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Kim PR, Park SW, Han YJ, Lee MH, Holsen TM, Jeong CH, Evans G. Variations of oxidative potential of PM 2.5 in a medium-sized residential city in South Korea measured using three different chemical assays. Sci Total Environ 2024; 920:171053. [PMID: 38378060 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.171053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2023] [Revised: 01/24/2024] [Accepted: 02/15/2024] [Indexed: 02/22/2024]
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Although it is evident that PM2.5 has serious adverse health effects, there is no consensus on what the biologically effective dose is. In this study, the intrinsic oxidative potential (OPm) and the extrinsic oxidative potential (OPv) of PM2.5 were measured using three chemical assays including dithiothreitol (DTT), ascorbic acid (AA), and reduced glutathione (GSH), along with chemical compositions of PM2.5 in South Korea. Among the three chemical assays, only OPmAA showed a statistically significant correlation with PM2.5 while OPmGSH and OPmDTT were not correlated with PM2.5 mass concentration. When the samples were categorized by PM2.5 mass concentrations, the variations in the proportion of Ni, As, Mn, Cd, Pb, and Se to PM2.5 mass closely coincided with changes in OPm across all three assays, suggesting a potential association between these elements and PM2.5 OP. Multiple linear regression analysis identified the significant PM components affecting the variability in extrinsic OPv. OPvAA was determined to be significantly influenced by EC, K+, and Ba while OC and Al were common significant factors for OPvGSH and OPvDTT. It was also found that primary OC was an important variable for OPvDTT while secondary OC significantly affected the variability of OPvGSH.
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- Pyung-Rae Kim
- Agriculture and Life Sciences Research Institute, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, Gangwon-do 24341, Republic of Korea.
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- Dept. of Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Environmental and Biomedical Convergence, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, Gangwon-do 24341, Republic of Korea.
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- Dept. of Environmental Science, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, Gangwon-do 24341, Republic of Korea; Gangwon particle pollution research and management center, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, Gangwon-do 24341, Republic of Korea.
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- Gangwon particle pollution research and management center, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, Gangwon-do 24341, Republic of Korea; Dept. of Environmental Engineering, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, Gangwon-do 24341, Republic of Korea.
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- Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Clarkson University, Potsdam, NY 13699, USA.
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- Dept. Of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3E5, Canada.
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- Dept. Of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3E5, Canada.
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Raparthi N, Yadav S, Khare A, Dubey S, Phuleria HC. Chemical and oxidative properties of fine particulate matter from near-road traffic sources. Environ Pollut 2023; 337:122514. [PMID: 37678733 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2023.122514] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2023] [Revised: 08/31/2023] [Accepted: 09/04/2023] [Indexed: 09/09/2023]
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The toxicity associated with the fine particulate matter (PM2.5) has not been well studied, particularly in relation to the emissions from on-road vehicles and other sources in low- and middle-income countries such as India. Thus, a study was conducted to examine the oxidative potential (OP) of PM2.5 at a roadside (RS) site with heavy vehicular traffic and an urban background (BG) site in Mumbai using the dithiothreitol (DTT) assay. Simultaneous gravimetric PM2.5 was measured at both sites and characterized for carbonaceous constituents and water-soluble trace elements and metals. Results depicted higher PM2.5, elemental carbon (EC), and organic carbon (OC) concentrations on the RS than BG (by a factor of 1.7, 4.6, and 1.2, respectively), while BG had higher water-soluble organic carbon (WSOC) levels (by a factor of 1.4) and a higher WSOC to OC ratio (86%), likely due to the dominance of secondary aerosol formation. In contrast, the measured OPDTTv at RS (8.9 ± 5.5 nmol/min/m3) and BG (8.1 ± 6.4 nmol/min/m3) sites were similar. However, OPDTTv at BG was higher during the afternoon, suggesting the influence of photochemical transformation on measured OPDTTv at BG. At RS, OC and redox-active metals (Cu, Zn, Mn, and Fe) were significantly associated with measured OP (p < 0.05), while at BG, WSOC was most strongly associated (p < 0.05). The coefficient of divergence (COD) for PM2.5, its chemical species, and OPDTTv was >0.2, indicating spatial heterogeneity between the sites, and differences in emission sources and toxicity. The estimated hazard index (HI) was not associated with OPDTTv, indicating that current PM2.5 mass regulations may not adequately capture the health effects of PM2.5. The study highlights the need for further studies examining PM2.5 toxicity and developing toxicity-based air quality regulations.
