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Lu W, Jiang C, Chen Y, Lu Z, Xu X, Zhu L, Xi H, Ye G, Yan C, Chen J, Zhang J, Zuo L, Huang Q. Altered metabolome and microbiome associated with compromised intestinal barrier induced hepatic lipid metabolic disorder in mice after subacute and subchronic ozone exposure. ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL 2024; 185:108559. [PMID: 38461778 DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2024.108559] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2023] [Revised: 02/05/2024] [Accepted: 03/04/2024] [Indexed: 03/12/2024]
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Exposure to ozone has been associated with metabolic disorders in humans, but the underlying mechanism remains unclear. In this study, the role of the gut-liver axis and the potential mechanism behind the metabolic disorder were investigated by histological examination, microbiome and metabolome approaches in mice during the subacute (4-week) and subchronic (12-week) exposure to 0.5 ppm and 2.5 ppm ozone. Ozone exposure resulted in slowed weight gain and reduced hepatic lipid contents in a dose-dependent manner. After exposure to ozone, the number of intestinal goblet cells decreased, while the number of tuft cells increased. Tight junction protein zonula occludens-1 (ZO-1) was significantly downregulated, and the apoptosis of epithelial cells increased with compensatory proliferation, indicating a compromised chemical and physical layer of the intestinal barrier. The hepatic and cecal metabolic profiles were altered, primarily related to lipid metabolism and oxidative stress. The abundance of Muribaculaceae increased dose-dependently in both colon and cecum, and was associated with the decrease of metabolites such as bile acids, betaine, and L-carnitine, which subsequently disrupted the intestinal barrier and lipid metabolism. Overall, this study found that subacute and subchronic exposure to ozone induced metabolic disorder via disturbing the gut-liver axis, especially the intestinal barrier. These findings provide new mechanistic understanding of the health risks associated with environmental ozone exposure and other oxidative stressors.
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- Wenjia Lu
- Xiamen Key Laboratory of Indoor Air and Health, Key Lab of Urban Environment and Health, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiamen 361021, China; College of Resources and Environment, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Innovation and Entrepreneurship Laboratory for college students, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Metabolic Disease Research Center, School of Basic Medicine, Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230032, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Large Animal Models for Biomedicine, School of Biotechnology and Health Sciences, Wuyi University, Jiangmen 529020, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Vaccines for Infectious Diseases, Xiang An Biomedicine Laboratory, State Key Laboratory of Molecular Vaccinology and Molecular Diagnostics, National Innovation Platform for Industry-Education Integration in Vaccine Research, School of Public Health, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China
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- Xiamen Key Laboratory of Indoor Air and Health, Key Lab of Urban Environment and Health, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiamen 361021, China; College of Resources and Environment, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Xiamen Key Laboratory of Indoor Air and Health, Key Lab of Urban Environment and Health, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiamen 361021, China; College of Resources and Environment, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Large Animal Models for Biomedicine, School of Biotechnology and Health Sciences, Wuyi University, Jiangmen 529020, China
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- Xiamen Key Laboratory of Indoor Air and Health, Key Lab of Urban Environment and Health, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiamen 361021, China
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- Xiamen Key Laboratory of Indoor Air and Health, Key Lab of Urban Environment and Health, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiamen 361021, China
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- Center for Excellence in Regional Atmospheric Environment, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiamen 361021, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Vaccines for Infectious Diseases, Xiang An Biomedicine Laboratory, State Key Laboratory of Molecular Vaccinology and Molecular Diagnostics, National Innovation Platform for Industry-Education Integration in Vaccine Research, School of Public Health, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China.
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- Innovation and Entrepreneurship Laboratory for college students, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Metabolic Disease Research Center, School of Basic Medicine, Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230032, China.
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- Xiamen Key Laboratory of Indoor Air and Health, Key Lab of Urban Environment and Health, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiamen 361021, China; National Basic Science Data Center, Beijing 100190, China.
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Rivas-Arancibia S, Hernández-Orozco E, Rodríguez-Martínez E, Valdés-Fuentes M, Cornejo-Trejo V, Pérez-Pacheco N, Dorado-Martínez C, Zequeida-Carmona D, Espinosa-Caleti I. Ozone Pollution, Oxidative Stress, Regulatory T Cells and Antioxidants. Antioxidants (Basel) 2022; 11:antiox11081553. [PMID: 36009272 PMCID: PMC9405302 DOI: 10.3390/antiox11081553] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2022] [Revised: 07/31/2022] [Accepted: 08/05/2022] [Indexed: 12/06/2022] Open
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Ozone pollution, is a serious health problem worldwide. Repeated exposure to low ozone doses causes a loss of regulation of the oxidation–reduction systems, and also induces a chronic state of oxidative stress. This fact is of special importance for the regulation of different systems including the immune system and the inflammatory response. In addition, the oxidation–reduction balance modulates the homeostasis of these and other complex systems such as metabolism, survival capacity, cell renewal, and brain repair, etc. Likewise, it has been widely demonstrated that in chronic degenerative diseases, an alteration in the oxide-reduction balance is present, and this alteration causes a chronic loss in the regulation of the immune response and the inflammatory process. This is because reactive oxygen species disrupt different signaling pathways. Such pathways are related to the role of regulatory T cells (Treg) in inflammation. This causes an increase in chronic deterioration in the degenerative disease over time. The objective of this review was to study the relationship between environmental ozone pollution, the chronic state of oxidative stress and its effect on Treg cells, which causes the loss of regulation in the inflammatory response as well as the role played by antioxidant systems in various pathologies.
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LaKind JS, Burns CJ, Pottenger LH, Naiman DQ, Goodman JE, Marchitti SA. Does ozone inhalation cause adverse metabolic effects in humans? A systematic review. Crit Rev Toxicol 2021; 51:467-508. [PMID: 34569909 DOI: 10.1080/10408444.2021.1965086] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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We utilized a practical, transparent approach for systematically reviewing a chemical-specific evidence base. This approach was used for a case study of ozone inhalation exposure and adverse metabolic effects (overweight/obesity, Type 1 diabetes [T1D], Type 2 diabetes [T2D], and metabolic syndrome). We followed the basic principles of systematic review. Studies were defined as "Suitable" or "Supplemental." The evidence for Suitable studies was characterized as strong or weak. An overall causality judgment for each outcome was then determined as either causal, suggestive, insufficient, or not likely. Fifteen epidemiologic and 33 toxicologic studies were Suitable for evidence synthesis. The strength of the human evidence was weak for all outcomes. The toxicologic evidence was weak for all outcomes except two: body weight, and impaired glucose tolerance/homeostasis and fasting/baseline hyperglycemia. The combined epidemiologic and toxicologic evidence was categorized as weak for overweight/obesity, T1D, and metabolic syndrome,. The association between ozone exposure and T2D was determined to be insufficient or suggestive. The streamlined approach described in this paper is transparent and focuses on key elements. As systematic review guidelines are becoming increasingly complex, it is worth exploring the extent to which related health outcomes should be combined or kept distinct, and the merits of focusing on critical elements to select studies suitable for causal inference. We recommend that systematic review results be used to target discussions around specific research needs for advancing causal determinations.
