Diesel Engine Exhaust Initiates a Sequence of Pulmonary and Cardiovascular Effects in Rats

This study was designed to determine the sequence of events leading to cardiopulmonary effects following acute inhalation of diesel engine exhaust in rats. Rats were exposed for 2 h to diesel engine exhaust (1.9 mg/m3), and biological parameters related to antioxidant defense, inflammation, and proc...

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Main Authors: Ingeborg M. Kooter, Miriam E. Gerlofs-Nijland, A. John F. Boere, Daan L. A. C. Leseman, Paul H. B. Fokkens, Henri M. H. Spronk, Kim Frederix, Hugo ten Cate, Ad M. Knaapen, Hendrik J. Vreman, Flemming R. Cassee
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Published: Wiley 2010-01-01
Series:Journal of Toxicology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/206057
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author Ingeborg M. Kooter
Miriam E. Gerlofs-Nijland
A. John F. Boere
Daan L. A. C. Leseman
Paul H. B. Fokkens
Henri M. H. Spronk
Kim Frederix
Hugo ten Cate
Ad M. Knaapen
Hendrik J. Vreman
Flemming R. Cassee
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Miriam E. Gerlofs-Nijland
A. John F. Boere
Daan L. A. C. Leseman
Paul H. B. Fokkens
Henri M. H. Spronk
Kim Frederix
Hugo ten Cate
Ad M. Knaapen
Hendrik J. Vreman
Flemming R. Cassee
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description This study was designed to determine the sequence of events leading to cardiopulmonary effects following acute inhalation of diesel engine exhaust in rats. Rats were exposed for 2 h to diesel engine exhaust (1.9 mg/m3), and biological parameters related to antioxidant defense, inflammation, and procoagulation were examined after 4, 18, 24, 48, and 72 h. This in vivo inhalation study showed a pulmonary anti-oxidant response (an increased activity of the anti-oxidant enzymes glutathione peroxidase and superoxide dismutase and an increase in heme oxygenase-1 protein, heme oxygenase activity, and uric acid) which precedes the inflammatory response (an increase in IL-6 and TNF-α). In addition, increased plasma thrombogenicity and immediate anti-oxidant defense gene expression in aorta tissue shortly after the exposure might suggest direct translocation of diesel engine exhaust components to the vasculature but mediation by other pathways cannot be ruled out. This study therefore shows that different stages in oxidative stress are not only affected by dose increments but are also time dependent.
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spelling doaj-art-c9dde9cda6e14617a4d0d861124eb3ff2025-08-20T02:19:42ZengWileyJournal of Toxicology1687-81911687-82052010-01-01201010.1155/2010/206057206057Diesel Engine Exhaust Initiates a Sequence of Pulmonary and Cardiovascular Effects in RatsIngeborg M. Kooter0Miriam E. Gerlofs-Nijland1A. John F. Boere2Daan L. A. C. Leseman3Paul H. B. Fokkens4Henri M. H. Spronk5Kim Frederix6Hugo ten Cate7Ad M. Knaapen8Hendrik J. Vreman9Flemming R. Cassee10Department of Environment, Health and Safety, TNO Built, Environment and Geosciences, Princetonlaan 6, 3584 CB Utrecht, The NetherlandsCentre for Environmental Health Research, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, 3720 BA Bilthoven, The NetherlandsCentre for Environmental Health Research, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, 3720 BA Bilthoven, The NetherlandsCentre for Environmental Health Research, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, 3720 BA Bilthoven, The NetherlandsCentre for Environmental Health Research, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, 3720 BA Bilthoven, The NetherlandsDepartment of Internal Medicine, Laboratory of Clinical Thrombosis and Haemostasis, Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht, Maastricht University Medical Center, 6229 ER Maastricht, The NetherlandsDepartment of Internal Medicine, Laboratory of Clinical Thrombosis and Haemostasis, Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht, Maastricht University Medical Center, 6229 ER Maastricht, The NetherlandsDepartment of Internal Medicine, Laboratory of Clinical Thrombosis and Haemostasis, Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht, Maastricht University Medical Center, 6229 ER Maastricht, The NetherlandsDepartment of Health Risk Analysis and Toxicology, Nutrition and Toxicology Research Institute (NUTRIM), Maastricht University, 6229 ER Maastricht, The NetherlandsDivision of Neonatal & Developmental Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, CA 94305-5208, USACentre for Environmental Health Research, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, 3720 BA Bilthoven, The NetherlandsThis study was designed to determine the sequence of events leading to cardiopulmonary effects following acute inhalation of diesel engine exhaust in rats. Rats were exposed for 2 h to diesel engine exhaust (1.9 mg/m3), and biological parameters related to antioxidant defense, inflammation, and procoagulation were examined after 4, 18, 24, 48, and 72 h. This in vivo inhalation study showed a pulmonary anti-oxidant response (an increased activity of the anti-oxidant enzymes glutathione peroxidase and superoxide dismutase and an increase in heme oxygenase-1 protein, heme oxygenase activity, and uric acid) which precedes the inflammatory response (an increase in IL-6 and TNF-α). In addition, increased plasma thrombogenicity and immediate anti-oxidant defense gene expression in aorta tissue shortly after the exposure might suggest direct translocation of diesel engine exhaust components to the vasculature but mediation by other pathways cannot be ruled out. This study therefore shows that different stages in oxidative stress are not only affected by dose increments but are also time dependent.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/206057
spellingShingle Ingeborg M. Kooter
Miriam E. Gerlofs-Nijland
A. John F. Boere
Daan L. A. C. Leseman
Paul H. B. Fokkens
Henri M. H. Spronk
Kim Frederix
Hugo ten Cate
Ad M. Knaapen
Hendrik J. Vreman
Flemming R. Cassee
Diesel Engine Exhaust Initiates a Sequence of Pulmonary and Cardiovascular Effects in Rats
Journal of Toxicology
title Diesel Engine Exhaust Initiates a Sequence of Pulmonary and Cardiovascular Effects in Rats
title_full Diesel Engine Exhaust Initiates a Sequence of Pulmonary and Cardiovascular Effects in Rats
title_fullStr Diesel Engine Exhaust Initiates a Sequence of Pulmonary and Cardiovascular Effects in Rats
title_full_unstemmed Diesel Engine Exhaust Initiates a Sequence of Pulmonary and Cardiovascular Effects in Rats
title_short Diesel Engine Exhaust Initiates a Sequence of Pulmonary and Cardiovascular Effects in Rats
title_sort diesel engine exhaust initiates a sequence of pulmonary and cardiovascular effects in rats
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/206057
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