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Stojsavljević A, Marković K, Lukač A, Ristanović A, Marić N, Marković S, Šarac I, Ščančar J. Quantitative profiling and baseline intervals of trace elements in healthy lung tissues. J Trace Elem Med Biol 2024; 84:127440. [PMID: 38522290 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtemb.2024.127440] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2024] [Revised: 03/19/2024] [Accepted: 03/20/2024] [Indexed: 03/26/2024]
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BACKGROUND Human lung tissue, as an interface with the environment, is susceptible to various environmental pollutants, including trace metals. However, quantitative data on trace metals in human lung tissues remain poorly described. METHODS This study aimed to characterize the elemental composition of histologically healthy, unaffected parts of human lung tissues, associated with non-infective, non-infiltrative, and non-malignant diseases (n = 60) for essential (Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Cu, Zn, and Se) and toxic trace elements (Sr, Ni, As, Cd, and Pb). Additionally, we investigated the influence of personal factors (sex, age, and smoking habits) on the examined trace element profiles, as well as between the trace elements correlations in the healthy human lungs. RESULTS Among the analyzed trace elements, Fe was the most prevalent, while As was the least prevalent in healthy lung tissues. Stratifying by age revealed significantly higher Cr and Co (less Sr, Ni, and Pb) and lower Se levels in older individuals (above 65 years) compared to their younger counterparts. Sex-based differences were also notable, with Cu and Co 1.2- and 2.3-fold higher levels in females than in males. Exploring the impact of smoking habits revealed a striking 10-fold increase in Cd levels in the lung tissues of smokers compared to non-smokers. Correlation analyses showed significant positive associations between concentrations of certain toxic and essential trace elements in healthy lung tissues. CONCLUSIONS This study could contribute to the establishment of baseline intervals for essential and toxic trace elements, valuable for toxicological and clinical assessment, in healthy, unaffected human lungs, and indicates the influence of sex, age, and smoking. However, further larger-scale studies are needed to make more stable conclusions.
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- Department of Environmental Sciences, Jožef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Military Medical Academy Medical Faculty, University of Defence, Belgrade, Serbia
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- Military Medical Academy Medical Faculty, University of Defence, Belgrade, Serbia
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- Department of Environmental Sciences, Jožef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Centre of Research Excellence in Nutrition and Metabolism, Group for Nutrition and Metabolism, Institute for Medical Research, National Institute of Republic of Serbia, University of Belgrade, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
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- Department of Environmental Sciences, Jožef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia; Jožef Stefan International Postgraduate School, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection causes serious pulmonary disease and death in high-risk infants and elderly. Cadmium (Cd) is a toxic environmental metal contaminant and constantly exposed to humans. Limited information is available on Cd toxicity after early-life respiratory virus infection. In this study, we examined the effects of low-dose Cd exposure following early-life RSV infection on lung metabolism and inflammation using mouse and fibroblast culture models. C57BL/6J mice at 8 days old were exposed to RSV 2 times with a 4-week interval. A subset of RSV-infected mice was subsequently treated with Cd at a low dose in drinking water (RSV infection at infant age [RSVinf]+Cd) for 16 weeks. The results of inflammatory marker analysis showed that the levels of cytokines and chemokines were substantially higher in RSVinf+Cd group than other groups, implying that low-dose Cd following early-life RSV infection enhanced lung inflammation. Moreover, histopathology data showed that inflammatory cells and thickening of the alveolar walls as a profibrotic signature were evident in RSVinf+Cd. The metabolomics data revealed that RSVinf+Cd-caused metabolic disruption in histamine and histidine, vitamin D and urea cycle, and pyrimidine pathway accompanying with mechanistic target of rapamycin complex-1 activation. Taken together, our study demonstrates for the first time that cumulative Cd exposure following early-life RSV infection has a significant impact on subsequent inflammation and lung metabolism. Thus, early-life respiratory infection may reprogram metabolism and potentiate Cd toxicity, enhance inflammation, and cause fibrosis later in life.
