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Al-Humadi NH, Ma JKH, Lewis DM, Ma JYC, Barger MW, Siegel PD. Dose-dependent thiol and immune responses to ovalbumin challenge in Brown Norway rats. Toxicol Ind Health 2016; 18:343-52. [PMID: 15068134 DOI: 10.1191/0748233702th155oa] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Dose-dependent specific antibody production, antigen-dependent pulmonary inflammation, and thiol changes in the lung and associated lymph nodes were examined in a Brown Norway rat model of pulmonary sensitization. Cysteine (CYSH), glutathione (GSH), and markers of inflammation in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) were measured following ovalbumin (OVA) inhalation challenge. Alveolar macrophages (AM) and pulmonary-associated lymph node cells (LNC) were isolated and intracellular CYSH and GSH assessed. OVA-specific IgE and IgG antibodies were quantified from sera. A dose-dependent biphasic response was noted with respect to OVA-specific IgE. OVA-specific IgG concentrations were maximal at 68 mg (OVA)/m3. OVA challenge to sensitized rats induced increases in BALF albumin, total protein, lactate dehydrogenase, CYSH and GSH that were independent of serum antibody concentrations. AM thiols were modestly elevated at low OVA challenge doses, but sharply reduced at the higher OVA challenge doses. In contrast, both thiols were dose dependently elevated in BALF. CYSH, but not GSH, was elevated in LNC of OVA challenged rats. In summary, antigen exposure caused a dose-dependent alteration of inflammatory, thiol and immune parameters in OVA sensitized and challenged rats. Changes in thiol levels did not correlate with antibody responses. While the results of the present study do not support a functional role for thiols in the immune response, it is important to note the dose-dependent dramatic alteration seen in thiols following sensitization and challenge.
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- Nabil H Al-Humadi
- HELD, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Morgantown, WV 26505, USA
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Hansen JS, Nielsen GD, Sørli JB, Clausen PA, Wolkoff P, Larsen ST. Adjuvant and inflammatory effects in mice after subchronic inhalation of allergen and ozone-initiated limonene reaction products. JOURNAL OF TOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH. PART A 2013; 76:1085-1095. [PMID: 24274150 DOI: 10.1080/15287394.2013.838915] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Inhalation of ozone (O3), a highly toxic environmental pollutant, produces airway inflammation and exacerbates asthma. However, in indoor air, O3 reacts with terpenes (cyclic alkenes), leading to formation of airway irritating pollutants. The aim of the study was to examine whether inhalation of the reaction products of O3 and the terpene, limonene, as well as limonene and low-level O3 by themselves, induced allergic sensitization (formation of specific immunoglobulin [Ig] E) and airway inflammation in a subchronic mouse inhalation model in combination with the model allergen ovalbumin (OVA). BALB/cJ mice were exposed exclusively by inhalation for 5 d/wk for 2 wk and thereafter once weekly for 12 wk. Exposures were low-dose OVA in combination with O3, limonene, or limonene/O3 reaction products. OVA alone and OVA + Al(OH)3 served as control groups. Subsequently, all groups were exposed to a high-dose OVA solution on three consecutive days. Serum and bronchoalveolar lavage fluid were collected 24 h later. Limonene by itself did not promote neither OVA-specific IgE nor leukocyte inflammation. Low-level O3 promoted eosinophilic airway inflammation, but not OVA-specific IgE formation. The reaction products of limonene/O3 promoted allergic (OVA-specific IgE) sensitization, but lung inflammation, which is a characteristic of allergic asthma, was not observed. In conclusion, the study does not support an allergic inflammatory effect attributed to O3-initiated limonene reaction products in the indoor environment.