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- Nagendra Raparthi
- Environmental Science and Engineering Department, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, India; Air Quality Research Center, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, USA
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- Environmental Science and Engineering Department, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, India
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- Centre for Technology Alternatives for Rural Areas, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, India
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- Environmental Science and Engineering Department, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, India
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- Environmental Science and Engineering Department, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, India; IDP in Climate Studies, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, India; Koita Centre for Digital Health, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, India.
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Ripley S, Gao D, Pollitt KJG, Lakey PSJ, Shiraiwa M, Hatzopoulou M, Weichenthal S. Within-city spatial variations in long-term average outdoor oxidant gas concentrations and cardiovascular mortality: Effect modification by oxidative potential in the Canadian Census Health and Environment Cohort. Environ Epidemiol 2023; 7:e257. [PMID: 37545813 PMCID: PMC10403014 DOI: 10.1097/ee9.0000000000000257] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2023] [Accepted: 06/01/2023] [Indexed: 08/08/2023] Open
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Health effects of oxidant gases may be enhanced by components of particulate air pollution that contribute to oxidative stress. Our aim was to examine if within-city spatial variations in the oxidative potential of outdoor fine particulate air pollution (PM2.5) modify relationships between oxidant gases and cardiovascular mortality. Methods We conducted a retrospective cohort study of participants in the Canadian Census Health and Environment Cohort who lived in Toronto or Montreal, Canada, from 2002 to 2015. Cox proportional hazards models were used to estimate associations between outdoor concentrations of oxidant gases (Ox, a redox-weighted average of nitrogen dioxide and ozone) and cardiovascular deaths. Analyses were performed across strata of two measures of PM2.5 oxidative potential and reactive oxygen species concentrations (ROS) adjusting for relevant confounding factors. Results PM2.5 mass concentration showed little within-city variability, but PM2.5 oxidative potential and ROS were more variable. Spatial variations in outdoor Ox were associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular mortality [HR per 5 ppb = 1.028, 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.001, 1.055]. The effect of Ox on cardiovascular mortality was stronger above the median of each measure of PM2.5 oxidative potential and ROS (e.g., above the median of glutathione-based oxidative potential: HR = 1.045, 95% CI: 1.009, 1.081; below median: HR = 1.000, 95% CI: 0.960, 1.043). Conclusion Within-city spatial variations in PM2.5 oxidative potential may modify long-term cardiovascular health impacts of Ox. Regions with elevated Ox and PM2.5 oxidative potential may be priority areas for interventions to decrease the population health impacts of outdoor air pollution.
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- Susannah Ripley
- Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
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- Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, Connecticut
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California
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- Department of Civil & Mineral Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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- Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
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Yalamanchili J, Hennigan CJ, Reed BE. Measurement artifacts in the dithiothreitol (DTT) oxidative potential assay caused by interactions between aqueous metals and phosphate buffer. J Hazard Mater 2023; 456:131693. [PMID: 37245366 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2023.131693] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2023] [Revised: 05/15/2023] [Accepted: 05/22/2023] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Metals in particulate matter (PM) are hypothesized to have enhanced toxicity based on their ability to catalyze reactive oxygen species (ROS) formation. Acellular assays are used to measure the oxidative potential (OP) of PM and its individual components. Many OP assays, including the dithiothreitol (DTT) assay, use a phosphate buffer matrix to simulate biological conditions (pH 7.4 and 37 °C). Prior work from our group observed transition metal precipitation in the DTT assay, consistent with thermodynamic equilibria. In this study, we characterized the effects of metal precipitation on OP measured by the DTT assay. Metal precipitation was affected by aqueous metal concentrations, ionic strength, and phosphate concentrations in ambient PM sampled in Baltimore, MD and a standard PM sample (NIST SRM-1648a, Urban Particulate Matter). Critically, differences in metal precipitation induced differing OP responses of the DTT assay as a function of phosphate concentration in all PM samples analyzed. These results indicate that comparison of DTT assay results obtained at differing phosphate buffer concentrations is highly problematic. Further, these results have implications for other chemical and biological assays that use phosphate buffer for pH control and their use to infer PM toxicity.
