Size-Resolved Redox Activity and Cytotoxicity of Water-Soluble Urban Atmospheric Particulate Matter: Assessing Contributions from Chemical Components

Athanasios Besis; Maria Pia Romano; Eleni Serafeim; Anna Avgenikou; Athanasios Kouras; Maria Giulia Lionetto; Maria Rachele Guascito; Anna Rita De Bartolomeo; Maria Elena Giordano; Annarosa Mangone; Daniele Contini; Constantini Samara

doi:10.3390/toxics11010059

Toxics (Jan 2023)

Size-Resolved Redox Activity and Cytotoxicity of Water-Soluble Urban Atmospheric Particulate Matter: Assessing Contributions from Chemical Components

Athanasios Besis,
Maria Pia Romano,
Eleni Serafeim,
Anna Avgenikou,
Athanasios Kouras,
Maria Giulia Lionetto,
Maria Rachele Guascito,
Anna Rita De Bartolomeo,
Maria Elena Giordano,
Annarosa Mangone,
Daniele Contini,
Constantini Samara

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Athanasios Besis: Environmental Pollution Control Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, GR-54124 Thessaloniki, Greece
Maria Pia Romano: Department of Mathematics and Physics, University of Salento, 73100 Lecce, Italy
Eleni Serafeim: Environmental Pollution Control Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, GR-54124 Thessaloniki, Greece
Anna Avgenikou: Environmental Pollution Control Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, GR-54124 Thessaloniki, Greece
Athanasios Kouras: Environmental Pollution Control Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, GR-54124 Thessaloniki, Greece
Maria Giulia Lionetto: Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Technologies, University of Salento, 73100 Lecce, Italy
Maria Rachele Guascito: Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Technologies, University of Salento, 73100 Lecce, Italy
Anna Rita De Bartolomeo: Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Technologies, University of Salento, 73100 Lecce, Italy
Maria Elena Giordano: Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Technologies, University of Salento, 73100 Lecce, Italy
Annarosa Mangone: Department of Chemistry, University of Bari Aldo Moro, 70124 Bari, Italy
Daniele Contini: Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate (CNR-ISAC), 73100 Lecce, Italy
Constantini Samara: Environmental Pollution Control Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, GR-54124 Thessaloniki, Greece

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics11010059
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 11, no. 1
p. 59

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Throughout the cold and the warm periods of 2020, chemical and toxicological characterization of the water-soluble fraction of size segregated particulate matter (PM) (7.2 μm) was conducted in the urban agglomeration of Thessaloniki, northern Greece. Chemical analysis of the water-soluble PM fraction included water-soluble organic carbon (WSOC), humic-like substances (HULIS), and trace elements (V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Ni, Cu, Zn, As, Cd and Pb). The bulk (sum of all size fractions) concentrations of HULIS were 2.5 ± 0.5 and 1.2 ± 0.3 μg m−3, for the cold and warm sampling periods, respectively with highest values in the mDTT, WSOC, HULIS and the MTT cytotoxicity of PM. Multiple Linear Regression (MLR) showed a good relationship between OPMDTT, HULIS and Cu.

Published in Toxics

ISSN: 2305-6304 (Online)
Publisher: MDPI AG
Country of publisher: Switzerland
LCC subjects: Technology: Chemical technology
Website: http://www.mdpi.com/journal/toxics/

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