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Alberg T, Nilsen A, Hansen JS, Nygaard UC, Løvik M. Nitrogen dioxide: no influence on allergic sensitization in an intranasal mouse model with ovalbumin and diesel exhaust particles. Inhal Toxicol 2011; 23:268-76. [PMID: 21506877 DOI: 10.3109/08958378.2011.566898] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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The role of traffic-related air pollution in the development of allergic diseases is still unclear. We therefore investigated if NO₂, an important constituent of traffic-related air pollution, promotes allergic sensitization to the allergen ovalbumin (OVA). We also examined if NO₂ influenced the allergy adjuvant activity of diesel exhaust particles (DEP). For this purpose, mice were exposed intranasally to OVA with or without DEP present, immediately followed by exposure to NO₂ (5 or 25 parts per million [ppm]) or room air for 4 h in whole body exposure chambers. Eighteen hours after the last of three exposures, the lungs of half of the animals were lavaged with saline and markers of lung damage and lung inflammation in the bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) were measured. Three weeks later, after intranasal booster immunizations with OVA, the levels of OVA-specific IgE and IgG2a antibodies in serum were determined. Both NO₂ (25 ppm) and DEP gave lung damage, measured as increased total protein concentration in BALF, whereas only NO₂ seemed to stimulate release of the proinflammatory cytokine tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α). In contrast, only DEP significantly increased the number of neutrophils. Furthermore, DEP in combination with OVA stimulated the production of serum allergen-specific IgE antibodies. NO₂, however, neither increased the production of allergen-specific IgE antibodies, nor influenced the IgE adjuvant activity of DEP. Thus, based on our findings, NO₂ seems to be of less importance than combustion particles in the development of allergic diseases after exposure to traffic-related air pollution.
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- T Alberg
- Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway.
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Arts JHE, Jacobs EJ, Kuper CF. Pre-exposure to sulfur dioxide attenuates most allergic reactions upon trimellitic anhydride challenge in sensitized Brown Norway rats. Inhal Toxicol 2010; 22:179-91. [DOI: 10.3109/08958370902828468] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Arts JHE, Schijf MA, Kuper CF. Preexposure to amorphous silica particles attenuates but also enhances allergic reactions in trimellitic anhydride-sensitized brown Norway rats. Inhal Toxicol 2008; 20:935-48. [PMID: 18668410 DOI: 10.1080/08958370802105371] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Irritant-induced inflammation of the airways may aggravate respiratory allergy induced by chemical respiratory allergens. Therefore, the effect of airway irritation by synthetic amorphous silica (SAS) on respiratory allergy to trimellitic anhydride (TMA) was studied. Brown Norway (BN) rats were topically sensitized on day 0 and on day 7, subsequently exposed for 6 h/day for 6 days to 27 mg/m(3) SAS, and challenged by inhalation to a minimally irritating concentration of 12 mg/m(3) TMA, 24 h after the last SAS exposure. An additional group was exposed to SAS before a second challenge to TMA. Control groups were treated with vehicle, and/or did not receive SAS exposure. Breathing parameters, cellular and biochemical changes in bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) fluid, and histopathological airway changes 24 h after challenge were the main parameters studied. Exposure to SAS alone resulted in transient changes in breathing parameters during exposure, and in nasal and alveolar inflammation with neutrophils and macrophages. Exposure to SAS before a single TMA challenge resulted in a slightly irregular breathing pattern during TMA challenge. SAS also diminished the effect of TMA on tidal volume, laryngeal ulceration, laryngeal inflammation, and the number of BAL (lung) eosinophils in most animals, but aggravated laryngeal squamous metaplasia and inflammation in a single animal. The pulmonary eosinophilic infiltrate and edema induced by a second TMA challenge was diminished by the preceding SAS exposure, but the number of lymphocytes in BAL was increased. Thus, a respiratory particulate irritant like SAS can reduce as well as aggravate certain aspects of TMA-induced respiratory allergy.
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Bevelander M, Mayette J, Whittaker LA, Paveglio SA, Jones CC, Robbins J, Hemenway D, Akira S, Uematsu S, Poynter ME. Nitrogen dioxide promotes allergic sensitization to inhaled antigen. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2007; 179:3680-8. [PMID: 17785804 PMCID: PMC4697766 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.179.6.3680] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Allergen sensitization and allergic airway disease are likely to come about through the inhalation of Ag with immunostimulatory molecules. However, environmental pollutants, including nitrogen dioxide (NO2), may promote adaptive immune responses to innocuous Ags that are not by themselves immunostimulatory. We tested in C57BL/6 mice whether exposure to NO2, followed by inhalation of the innocuous protein Ag, OVA, would result in allergen sensitization and the subsequent development of allergic airway disease. Following challenge with aerosolized OVA alone, mice previously exposed via inhalation to NO2 and OVA developed eosinophilic inflammation and mucus cell metaplasia in the lungs, as well as OVA-specific IgE and IgG1, and Th2-type cytokine responses. One hour of exposure to 10 parts per million NO2 increased bronchoalveolar lavage fluid levels of total protein, lactate dehydrogenase activity, and heat shock protein 70; promoted the activation of NF-kappaB by airway epithelial cells; and stimulated the subsequent allergic response to Ag challenge. Furthermore, features of allergic airway disease were not induced in allergen-challenged TLR2-/- and MyD88-/- mice exposed to NO2 and aerosolized OVA during sensitization. These findings offer a mechanism whereby allergen sensitization and asthma may result under conditions of high ambient or endogenous NO2 levels.
