Particle-Induced Pulmonary Acute Phase Response Correlates with Neutrophil Influx Linking Inhaled Particles and Cardiovascular Risk |
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| Authors: | Anne Thoustrup Saber Jacob Stuart Lamson Nicklas Raun Jacobsen Gitte Ravn-Haren Karin S?rig Hougaard Allen Njimeri Nyendi Pia Wahlberg Anne Mette Madsen Petra Jackson H?kan Wallin Ulla Vogel |
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| Affiliation: | 1. The National Research Centre for the Working Environment, Copenhagen, Denmark.; 2. National Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark, Søborg, Denmark.; 3. Danish Technological Institute, Taastrup, Denmark.; 4. Institute of Public Health, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.; 5. Department of Micro- and Nanotechnology, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark.; University of Giessen Lung Center, Germany, |
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| Abstract: | BackgroundParticulate air pollution is associated with cardiovascular disease. Acute phase response is causally linked to cardiovascular disease. Here, we propose that particle-induced pulmonary acute phase response provides an underlying mechanism for particle-induced cardiovascular risk.MethodsWe analysed the mRNA expression of Serum Amyloid A (Saa3) in lung tissue from female C57BL/6J mice exposed to different particles including nanomaterials (carbon black and titanium dioxide nanoparticles, multi- and single walled carbon nanotubes), diesel exhaust particles and airborne dust collected at a biofuel plant. Mice were exposed to single or multiple doses of particles by inhalation or intratracheal instillation and pulmonary mRNA expression of Saa3 was determined at different time points of up to 4 weeks after exposure. Also hepatic mRNA expression of Saa3, SAA3 protein levels in broncheoalveolar lavage fluid and in plasma and high density lipoprotein levels in plasma were determined in mice exposed to multiwalled carbon nanotubes.ResultsPulmonary exposure to particles strongly increased Saa3 mRNA levels in lung tissue and elevated SAA3 protein levels in broncheoalveolar lavage fluid and plasma, whereas hepatic Saa3 levels were much less affected. Pulmonary Saa3 expression correlated with the number of neutrophils in BAL across different dosing regimens, doses and time points.ConclusionsPulmonary acute phase response may constitute a direct link between particle inhalation and risk of cardiovascular disease. We propose that the particle-induced pulmonary acute phase response may predict risk for cardiovascular disease. |
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