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- Judy S LaKind
- LaKind Associates, LLC, Catonsville, MD, USA.,Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Burns Epidemiology Consulting, LLC, Sanford, MI, USA
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- Department of Applied Mathematics and Statistics, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
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Rouschop SH, Snow SJ, Kodavanti UP, Drittij MJ, Maas LM, Opperhuizen A, van Schooten FJ, Remels AH, Godschalk RW. Perinatal High-Fat Diet Influences Ozone-Induced Responses on Pulmonary Oxidant Status and the Molecular Control of Mitophagy in Female Rat Offspring. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:ijms22147551. [PMID: 34299170 PMCID: PMC8304403 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22147551] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2021] [Revised: 07/11/2021] [Accepted: 07/13/2021] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Previous research has shown that a perinatal obesogenic, high-fat diet (HFD) is able to exacerbate ozone-induced adverse effects on lung function, injury, and inflammation in offspring, and it has been suggested that mitochondrial dysfunction is implicated herein. The aim of this study was to investigate whether a perinatal obesogenic HFD affects ozone-induced changes in offspring pulmonary oxidant status and the molecular control of mitochondrial function. For this purpose, female Long-Evans rats were fed a control diet or HFD before and during gestation, and during lactation, after which the offspring were acutely exposed to filtered air or ozone at a young-adult age (forty days). Directly following this exposure, the offspring lungs were examined for markers related to oxidative stress; oxidative phosphorylation; and mitochondrial fusion, fission, biogenesis, and mitophagy. Acute ozone exposure significantly increased pulmonary oxidant status and upregulated the molecular machinery that controls receptor-mediated mitophagy. In female offspring, a perinatal HFD exacerbated these responses, whereas in male offspring, responses were similar for both diet groups. The expression of the genes and proteins involved in oxidative phosphorylation and mitochondrial biogenesis, fusion, and fission was not affected by ozone exposure or perinatal HFD. These findings suggest that a perinatal HFD influences ozone-induced responses on pulmonary oxidant status and the molecular control of mitophagy in female rat offspring.
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- Sven H. Rouschop
- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, NUTRIM School of Nutrition and Translational Research in Metabolism, Maastricht University, 6200 Maastricht, The Netherlands; (S.H.R.); (M.-J.D.); (L.M.M.); (A.O.); (F.J.v.S.); (A.H.R.)
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- Public Health and Integrated Toxicology Division, Center for Public Health and Environmental Assessment, Office of Research and Development, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Durham, NC 27711, USA; (S.J.S.); (U.P.K.)
- ICF International Inc., Durham, NC 27711, USA
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- Public Health and Integrated Toxicology Division, Center for Public Health and Environmental Assessment, Office of Research and Development, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Durham, NC 27711, USA; (S.J.S.); (U.P.K.)
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, NUTRIM School of Nutrition and Translational Research in Metabolism, Maastricht University, 6200 Maastricht, The Netherlands; (S.H.R.); (M.-J.D.); (L.M.M.); (A.O.); (F.J.v.S.); (A.H.R.)
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, NUTRIM School of Nutrition and Translational Research in Metabolism, Maastricht University, 6200 Maastricht, The Netherlands; (S.H.R.); (M.-J.D.); (L.M.M.); (A.O.); (F.J.v.S.); (A.H.R.)
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, NUTRIM School of Nutrition and Translational Research in Metabolism, Maastricht University, 6200 Maastricht, The Netherlands; (S.H.R.); (M.-J.D.); (L.M.M.); (A.O.); (F.J.v.S.); (A.H.R.)
- Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA), 3511 Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, NUTRIM School of Nutrition and Translational Research in Metabolism, Maastricht University, 6200 Maastricht, The Netherlands; (S.H.R.); (M.-J.D.); (L.M.M.); (A.O.); (F.J.v.S.); (A.H.R.)
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, NUTRIM School of Nutrition and Translational Research in Metabolism, Maastricht University, 6200 Maastricht, The Netherlands; (S.H.R.); (M.-J.D.); (L.M.M.); (A.O.); (F.J.v.S.); (A.H.R.)
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, NUTRIM School of Nutrition and Translational Research in Metabolism, Maastricht University, 6200 Maastricht, The Netherlands; (S.H.R.); (M.-J.D.); (L.M.M.); (A.O.); (F.J.v.S.); (A.H.R.)
- Correspondence:
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The respiratory effects of O3 are well established. High ambient O3 concentrations are associated with respiratory symptoms, declines in pulmonary function, asthma exacerbations, and even mortality. The metabolic effects of O3 are less well appreciated. Here we review data indicating that O3 exposure leads to glucose intolerance and hyperlipidemia, characteristics of the metabolic syndrome. We also review the role of stress hormones in these events. We describe how the metabolic effects of O3, including effects within the lungs, are exacerbated in the setting of the metabolic derangements of obesity and we discuss epidemiological data indicating an association between ambient O3 exposure and diabetes. We conclude by describing the role of the gut microbiome in the regulation of metabolism and by discussing data indicating a link between the gut microbiome and pulmonary responses to O3.
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- Stephanie A. Shore
- Department of Environmental Health, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, United States
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Cho Y, Osgood RS, Bell LN, Karoly ED, Shore SA. Ozone-induced changes in the serum metabolome: Role of the microbiome. PLoS One 2019; 14:e0221633. [PMID: 31454377 PMCID: PMC6711505 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0221633] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2019] [Accepted: 08/12/2019] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Ozone is an asthma trigger. In mice, the gut microbiome contributes to ozone-induced airway hyperresponsiveness, a defining feature of asthma, but the mechanistic basis for the role of the gut microbiome has not been established. Gut bacteria can affect the function of distal organs by generating metabolites that enter the blood and circulate systemically. We hypothesized that global metabolomic profiling of serum collected from ozone exposed mice could be used to identify metabolites contributing to the role of the microbiome in ozone-induced airway hyperresponsiveness. Mice were treated for two weeks with a cocktail of antibiotics (ampicillin, neomycin, metronidazole, and vancomycin) in the drinking water or with control water and then exposed to air or ozone (2 ppm for 3 hours). Twenty four hours later, blood was harvested and serum analyzed via liquid-chromatography or gas-chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry. Antibiotic treatment significantly affected 228 of the 562 biochemicals identified, including reductions in the known bacterially-derived metabolites, equol, indole propionate, 3-indoxyl sulfate, and 3-(4-hydroxyphenyl)propionate, confirming the efficacy of the antibiotic treatment. Ozone exposure caused significant changes in 334 metabolites. Importantly, ozone-induced changes in many of these metabolites were different in control and antibiotic-treated mice. For example, most medium and long chain fatty acids declined by 20-50% with ozone exposure in antibiotic-treated but not control mice. Most taurine-conjugated bile acids increased with ozone exposure in antibiotic-treated but not control mice. Ozone also caused marked (9-fold and 5-fold) increases in the polyamines, spermine and spermidine, respectively, in control but not antibiotic-treated mice. Each of these metabolites has the capacity to alter airway responsiveness and may account for the role of the microbiome in pulmonary responses to ozone.
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- Youngji Cho
- Department of Environmental Health, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Department of Environmental Health, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Metabolon Inc., Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
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- Metabolon Inc., Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
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- Department of Environmental Health, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Li J, Chen Y, Chen QY, Liu D, Xu L, Cheng G, Yang X, Guo Z, Zeng Y. Role of transient receptor potential cation channel subfamily V member 1 (TRPV1) on ozone-exacerbated allergic asthma in mice. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2019; 247:586-594. [PMID: 30708321 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2019.01.091] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2018] [Revised: 01/18/2019] [Accepted: 01/18/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Around the globe, worsening air pollution is spawning major public health and environmental concerns, especially in the poorest and most populous cities. As a major secondary air pollutant, ozone is a potential risk factor for exacerbated asthma, although the underlying mechanisms remain uncertain. In this study, we aim to investigate the role of ozone on asthma exacerbation using a classic asthmatic model with allergic airway inflammation by treating Balb/c mice with ovalbumin (OVA). Our study shows ozone exposure significantly exacerbated OVA-induced asthmatic phenotypes, including serum immunoglobulin, Th cytokines, inflammatory cell counts, mucus production, airway remodeling, and airway hyper-responsiveness (AHR). Interestingly, expression of transient receptor potential cation channel subfamily V member1 (TRPV1) was also significantly elevated in ozone-exacerbated asthmatic mice and that treatment with TRPV1 antagonist effectively suppressed AHR, airway inflammation and remodeling. The underlying mechanisms of these effects may be associated with suppression of neuropeptide calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) and thymic stromal lymphopoietin (TSLP), an epithelial cell-derived cytokine. Base on the role of TRPV1 in allergic asthma, this study further revealed that inhibition of TRPV1 by TRPV1 antagonist has significant anti-inflammatory effects on ozone-induced asthma exacerbation in this study. Induction of TRPV1 expression may be an important mechanism underlying the increased risks for asthma after exposure to environmental pollutants.