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- Mieke Bevelander
- Vermont Lung Center and Department of Medicine, University of
Vermont, Burlington, VT 05405
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- Vermont Lung Center and Department of Medicine, University of
Vermont, Burlington, VT 05405
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- Vermont Lung Center and Department of Medicine, University of
Vermont, Burlington, VT 05405
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- Vermont Lung Center and Department of Medicine, University of
Vermont, Burlington, VT 05405
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- Vermont Lung Center and Department of Medicine, University of
Vermont, Burlington, VT 05405
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- School of Engineering, University of Vermont, Burlington,
VT 05405
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- School of Engineering, University of Vermont, Burlington,
VT 05405
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- Department of Host Defense, Research Institute for
Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Host Defense, Research Institute for
Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
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- Vermont Lung Center and Department of Medicine, University of
Vermont, Burlington, VT 05405
- Address correspondence and reprint requests to Dr. Matthew
E. Poynter, University of Vermont, Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary Disease
and Critical Care Medicine, 149 Beaumont Avenue, HSRF 220, Burlington, VT 05405.
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Nielsen GD, Olsen O, Larsen ST, Løvik M, Poulsen LK, Glue C, Brandorff NP, Nielsen PJ. IgE-mediated sensitisation, rhinitis and asthma from occupational exposures. Smoking as a model for airborne adjuvants? Toxicology 2005; 216:87-105. [PMID: 16139408 DOI: 10.1016/j.tox.2005.07.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2005] [Revised: 07/22/2005] [Accepted: 07/28/2005] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Airborne pollutants with adjuvant effect, called airborne adjuvants, may promote IgE-sensitisation and development of allergic airway diseases. Smoking and occupational allergen exposures were reviewed to establish a general and verified framework for hazard identification and risk assessment of adjuvant effects of airborne pollutions. METHODS The relative risks and the attributable risks of adjuvant effect of smoking were determined for co-exposures with green coffee and castor beans, ispaghula, senna, psyllium, flour and grain dust, latex, laboratory animals, seafood, enzymes, platinum salts, organic anhydrides, or reactive dyes. RESULTS Adjuvant effects of smoking depended on the types of allergen, but not on whether sensitisation or allergy was promoted by atopy-the hereditarily increased ability to increase IgE formation. CONCLUSION Promotion of IgE sensitisation in humans and in animals may serve for hazard identification of adjuvant effects. Risk assessment has been based mainly on epidemiological studies, which are sensitive to confounding factors. This highlights the need to develop appropriate animal models for risk assessment.
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- Gunnar D Nielsen
- National Institute of Occupational Health Denmark, Lersø Parkallé 105, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark.
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Pauluhn J, Mohr U. Experimental approaches to evaluate respiratory allergy in animal models. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2005; 56:203-34. [PMID: 15816351 DOI: 10.1016/j.etp.2004.10.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Asthma is defined as a chronic disease of the entire lung and asthma attacks may either be immediate, delayed or dual in onset. Allergic asthma is a complex chronic inflammatory disease of the airways and its etiology is multifactorial. It involves the recruitment and activation of many inflammatory and structural cells, all of which release mediators that result in typical pathological changes of asthma. A wealth of clinical and experimental data suggests that allergic asthma is due to an aberrant lung immune response mediated through T-helper type 2 (Th2) cells and associated cytokine-signaling pathways. The pathology of asthma is associated with reversible narrowing of airways, associated with prominent features that involve structural changes in the airway walls and extracellular matrix remodeling including abnormalities of bronchial smooth muscle, eosinophilic inflammation of the bronchial wall, hyperplasia and hypertrophy of mucous glands. The primary objective of respiratory allergy tests is to determine whether a low-molecular-weight chemical (hapten) or high-molecular-weight compound (antigen) exhibits sensitizing properties to the respiratory tract. This may range from reactions occurring in the nose (allergic rhinitis), in the bronchial airways (i.e., allergic bronchitis, asthma) or alveoli (e.g., hypersensitivity pneumonitis). Current assays utilize several phases, viz. an induction phase, which includes multiple exposures to the test compound (sensitization) via the respiratory tract (e.g., by intranasal or intratracheal instillations), by inhalation exposures or by dermal contact, and a single or multiple challenge or elicitation phase. The challenge can either be with the chemical (hapten), the homologous protein conjugate of the hapten or the antigen. The choice depends both on the irritant potency and the physical form (vapor, aerosol) of the hapten. The appropriate selection of concentrations (dosages) both for the induction and elicitation of respiratory allergy appears to be paramount for the outcome of test. Endpoints to characterize positive response range from the induction of immunoglobulins, cytokine or lymphokine patterns in serum (or the lung) to (patho-)physiological reactions typifying asthma. None of the currently applied animal models duplicate all features of human asthma. Accordingly, the specific pros and cons of the selected animal model, including protocol variables, animal species and strain selected, must be interpreted cautiously in order to arrive at a meaningful extrapolation for humans.
