| Title: | Ambient particulate matter (PM2.5): physicochemical characterization and metabolic activation of the organic fraction in human lung epithelial cells (A549) |
| Author(s): | Billet S; Garcon G; Dagher Z; Verdin A; Ledoux F; Cazier F; Courcot D; Aboukais A; Shirali P; |
| Address: | "LCE EA2598, Toxicologie Industrielle et Environnementale, Universite du Littoral-Cote d'Opale, Maison de la Recherche en Environnement Industriel de Dunkerque 2, 189A, Avenue Maurice Schumann, 59140 Dunkerque, France" |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.envres.2007.03.001 |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 0013-9351 (Print) 0013-9351 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "To contribute to complete the knowledge of the underlying mechanisms of action involved in air pollution particulate matter (PM)-induced cytotoxicity, an aerosol was collected in Dunkerque, a French seaside City heavily industrialized. In this work, we focused our attention on its physical and chemical characteristics, its cytotoxicity, and its role in the induction of the volatile organic compound (VOC) and/or polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH)-metabolizing enzymes in human lung epithelial cells (A549). Size distribution showed that 92.15% of the collected PM were PM2.5 and the specific surface area was 1 m2/g. Inorganic (i.e. Fe, Al, Ca, Na, K, Mg, Pb, etc.) and organic (i.e. VOC, PAH, etc.) chemicals were found in collected PM, revealing that much of them derived from wind-borne dust from the industrial complex and the heavy motor vehicle traffic. The thermal desorption study indicated that organic chemicals were not only adsorbed onto the surface but also highly incrusted in the structure of PM. The lethal concentrations at 10% and 50% of collected PM were 23.72 microg/mL (or 6.33microg/cm2) and 118.60 microg/mL (or 31.63 microg/cm2), respectively. The VOC and/or PAH-coated onto PM induced significant increases in mRNA expressions of cytochrome P450 (cyp) 1a1, cyp2e1, cyp2f1, nadph quinone oxydo-reductase-1, and glutathione s-transferase-pi 1, versus controls. Hence, we concluded that the metabolic activation of the very low doses of VOC and/or PAH-coated onto the inorganic condensation nuclei from Dunkerque City's PM is one of the underlying mechanisms of action closely involved in its cytotoxicity in human lung epithelial cells" |
| Keywords: | "Air Pollutants/*analysis/*toxicity Cell Line Cell Survival/drug effects Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System/genetics Epithelial Cells/cytology/*drug effects/metabolism Epoxide Hydrolases/genetics France Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic/*drug effects Glu;" |
| Notes: | "MedlineBillet, Sylvain Garcon, Guillaume Dagher, Zeina Verdin, Anthony Ledoux, Frederic Cazier, Fabrice Courcot, Dominique Aboukais, Antoine Shirali, Pirouz eng Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Netherlands 2007/04/28 Environ Res. 2007 Oct; 105(2):212-23. doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2007.03.001. Epub 2007 Apr 25" |