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- Jayashree Yalamanchili
- Department of Chemical, Biochemical and Environmental Engineering, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD 21250, USA
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- Department of Chemical, Biochemical and Environmental Engineering, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD 21250, USA.
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- Department of Chemical, Biochemical and Environmental Engineering, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD 21250, USA
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Ripley S, Minet L, Zalzal J, Godri Pollitt K, Gao D, Lakey PSJ, Shiraiwa M, Maher BA, Hatzopoulou M, Weichenthal S. Predicting Spatial Variations in Multiple Measures of PM 2.5 Oxidative Potential and Magnetite Nanoparticles in Toronto and Montreal, Canada. Environ Sci Technol 2022; 56:7256-7265. [PMID: 34965092 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.1c05364] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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There is growing interest to move beyond fine particle mass concentrations (PM2.5) when evaluating the population health impacts of outdoor air pollution. However, few exposure models are currently available to support such analyses. In this study, we conducted large-scale monitoring campaigns across Montreal and Toronto, Canada during summer 2018 and winter 2019 and developed models to predict spatial variations in (1) the ability of PM2.5 to generate reactive oxygen species in the lung fluid (ROS), (2) PM2.5 oxidative potential based on the depletion of ascorbate (OPAA) and glutathione (OPGSH) in a cell-free assay, and (3) anhysteretic magnetic remanence (XARM) as an indicator of magnetite nanoparticles. We also examined how exposure to PM oxidative capacity metrics (ROS/OP) varied by socioeconomic status within each city. In Montreal, areas with higher material deprivation, indicating lower area-level average household income and employment, were exposed to PM2.5 characterized by higher ROS and OP. This relationship was not observed in Toronto. The developed models will be used in epidemiologic studies to assess the health effects of exposure to PM2.5 and iron-rich magnetic nanoparticles in Toronto and Montreal.
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- Susannah Ripley
- Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, McGill University, Montreal, Canada, H3A 1G1
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- Department of Civil & Mineral Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada, M5S 1A4
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- Department of Civil & Mineral Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada, M5S 1A4
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- Yale School of Public Health, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06510, United States
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- Yale School of Public Health, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06510, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California 92697, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California 92697, United States
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- Centre for Environmental Magnetism & Palaeomagnetism, Lancaster University, Lancaster, U.K., LA1 4YW
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- Department of Civil & Mineral Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada, M5S 1A4
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- Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, McGill University, Montreal, Canada, H3A 1G1
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Yalamanchili J, Hennigan CJ, Reed BE. Precipitation of aqueous transition metals in particulate matter during the dithiothreitol (DTT) oxidative potential assay. Environ Sci Process Impacts 2022; 24:762-772. [PMID: 35388859 DOI: 10.1039/d2em00005a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Transition metals in particulate matter (PM) are hypothesized to have enhanced toxicity based on their oxidative potential (OP). The acellular dithiothreitol (DTT) assay is widely used to measure the OP of PM and its chemical components. In our prior study, we showed that the DTT assay (pH 7.4, 0.1 M phosphate buffer, 37 °C) provides favorable thermodynamic conditions for precipitation of multiple metals present in PM. This study utilizes multiple techniques to characterize the precipitation of aqueous metals present at low concentrations in the DTT assay. Metal precipitation was identified using laser particle light scattering analysis, direct chemical measurement of aqueous metal removal, and microscopic imaging. Experiments were run with aqueous metals from individual metal salts and a well-characterized urban PM standard (NIST SRM-1648a, Urban Particulate Matter). Our results demonstrated rapid precipitation of metals in the DTT assay. Metal precipitation was independent of DTT but dependent on metal concentration. Metal removal in the chemically complex urban PM samples exceeded the thermodynamic predictions and removal seen in single metal salt experiments, suggesting co-precipitation and/or adsorption may have occurred. These results have broad implications for other acellular assays that study PM metals using phosphate buffer, and subsequently, the PM toxicity inferred from these assays.
