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Particulate Oxidative Burden as a Predictor of Exhaled Nitric Oxide in Children with Asthma - PubMed

. 2016 Oct;124(10):1616-1622.

doi: 10.1289/EHP175. Epub 2016 May 6.

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Particulate Oxidative Burden as a Predictor of Exhaled Nitric Oxide in Children with Asthma

Caitlin L Maikawa et al. Environ Health Perspect. 2016 Oct.

Abstract

Background: Epidemiological studies have provided strong evidence that fine particulate matter (PM2.5; aerodynamic diameter ≤ 2.5 μm) can exacerbate asthmatic symptoms in children. Pro-oxidant components of PM2.5 are capable of directly generating reactive oxygen species. Oxidative burden is used to describe the capacity of PM2.5 to generate reactive oxygen species in the lung.

Objective: In this study we investigated the association between airway inflammation in asthmatic children and oxidative burden of PM2.5 personal exposure.

Methods: Daily PM2.5 personal exposure samples (n = 249) of 62 asthmatic school-aged children in Montreal were collected over 10 consecutive days. The oxidative burden of PM2.5 samples was determined in vitro as the depletion of low-molecular-weight antioxidants (ascorbate and glutathione) from a synthetic model of the fluid lining the respiratory tract. Airway inflammation was measured daily as fractional exhaled nitric oxide (FeNO).

Results: A positive association was identified between FeNO and glutathione-related oxidative burden exposure in the previous 24 hr (6.0% increase per interquartile range change in glutathione). Glutathione-related oxidative burden was further found to be positively associated with FeNO over 1-day lag and 2-day lag periods. Results further demonstrate that corticosteroid use may reduce the FeNO response to elevated glutathione-related oxidative burden exposure (no use, 15.8%; irregular use, 3.8%), whereas mold (22.1%), dust (10.6%), or fur (13.1%) allergies may increase FeNO in children with versus children without these allergies (11.5%). No association was found between PM2.5 mass or ascorbate-related oxidative burden and FeNO levels.

Conclusions: Exposure to PM2.5 with elevated glutathione-related oxidative burden was associated with increased FeNO.

Citation: Maikawa CL, Weichenthal S, Wheeler AJ, Dobbin NA, Smargiassi A, Evans G, Liu L, Goldberg MS, Godri Pollitt KJ. 2016. Particulate oxidative burden as a predictor of exhaled nitric oxide in children with asthma. Environ Health Perspect 124:1616-1622; http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/EHP175.

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Figure 1

Percent change in FeNO per IQR change (95% CI) in ambient pollutant (PM2.5 mass concentration) (A) and oxidative burden (ascorbate- and glutathione-related depletion per cubic meter of air) (B) exposure metrics over 0-, 1-, and 2-day lags. The mixed models included a random effect for each child, a first-order autoregressive correlation structure, and indicators for day (1–10) of the study. Models were adjusted for fixed effects including temperature, sex, presence of allergies, and use of beta-agonists.

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Figure 2

Effects of glutathione-related oxidative burden exposure per cubic meter of air on the percent change in FeNO over 0-, 1-, and 2-day lags as modified by medication use (any medication, none, corticosteroids, beta-agonists) (A) and presence of allergies (dust, mold, pollen, fur) (B). The mixed models included a random effect for each child, a first-order autoregressive correlation structure, and indicators for day (1–10) of the study. Models were adjusted for fixed effects including temperature, sex, presence of allergies and use of beta-agonists.

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