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ArticleToxicology and applied pharmacology2021

Pulmonary and vascular effects of acute ozone exposure in diabetic rats fed an atherogenic diet.

Samantha J Snow, Andres R Henriquez, Leslie C Thompson, Cynthia Fisher, Mette C Schladweiler, Charles E Wood, Urmila P Kodavanti

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Article in Toxicology and applied pharmacology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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7 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Samantha J SnowPublic Health and Integrated Toxicology Division, Center for Public Health and Environmental Assessment, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, United States.
Andres R HenriquezOak Ridge Institute for Science and Education Research Participation Program, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, United States.
Leslie C ThompsonPublic Health and Integrated Toxicology Division, Center for Public Health and Environmental Assessment, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, United States.
Cynthia FisherSchool of Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States.
Mette C SchladweilerPublic Health and Integrated Toxicology Division, Center for Public Health and Environmental Assessment, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, United States.
Charles E WoodPublic Health and Integrated Toxicology Division, Center for Public Health and Environmental Assessment, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, United States.
Urmila P KodavantiPublic Health and Integrated Toxicology Division, Center for Public Health and Environmental Assessment, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, United States. Electronic address: kodavanti.urmila@epa.gov.
Research Triangle Park Foundation · USEnvironmental Protection Agency · USOak Ridge Institute for Science and EducationUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Air pollutants may increase risk for cardiopulmonary disease, particularly in susceptible populations with metabolic stressors such as diabetes and unhealthy diet. We investigated effects of inhaled ozone exposure and high-cholesterol diet (HCD) in healthy Wistar and Wistar-derived Goto-Kakizaki (GK) rats, a non-obese model of type 2 diabetes. Male rats (4-week old) were fed normal diet (ND) or HCD for 12 weeks and then exposed to filtered air or 1.0 ppm ozone (6 h/day) for 1 or 2 days. We examined pulmonary, vascular, hematology, and inflammatory responses after each exposure plus an 18-h recovery period. In both strains, ozone induced acute bronchiolar epithelial necrosis and inflammation on histopathology and pulmonary protein leakage and neutrophilia; the protein leakage was more rapid and persistent in GK compared to Wistar rats. Ozone also decreased lymphocytes after day 1 in both strains consuming ND (~50%), while HCD increased circulating leukocytes. Ozone increased plasma thrombin/antithrombin complexes and platelet disaggregation in Wistar rats on HCD and exacerbated diet effects on serum IFN-γ, IL-6, KC-GRO, IL-13, and TNF-α, which were higher with HCD (Wistar>GK). Ex vivo aortic contractility to phenylephrine was lower in GK versus Wistar rats at baseline(~30%); ozone enhanced this effect in Wistar rats on ND. GK rats on HCD had higher aortic e-NOS and tPA expression compared to Wistar rats. Ozone increased e-NOS in GK rats on ND (~3-fold) and Wistar rats on HCD (~2-fold). These findings demonstrate ways in which underlying diabetes and HCD may exacerbate pulmonary, systemic, and vascular effects of inhaled pollutants.

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Air PollutantsAnimalsAorta, ThoracicBiomarkersBlood PlateletsCholesterol, DietaryCytokinesDiabetes Mellitus, Type 2Diet, AtherogenicDisease Models, AnimalInflammation MediatorsInhalation ExposureLungLung InjuryMaleNecrosisAir PollutantsBiomarkersCholesterol, DietaryCytokinesInflammation MediatorsOzoneOzonePulmonary InjurySystemic InflammationType 2 Diabetes Rat ModelVasocontractionWestern High-Cholesterol Diet

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PMID33524446
PMCPMC8086743
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