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HERO ID
3358718
Reference Type
Journal Article
Title
Effects of urban fine particulate matter and ozone on HDL functionality
Author(s)
Ramanathan, G; Yin, F; Speck, M; Tseng, CH; Brook, JR; Silverman, F; Urch, B; Brook, RD; Araujo, JA
Year
2016
Is Peer Reviewed?
1
Journal
Particle and Fibre Toxicology
EISSN:
1743-8977
Volume
13
Issue
1
Page Numbers
26
Language
English
PMID
27221567
DOI
10.1186/s12989-016-0139-3
Web of Science Id
WOS:000377189000001
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3445831
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Abstract
BACKGROUND:
Exposures to ambient particulate matter (PM) are associated with increased morbidity and mortality. PM2.5 (<2.5 μm) and ozone exposures have been shown to associate with carotid intima media thickness in humans. Animal studies support a causal relationship between air pollution and atherosclerosis and identified adverse PM effects on HDL functionality. We aimed to determine whether brief exposures to PM2.5 and/or ozone could induce effects on HDL anti-oxidant and anti-inflammatory capacity in humans.
METHODS:
Subjects were exposed to fine concentrated ambient fine particles (CAP) with PM2.5 targeted at 150 μg/m(3), ozone targeted at 240 μg/m(3) (120 ppb), PM2.5 plus ozone targeted at similar concentrations, and filtered air (FA) for 2 h, on 4 different occasions, at least two weeks apart, in a randomized, crossover study. Blood was obtained before exposures (baseline), 1 h after and 20 h after exposures. Plasma HDL anti-oxidant/anti-inflammatory capacity and paraoxonase activity were determined. HDL anti-oxidant/anti-inflammatory capacity was assessed by a cell-free fluorescent assay and expressed in units of a HDL oxidant index (HOI). Changes in HOI (ΔHOI) were calculated as the difference in HOI from baseline to 1 h after or 20 h after exposures.
RESULTS:
There was a trend towards bigger ΔHOI between PM2.5 and FA 1 h after exposures (p = 0.18) but not 20 h after. This trend became significant (p <0.05) when baseline HOI was lower (<1.5 or <2.0), indicating decreased HDL anti-oxidant/anti-inflammatory capacity shortly after the exposures. There were no significant effects of ozone alone or in combination with PM2.5 on the change in HOI at both time points. The change in HOI due to PM2.5 showed a positive trend with particle mass concentration (p = 0.078) and significantly associated with the slope of systolic blood pressure during exposures (p = 0.005).
CONCLUSIONS:
Brief exposures to concentrated PM2.5 elicited swift effects on HDL anti-oxidant/anti-inflammatory functionality, which could indicate a potential mechanism for how particulate air pollution induces harmful cardiovascular effects.
Keywords
High density lipoprotein (HDL); Air pollution; HDL oxidant index (HOI); HDL function; Fine particulate matter; Cardiovascular; Ozone
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NAAQS
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ISA-Ozone (2020 Final Project Page)
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Topic Classified Epidemiology
Topic Classified Experimental
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ISA-PM (2019)
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ST PM Cardiovascular
LT PM Cardiovascular
ST PM Metabolic
LT PM Metabolic
ST PM Respiratory
LT PM Respiratory
ST PM Nervous
LT PM Nervous
PM Repro-Dev
PM Cancer-Genotox
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Chapter 6
Chapter 7
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