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Dai SD, Wang S, Qin YN, Zhu JC. Multiomics Landscape Uncovers the Molecular Mechanism of the Malignant Evolution of Lung Adenocarcinoma Cells to Chronic Low Dose Cadmium Exposure. Front Oncol 2021; 11:654687. [PMID: 34858801 PMCID: PMC8631903 DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2021.654687] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2021] [Accepted: 10/26/2021] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Cadmium (Cd) from cigarette smoke and polluted air can lead to lung adenocarcinoma after long-term inhalation. However, most studies are based on short-term exposure to this toxic metal at high concentrations. Here, we investigate the effects of long-term exposure of A549 cells (lung adenocarcinoma) to cadmium at low concentrations using morphological and multiomics analyses. First, we treated A549 cells continuously with CdCl2 at 1μM for 8 months and found that CdCl2 promoted cellular migration and invasion. After that, we applied transmission electron and fluorescence microscopies and did not observe significant morphological changes in Golgi apparatus, endoplasmic reticulum, lysosomes, or mitochondria on Cd treated cells; microfilaments, in contrast, accumulated in lamellipodium and adhesion plaques, which suggested that Cd enhanced cellular activity. Second, by using whole-exome sequencing (WES) we detected 4222 unique SNPs in Cd-treated cells, which included 382 unique non-synonymous mutation sites. The corresponding mutated genes, after GO and KEGG enrichments, were involved mainly in cell adhesion, movement, and metabolic pathways. Third, by RNA-seq analysis, we showed that 1250 genes (784 up and 466 down), 1623 mRNAs (1023 up and 591 down), and 679 lncRNAs (375 up and 304 down) were expressed differently. Furthermore, GO enrichment of these RNA-seq results suggested that most differentially expressed genes were related to cell adhesion and organization of the extracellular matrix in biological process terms; KEGG enrichment revealed that the differentially expressed genes took part in 26 pathways, among which the metabolic pathway was the most significant. These findings could be important for unveiling mechanisms of Cd-related cancers and for developing cancer therapies in the future.
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- Shun-Dong Dai
- Department of Pathology, Shanghai Ninth People’s Hospital, Shanghai JiaoTong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Pathology, Shenyang Red Cross Hospital, Shenyang, China
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- Department of Pathology, Shanghai Ninth People’s Hospital, Shanghai JiaoTong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Pathology, Shanghai Ninth People’s Hospital, Shanghai JiaoTong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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Chandler JD, Hu X, Ko EJ, Park S, Fernandes J, Lee YT, Orr ML, Hao L, Smith MR, Neujahr DC, Uppal K, Kang SM, Jones DP, Go YM. Low-dose cadmium potentiates lung inflammatory response to 2009 pandemic H1N1 influenza virus in mice. ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL 2019; 127:720-729. [PMID: 30999129 PMCID: PMC6536378 DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2019.03.054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2018] [Revised: 03/08/2019] [Accepted: 03/24/2019] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Cadmium (Cd) is a toxic, pro-inflammatory metal ubiquitous in the diet that accumulates in body organs due to inefficient elimination. Responses to influenza virus infection are variable, particularly severity of pneumonia. We used a murine model of chronic low-dose oral exposure to Cd to test if increased lung tissue Cd worsened inflammation in response to sub-lethal H1N1 infection. The results show that Cd-treated mice had increased lung tissue inflammatory cells, including neutrophils, monocytes, T lymphocytes and dendritic cells, following H1N1 infection. Lung genetic responses to infection (increasing TNF-α, interferon and complement, and decreasing myogenesis) were also exacerbated. To reveal the organization of a network structure, pinpointing molecules critical to Cd-altered lung function, global correlations were made for immune cell counts, leading edge gene transcripts and metabolites. This revealed that Cd increased correlation of myeloid immune cells with pro-inflammatory genes, particularly interferon-γ and metabolites. Together, the results show that Cd burden in mice increased inflammation in response to sub-lethal H1N1 challenge, which was coordinated by genetic and metabolic responses, and could provide new targets for intervention against lethal inflammatory pathology of clinical H1N1 infection.
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- Joshua D Chandler
- Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322, United States of America
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- Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322, United States of America
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- Center for Inflammation, Immunity and Infection, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 30303, United States of America
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- Center for Inflammation, Immunity and Infection, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 30303, United States of America
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- Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322, United States of America
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- Center for Inflammation, Immunity and Infection, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 30303, United States of America
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- Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322, United States of America
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- Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322, United States of America
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- Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322, United States of America
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- Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322, United States of America
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- Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322, United States of America
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- Center for Inflammation, Immunity and Infection, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 30303, United States of America
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- Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322, United States of America.
