Oxidative stress induced by urban fine particles in cultured EA.hy926 cells
2011
It has been reported that vascular endothelia cell damage is an important precursor to the morbidity and mortality associated with cardiovascular disease exposed to airborne particulate matter (PM). The present study investigated the hypothesis that urban fine (PM2.5) particles could cause cytotoxicity via oxidative stress in human umbilical vein endothelial cells, EA.hy926. The concentrations of metal elements (Cr, Fe, Ni, Cu, Zn, Mo, Cd and Pb) in PM2.5 suspension, water-soluble and water-insoluble fractions of PM2.5 were determined by inductively coupled plasma - mass spectrometry (ICP-MS). Iron (Fe), Zn and Pb were highly enriched in all the samples. Exposure of the cultured EA.hy926 cells to PM2.5 suspension, water-soluble and water-insoluble fractions of PM2.5 led to cell death, reactive oxygen species (ROS) increase, mitochondrial transmembrane potential (ΔΨm) disruption and NF-κB activation, respectively. The ROS increase by exposure to PM 2.5 suspension, water-soluble and water-insoluble fraction...
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- Superoxide dismutase
- Endothelial stem cell
- Human umbilical vein endothelial cell
- Cell damage
- Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry
- Biochemistry
- Cytotoxicity
- Oxidative stress
- Chemistry
- Reactive oxygen species
- Membrane potential
- Umbilical vein
- Programmed cell death
- Biophysics
- Environmental chemistry
- Inductively coupled plasma
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