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- Jinquan Li
- Brain and Cognitive Dysfunction Research Center, School of Medicine, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430065, China; Hubei Province Key Laboratory of Occupational Hazard Identification and Control, Medical College, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430065, China; Big Data Science and Engineering Research Institute, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430065, China
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- Brain and Cognitive Dysfunction Research Center, School of Medicine, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430065, China
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- Department of Environmental Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, 57 Old Forge, Tuxedo, NY 10987, United States
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- Brain and Cognitive Dysfunction Research Center, School of Medicine, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430065, China
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- Brain and Cognitive Dysfunction Research Center, School of Medicine, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430065, China
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- Brain and Cognitive Dysfunction Research Center, School of Medicine, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430065, China
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- Section of Environmental Biomedicine, Hubei Key Laboratory of Genetic Regulation and Integrative Biology, College of Life Sciences, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, China
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- Hubei Province Key Laboratory of Occupational Hazard Identification and Control, Medical College, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430065, China.
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- Brain and Cognitive Dysfunction Research Center, School of Medicine, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430065, China; Big Data Science and Engineering Research Institute, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430065, China.
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Low-Concentration Oxygen/Ozone Treatment Attenuated Radiculitis and Mechanical Allodynia via PDE2A-cAMP/cGMP-NF- κB/p65 Signaling in Chronic Radiculitis Rats. Pain Res Manag 2018; 2018:5192814. [PMID: 30651902 PMCID: PMC6311849 DOI: 10.1155/2018/5192814] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2018] [Accepted: 11/22/2018] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Background Oxygen/ozone therapy is a minimally invasive technique for the treatment of radiculitis from lumbar disc herniation. This study aimed at investigating whether intrathecal administration of low-concentration oxygen/ozone could attenuate chronic radiculitis and mechanical allodynia after noncompressive lumbar disc herniation and at elucidating the underlying mechanisms. Methods First, we transplanted autologous nucleus pulposus into dorsal root ganglions to establish chronic radiculitis in rats. Then, filtered oxygen or oxygen/ozone (10, 20, or 30 μg/mL) was intrathecally injected on day 1 after surgery. The ipsilateral paw withdrawal thresholds (PWTs) to mechanical stimuli were tested daily with von Frey filaments. The expression of the tumor necrosis factor- (TNF-) α, interleukin- (IL-) 1β, IL-6, cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP), cyclic guanosine monophosphate (cGMP), phosphodiesterase 2A (PDE2A), and nuclear factor- (NF-) κB/p65 in spinal dorsal horns was measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, polymerase chain reaction, and western blot on day 7 after surgery. Results Chronic radiculitis was established in rats. Intrathecal administration of 10 μg/mL, 20 μg/mL, or 30 μg/mL oxygen/ozone significantly attenuated the decreased mechanical PWTs, downregulated the overexpression of spinal TNF-α, IL-1β, and IL-6, and increased the expression of cGMP and cAMP in chronic radiculitis rats. In addition, the effects of treatment with 20 μg/mL oxygen/ozone were greater than the effects of the 10 μg/mL or 30 μg/mL doses. Moreover, intrathecal administration of 20 μg/mL oxygen/ozone reversed the increased levels of spinal PDE2A and NF-κB/p65 mRNA and protein expressions in rats with chronic radiculitis. Conclusion Intrathecal administration of low-concentration oxygen/ozone alleviated mechanical allodynia and attenuated radiculitis, likely by a PDE2A-cGMP/cAMP-NF-κB/p65 signaling pathway in chronic radiculitis rats.
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Wang Z, Zhang A, Meng W, Wang T, Li D, Liu Z, Liu H. Ozone protects the rat lung from ischemia-reperfusion injury by attenuating NLRP3-mediated inflammation, enhancing Nrf2 antioxidant activity and inhibiting apoptosis. Eur J Pharmacol 2018; 835:82-93. [PMID: 30075224 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2018.07.059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2018] [Revised: 07/27/2018] [Accepted: 07/30/2018] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Ischemia-reperfusion injury (IRI) is a major cause of lung dysfunction during cardiovascular surgery, heart transplantation and cardiopulmonary bypass procedures, and the inflammatory response, oxidative stress, and apoptosis play key and allegedly maladaptive roles in its pathogenesis. The aim of this study was to initially elucidate whether ozone induces oxidative preconditioning by activating nuclear factor (erythroid-derived 2)-like 2 (Nrf2) and secondly to determine whether ozone oxidative preconditioning (OzoneOP) protects the lung from IRI by attenuating nucleotide-binding oligomerization domain-like receptor containing pyrin domain 3 (NLRP3)-mediated inflammation, enhancing the antioxidant activity of Nrf2 and inhibiting apoptosis. Rats treated with or without OzoneOP (2 ml containing 100 µg/kg/day) were subjected to 1 h of lung ischemia followed by 2 h of reperfusion for 10 days. Lung damage, antioxidant capacity, inflammation and apoptosis were evaluated and compared among different groups after reperfusion. OzoneOP significantly ameliorated changes in lung morphology and protected the lung from IRI by attenuating oxidative stress, inflammation-induced injury and lung apoptosis. Moreover, OzoneOP increased the expression of Nrf2 and decreased the levels of NLRP3, apoptosis-associated speck-like protein containing a caspase activation and recruitment domain (ASC), un-cleavable cysteine-requiring aspartate protease-1 (procaspase-1), cysteine-requiring aspartate protease-1 (caspase-1) and interleukin-1β (IL-1β) in the rat lungs. In summary, these results provide new insights into the molecular events modulated by ozone and suggest that ozone therapy may be an integrative support for patients with lung IRI.
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- Zhiwen Wang
- Cardiovascular Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, 23 Youzheng Street, Harbin, Heilongjiang 150001, China
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- General Hospital of Heilongjiang Province Land Reclamation Bureau, 235 Hashuang Road, Harbin, Heilongjiang 150088, China
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- Cardiovascular Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, 23 Youzheng Street, Harbin, Heilongjiang 150001, China
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- Cardiovascular Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, 23 Youzheng Street, Harbin, Heilongjiang 150001, China
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- Institute of Keshan Disease, Harbin Medical University, 157 Baojian Road, Harbin, Heilongjiang 150081, China
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- Cardiovascular Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, 23 Youzheng Street, Harbin, Heilongjiang 150001, China
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- Cardiovascular Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, 23 Youzheng Street, Harbin, Heilongjiang 150001, China.