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- Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322, United States of America.
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Hu X, Kim KH, Lee Y, Fernandes J, Smith MR, Jung YJ, Orr M, Kang SM, Jones DP, Go YM. Environmental Cadmium Enhances Lung Injury by Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection. THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY 2019; 189:1513-1525. [PMID: 31108100 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajpath.2019.04.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2018] [Revised: 04/04/2019] [Accepted: 04/11/2019] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Cadmium (Cd) is a naturally occurring environmental toxicant that disrupts mitochondrial function at occupational exposure levels. The impacts of Cd exposure at low levels through dietary intake remain largely uncharacterized. Human respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) causes severe morbidity, which can require hospitalization and result in death in young children and elderly populations. The impacts of environmental Cd exposure on the severity of RSV disease are unknown. Herein, we used a mouse model to examine whether Cd pre-exposure at a level of dietary intake potentiates pulmonary inflammation on subsequent infection with RSV. Mice were given Cd or saline in drinking water for 28 days. Subsets of these mice were infected with RSV at 5 days before the end of the study. Cd pre-exposure caused relatively subtle changes in lung; however, it elevated the IL-4 level and altered metabolites associated with fatty acid metabolism. After RSV infection, mice pre-exposed to Cd had elevated lung RSV titer and increased inflammation, as measured by histopathology, immune cell infiltration, cytokines, and chemokines. RSV infection after Cd pre-exposure also caused widespread perturbation in metabolism of glycerophospholipids and amino acids (Trp, Met, and Cys, branched-chain amino acids), as well as carnitine shuttle associated with mitochondrial energy metabolism. The results show that Cd burden by dietary intake potentiates RSV infection and severe disease with associated mitochondrial metabolic disruption.
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- Xin Hu
- Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia
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- Institute for Biomedical Sciences, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia
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- Institute for Biomedical Sciences, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia
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- Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia
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- Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia
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- Institute for Biomedical Sciences, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia
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- Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia
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- Institute for Biomedical Sciences, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia
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- Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia.
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- Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia.
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Lech T, Sadlik JK. Cadmium Concentration in Human Autopsy Tissues. Biol Trace Elem Res 2017; 179:172-177. [PMID: 28220387 DOI: 10.1007/s12011-017-0959-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2016] [Accepted: 02/05/2017] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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The concentration of cadmium in human tissues obtained on the basis of autopsies of non-poisoned Polish people (n = 150), aged from 1 to 80 years, examined between 1990 and 2010, is presented. The following values were found in wet digested samples by flame atomic absorption spectrometry (FAAS) (mean ± SD, median, and range, μg/g of wet weight): brain 0.020 ± 0.031, 0.084, 0-0.120 (n = 41); stomach 0.148 ± 0.195, 0.084, 0-1.25 (n = 89); small intestine 0.227 ± 0.231, 0.130, 0-0.830 (n = 39); liver 1.54 ± 1.55, 1.01, 0.015-9.65 (n = 99); kidney 16.0 ± 13.2, 14.0, 0.62-61.3 (n = 91); lung 0.304 ± 0.414, 0.130, 0-1.90 (n = 25); and heart 0.137 ± 0.107, 0.140, 0.017-0.250 (n = 4). Additionally, results (n = 13 people, aged from 2 to 83 years, 63 samples) obtained by inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry (ICP OES) between 2010 and 2015 are given. The obtained data on Cd concentration in the human body can be used to estimate the amounts occurring in "healthy" people and those occurring in cases of chronic or acute poisonings with Cd compounds, which are examined for forensic purposes or to assess environmental exposure levels.
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- Teresa Lech
- Institute of Forensic Research, Westerplatte 9, 31-033, Krakow, Poland.