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- Jayashree Yalamanchili
- Department of Chemical, Biochemical and Environmental Engineering, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, 1000 Hilltop Circle, Baltimore, Maryland 21250, USA.
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- Department of Chemical, Biochemical and Environmental Engineering, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, 1000 Hilltop Circle, Baltimore, Maryland 21250, USA.
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- Department of Chemical, Biochemical and Environmental Engineering, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, 1000 Hilltop Circle, Baltimore, Maryland 21250, USA.
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Weichenthal S, Lavigne E, Traub A, Umbrio D, You H, Pollitt K, Shin T, Kulka R, Stieb DM, Korsiak J, Jessiman B, Brook JR, Hatzopoulou M, Evans G, Burnett RT. Association of Sulfur, Transition Metals, and the Oxidative Potential of Outdoor PM2.5 with Acute Cardiovascular Events: A Case-Crossover Study of Canadian Adults. Environ Health Perspect 2021; 129:107005. [PMID: 34644144 PMCID: PMC8513754 DOI: 10.1289/ehp9449] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2021] [Revised: 08/30/2021] [Accepted: 09/28/2021] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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BACKGROUND We do not currently understand how spatiotemporal variations in the composition of fine particulate air pollution [fine particulate matter with aerodynamic diameter ≤2.5μm (PM2.5)] affects population health risks. However, recent evidence suggests that joint concentrations of transition metals and sulfate may influence the oxidative potential (OP) of PM2.5 and associated health impacts. OBJECTIVES The purpose of the study was to evaluate how combinations of transition metals/OP and sulfur content in outdoor PM2.5 influence associations with acute cardiovascular events. METHODS We conducted a national case-crossover study of outdoor PM2.5 and acute cardiovascular events in Canada between 2016 and 2017 (93,344 adult cases). Monthly mean transition metal and sulfur (S) concentrations in PM2.5 were determined prospectively along with estimates of OP using acellular assays for glutathione (OPGSH), ascorbate (OPAA), and dithiothreitol depletion (OPDTT). Conditional logistic regression models were used to estimate odds ratios (OR) [95% confidence intervals (CI)] for PM2.5 across strata of transition metals/OP and sulfur. RESULTS Among men, the magnitudes of observed associations were strongest when both transition metal and sulfur content were elevated. For example, an OR of 1.078 (95% CI: 1.049, 1.108) (per 10μg/m3) was observed for cardiovascular events in men when both copper and S were above the median, whereas a weaker association was observed when both elements were below median values (OR=1.019, 95% CI: 1.007, 1.031). A similar pattern was observed for OP metrics. PM2.5 was not associated with acute cardiovascular events in women. DISCUSSION The combined transition metal and sulfur content of outdoor PM2.5 influences the strength of association with acute cardiovascular events in men. Regions with elevated concentrations of both sulfur and transition metals in PM2.5 should be examined as priority areas for regulatory interventions. https://doi.org/10.1289/EHP9449.
