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Emissions from modern engines induce distinct effects in human olfactory mucosa cells, depending on fuel and aftertreatment

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    0581757 - ÚEM 2024 RIV NL eng J - Journal Article
    Mussalo, L. - Avesani, S. - Shahbaz, M. A. - Závodná, Táňa - Saveleva, L. - Järvinen, A. - Lampinen, R. - Belaya, I. - Krejčík, Zdeněk - Ivanová, M. - Hakkarainen, H. - Kalapudas, J. - Penttilä, E. - Löppönen, H. - Koivisto, A.M. - Malm, T. - Topinka, Jan - Giugno, R. - Aakko-Saksa, P. - Chew, S. - Ronkkoj, T. - Jalava, P. - Kanninen, K.M.
    Emissions from modern engines induce distinct effects in human olfactory mucosa cells, depending on fuel and aftertreatment.
    Science of the Total Environment. Roč. 905, dec. (2023), č. článku 167038. ISSN 0048-9697. E-ISSN 1879-1026
    EU Projects: European Commission(XE) 814978 - TUBE
    Institutional support: RVO:68378041
    Keywords : air pollution * traffic emissions * ultrafine particles (UFP) * RNA-Seq
    OECD category: Public and environmental health
    Impact factor: 9.8, year: 2022
    Method of publishing: Open access
    https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048969723056632?via%3Dihub

    Ultrafine particles (UFP) with a diameter of <= 0.1 mu m, are contributors to ambient air pollution and derived mainly from traffic emissions, yet their health effects remain poorly characterized. The olfactory mucosa (OM) is located at the rooftop of the nasal cavity and directly exposed to both the environment and the brain. Mounting evidence suggests that pollutant particles affect the brain through the olfactory tract, however, the exact cellular mechanisms of how the OM responds to air pollutants remain poorly known. Here we show that the responses of primary human OM cells are altered upon exposure to UFPs and that different fuels and engines elicit different adverse effects. We used UFPs collected from exhausts of a heavy-duty-engine run with renewable diesel (A0) and fossil diesel (A20), and from a modern diesel vehicle run with renewable diesel (Euro6) and compared their health effects on the OM cells by assessing cellular processes on the functional and transcriptomic levels. Quantification revealed all samples as UFPs with the majority of particles being <= 0.1 mu m by an aerodynamic diameter. Exposure to A0 and A20 induced substantial alterations in processes associated with inflammatory response, xenobiotic metabolism, olfactory signaling, and epithelial integrity. Euro6 caused only negligible changes, demonstrating the efficacy of aftertreatment devices. Furthermore, when compared to A20, A0 elicited less pronounced effects on OM cells, suggesting renewable diesel induces less adverse effects in OM cells. Prior studies and these results suggest that PAHs may disturb the inflammatory process and xenobiotic metabolism in the OM and that UFPs might mediate harmful effects on the brain through the olfactory route. This study pro-vides important information on the adverse effects of UFPs in a human-based in vitro model, therefore providing new insight to form the basis for mitigation and preventive actions against the possible toxicological impairments caused by UFP exposure.
    Permanent Link: https://hdl.handle.net/11104/0350722

     
     
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