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- Institute of Forensic Research, Westerplatte 9, 31-033, Krakow, Poland
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Morton J, Tan E, Suvarna SK. Multi-elemental analysis of human lung samples using inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry. J Trace Elem Med Biol 2017; 43:63-71. [PMID: 27890402 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtemb.2016.11.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2016] [Revised: 11/09/2016] [Accepted: 11/16/2016] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The aim of this study was to establish concentrations of a wide range of elements in human lung samples to allow better identification of potential exposures in subsequent cases. This study reports concentrations of 48 elements (Al, As, Au, B, Ba, Be, Bi, Br, Cd, Ce, Co, Cr, Cs, Cu, Fe, Ga, Gd, Ge, Hf, Hg, In, Li, Mn, Mo, Nb, Ni, Os, Pb, Pd, Pt, Rb, Re, Ru, Sb, Se, Sm, Sn, Sr, Ta, Te, Ti, Tl, Tm, V, W, Y, Zn and Zr) in fresh lung tissue samples from 54 hospital patients, of which 93% exhibited various forms of neoplasia. The lung samples were taken from unaffected, background tissue. The samples were stored as fresh tissue in alcohol, dried and microwave digested before analysis by inductively coupled mass spectrometry (ICP-MS). It was possible to establish 95th percentiles for all elements except for rhenium and for 40 elements mixed effects modelling was undertaken. Overall, the levels reported are commensurate with ranges for those elements that had been reported previously. The data were examined for gender, smoking and occupational exposures to metals. The results show that males have higher lung concentrations of Ni, Cr, Gd, Au and Be than females, but significantly lower lung concentrations of Co, Sn, W and In. Cadmium lung concentrations were significantly higher in smokers. Platinum lung concentrations were higher in those who had undergone chemotherapy and gadolinium concentrations were predictably high in those who had undergone imaging scans. More essential elements such as Cu, Br, Fe and also Ge varied the least within lung samples from individuals whilst Be, Hf and Pt had the greatest variances. Between individuals V and Li lung concentrations varied the most, whilst Cu varied least. Analysis of the data for those who reported as having previously worked with metals showed 24 of the 48 elements determined were higher than those from those who had not reported working with metals.
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- Jackie Morton
- Health & Safety Executive, Harpur Hill, Buxton, Derbyshire, SK17 9JN, United Kingdom.
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- Health & Safety Executive, Harpur Hill, Buxton, Derbyshire, SK17 9JN, United Kingdom
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- Histopathology, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield, S10 2JF, United Kingdom
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Sundblad BM, Ji J, Levänen B, Midander K, Julander A, Larsson K, Palmberg L, Lindén A. Extracellular cadmium in the bronchoalveolar space of long-term tobacco smokers with and without COPD and its association with inflammation. Int J Chron Obstruct Pulmon Dis 2016; 11:1005-13. [PMID: 27274222 PMCID: PMC4869628 DOI: 10.2147/copd.s105234] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Tobacco contains cadmium, and this metal has been attributed a causative role in pulmonary emphysema among smokers, although extracellular cadmium has not to date been quantified in the bronchoalveolar space of tobacco smokers with or without COPD. We determined whether cadmium is enhanced in the bronchoalveolar space of long-term tobacco smokers with or without COPD in vivo, its association with inflammation, and its effect on chemokine release in macrophage-like cells in vitro. Bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL), sputum, and blood samples were collected from current, long-term smokers with and without COPD and from healthy nonsmokers. Cadmium concentrations were determined in cell-free BAL fluid using inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry. Blood monocyte-derived macrophages were exposed to cadmium chloride in vitro. Depending upon the type of sample, molecular markers of inflammation were quantified either as protein (enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay) or as mRNA (real-time polymerase chain reaction). Cadmium concentrations were markedly increased in cell-free BAL fluid of smokers compared to that of nonsmokers (n=19–29; P<0.001), irrespective of COPD. In these smokers, the measured cadmium displayed positive correlations with macrophage TNF-α mRNA in BAL, neutrophil and CD8+ cell concentrations in blood, and finally with IL-6, IL-8, and MMP-9 protein in sputum (n=10–20; P<0.05). The cadmium chloride exposure caused a concentration-dependent increase in extracellular IL-8 protein in monocyte-derived macrophages in vitro. In conclusion, extracellular cadmium is enhanced in the bronchoalveolar space of long-term smokers and displays pro-inflammatory features. Its pathogenic role in tobacco-induced disease deserves further evaluation.