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- Scott Weichenthal
- Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Occupational Health, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
- Air Health Science Division, Health Canada, Ottawa, Canada
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- Air Health Science Division, Health Canada, Ottawa, Canada
- School of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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- Air Health Science Division, Health Canada, Ottawa, Canada
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- Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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- Air Health Science Division, Health Canada, Ottawa, Canada
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- Air Health Science Division, Health Canada, Ottawa, Canada
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- Population Studies Division, Health Canada, Ottawa, Canada
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- Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Occupational Health, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
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- Air Health Science Division, Health Canada, Ottawa, Canada
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- Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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- Department of Civil and Mineral Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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Fleck ADS, Debia M, Ryan PE, Couture C, Traub A, Evans GJ, Suarthana E, Smargiassi A. Assessment of the Oxidative Potential and Oxidative Burden from Occupational Exposures to Particulate Matter. Ann Work Expo Health 2021; 66:379-391. [PMID: 34595509 DOI: 10.1093/annweh/wxab086] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2021] [Revised: 08/03/2021] [Accepted: 09/15/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Oxidative potential (OP) is a toxicologically relevant metric that integrates features like mass concentration and chemical composition of particulate matter (PM). Although it has been extensively explored as a metric for the characterization of environmental particles, this is still an underexplored application in the occupational field. This study aimed to estimate the OP of particles in two occupational settings from a construction trades school. This characterization also includes the comparison between activities, sampling strategies, and size fractions. Particulate mass concentrations (PM4-Personal, PM4-Area, and PM2.5-Area) and number concentrations were measured during three weeks of welding and construction/bricklaying activities. The OP was assessed by the ascorbate assay (OPAA) using a synthetic respiratory tract lining fluid (RTLF), while the oxidative burden (OBAA) was determined by multiplying the OPAA values with PM concentrations. Median (25th-75th percentiles) of PM mass and number concentrations were 900 (672-1730) µg m-3 and 128 000 (78 000-169 000) particles cm-3 for welding, and 432 (345-530) µg m-3 and 2800 (1700-4400) particles cm-3 for construction. Welding particles, especially from the first week of activities, were also associated with higher redox activity (OPAA: 3.3 (2.3-4.6) ρmol min-1 µg-1; OBAA: 1750 (893-4560) ρmol min-1 m-3) compared to the construction site (OPAA: 1.4 (1.0-1.8) ρmol min-1 µg-1; OBAA: 486 (341-695) ρmol min-1 m-3). The OPAA was independent of the sampling strategy or size fraction. However, driven by the higher PM concentrations, the OBAA from personal samples was higher compared to area samples in the welding shop, suggesting an influence of the sampling strategy on PM concentrations and OBAA. These results demonstrate that important levels of OPAA can be found in occupational settings, especially during welding activities. Furthermore, the OBAA found in both workplaces largely exceeded the levels found in environmental studies. Therefore, measures of OP and OB could be further explored as metrics for exposure assessment to occupational PM, as well as for associations with cardiorespiratory outcomes in future occupational epidemiological studies.
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- Alan da Silveira Fleck
- Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, School of Public Health, University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.,Centre de Recherche en Santé Publique (CReSP), Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, School of Public Health, University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.,Centre de Recherche en Santé Publique (CReSP), Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, School of Public Health, University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.,Centre de Recherche en Santé Publique (CReSP), Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, School of Public Health, University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.,Centre de Recherche en Santé Publique (CReSP), Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Southern Ontario Centre for Atmospheric Aerosol Research, University of Toronto Engineering, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Southern Ontario Centre for Atmospheric Aerosol Research, University of Toronto Engineering, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Research Institute of McGill University Health Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.,Centre de Recherche de l'Hôpital du Sacré-Cœur de Montréal (CRHSCM), 5400 Boul Gouin O, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, School of Public Health, University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.,Centre de Recherche en Santé Publique (CReSP), Montreal, Quebec, Canada.,Institut National de Sante Publique du Québec (INSPQ), 190 Boul Crémazie E, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Xu JW, Martin RV, Evans GJ, Umbrio D, Traub A, Meng J, van Donkelaar A, You H, Kulka R, Burnett RT, Godri Pollitt KJ, Weichenthal S. Predicting Spatial Variations in Multiple Measures of Oxidative Burden for Outdoor Fine Particulate Air Pollution across Canada. Environ Sci Technol 2021; 55:9750-9760. [PMID: 34241996 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.1c01210] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
Abstract
Fine particulate air pollution (PM2.5) is a leading contributor to the overall global burden of disease. Traditionally, outdoor PM2.5 has been characterized using mass concentrations which treat all particles as equally harmful. Oxidative potential (OP) (per μg) and oxidative burden (OB) (per m3) are complementary metrics that estimate the ability of PM2.5 to cause oxidative stress, which is an important mechanism in air pollution health effects. Here, we provide the first national estimates of spatial variations in multiple measures (glutathione, ascorbate, and dithiothreitol depletion) of annual median outdoor PM2.5 OB across Canada. To do this, we combined a large database of ground-level OB measurements collected monthly prospectively across Canada for 2 years (2016-2018) with PM2.5 components estimated using a chemical transport model (GEOS-Chem) and satellite aerosol observations. Our predicted ground-level OB values of all three methods were consistent with ground-level observations (cross-validation R2 = 0.63-0.74). We found that forested regions and urban areas had the highest OB, predicted primarily by black carbon and organic carbon from wildfires and transportation sources. Importantly, the dominant components associated with OB were different than those contributing to PM2.5 mass concentrations (secondary inorganic aerosol); thus, OB metrics may better indicate harmful components and sources on health than the bulk PM2.5 mass, reinforcing that OB estimates can complement the existing PM2.5 data in future national-level epidemiological studies.