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- Jürgen Pauluhn
- Institute of Toxicology, BA YER HealthCare, Wuppertal 42096, Germany.
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Chauhan AJ, Inskip HM, Linaker CH, Smith S, Schreiber J, Johnston SL, Holgate ST. Personal exposure to nitrogen dioxide (NO2) and the severity of virus-induced asthma in children. Lancet 2003; 361:1939-44. [PMID: 12801737 PMCID: PMC7112409 DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(03)13582-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 179] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/02/2022]
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BACKGROUND A link between exposure to the air pollutant nitrogen dioxide (NO2) and respiratory disease has been suggested. Viral infections are the major cause of asthma exacerbations. We aimed to assess whether there is a relation between NO2 exposure and the severity of asthma exacerbations caused by proven respiratory viral infections in children. METHODS A cohort of 114 asthmatic children aged between 8 and 11 years recorded daily upper and lower respiratory-tract symptoms, peak expiratory flow (PEF), and measured personal NO2 exposures every week for up to 13 months. We took nasal aspirates during reported episodes of upper respiratory-tract illness and tested for infection by common respiratory viruses and atypical bacteria with RT-PCR assays. We used generalised estimating equations to assess the relation between low (<7.5 microg/m3), medium (7.5-14 microg/m3 ), and high (>14 microg/m3) tertiles of NO2 exposure in the week before or after upper respiratory-tract infection and the severity of asthma exacerbation in the week after the start of an infection. FINDINGS One or more viruses were detected in 78% of reported infection episodes, and the medians of NO2 exposure were 5 (IQR 3.6-6.3), 10 (8.7-12.0), and 21 microg/m3 (16.8-42.9) for low, medium, and high tertiles, respectively. There were significant increases in the severity of lower respiratory-tract symptom scores across the three tertiles (0.6 for all viruses [p=0.05] and >2 for respiratory syncytial virus [p=0.01]) and a reduction in PEF of more than 12 L/min for picornavirus (p=0.04) for high compared with low NO2 exposure before the start of the virus-induced exacerbation. INTERPRETATION High exposure to NO2 in the week before the start of a respiratory viral infection, and at levels within current air quality standards, is associated with an increase in the severity of a resulting asthma exacerbation.
