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CHEMOSPHERE
Volume 263, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.128349
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Micro-biochars; ROS; Oxidative DNA damage; Epithelial barrier; Pyrolysis temperature
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- Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST, Taiwan) [106-2314-B-150-001, 107-2221-E-150-004-MY3, 108-2622-E-150-006-CC3]
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Biochars (BCs) produced at different pyrolysis temperatures have varying impacts on pulmonary toxicity in human lung cells, with higher temperature BCs potentially causing greater cytotoxicity and genotoxicity.
Biochars (BCs) are currently widely used, yet their impact on human health is mostly unknown. We generated micro-tobacco stem-pyrolysed BCs (mTBCs) at different pyrolysis temperatures and assessed pulmonary toxicity in normal human lung epithelial BEAS-2B cells. mTBCs generated at 350 degrees C (mTBC350) and 650 degrees C (mTBC650) were analysed and compared for physicochemical properties and adverse effects. Pyrolysis temperature had a significant influence on chemical composition, particle size, specific surface area and aromatic carbon structure. mTBC650 displayed a highly ordered aromatic carbon structure with smaller particle size, high surface area (20.09 m2/g) and high polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon and metal content. This composition could promote reactive oxygen species accumulation accompanied by greater cytotoxicity, genotoxicity and epithelial barrier malfunction in cultured cells. Thus, the risk of pulmonary toxicity owing to micro-BCs (mBCs) is affected by pyrolysis temperature. Long-term exposure to mBCs produced at high temperatures may lead to or exacerbate pulmonary disease. (C) 2020 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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