Resposta molecular do endotélio pulmonar à exposição aguda de material particulado  fino / Molecular response of pulmonary endothelial cells to acute exposure to fine particulate matter

AUTOR(ES)

Mirna Alameddine

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2010

RESUMO

Epidemiological studies establish a clear association between air pollution and increased cardiovascular and respiratory morbidity and mortality. However, the molecular mechanisms underlying the effect of fine particulate matter (PM2,5) are still poorly understood. The aim of this study was to characterize the impact of exposure to PM2,5 on the biology of pulmonary endothelium and the heart, through the assessment of gene expression profiling by microarray. Adult female mice were anesthetized and submitted to intratracheal instillation of either PM2,5 (challenged group) or vehicle (control group). The animals were sacrificed 12 to 18 hours after instillation and lung, heart and blood samples from the inferior vena cava were collected. The lungs were dissociated with collagenase type I and endothelial cells were positively selected by immuno-magnetic capture through microbeads coupled to anti-CD31. The cRNA derived from the pulmonary endothelial cells and heart were hybridized to low-density microarray designed specifically to represent genes relevant to endothelial biology. Genes found differentially expressed in the lung were Itgb1, Cxcl1, Tnf, Ecgf1, and Tnfaip3 (over-expressed in challenged group) and Enpep, Pdgfra, Gzmb, Birc2, Npr1, Angpt1, Cxcl5 and IL7 (under-expressed). It was not possible to perform statistical inference of heart samples in this study. There was no statistically significant difference between challenged and control groups in blood counts of neutrophils, lymphocytes or platelets, despite both groups presented increased number of platelets. The findings indicate that PM2,5 alters transcription of genes involved not only in inflammation and oxidative stress, but also in vascular tonus and remodeling, which may be responsible for the acute cardiovascular effects of PM2,5

ASSUNTO(S)

poluição do ar endothelium material particulado endotélio inflamação air pollution microarray lung microarray pulmão particulate matter inflammation

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