Pediatric respiratory and systemic effects of chronic air pollution exposure: nose, lung, heart, and brain pathology

Calderón-Garcidueñas, L; Franco-Lira, M; Torres-Jardon, R; Henriquez-Roldan, C; Barragan-Mejia, G; Valencia-Salazar, G; Gonzalez-Maciel, A; Reynoso-Robles, R; Villarreal-Calderon, R; Reed, W

HERO ID

91254

Reference Type

Journal Article

Subtype

Review

Year

2007

Language

English

PMID

17325984

HERO ID 91254
Material Type Review
In Press No
Year 2007
Title Pediatric respiratory and systemic effects of chronic air pollution exposure: nose, lung, heart, and brain pathology
Authors Calderón-Garcidueñas, L; Franco-Lira, M; Torres-Jardon, R; Henriquez-Roldan, C; Barragan-Mejia, G; Valencia-Salazar, G; Gonzalez-Maciel, A; Reynoso-Robles, R; Villarreal-Calderon, R; Reed, W
Journal Toxicologic Pathology
Volume 35
Issue 1
Page Numbers 154-162
Abstract Exposures to particulate matter and gaseous air pollutants have been associated with respiratory tract inflammation, disruption of the nasal respiratory and olfactory barriers, systemic inflammation, production of mediators of inflammation capable of reaching the brain and systemic circulation of particulate matter. Mexico City (MC) residents are exposed to significant amounts of ozone, particulate matter and associated lipopolysaccharides. MC dogs exhibit brain inflammation and an acceleration of Alzheimer's-like pathology, suggesting that the brain is adversely affected by air pollutants. MC children, adolescents and adults have a significant upregulation of cyclooxygenase-2 (COX2) and interleukin-1beta (IL-1beta) in olfactory bulb and frontal cortex, as well as neuronal and astrocytic accumulation of the 42 amino acid form of beta -amyloid peptide (Abeta 42), including diffuse amyloid plaques in frontal cortex. The pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease (AD) is characterized by brain inflammation and the accumulation of Abeta 42, which precede the appearance of neuritic plaques and neurofibrillary tangles, the pathological hallmarks of AD. Our findings of nasal barrier disruption, systemic inflammation, and the upregulation of COX2 and IL-1beta expression and Abeta 42 accumulation in brain suggests that sustained exposures to significant concentrations of air pollutants such as particulate matter could be a risk factor for AD and other neurodegenerative diseases.
Doi 10.1080/01926230601059985
Pmid 17325984
Wosid WOS:000244891300018
Url http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17325984
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Comments ECRIB. Acutes over o's in Calderon-, -Jardon, -Calderon, over a's in -Roldan, Barragan-, Gonzalez-, and over i in -Majia; tildes over n in -Garciduenas.Pediatric respiratory and systemic effects of chronic air pollution exposure: nose, lung, heart, and brain pathology.Toxicol. Pathol. 35: 154-162.
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Language Text English
Keyword Children; particulate matter; systemic inflammation; beta-amyloid; nasal epithelial barrier; air pollution; Alzheimer disease early risk factors
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