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- AJ Chauhan
- Respiratory, Cell, and Molecular Biology Research Division, University of Southampton, Southampton UK,Correspondence to: Dr A J Chauhan, St Mary's Hospital, Portsmouth, PO3 6AD, UK
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- Medical Research Council, Environmental Epidemiology Unit, University of Southampton, Southampton UK
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- Medical Research Council, Environmental Epidemiology Unit, University of Southampton, Southampton UK
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- Respiratory, Cell, and Molecular Biology Research Division, University of Southampton, Southampton UK
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- Respiratory, Cell, and Molecular Biology Research Division, University of Southampton, Southampton UK
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- The National Heart and Lung Institute and Wright Fleming Institute of Infection and Immunity, Imperial College, London, UK
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- Respiratory, Cell, and Molecular Biology Research Division, University of Southampton, Southampton UK
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Ban M, Hettich D, Bonnet P. Effect of inhaled industrial chemicals on systemic and local immune response. Toxicology 2003; 184:41-50. [PMID: 12505375 DOI: 10.1016/s0300-483x(02)00553-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Using immunotoxic functional tests, namely IgM response to sheep red blood cells (SRBCs) and interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) production, this study simultaneously evaluated the effects of inhaled chloroform (10, 20, and 50 ppm), carbon tetrachloride (100, 200, and 300 ppm), 1,1-dichloroethylene (5, 10, and 15 ppm), and styrene (100, 200, and 300 ppm) on the systemic (spleen) and local (lung-associated lymph nodes) immune response. At least one concentration of all the chemicals studied provoked a statistically significant increase in IgM response in the lymph nodes compared with the controls, as expressed by the number of plaque-forming cells (PFCs), whereas only the highest concentration of 1,1-dichloroethylene provoked an increase in the number of PFCs statistically different from the controls in the case of the spleens. The release of IFN-gamma in the lymph node cell cultures of the exposed mice exceeded that of the controls by more than 600%, whereas the release of IFN-gamma in the spleen cell cultures of the exposed mice was moderately different from the controls. It would appear from these results that the lung-associated lymph nodes are sensitive targets for chemical inhalation and that the results of systemic tests in the spleen may not mirror local immune response dysfunction. For risk assessment of inhaled chemicals, it is therefore important to take the local immunotoxic effects into consideration, in particular immunostimulation which may be involved in the rise in allergic diseases in industrialised countries.
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- Masarin Ban
- Department of Pollutants and Health, National Institute for Research and Safety, Vandoeuvre, France.
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Hubbard AK, Symanowicz PT, Thibodeau M, Thrall RS, Schramm CM, Cloutier MM, Morris JB. Effect of nitrogen dioxide on ovalbumin-induced allergic airway disease in a murine model. JOURNAL OF TOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH. PART A 2002; 65:1999-2005. [PMID: 12490044 DOI: 10.1080/00984100290071397] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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The effect of exposure to irritant air pollutants on the development of allergic airway disease is poorly understood. This study examines the effects of the lower respiratory tract irritant, NO(2), on the outcome of ovalbumin (OVA)-induced allergic airway disease. Male and female C57Bl/6 mice were sensitized by weekly intraperitoneal (ip) OVA injections for 3 wk followed by daily 1-h OVA aerosol inhalation challenge for 3 or 10 d. Initially, mice were exposed daily for 3 d to air or 0.7 or 5 ppm NO(2) for 2 h following each OVA aerosol challenge. OVA exposure resulted in pronounced lower airway inflammation, as evidenced by a significant increase in bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) total cellularity and eosinophil levels. BAL eosinophil levels were significantly lower in OVA-NO(2) compared to OVA-air animals. The reduction was similar at both NO(2) exposure concentrations. In a subsequent study, sensitized animals were exposed for 3 or 10 d to aerosolized OVA followed by air or 0.7 ppm NO(2). BAL eosinophils were again reduced at 3 d by OVA-NO(2) exposure compared to OVA-air mice. At 10 d the eosinophilia was virtually abolished. This reduction in OVA-induced cellular inflammation by NO(2) was confirmed by histopathological analysis. Contrary to expectations, exposure to NO(2) during the aerosol challenge to OVA dramatically diminished the outcome of allergic disease in lungs as measured by airway cellular inflammation.