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- Jun-Wei Xu
- Department of Physics and Atmospheric Science, Dalhousie University, 6310 Coburg Road, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 4R2, Canada
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- Department of Physics and Atmospheric Science, Dalhousie University, 6310 Coburg Road, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 4R2, Canada
- Department of Energy, Environmental & Chemical Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis, 1 Brookings Drive, St. Louis, Missouri 63130, United States
- Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, United States
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- Southern Ontario Centre for Atmospheric Aerosol Research, University of Toronto, 200 College Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3E5, Canada
- Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, 480 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario M5G 1V2, Canada
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- Southern Ontario Centre for Atmospheric Aerosol Research, University of Toronto, 200 College Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3E5, Canada
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- Southern Ontario Centre for Atmospheric Aerosol Research, University of Toronto, 200 College Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3E5, Canada
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- Department of Physics and Atmospheric Science, Dalhousie University, 6310 Coburg Road, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 4R2, Canada
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- Department of Physics and Atmospheric Science, Dalhousie University, 6310 Coburg Road, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 4R2, Canada
- Department of Energy, Environmental & Chemical Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis, 1 Brookings Drive, St. Louis, Missouri 63130, United States
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- Air Health Science Division, Health Canada, 269 Laurier Avenue West, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0K0, Canada
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- Air Health Science Division, Health Canada, 269 Laurier Avenue West, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0K0, Canada
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- Population Studies Division, Health Canada, 101 Tunney's Pasture Dr., Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0K9, Canada
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- Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Yale School of Public Health, 60 College Street, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, United States
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- Air Health Science Division, Health Canada, 269 Laurier Avenue West, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0K0, Canada
- Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, McGill University, 1020 Pine Avenue West, Montreal, Quebec H3A 1A2, Canada
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Shahpoury P, Zhang ZW, Arangio A, Celo V, Dabek-Zlotorzynska E, Harner T, Nenes A. The influence of chemical composition, aerosol acidity, and metal dissolution on the oxidative potential of fine particulate matter and redox potential of the lung lining fluid. Environ Int 2021; 148:106343. [PMID: 33454608 PMCID: PMC7868889 DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2020.106343] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2020] [Revised: 11/28/2020] [Accepted: 12/15/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Air pollution is a major environmental health risk and it contributes to respiratory and cardiovascular diseases and excess mortality worldwide. The adverse health effects have been associated with the inhalation of fine particulate matter (PM2.5) and induction of respiratory oxidative stress. In this work, we quantified the oxidative potential (OP) of PM2.5 from several Canadian cities (Toronto, Hamilton, Montreal, Vancouver) using a recently developed bioanalytical method which measures the oxidation of lung antioxidants, glutathione, cysteine, and ascorbic acid, the formation of glutathione disulfide and cystine, and the related redox potential (RP) in a simulated epithelial lining fluid (SELF). We evaluated the application of empirical SELF RP as a new metric for aerosol OP. We further investigated how PM2.5 chemical composition and OP are related across various emission source sectors and whether these features are linked to specific properties of aerosol aqueous phase, such as pH and metal-ligand complexation. The OP indicators including SELF RP were strongly correlated among each other, indicating that the empirical RP could be used as a reliable metric in future studies. OP based on ascorbic acid showed dependency on the emission source sectors, most likely due to variation in the solubility of Fe. Traffic emissions resulted in the highest OP, followed by industrial emissions and resuspended crustal matter. OP presented low correlation with PM2.5 concentrations, low-moderate correlation with the aerosol organic matter, and moderate-strong association with black carbon and transition metals across the sites. We did not find strong association between the concentration of biomass burning tracers and OP. Copper was the only metal that showed high association with OP across all sites, whereas the correlation with other metals, such as iron, manganese, and titanium, showed clear dependency on the source sectors. The aerosol pH correlated negatively with ambient temperature and positively with biomass burning tracers and the levels of nitrate, ammonium, and aerosol liquid water content. The solubility of Fe was associated with sulfate and aerosol pH at most sites, suggesting the involvement of proton-mediated dissolution pathway, while this was not visible at the site influenced by industrial emission, most likely due to the abundance of pyrogenic Fe. The effect of metal-ligand complexation on the solubility of transition metals, in particular Fe, was clearly observed at all sites, whereas a combined effect with aerosol pH, and a subsequent impact on OP, was only seen at the traffic site in Toronto. The enhanced solubility of Fe due to proton- and ligand-mediated dissolution pathways and subsequent formation of reactive oxygen species may in part explain the health effects of PM2.5 seen in previous epidemiological studies.
