Respiratory Tract Deposition of E-Cigarette Particles. 2022

William D Bennett, and Phillip W Clapp, and Landon T Holbrook, and Kirby L Zeman
Center for Environmental Medicine, Asthma and Lung Biology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.

Total and regional deposition of inhaled electronic cigarette (E-cig) particles in the respiratory tract (RT) depends on both physical properties of the inhaled particles and biological factors of users, for example, breathing pattern or puff profile, airway anatomy, and regional ventilation. Accurate particle sizing of E-cig aerosols is essential for predicting particle deposition in the RT. Studies using a variety of sizing methods have shown mass median aerodynamic diameters ranging from 0.2 to 1.2 um and secondary count diameters in the ultrafine range (<0.1 μm). Incorporating these particle sizes into a multiple-path particle dosimetry (MPPD) model shows 10% to 45% total lung deposition by mass and 30% to 80% for ultrafine particles depending on the breathing patterns. These predictions are consistent with experimental measures of deposition fraction of submicron and ultrafine particles. While box-mod-type E-cig devices allow for full "direct-lung" inhalations of aerosol, the more recent pod-based, and disposable E-cigs (e.g., JUUL, Puff Bar, Stig) deliver the aerosol as a "mouth-to-lung" puff, or bolus, that is inhaled early in the breath followed to various degrees by further inhalation of ambient air. Measurement of realistic ventilation patterns associated with these various devices may further improve deposition predictions. Finally, while in vivo measures of RT deposition present a challenge, a recent methodology to radiolabel E-cig particles may allow for such measurements by gamma scintigraphy. Supported by NIH/NHLBI R01HL139369. © 2022 American Physiological Society. Compr Physiol 12: 1-10, year.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008168 Lung Either of the pair of organs occupying the cavity of the thorax that effect the aeration of the blood. Lungs
D012137 Respiratory System The tubular and cavernous organs and structures, by means of which pulmonary ventilation and gas exchange between ambient air and the blood are brought about. Respiratory Tract,Respiratory Systems,Respiratory Tracts,System, Respiratory,Tract, Respiratory
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000280 Administration, Inhalation The administration of drugs by the respiratory route. It includes insufflation into the respiratory tract. Drug Administration, Inhalation,Drug Administration, Respiratory,Drug Aerosol Therapy,Inhalation Drug Administration,Inhalation of Drugs,Respiratory Drug Administration,Aerosol Drug Therapy,Aerosol Therapy, Drug,Drug Therapy, Aerosol,Inhalation Administration,Administration, Inhalation Drug,Administration, Respiratory Drug,Therapy, Aerosol Drug,Therapy, Drug Aerosol
D000336 Aerosols Colloids with a gaseous dispersing phase and either liquid (fog) or solid (smoke) dispersed phase; used in fumigation or in inhalation therapy; may contain propellant agents. Aerosol
D052638 Particulate Matter Particles of any solid substance, generally under 30 microns in size, often noted as PM30. There is special concern with PM1 which can get down to PULMONARY ALVEOLI and induce MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION and PHAGOCYTOSIS leading to FOREIGN BODY REACTION and LUNG DISEASES. Ultrafine Fiber,Ultrafine Fibers,Ultrafine Particle,Ultrafine Particles,Ultrafine Particulate Matter,Air Pollutants, Particulate,Airborne Particulate Matter,Ambient Particulate Matter,Fiber, Ultrafine,Particle, Ultrafine,Particles, Ultrafine,Particulate Air Pollutants,Particulate Matter, Airborne,Particulate Matter, Ambient,Particulate Matter, Ultrafine
D066300 Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems Devices or objects designed to provide NICOTINE in the form of an inhaled aerosol. E-Cig,E-Cigarette,Electronic Cigarette,Electronic Cigarettes,Electronic Nicotine Delivery System,E-Cigarettes,E-Cigs,Cigarette, Electronic,Cigarettes, Electronic,E Cig,E Cigarette,E Cigarettes,E Cigs

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