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- Andrea K Hubbard
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Connecticut, Storrs 06269, USA
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van Zijverden M, de Haar C, van Beelen A, van Loveren H, Penninks A, Pieters R. Coadministration of antigen and particles optimally stimulates the immune response in an intranasal administration model in mice. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 2001; 177:174-8. [PMID: 11749116 DOI: 10.1006/taap.2001.9306] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Some particulate matter is known to affect human health, yet the mechanism(s) by which it acts is largely unknown. One of the factors that may play a role in the immune- stimulating activity of particles is binding of allergen to particles. This may turn the particles into allergen carriers, resulting in antigen deposition within the altered inflammatory microenvironment created by the particles. We compared the efficacy of simultaneous versus separate administration of antigen and particles during sensitization in an intranasal exposure model in BALB/c mice. Sensitization consisted of three separate doses (10 microg) of TNP-OVA at Days 1, 2, and 3. Two hundred micrograms of carbon black particles (CBP) were administered either 1 day before sensitization (Day 0), 1 day after sensitization (Day 4), or during sensitization. The latter was performed either at Day 1 (200 microg) or at Days 1, 2, and 3 (67 microg/day). At Day 10 a challenge with 10 microg of TNP-OVA was performed, and at Day 15 the immune response was assessed. The total number of cells as well as antibody-forming cells (AFC) in lymph nodes draining the lung (peribronchial lymph nodes [PBLN]) were determined, and immunoglobulin levels in blood were assessed. Cell numbers of PBLN increased significantly in all particle-treated groups compared to controls. The number of TNP-specific IgG1-forming cells in the groups receiving particles during sensitization was significantly higher than control level. Only groups receiving particles during or before sensitization displayed significantly higher IgG1 levels than controls, in contrast to the group receiving particles after sensitization. Only in animals receiving three doses of 67 microg during sensitization did TNP-specific IgE increase significantly compared to controls. IgG2a did not show significant differences compared to controls, indicating that the response is predominantly Th2 mediated. These data indicate that coadministration of particles at all time points of antigen dosing is the most effective way to stimulate an immune response in our model compared to separate particle and antigen dosing. Also, administration shortly before antigen administration was effective in stimulating an immune response, suggesting that time-dependent processes are involved in immune-stimulating activity of particles, supporting the important role of the altered inflammatory microenvironment created by the particles.
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Koike E, Kobayashi T, Utsunomiya R. Effect of exposure to nitrogen dioxide on alveolar macrophage-mediated immunosuppressive activity in rats. Toxicol Lett 2001; 121:135-43. [PMID: 11325564 DOI: 10.1016/s0378-4274(01)00331-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Nitrogen dioxide (NO2), a major component of air pollutants, induces inflammatory responses in the lungs. Resident alveolar macrophages (AM) play an immunosuppressive role in the lungs via suppression of lymphocyte proliferation, and nitric oxide (NO) plays a crucial role in this immunosuppressive activity. Microenvironmental changes within the alveoli during inflammatory responses, however, can inhibit this immunosuppressive activity of AM. The present study was designed to clarify the effect of NO2 exposure on the immunosuppressive activity of and NO production by AM in rats. Wistar rats were exposed to 10 ppm NO2 for 3, 14 or 28 days, after which bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) was taken as a sample of the alveolar microenvironment. Suppression of concanavalin A-induced lymphocyte proliferation and NO production by AM were markedly inhibited by BALF from NO2-exposed rats (NO2-BALF). The inhibitory effect of NO2-BALF at 28-days exposure was stronger than that of NO2-BALF at 3 or 14 days exposure. In conclusion, AM-mediated immunosuppressive activity was inhibited by the NO2-induced changes of the alveolar microenvironment through the inhibition of NO production.
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- E Koike
- Department of Medicine, Tsukuba University, 305-8575, Tsukuba, Japan
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Granum B, Gaarder PI, Løvik M. IgE adjuvant effect caused by particles - immediate and delayed effects. Toxicology 2001; 156:149-59. [PMID: 11164617 DOI: 10.1016/s0300-483x(00)00375-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Diesel exhaust particles are reported to increase the specific IgE response to ovalbumin (OVA) and pollen. Evidence has been provided that the particle core contributes to this adjuvant activity. The purpose of our study was to investigate the effect of well-defined simple particles, polystyrene particles (PSP), on the production of allergen-specific IgE in a mouse model. The IgE adjuvant effect of PSP was investigated in experiments using intranasal (i.n.) instillation, intratracheal (i.t.) instillation or intraperitoneal (i.p.) injection. Delayed and cumulative adjuvant effects were investigated by giving mice i.p. injections with PSP 1-3 days, or on 4 consecutive days before OVA, respectively. The levels of allergen-specific and total IgE were measured. Irrespectively of immunisation route and protocol, OVA in combination with PSP elicited increased levels of both allergen-specific and total IgE when compared with OVA alone. Therefore, in the experimental model, particles were found to augment the specific IgE response to an allergen even when the allergen was introduced several days after the particles. These findings imply that individuals exposed to particulate air pollution at one point of time may develop an increased reaction towards allergens inhaled later that day or even several days after the particle exposure.
