Human Airway Organoids and Multimodal Imaging-Based Toxicity Evaluation of 1-Nitropyrene

Despite significant advances in understanding the general health impacts of air pollution, the toxic effects of air pollution on cells in the human respiratory tract are still elusive. A robust, biologically relevant in vitro model for recapitulating the physiological response of the human airway is needed to obtain a thorough understanding of the molecular mechanisms of air pollutants. In this study, by using 1-nitropyrene (1-NP) as a proof-of-concept, we demonstrate the effectiveness and reliability of evaluating environmental pollutants in physiologically active human airway organoids. Multimodal imaging tools, including live cell imaging, fluorescence microscopy, and MALDI-mass spectrometry imaging (MSI), were implemented to evaluate the cytotoxicity of 1-NP for airway organoids. In addition, lipidomic alterations upon 1-NP treatment were quantitatively analyzed by nontargeted lipidomics. 1-NP exposure was found to be associated with the overproduction of reactive oxygen species (ROS), and dysregulation of lipid pathways, including the SM-Cer conversion, as well as cardiolipin in our organoids. Compared with that of cell lines, a higher tolerance of 1-NP toxicity was observed in the human airway organoids, which might reflect a more physiologically relevant response in the native airway epithelium. Collectively, we have established a novel system for evaluating and investigating molecular mechanisms of environmental pollutants in the human airways via the combinatory use of human airway organoids, multimodal imaging analysis, and MS-based analyses.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:58

Enthalten in:

Environmental science & technology - 58(2024), 14 vom: 09. Apr., Seite 6083-6092

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Zhou, Yingyan [VerfasserIn]
Li, Cun [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Yanyan [VerfasserIn]
Yu, Yifei [VerfasserIn]
Diao, Xin [VerfasserIn]
Chiu, Raymond [VerfasserIn]
Fang, Jiacheng [VerfasserIn]
Shen, Yuting [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Jianing [VerfasserIn]
Zhu, Lin [VerfasserIn]
Zhou, Jie [VerfasserIn]
Cai, Zongwei [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

1-NP
1-nitropyrene
Adult stem cell
Air Pollutants
Human airway organoids
Journal Article
MALDI-MSI
Multimodal imaging analysis
Pyrenes
TD1665I8Q4

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Date Completed 10.04.2024

Date Revised 25.04.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1021/acs.est.3c07195

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM370366603