Characterization of springtime airborne particulate matter-bound reactive oxygen species in Beijing

2014 ◽  
Vol 21 (15) ◽  
pp. 9325-9333 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qingyang Liu ◽  
Yuanxun Zhang ◽  
Yanju Liu ◽  
Meigen Zhang
2009 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 17 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martha Sierra-Vargas ◽  
Alberto Guzman-Grenfell ◽  
Salvador Blanco-Jimenez ◽  
Jose Sepulveda-Sanchez ◽  
Rosa Bernabe-Cabanillas ◽  
...  

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Olga Mazuryk ◽  
Grazyna Stochel ◽  
Małgorzata Brindell

Air pollution is associated with numerous negative effects on human health. The toxicity of organic components of air pollution is well-recognized, while the impact of their inorganic counterparts in the overall toxicity is still a matter of various discussions. The influence of airborne particulate matter (PM) and their inorganic components on biological function of human alveolar-like epithelial cells (A549) was investigated in vitro. A novel treatment protocol based on covering culture plates with PM allowed increasing the studied pollutant concentrations and prolonging their incubation time without cell exposure on physical suffocation and mechanical disturbance. PM decreased the viability of A549 cells and disrupted their mitochondrial membrane potential and calcium homeostasis. For the first time, the difference in the reactive oxygen species (ROS) profiles generated by organic and inorganic counterparts of PM was shown. Singlet oxygen generation was observed only after treatment of cells with inorganic fraction of PM, while hydrogen peroxide, hydroxyl radical, and superoxide anion radical were induced after exposure of A549 cells to both PM and their inorganic fraction.


2014 ◽  
Vol 73 (2) ◽  
pp. 81-86 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yamba Carla Lara Pereira ◽  
Glauce Crivelaro do Nascimento ◽  
Daniela Mizusaki Iyomasa ◽  
Mamie Mizusaki Iyomasa

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