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MESH Headings
- Adjuvants, Immunologic/toxicity
- Administration, Intranasal
- Allergens/toxicity
- Animals
- Disease Models, Animal
- Female
- Flow Cytometry
- Hypersensitivity, Delayed/chemically induced
- Hypersensitivity, Delayed/immunology
- Hypersensitivity, Immediate/chemically induced
- Hypersensitivity, Immediate/immunology
- Immunoglobulin E/biosynthesis
- Immunoglobulin E/blood
- Injections, Intraperitoneal
- Intubation, Intratracheal
- Lymph Nodes/drug effects
- Lymph Nodes/immunology
- Lymph Nodes/pathology
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred Strains
- Microspheres
- Ovalbumin/immunology
- Ovalbumin/toxicity
- Particle Size
- Polystyrenes/administration & dosage
- Polystyrenes/pharmacokinetics
- Polystyrenes/toxicity
- Specific Pathogen-Free Organisms
- Tissue Distribution
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- B Granum
- Department of Environmental Medicine, National Institute of Public Health, P.O. Box 4404 Nydalen, Torshov, N-0403 Oslo, Norway.
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Kobayashi T. Exposure to diesel exhaust aggravates nasal allergic reaction in guinea pigs. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2000; 162:352-6. [PMID: 10934052 DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.162.2.9809035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
Abstract
Diesel exhaust particulates (DEP) () and exposure to diesel exhaust (DE) induce nasal mucosal hyperresponsiveness to histamine. Therefore, in the present study, we investigated whether or not exposing guinea pigs to DE aggravates the nasal allergic reaction induced by repeated nasal administration of ovalbumin (OVA). Guinea pigs were exposed to filtered air or to DE (DE containing 0.3 or 1.0 mg/m(3) of DEP) for 5 wk. During exposure to filtered air or to DE, guinea pigs were administered 1% of OVA in saline into the nasal cavities once a week. Sneezes were counted and nasal secretions were measured as indices of sneezing responses and rhinorrhea for 20 min after OVA administration. Titers of specific anti-OVA-IgG and anti-OVA-IgE and the number of eosinophils infiltrated into both nasal epithelium and subepithelium were measured at the end of the exposure to DE. Exposure to DE enhanced the number of sneezes and the amount of nasal secretions induced by OVA. Titers of specific anti-OVA-IgG and anti-OVA-IgE also significantly increased in DE-exposed animals. Exposure to DE also augmented the number of eosinophils that infiltrated both the nasal epithelium and the subepithelium induced by OVA. These results suggest that exposure to DE enhances the nasal allergic reaction induced by repeated antigen administration in guinea pigs.
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Affiliation(s)
- T Kobayashi
- Environmental Health Sciences Division, National Institute for Environmental Studies, Tsukuba, Japan
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Hamada K, Goldsmith CA, Goldman A, Kobzik L. Resistance of very young mice to inhaled allergen sensitization is overcome by coexposure to an air-pollutant aerosol. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2000; 161:1285-93. [PMID: 10764325 DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.161.4.9906137] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
Abstract
The role of air pollution in the initiation of asthma is controversial. We sought to model the potential effects of air pollution on immune responses to inhaled allergens in developing lungs by using very young mice. Neonatal mice were repeatedly exposed to aerosolized ovalbumin (OVA; 3% in phosphate-buffered saline for 10 min/d, from Days 5 to 15 of age). Some mice were also exposed to leachate of residual oil fly ash (ROFA-s), a surrogate for ambient air particles, for 30 min, on Days 6, 8, and 10 of age). Repeated exposure of very young mice to allergen alone (OVA) or pollutant alone (ROFA-s) had no effect on airway hyperresponsiveness (AHR, measured as enhanced pause (Penh) with noninvasive plethysmography at Day 16 of age), and did not cause inflammation or OVA-specific antibody production. Similar exposures of adult mice to either OVA alone or to OVA + ROFA-s did result in AHR, without evidence of enhancement by combined exposure. In contrast, very young mice exposed to both OVA and ROFA-s showed significantly increased AHR (e.g., Penh with 50 mg/ml methacholine for OVA + ROFA-s versus OVA alone = 2.6 +/- 0.4 [mean +/- SE], versus 1.2 +/- 0.1; p < 0.01, n >/= 15), and produced OVA-specific IgE and IgG upon allergen challenge a week later. Immunostaining of airways taken from mice at Day 11 showed a marked increase in Ia(+) cells after OVA + ROFA-s exposure. We conclude that exposure to pollutant aerosols can disrupt normal resistance to sensitization to inhaled allergens, and can thereby promote development of airway hypersensitivity in this neonatal/juvenile mouse model.
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- K Hamada
- Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
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