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- Pourya Shahpoury
- Air Quality Research Division, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Toronto, Canada.
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- Air Quality Research Division, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Toronto, Canada
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- Laboratory of Atmospheric Processes and their Impacts, School of Architecture, Civil and Environmental Engineering, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Air Quality Research Division, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Ottawa, Canada
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- Air Quality Research Division, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Toronto, Canada
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- Laboratory of Atmospheric Processes and their Impacts, School of Architecture, Civil and Environmental Engineering, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland; Institute of Chemical Engineering Sciences, Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas, Patras, Greece
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Rao L, Zhang L, Wang X, Xie T, Zhou S, Lu S, Liu X, Lu H, Xiao K, Wang W, Wang Q. Oxidative Potential Induced by Ambient Particulate Matters with Acellular Assays: A Review. Processes (Basel) 2020; 8:1410. [DOI: 10.3390/pr8111410] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Acellular assays of oxidative potential (OP) induced by ambient particulate matters (PMs) are of great significance in screening for toxicity in PMs. In this review, several typical OP measurement techniques, including the respiratory tract lining fluid assay (RTLF), ascorbate depletion assay (AA), dithiothreitol assay (DTT), chemiluminescent reductive acridinium triggering (CRAT), dichlorofluorescin assay (DCFH) and electron paramagnetic/spin resonance assay (EPR/ESR) are discussed and their sensitivity to different PMs species composition, PMs size distribution and seasonality is compared. By comparison, the DTT assay tends to be the preferred method providing a more comprehensive measurement with transition metals and quinones accumulated in the fine PMs fraction. Specific transition metals (i.e., Mn, Cu, Fe) and quinones are found to contribute OPDTT directly whereas the redox properties of PMs species may be changed by the interactions between themselves. The selection of the appropriate OP measurement methods and the accurate analysis of the relationship between the methods and PM components is conducive to epidemiological researches which are related with oxidative stress induced by PMs exposure.
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Molina C, Toro A. R, Manzano C, Canepari S, Massimi L, Leiva-guzmán M. Airborne Aerosols and Human Health: Leapfrogging from Mass Concentration to Oxidative Potential. Atmosphere 2020; 11:917. [DOI: 10.3390/atmos11090917] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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The mass concentration of atmospheric particulate matter (PM) has been systematically used in epidemiological studies as an indicator of exposure to air pollutants, connecting PM concentrations with a wide variety of human health effects. However, these effects can be hardly explained by using one single parameter, especially because PM is formed by a complex mixture of chemicals. Current research has shown that many of these adverse health effects can be derived from the oxidative stress caused by the deposition of PM in the lungs. The oxidative potential (OP) of the PM, related to the presence of transition metals and organic compounds that can induce the production of reactive oxygen and nitrogen species (ROS/RNS), could be a parameter to evaluate these effects. Therefore, estimating the OP of atmospheric PM would allow us to evaluate and integrate the toxic potential of PM into a unique parameter, which is related to emission sources, size distribution and/or chemical composition. However, the association between PM and particle-induced toxicity is still largely unknown. In this commentary article, we analyze how this new paradigm could help to deal with some unanswered questions related to the impact of atmospheric PM over human health.
