH-quinone oxidoreductase-1). Moreover, intracellular reactive oxygen species within BEAS-2B cells exposed to the three PM₂.₅₋₀.₃ samples induced oxidative damage (i.e., 8-hydroxy-2'-deoxyguanosine formation, malondialdehyde production and/or glutathione status alteration). There were also statistically significant increases of the gene expression and/or protein secretion of inflammatory mediators (i.e., notably IL-6 and IL-8) in BEAS-2B cells after their exposure to the three PM₂.₅₋₀.₃ samples. Taken together, the present findings indicated that oxidative damage and inflammatory response preceeded cytotoxicity in air pollution PM₂.₅₋₀.₃-exposed BEAS-2B cells and supported the idea that PM-size, composition, and origin could interact in a complex manner to determine the in vitro responsiveness to PM.
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