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ArticleToxics2022

Environmentally Toxic Solid Nanoparticles in Noradrenergic and Dopaminergic Nuclei and Cerebellum of Metropolitan Mexico City Children and Young Adults with Neural Quadruple Misfolded Protein Pathologies and High Exposures to Nano Particulate Matter.

Lilian Calderón-Garcidueñas, Angélica González-Maciel, Rafael Reynoso-Robles, Héctor G Silva-Pereyra, Ricardo Torres-Jardón, Rafael Brito-Aguilar, Alberto Ayala, Elijah W Stommel, Ricardo Delgado-Chávez

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Article in Toxics, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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20citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
3.1field-weighted citation impact, top 8% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

20 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 32 citations in OpenAlex.

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  14. Ambient air pollution and Alzheimer's disease: the role of the composition of fine particles.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 7 institutions in 2 countries.

Lilian Calderón-GarcidueñasCollege of Health, The University of Montana, Missoula, MT 59812, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3130-7895
Angélica González-MacielInstituto Nacional de Pediatría, Mexico City 04530, Mexico.
Rafael Reynoso-RoblesInstituto Nacional de Pediatría, Mexico City 04530, Mexico.ORCID 0000-0001-8833-1151
Héctor G Silva-PereyraInstituto Potosino de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica A.C., San Luis Potosí 78216, Mexico.
Ricardo Torres-JardónInstituto de Ciencias de la Atmósfera y Cambio Climático, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico, Mexico City 04510, Mexico.
Rafael Brito-AguilarSchool of Health Sciences, Universidad del Valle de Mexico, Mexico City 14370, Mexico.ORCID 0000-0002-2688-6618
Alberto AyalaSacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District, Sacramento, CA 95814, USA.
Elijah W StommelDepartment of Neurology, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, NH 03755, USA.
Ricardo Delgado-ChávezInstituto de Ciencias de la Atmósfera y Cambio Climático, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico, Mexico City 04510, Mexico.
Instituto Nacional de Pediatria · MXUniversidad Nacional Autónoma de México · MXBay Area Air Quality Management District · USDartmouth College · USInstitute for Scientific and Technological Research · MXUniversidad del Valle de México · MXUniversity of Montana · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Quadruple aberrant hyperphosphorylated tau, beta-amyloid, α-synuclein and TDP-43 neuropathology and metal solid nanoparticles (NPs) are documented in the brains of children and young adults exposed to Metropolitan Mexico City (MMC) pollution. We investigated environmental NPs reaching noradrenergic and dopaminergic nuclei and the cerebellum and their associated ultrastructural alterations. Here, we identify NPs in the locus coeruleus (LC), substantia nigrae (SN) and cerebellum by transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and energy-dispersive X-ray spectrometry (EDX) in 197 samples from 179 MMC residents, aged 25.9 ± 9.2 years and seven older adults aged 63 ± 14.5 years. Fe, Ti, Hg, W, Al and Zn spherical and acicular NPs were identified in the SN, LC and cerebellar neural and vascular mitochondria, endoplasmic reticulum, Golgi, neuromelanin, heterochromatin and nuclear pore complexes (NPCs) along with early and progressive neurovascular damage and cerebellar endothelial erythrophagocytosis. Strikingly, FeNPs 4 ± 1 nm and Hg NPs 8 ± 2 nm were seen predominantly in the LC and SN. Nanoparticles could serve as a common denominator for misfolded proteins and could play a role in altering and obstructing NPCs. The NPs/carbon monoxide correlation is potentially useful for evaluating early neurodegeneration risk in urbanites. Early life NP exposures pose high risk to brains for development of lethal neurologic outcomes. NP emissions sources ought to be clearly recognized, regulated, and monitored; future generations are at stake.

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air pollutionAlzheimer’s diseasebraincerebellar endothelial erythrophagocytosisendothelial dysfunctionlocus coeruleusnuclear pore complexesParkinson’s diseasesolid nanoparticlesTDP-43

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PMID35448425
PMCPMC9028025
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