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Gao D, Ripley S, Weichenthal S, Godri Pollitt KJ. Ambient particulate matter oxidative potential: Chemical determinants, associated health effects, and strategies for risk management. Free Radic Biol Med 2020; 151:7-25. [PMID: 32430137 DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2020.04.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2020] [Accepted: 04/27/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Exposure to ambient air pollution has an adverse influence on human health. There is increasing evidence that oxidative potential (OP), the capacity of airborne pollutants to oxidize target molecules by generating redox oxidizing species, is a plausible metric for particulate matter (PM) toxicity. Here we describe the commonly used acellular techniques for measuring OP (respiratory tract lining fluid, dithiothreitol, ascorbic acid, and electron paramagnetic resonance assays) and review the PM chemical constituents that have been identified to drive the OP response. We further perform a review of the epidemiologic literature to identify studies that reported an association between exposure to ambient PM and a health outcome in a human population, and in which exposure was measured by both PM mass concentration and OP. Laboratory studies have shown that specific redox-active metals and quinones are able to contribute OP directly. However, interactions among PM species may alter the redox properties of PM components. In ambient PM measurements, all OP assays were found to be correlated with metals (Fe, Cu) and organic species (photochemically aged organics). Across the epidemiological studies reviewed, associations between fine PM (PM2.5) mass and cardio-respiratory outcomes were found to be stronger at elevated OP levels but findings varied across the different OP measurement techniques. Future work should aim to identify specific situations in which PM OP can improve air pollution exposure assessment and/or risk management. This may be particularly useful in countries with low PM2.5 mass concentrations over broad spatial scales where such information may greatly improve the efficiency of risk management activities.
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- Dong Gao
- Department of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, Yale University, New Haven, CT, United States
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- Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Air Health Science Division, Health Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, Yale University, New Haven, CT, United States; Yale Center for Perinatal, Pediatric, and Environmental Epidemiology, Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, CT, United States.
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Crobeddu B, Baudrimont I, Deweirdt J, Sciare J, Badel A, Camproux AC, Bui LC, Baeza-Squiban A. Lung Antioxidant Depletion: A Predictive Indicator of Cellular Stress Induced by Ambient Fine Particles. Environ Sci Technol 2020; 54:2360-2369. [PMID: 31961142 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.9b05990] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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Regulations on ambient particulate matter (PM) are becoming more stringent because of adverse health effects arising from PM exposure. PM-induced oxidant production is a key mechanism behind the observed health effects and is heavily dependent on PM composition. Measurement of the intrinsic oxidative potential (OP) of PM could provide an integrated indicator of PM bioreactivity and could serve as a better metric of PM hazard exposure than PM mass concentration. The OP of two chemically contrasted PM2.5 samples was compared through four acellular assays, and OP predictive capability was evaluated in different cellular assays on two in vitro lung cell models. PM2.5 collected in Paris at a site close to the traffic exhibited a systematically higher OP in all assays compared to PM2.5 enriched in particles from domestic wood burning. Similar results were obtained for oxidative stress, expression of antioxidant enzymes, and pro-inflammatory chemokine in human bronchial epithelial and endothelial cells. The strongest correlations between OP assays and cellular responses were observed with the antioxidant (ascorbic acid and glutathione) depletion (OPAO) assay. Multivariate regression analysis from OP daily measurements suggested that OPAO was strongly correlated with polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons at the traffic site while it was correlated with potassium for the domestic wood burning sample.
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- Belinda Crobeddu
- Université de Paris, BFA, UMR 8251 CNRS , F-75013 Paris , France
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- Université de Bordeaux, Centre de Recherche Cardio-Thoracique de Bordeaux U1045 , F-33604 Pessac , France
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- Université de Bordeaux, Centre de Recherche Cardio-Thoracique de Bordeaux U1045 , F-33604 Pessac , France
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- Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement, CEA-CNRS-UVSQ , F-91190 Gif-sur-Yvette , France
- Energy, Environment and Water Research Center , The Cyprus Institute , 2121 Aglantzia , Cyprus
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- Université de Paris, BFA, UMR 8251, CNRS, ERL 1133, Inserm , F-75013 Paris , France
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- Université de Paris, BFA, UMR 8251, CNRS, ERL 1133, Inserm , F-75013 Paris , France
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- Université de Paris, BFA, UMR 8251 CNRS , F-75013 Paris , France
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