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Diesel exhaust particles stimulate human airway epithelial cells to produce cytokines relevant to airway inflammation in vitro. 1998

T Ohtoshi, and H Takizawa, and H Okazaki, and S Kawasaki, and N Takeuchi, and K Ohta, and K Ito
Department of Medicine, University of Tokyo, School of Medicine, Japan.

BACKGROUND Epidemiologic and experimental studies suggest that air pollution such as diesel exhaust particles (DEPs), one of the important air pollutants, may play a role in the increasing prevalence of allergic airway diseases. OBJECTIVE We studied the effect of suspended particulate matter (SPM) and its main component, DEPs, on the production of IL-8 and granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) by human airway epithelial cells in vitro. METHODS SPM obtained from high-volume air samplers and DEPs were added to cultured human nasal polyp-derived upper airway, normal bronchial, and transformed bronchial epithelial cells. Production of GM-CSF and IL-8 by airway epithelial cells was evaluated. RESULTS Nontoxic doses of DEPs showed a significant stimulatory effect on IL-8 and GM-CSF production by these three kinds of epithelial cells in a dose- and time-dependent fashion. SPM had a stimulatory effect on GM-CSF, but not IL-8, production. These effects were abrogated by treatment with a protein synthesis inhibitor, cycloheximide, suggesting that the process required a de novo protein synthesis. On the double-chamber plates, airway epithelial cells responded to DEPs only when they were stimulated from the apical sides, which can be a model for in vivo environments. Neither charcoal nor graphite showed such stimulatory effects, indicating that the activity of DEPs did not derive from their particulate nature. Benzo(a)pyrene, one of the main aromatic hydrocarbons contained in DEPs, showed a stimulatory effect on the release of the cytokines, and this organic substance might have a causative effect on of the potency of DEPs. CONCLUSIONS We conclude that SPM and DEPs, its main component, might be important air pollutants in the activation of airway epithelial cells for the release of cytokines relevant to allergic airway inflammation.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007249 Inflammation A pathological process characterized by injury or destruction of tissues caused by a variety of cytologic and chemical reactions. It is usually manifested by typical signs of pain, heat, redness, swelling, and loss of function. Innate Inflammatory Response,Inflammations,Inflammatory Response, Innate,Innate Inflammatory Responses
D012130 Respiratory Hypersensitivity A form of hypersensitivity affecting the respiratory tract. It includes ASTHMA and RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL. Airway Hyperresponsiveness,Hypersensitivity, Respiratory,Airway Hyper-Responsiveness,Airway Hyper Responsiveness,Airway Hyperresponsivenesses,Hyper-Responsiveness, Airway,Hyperresponsiveness, Airway,Respiratory Hypersensitivities
D002478 Cells, Cultured Cells propagated in vitro in special media conducive to their growth. Cultured cells are used to study developmental, morphologic, metabolic, physiologic, and genetic processes, among others. Cultured Cells,Cell, Cultured,Cultured Cell
D004847 Epithelial Cells Cells that line the inner and outer surfaces of the body by forming cellular layers (EPITHELIUM) or masses. Epithelial cells lining the SKIN; the MOUTH; the NOSE; and the ANAL CANAL derive from ectoderm; those lining the RESPIRATORY SYSTEM and the DIGESTIVE SYSTEM derive from endoderm; others (CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM and LYMPHATIC SYSTEM) derive from mesoderm. Epithelial cells can be classified mainly by cell shape and function into squamous, glandular and transitional epithelial cells. Adenomatous Epithelial Cells,Columnar Glandular Epithelial Cells,Cuboidal Glandular Epithelial Cells,Glandular Epithelial Cells,Squamous