Emissions from commercial-grade charbroiling meat operations induce oxidative stress and inflammatory responses in human bronchial epithelial cells

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Commercial charbroiling emissions are a significant source of ambient particulate matter (PM) in urban settings. The objective of this study was to determine whether organic extract of PM emissions from commercial charbroiling meat operations could induce an inflammatory response in human bronchial epithelial cells and whether this effect was mediated by oxidative stress. PM samples were collected during cooking hamburgers on a commercial-grade under-fired charbroiler and sequentially extracted with water and methanol to obtain the aqueous PM suspension (AqPM) and organic extract (OE). The pro-oxidative and pro-inflammatory effects of OE were assessed using human bronchial epithelial cell line BEAS-2B. While AqPM did not have any effect, OE effectively induced the expression of heme oxygennase-1 and cyclooxygenase-2 in BEAS-2B cells. OE also up-regulated the levels of IL-6, IL-8, and prostaglandin E2. OE-induced cellular inflammatory response could be effectively suppressed by the antioxidant N-acetyl cysteine, nuclear factor (erythroid-derived 2)-like 2 activator sulforaphane and p38 MAPK inhibitor SB203580. In conclusion, organic chemicals emitted from commercial charbroiling meat operations could induce an inflammatory response in human bronchial epithelial cells, which was mediated by oxidative stress and p38 MAPK.

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Journal ID (nlm-ta): Toxicol Rep

Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Toxicol Rep

Title: Toxicology Reports

Publisher: Elsevier

ISSN (Electronic): 2214-7500

Publication date PMC-release: 02 October 2014

Publication date Collection: 2014

Publication date (Electronic): 02 October 2014

Volume: 1

Pages: 802-811

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[a ]Department of Pathobiology and Diagnostic Investigation, College of Veterinary Medicine, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA

[b ]Center for Environmental Research and Technology, Bourns College of Engineering, University of California Riverside, Riverside, CA, USA

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[* ]Corresponding author at: Michigan State University, 1129 Farm Ln, B43, East Lansing, MI 48840, USA. Tel.: +1 517 8842075; fax: +1 517 4322391 lining3@ 123456msu.edu lining3@ 123456cvm.msu.edu

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Publisher ID: S2214-7500(14)00096-1

DOI: 10.1016/j.toxrep.2014.09.015

PMC ID: 5598377

SO-VID: a264b303-7081-460d-982c-884aed75ab8c

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This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/).

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Date received : 8 August 2014

Date revision received : 19 September 2014

Date accepted : 24 September 2014

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