Response of spontaneously hypertensive rats to inhalation of fine and ultrafine particles from traffic: experimental controlled study.
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Kooter, Ingeborg MBoere, A John F
Fokkens, Paul Hb
Leseman, Daan Lac
Dormans, Jan Ama
Cassee, Flemming R
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Response of spontaneously hypertensive rats to inhalation of fine and ultrafine particles from traffic: experimental controlled study.Publiekssamenvatting
ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: Many epidemiological studies have shown that mass concentrations of ambient particulate matter (PM) are associated with adverse health effects in the human population. Since PM is still a very crude measure, this experimental study has explored the role of two distinct size fractions: ultrafine (<0.15 mum) and fine (0.15- 2.5 mum) PM. In a series of 2-day inhalation studies, spontaneously hypersensitive (SH) rats were exposed to fine, concentrated, ambient PM (fCAP) at a city background location or a combination of ultrafine and fine (u+fCAP) PM at a location dominated by traffic. We examined the effect on inflammation and both pathological and haematological indicators as markers of pulmonary and cardiovascular injury. Exposure concentrations ranged from 399 mug/m3 to 3613 mug/m3 for fCAP and from 269mug/m3 to 556 mug/m3 for u+fCAP. RESULTS: Ammonium, nitrate, and sulphate ions accounted for 56 +/- 16% of the total fCAP mass concentrations, but only 17 +/- 6% of the u+fCAP mass concentrations. Unambiguous particle uptake in alveolar macrophages was only seen after u+fCAP exposures. Neither fCAP nor u+fCAP induced significant changes of cytotoxicity or inflammation in the lung. However, markers of oxidative stress (heme oxygenase-1 and malondialdehyde) were affected by both fCAP and u+fCAP exposure, although not always significantly. Additional analysis revealed heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1) levels that followed a nonmonotonic function with an optimum at around 600 mug/m3 for fCAP. As a systemic response, exposure to u+fCAP and fCAP resulted in significant decreases of the white blood cell concentrations. CONCLUSION: Minor pulmonary and systemic effects are observed after both fine and ultrafine + fine PM exposure. These effects do not linearly correlate with the CAP mass. A greater component of traffic CAP and/or a larger proportion ultrafine PM does not strengthen the absolute effects.PMID
16700918ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1186/1743-8977-3-7
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