Diesel-exhaust particulates inoculated by the intranasal route have an adjuvant activity for IgE production in mice

Takafuji, Shigeru; Suzuki, Shuji; Koizumi, Kazuhiro; Tadokoro, Kenji; Miyamoto, Tomofumi; Ikemori, R; Muranaka, M

doi:10.1016/s0091-6749(87)80161-6

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“…There is a strong correlation between immunodeficiency of the thymus, especially of suppressor T cells, and elevated serum IgE (28)(29). As recently reported, diesel exhaust particles, carbon black (74,75), and airborne house dust (76) have adjuvant effects on IgE production. There could be some connection between the immunosuppression that occurs during the fetal period because mothers are exposed to polluted air and the increased prevalence of atopic diseases in infants.…”

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The masculinization of the fetus during pregnancy due to inhalation of diesel exhaust.

Watanabe¹,

Kurita²

2001

Environ Health Perspect

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This study was conducted to determine the impact of diesel exhaust inhalation on the fetus. Seventy-two pregnant rats and 18 nonpregnant rats were divided into three groups: a group exposed to total diesel engine exhaust containing 5.63 mg/m(3) particulate matter, 4.10 ppm nitrogen dioxide, and 8.10 ppm nitrogen oxide; a group exposed to filtered exhaust without particulate matter; and a group exposed to clean air. The exposure period was from day 7 until day 20 of pregnancy. In addition, 15 pregnant rats were treated with aromatase inhibitors or testosterone to clarify the process by which diesel exhaust exerts its toxicity. The anogenital distance was significantly longer in male and female fetuses from both exhaust-exposed groups than in those of the control. Differentiation of the testis, ovary, and thymus was delayed and disturbed. Maternal testosterone and progesterone levels, which increased due to pregnancy whether or not the rats were exposed, were significantly higher and lower, respectively, in the pregnant rats exposed to total exhaust and filtered exhaust. The serum adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) level and urinary excretion of 17-hydroxycorticosteroids (OHCS) did not differ among the pregnant groups. These results indicate that elevated testosterone did not result from elevated maternal adrenal function. The feto-placental-ovarian unit and inhibition of aromatase activity and synthesis caused by diesel exhaust inhalation might have played an essential role in the accumulation of testosterone. Since both exhaust-exposed groups showed almost the same reactions toward the inhalation, the gaseous phase must have included the relevant toxicants.

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The masculinization of the fetus during pregnancy due to inhalation of diesel exhaust.

Watanabe¹,

Kurita²

2001

Environ Health Perspect

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“…A number of studies on the adverse effects of diesel exhaust particles (DEP) on human health, including lung cancer (McClellan 1987;Ichinose et al 1997), allergic rhinitis (Muranaka 1986;Takafuji et al 1987), bronchial asthma-like disease (Sagai et al 1996;Miyabara et al 1998), and disruption of endocrine function, have been reported (Yoshida et al 1999;Watanabe & Oonuki 1999;Tsukue et al 2001Tsukue et al , 2002. While these studies have furnished epidemiologically important results, they have been done without knowledge of the bioactive entities in DEP, making it difficult to estimate the effect of individual components on human health.…”

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Isolation and identification of new vasodilative substances in diesel exhaust particles

Seki

Noya

Mikami

et al. 2009

Environ Sci Pollut Res

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Goal, Scope, and Background We recently developed a new isolation method for diesel exhaust particles (DEP), involving successive extraction with H 2 O, sodium bicarbonate, and sodium hydroxide, in which the sodium hydroxide extract was found to consist of phenolic components. Analysis of the extract revealed that vasodilative active nitrophenols are in DEP in significantly higher concentration than those estimated by an earlier method involving a combination of solvent extraction and repeated chromatography. These findings indicated that our new procedure offers a simple, efficient and reliable method for the isolation and identification of bioactive substances in DEP. This encouraged us to extend our work to investigating new vasodilatory substances in the sodium bicarbonate extract. Materials and Methods DEP were collected from the exhaust of a 4JB1-type engine (ISUZU Automobile Co., Tokyo, Japan). GC-MS analysis was performed with a GCMS-QP2010 instrument (Shimadzu, Kyoto, Japan).Results DEP dissolved in 1-butanol was successively extracted with water, sodium bicarbonate, and then aqueous sodium hydroxide. The sodium bicarbonate extract was neutralized and the resulting mixture of acidic components was subjected to reverse-phase (RP) column chromatography followed by RP-HPLC with fractions assayed for vasodilative activity. This led to the identification of telephthalic acid, p-hydroxybenzoic acid, isophthalic acid, phthalic acid, 3-hydroxy-4-nitrobenzoic acid, 4-hydroxy-3-nitrophenol, and 1,4,5-naphthalene tricarboxylic acid as components of DEP. DiscussionThe sodium bicarbonate extract was rich in the acidic components. Repeated reverse-phase chromatography resulted in the successful isolation of several acidic substances including the new vasodilative materials, 4-hydroxy-3-nitrobenzoic acid and 3-hydroxy-4-nitrobenzoic acid. Seidel et al. 2006). A number of studies on the adverse effects of diesel exhaust particles (DEP) on human health, including lung cancer (McClellan 1987;Ichinose et al. 1997), allergic rhinitis (Muranaka 1986;Takafuji et al. 1987), bronchial asthma-like disease (Sagai et al. 1996;Miyabara et al. 1998), and disruption of endocrine function, have been reported (Yoshida et al. 1999;Watanabe & Oonuki 1999;Tsukue et al. 2001Tsukue et al. , 2002. While these studies have furnished epidemiologically important results, they have been done without knowledge of the bioactive entities in DEP, making it difficult to estimate the effect of individual components on human health. In our earlier studies on the isolation and identification of bioactive compounds contained in DEP, we have isolated aromatic substances including nitrophenols (Mori et al. 2003a;Taneda et al. 2004a) that showed strong vasodilatory activity by a method involving successive solvent extractions, followed by repeated column chromatography. This multi-step isolation procedure, however, resulted in poor fractionation with impaired accuracy and reproducibility. Therefore, it was crucial to develop a more efficient and ...