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Malik F, Cromar KR, Atkins CL, Price RE, Jackson WT, Siddiqui SR, Spencer CY, Mitchell NC, Haque IU, Johnston RA. Chemokine (C-C Motif) Receptor-Like 2 is not essential for lung injury, lung inflammation, or airway hyperresponsiveness induced by acute exposure to ozone. Physiol Rep 2018; 5:5/24/e13545. [PMID: 29242308 PMCID: PMC5742705 DOI: 10.14814/phy2.13545] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2017] [Revised: 11/13/2017] [Accepted: 11/20/2017] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Inhalation of ozone (O3), a gaseous air pollutant, causes lung injury, lung inflammation, and airway hyperresponsiveness. Macrophages, mast cells, and neutrophils contribute to one or more of these sequelae induced by O3. Furthermore, each of these aforementioned cells express chemokine (C‐C motif) receptor‐like 2 (Ccrl2), an atypical chemokine receptor that facilitates leukocyte chemotaxis. Given that Ccrl2 is expressed by cells essential to the development of O3‐induced lung pathology and that chemerin, a Ccrl2 ligand, is increased in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) by O3, we hypothesized that Ccrl2 contributes to the development of lung injury, lung inflammation, and airway hyperresponsiveness induced by O3. To that end, we measured indices of lung injury (BALF protein, BALF epithelial cells, and bronchiolar epithelial injury), lung inflammation (BALF cytokines and BALF leukocytes), and airway responsiveness to acetyl‐β‐methylcholine chloride (respiratory system resistance) in wild‐type and mice genetically deficient in Ccrl2 (Ccrl2‐deficient mice) 4 and/or 24 hours following cessation of acute exposure to either filtered room air (air) or O3. In air‐exposed mice, BALF chemerin was greater in Ccrl2‐deficient as compared to wild‐type mice. O3 increased BALF chemerin in mice of both genotypes, yet following O3 exposure, BALF chemerin was greater in Ccrl2‐deficient as compared to wild‐type mice. O3 increased indices of lung injury, lung inflammation, and airway responsiveness. Nevertheless, no indices were different between genotypes following O3 exposure. In conclusion, we demonstrate that Ccrl2 modulates chemerin levels in the epithelial lining fluid of the lungs but does not contribute to the development of O3‐induced lung pathology.
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- Farhan Malik
- Division of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, McGovern Medical School at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas
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- Marron Institute of Urban Management New York University, New York, New York
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- Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, McGovern Medical School at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas
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- Comparative Pathology Laboratory, Center for Comparative Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
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- Division of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, McGovern Medical School at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas
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- Division of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, McGovern Medical School at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas
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- Section of Pediatric Pulmonology, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
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- Division of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, McGovern Medical School at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas
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- Division of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, McGovern Medical School at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas
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- Division of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, McGovern Medical School at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas .,Department of Integrative Biology and Pharmacology, McGovern Medical School at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas
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Ward WO, Ledbetter AD, Schladweiler MC, Kodavanti UP. Lung transcriptional profiling: insights into the mechanisms of ozone-induced pulmonary injury in Wistar Kyoto rats. Inhal Toxicol 2016; 27 Suppl 1:80-92. [PMID: 26667333 DOI: 10.3109/08958378.2014.954172] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Acute ozone-induced pulmonary injury and inflammation are well characterized in rats; however, mechanistic understanding of the pathways involved is limited. We hypothesized that acute exposure of healthy rats to ozone will cause transcriptional alterations, and comprehensive analysis of these changes will allow us to better understand the mechanism of pulmonary injury and inflammation. Male Wistar Kyoto rats (10-12 week) were exposed to air, or ozone (0.25, 0.5 or 1.0 ppm) for 4 h and pulmonary injury and inflammation were assessed at 0-h or 20-h (n = 8/group). Lung gene expression profiling was assessed at 0-h (air and 1.0 ppm ozone, n = 3-4/group). At 20-h bronchoalveolar lavage, fluid protein and neutrophils increased at 1 ppm ozone. Numerous genes involved in acute inflammatory response were up-regulated along with changes in genes involved in cell adhesion and migration, steroid metabolism, apoptosis, cell cycle control and cell growth. A number of NRF2 target genes were also induced after ozone exposure. Based on expression changes, Rela, SP1 and TP3-mediated signaling were identified to be mediating downstream changes. Remarkable changes in the processes of endocytosis provide the insight that ozone-induced lung injury and inflammation are likely initiated by changes in cell membrane components and receptors likely from oxidatively modified lung lining lipids and proteins. In conclusion, ozone-induced injury and inflammation are preceded by changes in gene targets for cell adhesion/migration, apoptosis, cell cycle control and growth regulated by Rela, SP1 and TP53, likely mediated by the process of endocytosis and altered steroid receptor signaling.
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- b Environmental Public Health Division , National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory, Office of Research and Development, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency , Research Triangle Park , NC , USA
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- b Environmental Public Health Division , National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory, Office of Research and Development, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency , Research Triangle Park , NC , USA
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- b Environmental Public Health Division , National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory, Office of Research and Development, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency , Research Triangle Park , NC , USA
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The Janus-Faced Role of Antioxidants in Cancer Cachexia: New Insights on the Established Concepts. OXIDATIVE MEDICINE AND CELLULAR LONGEVITY 2016; 2016:9579868. [PMID: 27642498 PMCID: PMC5013212 DOI: 10.1155/2016/9579868] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2016] [Revised: 06/28/2016] [Accepted: 07/17/2016] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Chronic inflammation and excessive loss of skeletal muscle usually occur during cancer cachexia, leading to functional impairment and delaying the cure of cancer. The release of cytokines by tumor promotes the formation of reactive oxygen species (ROS), which in turn regulate catabolic pathways involved in muscle atrophy. ROS also exert a dual role within tumor itself, as they can either promote proliferation and vascularization or induce senescence and apoptosis. Accordingly, previous studies that used antioxidants to modulate these ROS-dependent mechanisms, in cancer and cancer cachexia, have obtained contradictory results, hence the need to gather the main findings of these studies and draw global conclusions in order to stimulate more oriented research in this field. Based on the literature reviewed in this paper, it appears that antioxidant supplementation is (1) beneficial in cancer cachectic patients with antioxidant deficiencies, (2) most likely harmful in cancer patients with adequate antioxidant status (i.e., lung, gastrointestinal, head and neck, and esophageal), and (3) not recommended when undergoing radiotherapy. At the moment, measuring the blood levels of antioxidants may help to identify patients with systemic deficiencies. This approach is simple to realize but could not be a gold standard method for cachexia, as it does not necessarily reflect the redox state in other organs, like muscle.
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Razvi SS, Richards JB, Malik F, Cromar KR, Price RE, Bell CS, Weng T, Atkins CL, Spencer CY, Cockerill KJ, Alexander AL, Blackburn MR, Alcorn JL, Haque IU, Johnston RA. Resistin deficiency in mice has no effect on pulmonary responses induced by acute ozone exposure. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 2015; 309:L1174-85. [PMID: 26386120 DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.00270.2015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2015] [Accepted: 09/14/2015] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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Acute exposure to ozone (O3), an air pollutant, causes pulmonary inflammation, airway epithelial desquamation, and airway hyperresponsiveness (AHR). Pro-inflammatory cytokines-including IL-6 and ligands of chemokine (C-X-C motif) receptor 2 [keratinocyte chemoattractant (KC) and macrophage inflammatory protein (MIP)-2], TNF receptor 1 and 2 (TNF), and type I IL-1 receptor (IL-1α and IL-1β)-promote these sequelae. Human resistin, a pleiotropic hormone and cytokine, induces expression of IL-1α, IL-1β, IL-6, IL-8 (the human ortholog of murine KC and MIP-2), and TNF. Functional differences exist between human and murine resistin; yet given the aforementioned observations, we hypothesized that murine resistin promotes O3-induced lung pathology by inducing expression of the same inflammatory cytokines as human resistin. Consequently, we examined indexes of O3-induced lung pathology in wild-type and resistin-deficient mice following acute exposure to either filtered room air or O3. In wild-type mice, O3 increased bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) resistin. Furthermore, O3 increased lung tissue or BALF IL-1α, IL-6, KC, TNF, macrophages, neutrophils, and epithelial cells in wild-type and resistin-deficient mice. With the exception of KC, which was significantly greater in resistin-deficient compared with wild-type mice, no genotype-related differences in the other indexes existed following O3 exposure. O3 caused AHR to acetyl-β-methylcholine chloride (methacholine) in wild-type and resistin-deficient mice. However, genotype-related differences in airway responsiveness to methacholine were nonexistent subsequent to O3 exposure. Taken together, these data demonstrate that murine resistin is increased in the lungs of wild-type mice following acute O3 exposure but does not promote O3-induced lung pathology.
