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TOXICOLOGY IN VITRO
卷 45, 期 -, 页码 101-110出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.tiv.2017.08.016
关键词
Airways; Gasoline exhaust; Ethanol-gasoline blend; Diesel exhaust particles; Cocultures; DNA damage; Flexfuel
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- Schweizer Erdolvereinigung
- Swiss Federal Office for Environment
- Fondation Botnar Switzerland
- Bernische Krebsliga
- Adolphe Merkle Foundation
- Swiss Federal Office of Energy
Air pollution exposure, including passenger car emissions, may cause substantial respiratory health effects and cancer death. In western countries, the majority of passenger cars are driven by gasoline fuel. Recently, new motor technologies and ethanol fuels have been introduced to the market, but potential health effects have not been thoroughly investigated.& para;& para;We developed and verified a coculture model composed of bronchial epithelial cells (ECs) and natural killer cells (NKs) mimicking the human airways to compare toxic effects between pure gasoline (E0) and ethanol-gasoline-blend (E85, 85% ethanol, 15% gasoline) exhaust emitted from a flexfuel gasoline car. We drove a steady state cycle, exposed ECs for 6 h and added NKs. We assessed exhaust effects in ECs alone and in cocultures by RTPCR, flow cytometry, and oxidative stress assay.& para;& para;We found no toxic effects after exposure to E0 or E85 compared to air controls. Comparison between E0 and E85 exposure showed a weak association for less oxidative DNA damage after E85 exposure compared to E0. Our results indicate that short-term exposure to gasoline exhaust may have no major toxic effects in ECs and NKs and that ethanol as part of fuel for gasoline cars may be favorable.
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