TY - JOUR
T1 - Acute nasal pro-inflammatory response to air pollution depends on characteristics other than particle mass concentration or oxidative potential
T2 - The RAPTES project
AU - Steenhof, M.
AU - Hoek, G.
AU - Pieters, R.H.H.
AU - Cassee, F.R.
AU - Lebret, E.
AU - Brunekreef, B.A.
AU - Strak, M.
AU - Mudway, I.S.
AU - Godri, K.J.
AU - Kelly, F.J.
AU - Gosens, I.
AU - Janssen, N.A.H.
AU - Harrison, R.M.
PY - 2013/5/1
Y1 - 2013/5/1
N2 - Objectives: To investigate which air pollution characteristics are associated with biomarkers for acute nasal airway inflammation in healthy subjects. We hypothesised that associations would be strongest for oxidative potential (OP) of particles. Methods: 31 volunteers were exposed to ambient air pollution at five sites in The Netherlands: two traffic sites, an underground train station, a farm and an urban background site. Each subject visited at least three sites between March and October 2009 and was exposed for 5 h per visit including exercise for 20 min every hour (h). Air pollution measurements during this 5-h-period included particulate matter (PM) mass concentration, elemental composition, elemental and organic carbon (OC), particle number concentration, OP, endotoxins, O and NO. Pro-in flammatory biomarkers were measured before, 2 and 18 h postexposure, including cytokine IL-6 and IL-8, protein and lactoferrin in nasal lavage (NAL) as well as IL-6 in blood. One- and two-pollutant mixed models were used to analyse associations between exposure and changes in biomarkers. Results: In two-pollutant models, cytokines in NAL were positively associated with OC, endotoxin and NO; protein was associated with NO; and lactoferrin was associated with all PM characteristics that were high at the underground site. In blood, associations with OC and endotoxin were negative. Conclusions: We observed no consistent effects in two-pollutant models for PM mass concentration and OP. Instead, we found consistent associations with nasal inflammatory markers for other PM characteristics, specifically OC, endotoxin and NO.
AB - Objectives: To investigate which air pollution characteristics are associated with biomarkers for acute nasal airway inflammation in healthy subjects. We hypothesised that associations would be strongest for oxidative potential (OP) of particles. Methods: 31 volunteers were exposed to ambient air pollution at five sites in The Netherlands: two traffic sites, an underground train station, a farm and an urban background site. Each subject visited at least three sites between March and October 2009 and was exposed for 5 h per visit including exercise for 20 min every hour (h). Air pollution measurements during this 5-h-period included particulate matter (PM) mass concentration, elemental composition, elemental and organic carbon (OC), particle number concentration, OP, endotoxins, O and NO. Pro-in flammatory biomarkers were measured before, 2 and 18 h postexposure, including cytokine IL-6 and IL-8, protein and lactoferrin in nasal lavage (NAL) as well as IL-6 in blood. One- and two-pollutant mixed models were used to analyse associations between exposure and changes in biomarkers. Results: In two-pollutant models, cytokines in NAL were positively associated with OC, endotoxin and NO; protein was associated with NO; and lactoferrin was associated with all PM characteristics that were high at the underground site. In blood, associations with OC and endotoxin were negative. Conclusions: We observed no consistent effects in two-pollutant models for PM mass concentration and OP. Instead, we found consistent associations with nasal inflammatory markers for other PM characteristics, specifically OC, endotoxin and NO.
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U2 - 10.1136/oemed-2012-100993
DO - 10.1136/oemed-2012-100993
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84877627036
SN - 1351-0711
VL - 70
SP - 341
EP - 348
JO - Occupational and Environmental Medicine
JF - Occupational and Environmental Medicine
IS - 5
ER -