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- Shehla S Razvi
- Division of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, The University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, Texas
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- Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina
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- Division of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, The University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, Texas
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- Department of Environmental Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, Tuxedo, New York
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- Comparative Pathology Laboratory, Center for Comparative Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Pediatrics, The University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, Texas
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, Texas
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- Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, The University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, Texas
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- Pediatric Pulmonary Section, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
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- Pediatric Research Center, Department of Pediatrics, The University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, Texas
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- Pediatric Research Center, Department of Pediatrics, The University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, Texas
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, Texas
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, Texas; Pediatric Research Center, Department of Pediatrics, The University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, Texas; Division of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, The University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, Texas; and
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- Division of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, The University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, Texas
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- Division of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, The University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, Texas; Pediatric Research Center, Department of Pediatrics, The University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, Texas; Department of Integrative Biology and Pharmacology, The University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, Texas
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Vizuete W, Sexton KG, Nguyen H, Smeester L, Aagaard KM, Shope C, Lefer B, Flynn JH, Alvarez S, Erickson MH, Fry RC. From the Field to the Laboratory: Air Pollutant-Induced Genomic Effects in Lung Cells. ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH INSIGHTS 2015; 9:15-23. [PMID: 26917966 PMCID: PMC4760675 DOI: 10.4137/ehi.s15656] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2015] [Revised: 12/01/2015] [Accepted: 12/04/2015] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Current in vitro studies do not typically assess cellular impacts in relation to real-world atmospheric mixtures of gases. In this study, we set out to examine the feasibility of measuring biological responses at the level of gene expression in human lung cells upon direct exposures to air in the field. This study describes the successful deployment of lung cells in the heavily industrialized Houston Ship Channel. By examining messenger RNA (mRNA) levels from exposed lung cells, we identified changes in genes that play a role as inflammatory responders in the cell. The results show anticipated responses from negative and positive controls, confirming the integrity of the experimental protocol and the successful deployment of the in vitro instrument. Furthermore, exposures to ambient conditions displayed robust changes in gene expression. These results demonstrate a methodology that can produce gas-phase toxicity data in the field.
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- William Vizuete
- Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Gillings School of Global Public Health, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Gillings School of Global Public Health, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Gillings School of Global Public Health, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Gillings School of Global Public Health, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Gillings School of Global Public Health, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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Theis WS, Andringa KK, Millender-Swain T, Dickinson DA, Postlethwait EM, Bailey SM. Ozone inhalation modifies the rat liver proteome. Redox Biol 2014; 2:52-60. [PMID: 25544660 PMCID: PMC4297937 DOI: 10.1016/j.redox.2013.11.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2013] [Revised: 11/18/2013] [Accepted: 11/18/2013] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Ozone (O3) is a serious public health concern. Recent findings indicate that the damaging health effects of O3 extend to multiple systemic organ systems. Herein, we hypothesize that O3 inhalation will cause downstream alterations to the liver. To test this, male Sprague-Dawley rats were exposed to 0.5 ppm O3 for 8 h/day for 5 days. Plasma liver enzyme measurements showed that 5 day O3 exposure did not cause liver cell death. Proteomic and mass spectrometry analysis identified 10 proteins in the liver that were significantly altered in abundance following short-term O3 exposure and these included several stress responsive proteins. Glucose-regulated protein 78 and protein disulfide isomerase increased, whereas glutathione S-transferase M1 was significantly decreased by O3 inhalation. In contrast, no significant changes were detected for the stress response protein heme oxygenase-1 or cytochrome P450 2E1 and 2B in liver of O3 exposed rats compared to controls. In summary, these results show that an environmentally-relevant exposure to inhaled O3 can alter the expression of select proteins in the liver. We propose that O3 inhalation may represent an important unrecognized factor that can modulate hepatic metabolic functions. Rats were exposed to filtered air (FA) or 0.5 ppm ozone (O3) 8 h/day for 5 days. Using this exposure protocol, O3 caused no detectable lung injury or liver cell death. O3 altered the expression of some drug metabolism and stress proteins in liver.
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- Whitney S Theis
- Department of Environmental Health Sciences, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1720 2nd Avenue South, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA.
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- Department of Environmental Health Sciences, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1720 2nd Avenue South, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA.
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- Department of Environmental Health Sciences, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1720 2nd Avenue South, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA; Department of Pathology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1720 2nd Avenue South, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA.
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- Department of Environmental Health Sciences, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1720 2nd Avenue South, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA; Center for Free Radical Biology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1720 2nd Avenue South, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA.
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- Department of Environmental Health Sciences, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1720 2nd Avenue South, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA; Center for Free Radical Biology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1720 2nd Avenue South, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA.
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- Department of Environmental Health Sciences, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1720 2nd Avenue South, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA; Department of Pathology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1720 2nd Avenue South, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA; Center for Free Radical Biology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1720 2nd Avenue South, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA.
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Chalfant M, Bernd KK. 17β-Estradiol alters rat type-II alveolar cell recovery from high levels of ozone. PLoS One 2014; 9:e90530. [PMID: 24599035 PMCID: PMC3944009 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0090530] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2013] [Accepted: 02/01/2014] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Respiratory health is negatively impacted by exposure to ozone or to estrogens. Increasingly, individuals have simultaneous environmental exposure to both compounds. Characterizing the cellular responses stimulated by the combination of ozone and estrogens, therefore, is crucial to our complete understanding of the compounds' environmental health impacts. Our work introduces an alveolar cell culture model with defined media that provides evidence of ozone damage and determines sex hormones alter the cells' susceptibility to oxidative damage. Specifically, we investigated the individual and combined effects of environmentally relevant levels of ozone and 17β-estradiol on non-cancerous rat, type-II alveolar cells by examining biomarkers of cellular health and redox balance. The data reveal a complex role for 17β-estradiol in cellular recovery from 1 hr exposure to high ozone levels. At 0.5 hr post-ozone necrosis and inflammation markers show 17β-estradiol augments the detrimental effects of 350 ppb ozone, but after 24 hr of recovery, steroid treatment alters glutathione redox ratio and allows cellular proliferation.
