Metabolomic assessment of exposure to near-highway ultrafine particles

Exposure to traffic-related air pollutants has been associated with increased risk of adverse cardiopulmonary outcomes and mortality; however, the biochemical pathways linking exposure to disease are not known. To delineate biological response mechanisms associated with exposure to near-highway ultrafine particles (UFP), we used untargeted high-resolution metabolomics to profile plasma from 59 participants enrolled in the Community Assessment of Freeway Exposure and Health (CAFEH) study. Metabolic variations associated with UFP exposure were assessed using a cross-sectional study design based upon low (mean 16,000 particles/cm3) and high (mean 24,000 particles/cm3) annual average UFP exposures. In comparing quantified metabolites, we identified five metabolites that were differentially expressed between low and high exposures, including arginine, aspartic acid, glutamine, cystine and methionine sulfoxide. Analysis of the metabolome identified 316 m/z features associated with UFP, which were consistent with increased lipid peroxidation, endogenous inhibitors of nitric oxide and vehicle exhaust exposure biomarkers. Network correlation analysis and metabolic pathway enrichment identified 38 pathways and included variations related to inflammation, endothelial function and mitochondrial bioenergetics. Taken together, these results suggest UFP exposure is associated with a complex series of metabolic variations related to antioxidant pathways, in vivo generation of reactive oxygen species and processes critical to endothelial function.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2019

Erschienen:

2019

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:29

Enthalten in:

Journal of exposure science & environmental epidemiology - 29(2019), 4 vom: 05. Juni, Seite 469-483

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Walker, Douglas I [VerfasserIn]
Lane, Kevin J [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Ken [VerfasserIn]
Uppal, Karan [VerfasserIn]
Patton, Allison P [VerfasserIn]
Durant, John L [VerfasserIn]
Jones, Dean P [VerfasserIn]
Brugge, Doug [VerfasserIn]
Pennell, Kurt D [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Air Pollutants
Biomarkers
Exposome
High-resolution metabolomics
Journal Article
Metabolome-wide association study
Particulate Matter
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Traffic-related air pollution
Vehicle Emissions

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Date Completed 08.06.2020

Date Revised 09.02.2021

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1038/s41370-018-0102-5

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM291493556