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- Britt-Marie Sundblad
- Unit for Lung and Airway Research, Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Unit for Lung and Airway Research, Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Unit for Lung and Airway Research, Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Unit for Occupational and Environmental Dermatology, Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Unit for Occupational and Environmental Dermatology, Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Unit for Lung and Airway Research, Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Unit for Lung and Airway Research, Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Unit for Lung and Airway Research, Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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Zhao Q, Wang Y, Cao Y, Chen A, Ren M, Ge Y, Yu Z, Wan S, Hu A, Bo Q, Ruan L, Chen H, Qin S, Chen W, Hu C, Tao F, Xu D, Xu J, Wen L, Li L. Potential health risks of heavy metals in cultivated topsoil and grain, including correlations with human primary liver, lung and gastric cancer, in Anhui province, Eastern China. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2014; 470-471:340-7. [PMID: 24144938 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.09.086] [Citation(s) in RCA: 110] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2013] [Revised: 09/26/2013] [Accepted: 09/26/2013] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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Environmental exposure to heavy metals is a well-known risk factor for cancers. To evaluate potential health risks of heavy metals (Cr, Cd, Pb, As and Hg) and Se in cultivated topsoil and grains, we investigated the concentrations of Hg, As and Se using atomic fluorescence spectrometry and Cr, Cd and Pb using inductive coupled plasma emission spectrometry (ICP-MS). We also analyzed human cancer tissues for heavy metals. Potential health risks for local residents were evaluated by calculating the hazard index (HI) and the total carcinogenic risk (TCR) for soil heavy metals and the target hazard quotient (THQ) and the carcinogenic risk (CR) for grain heavy metals. A bioconcentration factor (BCF) was applied to quantify the bioaccumulation of heavy metals. Our results demonstrated that the mean concentrations of heavy metals in soil were all within the safety limits set by FAO/WHO and Chinese regulations; however, the mean concentrations of Cr and Hg in grain exceeded the safety limits. HI and TCR for soil heavy metals were all within acceptable levels, but the THQ for four grain heavy metals exceeded the target value of 1 (Cr, 2.64; Pb, 1.41; As, 1.24; Hg, 1.07; Cd, 0.39). The grain CR for Cr, Pb and As exceeded the accepted risk level of 10(-6). BCF values indicated that the bioaccumulation capacity decreased in the following sequence: Hg>Se>Cd>Cr>Pb>As. We also observed statistically significant correlations of topsoil Pb concentration with human gastric cancer and grain Hg with human liver cancer. Therefore, long-term low dose exposure of heavy metals may play a key role in tumorigenesis, and it may not be necessary to accumulate a high concentration of heavy metals in the human body for those metals to induce tumorigenesis.
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- Qihong Zhao
- Department of Food and Nutrition Hygiene, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui 230601, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Food and Nutrition Hygiene, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui 230601, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Food and Nutrition Hygiene, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui 230601, People's Republic of China
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- Department of General Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui 230022, People's Republic of China
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- Department of General Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui 230022, People's Republic of China
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- Department of General Surgery, Shengli Hospital, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui 230001, People's Republic of China
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- Department of General Surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui 230601, People's Republic of China
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- Department of General Surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui 230601, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Food and Nutrition Hygiene, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui 230601, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Food and Nutrition Hygiene, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui 230601, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Food and Nutrition Hygiene, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui 230601, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Food and Nutrition Hygiene, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui 230601, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Food and Nutrition Hygiene, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui 230601, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Food and Nutrition Hygiene, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui 230601, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Food and Nutrition Hygiene, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui 230601, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Food and Nutrition Hygiene, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui 230601, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Food and Nutrition Hygiene, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui 230601, People's Republic of China
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at Microscale and School of Life Sciences, University of Science & Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230027, People's Republic of China
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at Microscale and School of Life Sciences, University of Science & Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230027, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Food and Nutrition Hygiene, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui 230601, People's Republic of China.
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Verma DK. Metals in the lungs of Ontario hardrock miners. ARCHIVES OF ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH 2013; 68:180-183. [PMID: 23566326 DOI: 10.1080/19338244.2012.663011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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The objective of this study was to determine the concentration of nickel, cadmium, and lead in the autopsied lungs of 29 hardrock miners. It involved chemical analysis of the lungs, where each lung was divided horizontally into 3 sections and analyzed by an atomic absorption spectrophotometer equipped with a graphite furnace. The grand mean levels of nickel, cadmium, and lead were found to be 1.84, 1.74, and 2.75 μg/g of dry tissue, respectively. The effect of smoking was also examined. The ratios using the mean values between smoker and nonsmoker for nickel, cadmium, and lead were found to be 0.7, 5.4, and 1.4, respectively. The level of cadmium in smokers was significantly higher than nonsmokers. This study provides an estimate of retained metals in the lungs of the Ontario hardrock miners as a result of occupational exposure to hardrock mining environment.