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- Madeleine Chalfant
- Department of Biology, Davidson College, Davidson, North Carolina, United States of America
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- Department of Biology, Davidson College, Davidson, North Carolina, United States of America
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Non-specific abdominal pain and air pollution: a novel association. PLoS One 2012; 7:e47669. [PMID: 23118887 PMCID: PMC3485276 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0047669] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2012] [Accepted: 09/18/2012] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Background We studied whether short-term exposure to air pollution was associated with non-specific abdominal pain in epidemiologic and animal studies. Methods Patients visiting the emergency department with non-specific abdominal pain were identified in Edmonton (1992 to 2002, n = 95,173) and Montreal (1997 to 2002, n = 25,852). We calculated the daily concentrations for ozone (O3), nitrogen dioxide (NO2), sulfur dioxide (SO2), carbon monoxide (CO), and particles <10 (PM10) or <2.5 (PM2.5) µm. A case crossover study design was used to estimate the odds ratio (OR) and 95% confidence interval (CI) associated with an increase in the interquartile range of the air pollutants. We investigated differential effects by age and sex. Mice were gavaged with urban particle extracts. In animal models, colonic motility was tested, and visceral abdominal pain was measured using a writhing test, and behavioral response to oil of mustard and neostigmine. Motility and pain was measured acutely (1.5 hours after gavage) and chronically (7-days and 21-days after gavage). Results Emergency department visits for non-specific abdominal pain were primarily by women between the ages of 15–24 years. Individuals aged 15 to 24 years were at increased risk of non-specific abdominal pain in Edmonton (same day CO: OR = 1.04, 95% CI = 1.02–1.06; and NO2: OR = 1.06, 95% CI = 1.03–1.09). The risk of air pollution among 15–24 year olds in Montreal was significantly positive (same day CO: OR = 1.11, 95% CI = 1.05–1.17; NO2: OR = 1.09, 95% CI = 1.01–1.16; SO2: OR = 1.17, 95% CI = 1.10–1.25; PM2.5: OR = 1.09, 95% CI = 1.04–1.15). Abdominal pain was increased by an acute gavage of pollution extract but not to chronic exposure to pollutants. Colonic transit was delayed following chronic but not acute exposure with the pollutants. Conclusions Epidemiological and animal data suggest that short-term exposure to air pollution may trigger non-specific abdominal pain in young individuals.
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In this article, we scientifically evaluate the bio-oxidative procedure known as oxygen-ozone therapy. Research over a decade has established a comprehensive framework for understanding and recommending this type of autohemotherapy in vascular diseases. In contrast, a non-specific immunomodulation therapy, using heavily oxidized and denatured blood, has been recently used in studies involving a total of approximately 3000 patients and has led to 'disappointing' results. Such a treatment appears to be an inappropriate example of the so-called minor autohemotherapy, and its poor outcomes may discourage any further studies. Therefore it appears necessary to clarify that the use of only a minimal ozone dose and a valid experimental protocol is likely to produce beneficial results. Millions of people suffer from chronic limb, brain, and heart ischemia, and such patients may benefit if appropriate ozone therapy could be implemented. Accordingly, we propose the need for a well designed, multicenter, clinical trial to be conducted.
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- Velis Bocci
- Department of Physiology, University of Siena, Siena, Italy.
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Cardiac dysfunction subsequent to chronic ozone exposure in rats. Mol Cell Biochem 2011; 360:339-45. [DOI: 10.1007/s11010-011-1073-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2011] [Accepted: 09/15/2011] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Spencer-Hwang R, Knutsen SF, Soret S, Ghamsary M, Beeson WL, Oda K, Shavlik D, Jaipaul N. Ambient air pollutants and risk of fatal coronary heart disease among kidney transplant recipients. Am J Kidney Dis 2011; 58:608-16. [PMID: 21778006 DOI: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2011.05.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2010] [Accepted: 05/09/2011] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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BACKGROUND There is increasing evidence that specific ambient air pollutants are associated with coronary heart disease (CHD) morbidity and mortality. Because kidney transplant recipients have prevalent traditional and nontraditional risk factors, they may constitute a sensitive subgroup. STUDY DESIGN Retrospective cohort. SETTING & PARTICIPANTS This study includes 32,239 nonsmoking adult kidney transplant recipients who underwent transplant in 1997-2003, identified through the US Renal Data System and living in the United States within 50 km of an air pollution monitoring station. PREDICTOR Long-term ambient pollutant ozone and particulate matter ≤10 μm (PM(10)), assessed from monthly concentrations of ozone and PM(10) calculated from ambient monitoring data by the US Environmental Protection Agency Air Quality System and interpolated to zip code centroids according to patients' residence. OUTCOMES Outcomes of interest were death from CHD and natural-cause mortality. RESULTS For the entire transplant cohort, average pollutant levels for ozone and PM(10) were 25.5 ± 4.4 parts per billion (ppb) and 25.3 ± 6.4 μg/m(3), respectively. Correlation between ozone and PM(10) values was low, but statistically significant (P < 0.001). There were deaths from CHD (n = 267) and natural causes (n = 2,076) during the 7-year study period. For each 10-ppb increase in ozone, the risk of fatal CHD increased by 35% (RR, 1.35; 95% CI, 1.04-1.77) in the single-pollutant model and 34% (RR, 1.34; 95% CI, 1.03-1.76) in the 2-pollutant model. No independent association was found between CHD and PM(10). No significant association was identified for PM(10) or ozone level and natural-cause mortality (RR, 1.09; 95% CI, 0.99-1.21). LIMITATIONS Exposure assignment based on only residential location. CONCLUSIONS For kidney transplant recipients, ambient ozone levels potentially are associated with higher risk of fatal CHD. These findings may have implications for regulations governing air pollution and the development of individual CHD risk-reduction strategies.
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- Rhonda Spencer-Hwang
- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Loma Linda University, CA 92354, USA.
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Aibo DI, Birmingham NP, Lewandowski R, Maddox JF, Roth RA, Ganey PE, Wagner JG, Harkema JR. Acute exposure to ozone exacerbates acetaminophen-induced liver injury in mice. Toxicol Sci 2010; 115:267-85. [PMID: 20123758 DOI: 10.1093/toxsci/kfq034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Ozone (O(3)), an oxidant air pollutant in photochemical smog, principally targets epithelial cells lining the respiratory tract. However, changes in gene expression have also been reported in livers of O(3)-exposed mice. The principal aim of the present study was to determine if acute exposure to environmentally relevant concentrations of O(3) could cause exacerbation of drug-induced liver injury in mice. Overdose with acetaminophen (APAP) is the most common cause of drug-induced liver injury in developed countries. In the present study, we examined the hepatic effects of acute O(3) exposure in mice pretreated with a hepatotoxic dose of APAP. C57BL/6 male mice were fasted overnight and then given APAP (300 mg/kg ip) or saline vehicle (0 mg/kg APAP). Two hours later, mice were exposed to 0, 0.25, or 0.5 ppm O(3) for 6 h and then sacrificed 9 or 32 h after APAP administration (1 or 24 h after O(3) exposure, respectively). Animals euthanized at 32 h were given 5-bromo-2-deoxyuridine 2 h before sacrifice to identify hepatocytes undergoing reparative DNA synthesis. Saline-treated mice exposed to either air or O(3) had no liver injury. All APAP-treated mice developed marked centrilobular hepatocellular necrosis that increased in severity with time after APAP exposure. O(3) exposure increased the severity of APAP-induced liver injury as indicated by an increase in necrotic hepatic tissue and plasma alanine aminotransferase activity. O(3) also caused an increase in neutrophil accumulation in livers of APAP-treated animals. APAP induced a 10-fold increase in the number of bromodeoxyuridine-labeled hepatocytes that was markedly attenuated by O(3) exposure. Gene expression analysis 9 h after APAP revealed differential expression of genes involved in inflammation, oxidative stress, and cellular regeneration in mice treated with APAP and O(3) compared to APAP or O(3) alone, providing some indications of the mechanisms behind the APAP and O(3) potentiation. These results suggest that acute exposure to near ambient concentrations of this oxidant air pollutant may exacerbate drug-induced liver injury by delaying hepatic repair.
