Chronic pulmonary exposure to traffic-related fine particulate matter causes brain impairment in adult rats.
Part Fibre Toxicol
; 15(1): 44, 2018 11 09.
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| ID: mdl-30413208
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Effects of air pollution on neurotoxicity and behavioral alterations have been reported. The objective of this study was to investigate the pathophysiology caused by particulate matter (PM) in the brain. We examined the effects of traffic-related particulate matter with an aerodynamic diameter of < 1 µm (PM1), high-efficiency particulate air (HEPA)-filtered air, and clean air on the brain structure, behavioral changes, brainwaves, and bioreactivity of the brain (cortex, cerebellum, and hippocampus), olfactory bulb, and serum after 3 and 6 months of whole-body exposure in 6-month-old Sprague Dawley rats.RESULTS:
The rats were exposed to 16.3 ± 8.2 (4.7~ 68.8) µg/m3 of PM1 during the study period. An MRI analysis showed that whole-brain and hippocampal volumes increased with 3 and 6 months of PM1 exposure. A short-term memory deficiency occurred with 3 months of exposure to PM1 as determined by a novel object recognition (NOR) task, but there were no significant changes in motor functions. There were no changes in frequency bands or multiscale entropy of brainwaves. Exposure to 3 months of PM1 increased 8-isoporstance in the cortex, cerebellum, and hippocampus as well as hippocampal inflammation (interleukin (IL)-6), but not in the olfactory bulb. Systemic CCL11 (at 3 and 6 months) and IL-4 (at 6 months) increased after PM1 exposure. Light chain 3 (LC3) expression increased in the hippocampus after 6 months of exposure. Spongiosis and neuronal shrinkage were observed in the cortex, cerebellum, and hippocampus (neuronal shrinkage) after exposure to air pollution. Additionally, microabscesses were observed in the cortex after 6 months of PM1 exposure.CONCLUSIONS:
Our study first observed cerebral edema and brain impairment in adult rats after chronic exposure to traffic-related air pollution.Palabras clave
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Colección:
01-internacional
Banco de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Encéfalo
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Exposición por Inhalación
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Contaminantes Atmosféricos
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Material Particulado
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Contaminación por Tráfico Vehicular
Tipo de estudio:
Etiology_studies
Límite:
Animals
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Part Fibre Toxicol
Asunto de la revista:
TOXICOLOGIA
Año:
2018
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Taiwán