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Lizonova D, Nagarkar A, Demokritou P, Kelesidis GA. Effective density of inhaled environmental and engineered nanoparticles and its impact on the lung deposition and dosimetry. Part Fibre Toxicol 2024; 21:7. [PMID: 38368385 PMCID: PMC10874077 DOI: 10.1186/s12989-024-00567-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2023] [Accepted: 02/07/2024] [Indexed: 02/19/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND Airborne environmental and engineered nanoparticles (NPs) are inhaled and deposited in the respiratory system. The inhaled dose of such NPs and their deposition location in the lung determines their impact on health. When calculating NP deposition using particle inhalation models, a common approach is to use the bulk material density, ρb, rather than the effective density, ρeff. This neglects though the porous agglomerate structure of NPs and may result in a significant error of their lung-deposited dose and location. RESULTS Here, the deposition of various environmental NPs (aircraft and diesel black carbon, wood smoke) and engineered NPs (silica, zirconia) in the respiratory system of humans and mice is calculated using the Multiple-Path Particle Dosimetry model accounting for their realistic structure and effective density. This is done by measuring the NP ρeff which was found to be up to one order of magnitude smaller than ρb. Accounting for the realistic ρeff of NPs reduces their deposited mass in the pulmonary region of the respiratory system up to a factor of two in both human and mouse models. Neglecting the ρeff of NPs does not alter significantly the distribution of the deposited mass fractions in the human or mouse respiratory tract that are obtained by normalizing the mass deposited at the head, tracheobronchial and pulmonary regions by the total deposited mass. Finally, the total deposited mass fraction derived this way is in excellent agreement with those measured in human studies for diesel black carbon. CONCLUSIONS The doses of inhaled NPs are overestimated by inhalation particle deposition models when the ρb is used instead of the real-world effective density which can vary significantly due to the porous agglomerate structure of NPs. So the use of realistic ρeff, which can be measured as described here, is essential to determine the lung deposition and dosimetry of inhaled NPs and their impact on public health.
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- Denisa Lizonova
- Nanoscience and Advanced Materials Center (NAMC), Environmental and Occupational Health Science Institute, School of Public Health, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, 170 Frelinghuysen Road, Piscataway, NJ, 08854, USA
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- Particle Technology Laboratory, Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering, Institute of Process Engineering, ETH Zürich, Sonneggstrasse 3, 8092, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Nanoscience and Advanced Materials Center (NAMC), Environmental and Occupational Health Science Institute, School of Public Health, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, 170 Frelinghuysen Road, Piscataway, NJ, 08854, USA
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- Nanoscience and Advanced Materials Center (NAMC), Environmental and Occupational Health Science Institute, School of Public Health, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, 170 Frelinghuysen Road, Piscataway, NJ, 08854, USA.
- Particle Technology Laboratory, Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering, Institute of Process Engineering, ETH Zürich, Sonneggstrasse 3, 8092, Zurich, Switzerland.
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Zhang H, Chen F, Li Y, Shan X, Yin L, Hao X, Zhong Y. More serious autophagy can be induced by ZnO nanoparticles than single-walled carbon nanotubes in rat tracheal epithelial cells. ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY 2021; 36:238-248. [PMID: 32951350 DOI: 10.1002/tox.23029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2020] [Revised: 08/24/2020] [Accepted: 09/06/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Metal oxide nanoparticles and carbon nanoparticles, as common nanoparticles (NPs), can cause autophagy in certain cells, which will lead to biohealth risk issues. This study determined the difference in autophagy induced by zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnO NPs) and single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) in respiratory epithelial cells. ICP-OES results showed that NPs uptake as well as the intercellular contents of particles affected cytotoxicity in a dose-dependent manner. ZnO NPs-30 nm had a distinct green dot structure representing autophagy, the SWCNTs exposure group had a few green light spots at a concentration of 10 μg/L. The ROS content of the ZnO NP-30 nm exposure group had the greatest increase at a concentration of 1000 μg/L, which was 2.5 times higher than that of the control, the SWCNTs exposure group showed a 2.2-fold increase. A slight downregulation of p-mTOR was detected, and the ZnO NPs-30 nm treatment group had the significant downregulation rate. The gene and protein expression levels of Beclin-1 and LC3B were upregulated as the exposure concentration increased. The protein expression of Beclin-1 and LC3B in the 1000 μg/L ZnO NPs-30 nm exposure group were 5.21 times and 4.12 times that of the control, respectively. The mRNA expression of Beclin-1 and LC3B in the 1000 μg/L ZnO NPs-30 nm exposure group were 5.04 times and 3.61 times that of the control, respectively. At any concentration, the effect of ZnO NPs-30 nm was greater than that of the SWCNTs. Interaction and crosstalk analysis showed that exposure to ZnO NPs-30 nm caused autophagy through the aggregation of undegraded autophagosomes, whereas SWCNTs exposure induced diminished intercellular oxidative stress to inhibit autophagy. Therefore, this study demonstrated that the effects of autophagy induced by ZnO NPs-30 nm and SWCNTs were different. The health risks of ZnO-30 nm NPs are higher than those of SWCNTs.