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- Daher Ibrahim Aibo
- Department of Pathobiology and Diagnostic Investigation, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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Zhu M, Hug C, Kasahara DI, Johnston RA, Williams AS, Verbout NG, Si H, Jastrab J, Srivastava A, Williams ES, Ranscht B, Shore SA. Impact of adiponectin deficiency on pulmonary responses to acute ozone exposure in mice. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol 2009; 43:487-97. [PMID: 19915153 DOI: 10.1165/rcmb.2009-0086oc] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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Obese mice have increased responses to acute ozone (O(3)) exposure. T-cadherin is a binding protein for the high-molecular weight isoforms of adiponectin, an anti-inflammatory hormone that declines in obesity. The objective of the present study was to determine whether adiponectin affects pulmonary responses to O(3), and whether these effects are mediated through T-cadherin. We performed bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) and measured pulmonary responsiveness to methacholine after acute air or O(3) exposure (2 ppm for 3 h) in adiponectin-deficient (Adipo(-/-)) or T-cadherin-deficient (T-Cad(-/-)) mice. O(3) increased pulmonary responses to methacholine and increased BAL neutrophils and protein to a greater extent in wild-type than in Adipo(-/-) mice, whereas T-cadherin deficiency had no effect. O(3)-induced increases in BAL IL-6 and keratinocyte-derived chemokine (KC), which contribute to O(3)-induced pulmonary neutrophilia, were also greater in wild-type than in Adipo(-/-) mice. In contrast, responses to O(3) were not altered by transgenic overexpression of adiponectin. To determine which adiponectin isoforms are present in the lung, Western blotting was performed. The hexameric isoform of adiponectin dominated in serum, whereas BAL was dominated by the high-molecular weight isoform of adiponectin. Interestingly, serum adiponectin was greater in T-Cad(-/-) versus wild-type mice, whereas BAL adiponectin was lower in T-Cad(-/-) versus wild-type mice, suggesting that T-cadherin may be important for transit of high-molecular weight adiponectin from the blood to the lung. Our results indicate that adiponectin deficiency inhibits pulmonary inflammation induced by acute O(3) exposure, and that T-cadherin does not mediate the effects of adiponectin responsible for these events.
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- Ming Zhu
- Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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Bocci V, Borrelli E, Travagli V, Zanardi I. The ozone paradox: ozone is a strong oxidant as well as a medical drug. Med Res Rev 2009; 29:646-82. [PMID: 19260079 DOI: 10.1002/med.20150] [Citation(s) in RCA: 182] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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After five decades characterized by empiricism and several pitfalls, some of the basic mechanisms of action of ozone in pulmonary toxicology and in medicine have been clarified. The present knowledge allows to understand the prolonged inhalation of ozone can be very deleterious first for the lungs and successively for the whole organism. On the other hand, a small ozone dose well calibrated against the potent antioxidant capacity of blood can trigger several useful biochemical mechanisms and reactivate the antioxidant system. In detail, firstly ex vivo and second during the infusion of ozonated blood into the donor, the ozone therapy approach involves blood cells and the endothelium, which by transferring the ozone messengers to billions of cells will generate a therapeutic effect. Thus, in spite of a common prejudice, single ozone doses can be therapeutically used in selected human diseases without any toxicity or side effects. Moreover, the versatility and amplitude of beneficial effect of ozone applications have become evident in orthopedics, cutaneous, and mucosal infections as well as in dentistry.
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- Velio Bocci
- Department of Physiology, University of Siena, Siena, Italy.
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Chuang GC, Yang Z, Westbrook DG, Pompilius M, Ballinger CA, White CR, Krzywanski DM, Postlethwait EM, Ballinger SW. Pulmonary ozone exposure induces vascular dysfunction, mitochondrial damage, and atherogenesis. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 2009; 297:L209-16. [PMID: 19395667 DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.00102.2009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 103] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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More than 100 million people in the United States live in areas that exceed current ozone air quality standards. In addition to its known pulmonary effects, environmental ozone exposures have been associated with increased hospital admissions related to cardiovascular events, but to date, no studies have elucidated the potential molecular mechanisms that may account for exposure-related vascular impacts. Because of the known pulmonary redox and immune biology stemming from ozone exposure, we hypothesized that ozone inhalation would initiate oxidant stress, mitochondrial damage, and dysfunction within the vasculature. Accordingly, these factors were quantified in mice consequent to a cyclic, intermittent pattern of ozone or filtered air control exposure. Ozone significantly modulated vascular tone regulation and increased oxidant stress and mitochondrial DNA damage (mtDNA), which was accompanied by significantly decreased vascular endothelial nitric oxide synthase protein and indices of nitric oxide production. To examine influences on atherosclerotic lesion formation, apoE-/- mice were exposed as above, and aortic plaques were quantified. Exposure resulted in significantly increased atherogenesis compared with filtered air controls. Vascular mitochondrial damage was additionally quantified in ozone- and filtered air-exposed infant macaque monkeys. These studies revealed that ozone increased vascular mtDNA damage in nonhuman primates in a fashion consistent with known atherosclerotic lesion susceptibility in humans. Consequently, inhaled ozone, in the absence of other environmental toxicants, promotes increased vascular dysfunction, oxidative stress, mitochondrial damage, and atherogenesis.
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- Gin C Chuang
- Department of Pathology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA
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Schulz S, Häussler U, Mandic R, Heverhagen JT, Neubauer A, Dünne AA, Werner JA, Weihe E, Bette M. Treatment with ozone/oxygen-pneumoperitoneum results in complete remission of rabbit squamous cell carcinomas. Int J Cancer 2008; 122:2360-7. [PMID: 18224691 DOI: 10.1002/ijc.23382] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Head and neck squamous cell carcinomas (HNSCC) represent a group of metastasizing tumors with a high mortality rate in man and animals. Since the biomolecule ozone was found to inhibit growth of various carcinoma cells in vitro we here applied the highly aggressive and lethal VX2 carcinoma HNSCC tumor model of the New Zealand White rabbit to test whether ozone exerts antitumorous effects in vivo. Therapeutic insufflation of medical ozone/oxygen (O(3)/O(2)) gas mixture into the peritoneum (O(3)/O(2)-pneumoperitoneum) at an advanced stage of tumor disease led to a survival rate of 7/14 rabbits. Six of the seven surviving rabbits presented full tumor regression and the absence of local or distant lung metastases. Insufflation of pure oxygen (O(2)) resulted in a survival rate of 3/13 animals accompanied by full tumor remission in 2 of the 3 surviving animals. Of the 14 sham-treated animals only 1 had spontaneous tumor remission and survived. No adverse effects or changes in standard blood parameters were observed after repeated intraperitoneal insufflations of the O(3)/O(2) or O(2) gas. Animals with O(3)/O(2)-induced tumor eradication developed tolerance against reimplantation of the VX2 tumor. This could be reversed by immune suppression with a combination of dexamethasone and cyclosporin A suggesting an antitumorous effect of O(3)/O(2)-mediated activation of the body's own immunosurveillance. Although the exact mechanisms of action are still unclear the present data point to O(3)/O(2)-pneumoperitoneum as a promising new strategy in anticancer therapy.
