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ARCHIVES OF TOXICOLOGY
卷 96, 期 12, 页码 3201-3217出版社
SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
DOI: 10.1007/s00204-022-03362-7
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Thermal spray coating; Metals; Particulates; Lung toxicity; Inhalation system
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- National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health project [93909NE]
- National Institute of Health [R01 ES031253]
Thermal spray coating is an industrial process that uses molten metal to create a protective coating on surfaces. In a simulated occupational exposure experiment, it was observed that male rats exposed to stainless steel PMET720 aerosols experienced lung injury, inflammation, and changes in cytokines, which resolved within 7 days. The particles were internalized by alveolar macrophages and their toxicity depended on the dose.
Thermal spray coating is an industrial process in which molten metal is sprayed at high velocity onto a surface as a protective coating. An automated electric arc wire thermal spray coating aerosol generator and inhalation exposure system was developed to simulate an occupational exposure and, using this system, male Sprague-Dawley rats were exposed to stainless steel PMET720 aerosols at 25 mg/m(3) x 4 h/day x 9 day. Lung injury, inflammation, and cytokine alteration were determined. Resolution was assessed by evaluating these parameters at 1, 7, 14 and 28 d after exposure. The aerosols generated were also collected and characterized. Macrophages were exposed in vitro over a wide dose range (0-200 mu g/ml) to determine cytotoxicity and to screen for known mechanisms of toxicity. Welding fumes were used as comparative particulate controls. In vivo lung damage, inflammation and alteration in cytokines were observed 1 day post exposure and this response resolved by day 7. Alveolar macrophages retained the particulates even after 28 day post-exposure. In line with the pulmonary toxicity findings, in vitro cytotoxicity and membrane damage in macrophages were observed only at the higher doses. Electron paramagnetic resonance showed in an acellular environment the particulate generated free radicals and a dose-dependent increase in intracellular oxidative stress and NF-kB/AP-1 activity was observed. PMET720 particles were internalized via clathrin and caveolar mediated endocytosis as well as actin-dependent pinocytosis/phagocytosis. The results suggest that compared to stainless steel welding fumes, the PMET 720 aerosols were not as overtly toxic, and the animals recovered from the acute pulmonary injury by 7 days.
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