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- Hangjun Zhang
- School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China
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- School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China
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- School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China
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- School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China
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- School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China
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- School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China
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- School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China
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Zimmerman N, Rais K, Jeong CH, Pant P, Delgado-Saborit JM, Wallace JS, Evans GJ, Brook JR, Godri Pollitt KJ. Carbonaceous aerosol sampling of gasoline direct injection engine exhaust with an integrated organic gas and particle sampler. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2019; 652:1261-1269. [PMID: 30586812 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.10.332] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2018] [Revised: 10/07/2018] [Accepted: 10/24/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Positive and negative artifacts of particle-phase organic carbon (p-OC) and the polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in gasoline direct injection (GDI) engine exhaust particulate matter (PM) were assessed using an integrated organic gas and particle sampler (IOGAPS). Three configurations (denuder + sorbent impregnated filters (SIFs), upstream Zefluor filter + denuder + SIFs, and standard filter pack + SIFs) were used to collect GDI exhaust samples at cold start and highway cruise operating conditions with no aftertreatment. Approximately 35% of the measured GDI p-OC was attributed to positive artifacts; negative artifacts were not detectable due to low overall SVOC concentrations. GDI engine exhaust PAH concentrations were approximately 10 times higher during cold start than highway cruise. At highway cruise, pyrene and fluoranthene were the dominant PAHs in the undenuded filter pack; downstream of the denuder benzo(a)anthracene was the dominant PAH. From a comparison of our findings to published PAH emission factors we estimate that three-way catalyst conversion efficiencies of PAHs were approximately 80% for 3 of the 15 PAHs measured during highway cruise operation. These conversion efficiencies may be considerably lower during cold start operation when the three-way catalyst has not reached its operating temperature. Our previous work showed that adverse biological responses to GDI engine exhaust exposure may be dominated by the particle phase when measured downstream of a Teflon filter. Understanding the partitioning characteristics of PAHs may help elucidate specific PAHs contributing to this effect.
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- Naomi Zimmerman
- Southern Ontario Centre for Atmospheric Aerosol Research, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Engine Research and Development Laboratory, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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- Engine Research and Development Laboratory, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Southern Ontario Centre for Atmospheric Aerosol Research, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health and Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA, United States; School of Geography, Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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- School of Geography, Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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- Southern Ontario Centre for Atmospheric Aerosol Research, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Engine Research and Development Laboratory, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Southern Ontario Centre for Atmospheric Aerosol Research, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Southern Ontario Centre for Atmospheric Aerosol Research, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Air Quality Research Division, Environment Canada, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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- Department of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, Yale University, New Haven, CT, United States
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Singh DK, Gupta T. Field performance evaluation during fog-dominated wintertime of a newly developed denuder-equipped PM1 sampler. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2014; 21:4551-4564. [PMID: 24337990 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-013-2371-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2013] [Accepted: 11/13/2013] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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This study presents the performance evaluation of a novel denuder-equipped PM1 (particles having aerodynamic diameter less than 1 μm) sampler, tested during fog-dominated wintertime, in the city of Kanpur, India. One PM1 sampler and one denuder-equipped PM1 sampler were co-located to collect ambient PM1 for 25 days. The mean PM1 mass concentration measured on foggy days with the PM1 sampler and the denuder-equipped PM1 sampler was found to be 165.95 and 135.48 μg/m(3), respectively. The mean PM1 mass concentration measured on clear days with the PM1 sampler and the denuder-equipped PM1 sampler was observed to be 159.66 and 125.14 μg/m(3), respectively. The mass concentration with denuder-fitted PM1 sampler for both foggy and clear days was always found less than the PM1 sampler. The same drift was observed in the concentrations of water-soluble ions and water-soluble organic carbon (WSOC). Moreover, it was observed that the use of denuder leads to a significant reduction in the PM positive artifact. The difference in the concentration of chemical species obtained by two samplers indicates that the PM1 sampler without denuder had overestimated the concentrations of chemical species in a worst-case scenario by almost 40 %. Denuder-fitted PM1 sampler can serve as a useful sampling tool in estimating the true values for nitrate, ammonium, potassium, sodium and WSOC present in the ambient PM.
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- Dharmendra Kumar Singh
- Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur, 208016, India
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