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“…Eyles et al (7) reported that 48% of a 50-l dose of intranasally instilled 7-m-diameter 46 Sc-labeled styrene-divinyl benzene microspheres was evident in the lungs 15 min after challenge, while Takafuji et al (21) found that only 19% of a 25-l dose of 125 I-labeled ovalbumin was detected in the lungs at this same time. Similar results have been observed when detection assays were performed 60 min after intranasal administration (8,21). However, in none of these studies were delivery techniques compared.…”

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Distribution of intranasal instillations in mice: effects of volume, time, body position, and anesthesia

Southam

Dolovich

O’Byrne

et al. 2002

American Journal of Physiology-Lung Cellular and Molecular Phys

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Intranasal instillation techniques are used to deliver various substances to the upper and lower respiratory tract (URT and LRT) in mice. Here, we quantify the relative distribution achieved with intranasal delivery of a nonabsorbable tracer, 99m Tc-labeled sulfidecolloid. Relative distribution was determined by killing mice after instillation and quantifying the radioactivity in dissected tissues using gamma scintigraphy. A significant effect of delivery volume on relative distribution was observed when animals were killed 5 min after instillation delivered under gas anesthesia. With a delivery volume of 5 l, no radiation was detected in the LRT; this increased to a maximum of 55.7 Ϯ 2.5% distribution to the LRT when 50 l were delivered. The majority of radiation not detected in the LRT was found in the URT. Over the course of the following 1 h, radiation in the LRT remained constant, while that in the URT decreased and appeared in the gastrointestinal tract. Instillation of 25 l into anesthetized mice resulted in 30.1 Ϯ 6.9% distribution to the LRT, while only 5.3 Ϯ 1.5% (P Ͻ 0.05) of the same volume was detected in the LRT of awake mice. Varying the body position of mice did not affect relative distribution. When using intranasal instillation, the relative distribution between the URT and LRT and the gastrointestinal tract is heavily influenced by delivery volume and level of anesthesia. gamma scintigraphy; topical treatment; upper respiratory tract; lower respiratory tract THE ADMINISTRATION OF SUBSTANCES to mice by the intranasal route is an effective, noninvasive technique employed for the delivery of allergens (3, 4, 26), drugs or gene therapy (4, 20), immunotherapy (1, 7, 11), and pathogens (12,16,18) to the upper and lower respiratory tracts (URT and LRT). In published studies, volumes of substances intranasally instilled into mice range from 5 l (22) to 100 l (3), with little justification for the chosen volumes. Intranasal delivery is often carried out after intraperitoneal (9, 19) or inhalation (5, 14, 15) anesthesia but has also been performed with fully awake mice (1,6,17). The position of the mouse during intranasal delivery has also varied between studies, with horizontal (13) and head-down supine (12) positions having been used. The specific delivery protocols used in these studies are thought to influence the relative distribution of the delivered substance to the URT, LRT, and gut. However, to our knowledge, very little published information is available describing the distribution of intranasally delivered substances or how the distribution can be influenced by delivery techniques.Preliminary studies by Tsuyuki et al. (23) have shown that 75% of a 50-l dose of intranasally administered Evans blue dye is deposited in the airways, with no dye detectable in the esophagus or stomach. Eyles et al. (7) reported that 48% of a 50-l dose of intranasally instilled 7-m-diameter 46 Sc-labeled styrene-divinyl benzene microspheres was evident in the lungs 15 min after challenge, while Takafuji et al. (21) ...

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Diesel-exhaust particulates inoculated by the intranasal route have an adjuvant activity for IgE production in mice

Cited by 288 publications

References 11 publications

The masculinization of the fetus during pregnancy due to inhalation of diesel exhaust.

The masculinization of the fetus during pregnancy due to inhalation of diesel exhaust.

Isolation and identification of new vasodilative substances in diesel exhaust particles

Distribution of intranasal instillations in mice: effects of volume, time, body position, and anesthesia

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