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- Siegfried Schulz
- Veterinary Services and Laboratory Animal Medicine, Philipps University Marburg, Germany
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Wegesser TC, Last JA. Lung response to coarse PM: bioassay in mice. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 2008; 230:159-66. [PMID: 18384828 DOI: 10.1016/j.taap.2008.02.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2007] [Revised: 01/24/2008] [Accepted: 02/17/2008] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Particulate matter (PM) elicits inflammatory and toxic responses in the lung specific to its constituents, which can vary by region, time, and particle size. To identify the mechanism of toxicity in PM collected in a rural area in the San Joaquin Valley of Central California, we studied coarse particles of 2.5-10 mum diameter (PM(2.5)-PM(10)). Potential pro-inflammatory and toxic effects of PM(2.5)-PM(10) in the lung were investigated using intratracheally instilled mice. We determined total and differential cell profiles and inflammatory chemokines in lung lavage fluid, and biomarkers of toxicity resulting from coarse PM exposure. Responses of the mice were readily observed with total doses of 25-50 mug of PM per mouse. Changes in pro-inflammatory cellular profiles and chemokines showed both dose and time responses; peak responses were observed 24 h after PM instillation, with recovery as early as 48 h. Furthermore, macrophage inflammatory protein (MIP-2) profiles following PM exposures were correlated to levels of measured macrophages and neutrophils recovered from lung lavage fluid of PM-treated animals. Our data suggest that pro-inflammatory effects observed from coarse PM collected during the summer months from California's hot and dry Central Valley are driven largely by the insoluble components of the PM mixture, and are not caused by endotoxin.
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- Teresa C Wegesser
- Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Division, School of Medicine, University of California, 6519 Genome and Biomedical Sciences Facility, 451 Health Sciences Drive, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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Johnston RA, Theman TA, Terry RD, Williams ES, Shore SA. Pulmonary responses to acute ozone exposure in fasted mice: effect of leptin administration. J Appl Physiol (1985) 2007; 102:149-56. [PMID: 16916921 DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00300.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Leptin is a satiety hormone that also has proinflammatory effects, including augmentation of ozone-induced pulmonary inflammation. The purpose of this study was to determine whether reductions in endogenous levels of leptin can attenuate pulmonary responses to ozone. To reduce serum leptin, we fasted mice overnight before ozone exposure. Fasting caused a marked reduction in serum leptin to approximately one-sixth the levels observed in fed mice, and continuous infusion of leptin via Alzet micro-osmotic pumps restored serum leptin to, but not above, fed levels. Ozone exposure (2 ppm for 3 h) caused a significant, ∼40% increase in pulmonary resistance ( P < 0.01) and increased airway responsiveness in fasted but not in fed mice. The increased effect of ozone on pulmonary mechanics and airway responsiveness in fasted mice was not observed when leptin was restored via continuous infusion. Ozone exposure caused pulmonary inflammation, as evident by increases in bronchoalveolar lavage cells, protein, and soluble tumor necrosis factor receptors. There was no effect of fasting status on ozone-induced changes in the bronchoalveolar lavage inflammatory profile, and leptin treatment did not alter these responses. Our results indicate that fasting augments ozone-induced changes in pulmonary mechanics and airway responsiveness in mice. These effects of fasting are the result of declines in serum leptin. The mechanistic basis for this protective effect of leptin in fasted mice remains to be determined but is not related to effects on ozone-induced inflammation.
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- Richard A Johnston
- Physiology Program, Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health, 665 Huntington Ave., Boston, MA 02115-6021, USA
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Kooter IM, Pennings JLA, Fokkens PHB, Leseman DLAC, Boere AJF, Gerlofs-Nijland ME, Cassee FR, Schalk JAC, Orzechowski TJH, Schaap MM, Breit TM, Dormans JAMA, van Oostrom CTM, de Vries A, van Steeg H. Ozone induces clear cellular and molecular responses in the mouse lung independently of the transcription-coupled repair status. J Appl Physiol (1985) 2006; 102:1185-92. [PMID: 17095637 DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00796.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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The oxidant ozone is a well-known air pollutant, inhalation of which is associated with respiratory tract inflammation and functional alterations of the lung. It is well established as an inducer of intracellular oxidative stress. We investigated whether Cockayne syndrome B, transcription-coupled, repair-deficient mice (Csb(-/-)), known to be sensitive to oxidative stressors, respond differently to ozone than repair-proficient controls (Csb(+/-)). Mice were exposed to 0.8 parts/million ozone for 8 h, and we examined a wide range of biological parameters in the lung at the gene expression, protein, and cellular level 4 h after the ozone exposure. Relevant biological responses to ozone for both repair-deficient Csb(-/-) and repair-proficient Csb(+/-) mice, as determined by biochemical analysis of bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (e.g., increases of polymorphonuclear neutrophils, alkaline phosphatase, macrophage-inflammatory protein-2, and tumor necrosis factor-alpha), pathological examinations, and gene expression (upregulation of oxidative-stress-related genes) analyses were observed. The bronchoalveolar lavage fluid showed significantly more tumor necrosis factor-alpha in repair-deficient Csb(-/-) mice than in repair-proficient Csb(+/-) mice after ozone exposure. In addition, a clear trend was observed toward fewer differentially expressed genes with a lower fold ratio in repair-deficient Csb(-/-) mice than in repair-proficient Csb(+/-) mice. However, repair-deficient Csb(-/-) mice do not respond significantly more sensitively to ozone compared with repair-proficient Csb(+/-) mice at the level of gene expression. We conclude that, under the conditions employed here, although small differences at the transcriptional level exist between repair-proficient Csb(+/-) mice and transcription-coupled repair defective Csb(-/-) mice, these do not have a significant effect on the ozone-induced lung injury.
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- Ingeborg M Kooter
- National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, the Netherlands.
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Kenyon NJ, Last MS, Eiserich JP, Morrissey BM, Temple LM, Last JA. Differentiation of the roles of NO from airway epithelium and inflammatory cells in ozone-induced lung inflammation. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 2006; 215:250-9. [PMID: 16643973 PMCID: PMC1594585 DOI: 10.1016/j.taap.2006.03.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2006] [Revised: 03/15/2006] [Accepted: 03/16/2006] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Mice lacking inducible nitric oxide synthase (NOS2-/-) are more susceptible to ozone-induced lung inflammation and injury than their isogenic wild-type (NOS2+/+) counterparts, demonstrating an apparent protective effect for NOS2 in murine lungs. We hypothesized that nitric oxide (NO) generated from either NOS2 in the airway epithelial cells or the bone-marrow-derived inflammatory cells was responsible for the protective effect of NOS2. To test this hypothesis, we prepared chimeric mice by killing their endogenous bone marrow cells by whole body irradiation followed by bone marrow transplantation from a heterologous donor mouse. We exposed C57BL/6 (NOS2+/+), NOS2-/-, and chimeric NOS2 mice (NOS2-/+, NOS2+/-) to 1 ppm of ozone for 3 consecutive nights. NOS2-/- mice were more severely injured after exposure to ozone than C57BL/6 mice, including a more robust inflammatory cell influx (4.14 x 10(5) +/- 2.19 x 10(5) vs. 2.78 x 10(5) +/- 1.36 x 10(5) cells respectively; P = 0.036) and greater oxidation of total protein sulfhydryls (R-SH) in their blood plasma. Chimeric NOS2-/+ mice, which had bone marrow from NOS2-/- mice transplanted into C57BL/6 recipients, had a significantly greater response to ozone (increased numbers of neutrophils in lung lavage and decreased concentrations of exhaled NO) as compared to the reciprocal chimeric strain (NOS2+/-). We conclude that NOS2 has a protective effect against acute lung injury caused by ozone inhalation, which may be mediated, in part, by NO generated by NOS2 from inflammatory cells, predominantly neutrophils, recruited into the lung.
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- Nephrology, and
- Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology, University of California School of Medicine, Davis, CA, 95616-8723
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- Divisions of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine and
- Address for Correspondence: Jerold A. Last, Center for Comparative Respiratory Biology and Medicine, Genome and Biomedical Sciences Facility, 451 East Health Sciences Drive, Room 6517, Davis, CA 95616-8723, , Phone: (530) 752-6230, FAX: (530) 752-8632
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