Cells,Squamous Epithelial Cells,Transitional Epithelial Cells,Adenomatous Epithelial Cell,Cell, Adenomatous Epithelial,Cell, Epithelial,Cell, Glandular Epithelial,Cell, Squamous,Cell, Squamous Epithelial,Cell, Transitional Epithelial,Cells, Adenomatous Epithelial,Cells, Epithelial,Cells, Glandular Epithelial,Cells, Squamous,Cells, Squamous Epithelial,Cells, Transitional Epithelial,Epithelial Cell,Epithelial Cell, Adenomatous,Epithelial Cell, Glandular,Epithelial Cell, Squamous,Epithelial Cell, Transitional,Epithelial Cells, Adenomatous,Epithelial Cells, Glandular,Epithelial Cells, Squamous,Epithelial Cells, Transitional,Glandular Epithelial Cell,Squamous Cell,Squamous Epithelial Cell,Transitional Epithelial Cell
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000485 Allergens Antigen-type substances that produce immediate hypersensitivity (HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE). Allergen
D001335 Vehicle Emissions Gases, fumes, vapors, and ODORANTS escaping from the cylinders of a gasoline or diesel internal-combustion engine. (From McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 4th ed & Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 2d ed) Automobile Exhaust,Diesel Exhaust,Engine Exhaust,Vehicle Emission,Vehicular Emission,Traffic-Related Pollutants,Transportation Emissions,Vehicular Emissions,Emission, Vehicle,Emission, Vehicular,Emissions, Transportation,Emissions, Vehicle,Emissions, Vehicular,Exhaust, Automobile,Exhaust, Diesel,Exhaust, Engine,Pollutants, Traffic-Related,Traffic Related Pollutants
D016178 Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor An acidic glycoprotein of MW 23 kDa with internal disulfide bonds. The protein is produced in response to a number of inflammatory mediators by mesenchymal cells present in the hemopoietic environment and at peripheral sites of inflammation. GM-CSF is able to stimulate the production of neutrophilic granulocytes, macrophages, and mixed granulocyte-macrophage colonies from bone marrow cells and can stimulate the formation of eosinophil colonies from fetal liver progenitor cells. GM-CSF can also stimulate some functional activities in mature granulocytes and macrophages. CSF-GM,Colony-Stimulating Factor, Granulocyte-Macrophage,GM-CSF,Histamine-Producing Cell-Stimulating Factor,CSF-2,TC-GM-CSF,Tumor-Cell Human GM Colony-Stimulating Factor,Cell-Stimulating Factor, Histamine-Producing,Colony Stimulating Factor, Granulocyte Macrophage,Granulocyte Macrophage Colony Stimulating Factor,Histamine Producing Cell Stimulating Factor,Tumor Cell Human GM Colony Stimulating Factor
D016209 Interleukin-8 A member of the CXC chemokine family that plays a role in the regulation of the acute inflammatory response. It is secreted by variety of cell types and induces CHEMOTAXIS of NEUTROPHILS and other inflammatory cells. CXCL8 Chemokine,Chemokine CXCL8,Chemotactic Factor, Macrophage-Derived,Chemotactic Factor, Neutrophil, Monocyte-Derived,IL-8,Neutrophil-Activating Peptide, Lymphocyte-Derived,Neutrophil-Activating Peptide, Monocyte-Derived,AMCF-I,Alveolar Macrophage Chemotactic Factor-I,Anionic Neutrophil-Activating Peptide,Chemokines, CXCL8,Chemotactic Factor, Neutrophil,Granulocyte Chemotactic Peptide-Interleukin-8,IL8,Monocyte-Derived Neutrophil Chemotactic Factor,Neutrophil Activation Factor,Alveolar Macrophage Chemotactic Factor I,Anionic Neutrophil Activating Peptide,CXCL8 Chemokines,CXCL8, Chemokine,Chemokine, CXCL8,Chemotactic Factor, Macrophage Derived,Chemotactic Peptide-Interleukin-8, Granulocyte,Granulocyte Chemotactic Peptide Interleukin 8,Interleukin 8,Lymphocyte-Derived Neutrophil-Activating Peptide,Macrophage-Derived Chemotactic Factor,Monocyte-Derived Neutrophil-Activating Peptide,Neutrophil Activating Peptide, Lymphocyte Derived,Neutrophil Activating Peptide, Monocyte Derived,Neutrophil Chemotactic Factor,Neutrophil-Activating Peptide, Anionic,Peptide, Anionic Neutrophil-Activating

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