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- Dave K Verma
- Department of Family Medicine and Program in Occupational Health and Environmental Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario L8N 3Z5, Canada.
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Cox LAT. Quantifying potential health impacts of cadmium in cigarettes on smoker risk of lung cancer: a portfolio-of-mechanisms approach. RISK ANALYSIS : AN OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE SOCIETY FOR RISK ANALYSIS 2006; 26:1581-99. [PMID: 17184399 DOI: 10.1111/j.1539-6924.2006.00848.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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This article introduces an approach to estimating the uncertain potential effects on lung cancer risk of removing a particular constituent, cadmium (Cd), from cigarette smoke, given the useful but incomplete scientific information available about its modes of action. The approach considers normal cell proliferation; DNA repair inhibition in normal cells affected by initiating events; proliferation, promotion, and progression of initiated cells; and death or sparing of initiated and malignant cells as they are further transformed to become fully tumorigenic. Rather than estimating unmeasured model parameters by curve fitting to epidemiological or animal experimental tumor data, we attempt rough estimates of parameters based on their biological interpretations and comparison to corresponding genetic polymorphism data. The resulting parameter estimates are admittedly uncertain and approximate, but they suggest a portfolio approach to estimating impacts of removing Cd that gives usefully robust conclusions. This approach views Cd as creating a portfolio of uncertain health impacts that can be expressed as biologically independent relative risk factors having clear mechanistic interpretations. Because Cd can act through many distinct biological mechanisms, it appears likely (subjective probability greater than 40%) that removing Cd from cigarette smoke would reduce smoker risks of lung cancer by at least 10%, although it is possible (consistent with what is known) that the true effect could be much larger or smaller. Conservative estimates and assumptions made in this calculation suggest that the true impact could be greater for some smokers. This conclusion appears to be robust to many scientific uncertainties about Cd and smoking effects.
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- G Nicholson
- Division of Adult Intensive Care, Prince of Wales Hospital, Sydney, N.S.W
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Leduc D, de Francquen P, Jacobovitz D, Vandeweyer R, Lauwerys R, De Vuyst P. Association of cadmium exposure with rapidly progressive emphysema in a smoker. Thorax 1993; 48:570-1. [PMID: 8322249 PMCID: PMC464524 DOI: 10.1136/thx.48.5.570] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Rapidly progressive emphysema developed in a 59 year old smoker after exposure to cadmium fumes in a factory. Very high levels of cadmium in air sampled at the workplace and in the patient's blood, urine, and lung tissue confirmed massive exposure. These data strongly suggest an association between the patient's cadmium exposure and the development of emphysema.
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- D Leduc
- Department of Chest Medicine, Erasme Hospital, Free University of Brussels, Belgium
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Varga B, Zsolnai B, Paksy K, Náray M, Ungváry G. Age dependent accumulation of cadmium in the human ovary. Reprod Toxicol 1993; 7:225-8. [PMID: 8318753 DOI: 10.1016/0890-6238(93)90228-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Cadmium (Cd) was determined by atomic absorption spectrophotometry in small pieces (< 1 g) of healthy human ovaries excised for histologic examination. Cd levels in the ovary increased linearly between 30 and 65 years of age. Below 30 years, there was no age dependent increase and over 65 a tendency was observed for ovarian Cd levels to decrease. There was no difference in the Cd content of fresh luteal and nonluteal tissue taken from regularly cycling ovaries. In smokers, the amount of Cd in the ovaries was elevated compared to nonsmokers. In multiparous women (more than 3 children) a tendency of decreased Cd ovarian levels was observed. There was no difference between ovarian Cd content of physical and mental workers. It can be proposed that Cd may be a risk factor for conception and pregnancy in women in their forties.
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- B Varga
- National Institute of Occupational Health, Budapest, Hungary
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