International Journal of Molecular Sciences (Jun 2024)

Ambient Particulate Matter Induces In Vitro Toxicity to Intestinal Epithelial Cells without Exacerbating Acute Colitis Induced by Dextran Sodium Sulfate or 2,4,6-Trinitrobenzenesulfonic Acid

  • Candace Chang,
  • Allen Louie,
  • Yi Zhou,
  • Rajat Gupta,
  • Fengting Liang,
  • Georgina Xanthou,
  • Jason Ereso,
  • Carolina Koletic,
  • Julianne Ching Yang,
  • Farzaneh Sedighian,
  • Venu Lagishetty,
  • Nerea Arias-Jayo,
  • Abdulmalik Altuwayjiri,
  • Ramin Tohidi,
  • Mohamad Navab,
  • Srinivasa Tadiparthi Reddy,
  • Constantinos Sioutas,
  • Tzung Hsiai,
  • Jesus A. Araujo,
  • Jonathan P. Jacobs

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms25137184
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 25, no. 13
p. 7184

Abstract

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Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is an immunologically complex disorder involving genetic, microbial, and environmental risk factors. Its global burden has continued to rise since industrialization, with epidemiological studies suggesting that ambient particulate matter (PM) in air pollution could be a contributing factor. Prior animal studies have shown that oral PM10 exposure promotes intestinal inflammation in a genetic IBD model and that PM2.5 inhalation exposure can increase intestinal levels of pro-inflammatory cytokines. PM10 and PM2.5 include ultrafine particles (UFP), which have an aerodynamic diameter of 3, 6 h/day, 3–5 days/week, starting 7–10 days before disease induction. No differences in weight change, clinical disease activity, or histology were observed between the PM and FA-exposed groups. In conclusion, UFP inhalation exposure did not exacerbate intestinal inflammation in acute, chemically-induced colitis models.

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