Effect of diesel exhaust particles on human middle ear epithelial cells
- Authors
- Song, Jae-Jun; Lee, Jong Dae; Lee, Byung Don; Chae, Sung Won; Park, Moo Kyun
- Issue Date
- 3월-2012
- Publisher
- ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD
- Keywords
- Diesel; Human middle ear epithelial cells; Otitis media
- Citation
- INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY, v.76, no.3, pp.334 - 338
- Indexed
- SCIE
SCOPUS
- Journal Title
- INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY
- Volume
- 76
- Number
- 3
- Start Page
- 334
- End Page
- 338
- URI
- https://scholar.korea.ac.kr/handle/2021.sw.korea/105372
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.ijporl.2011.12.003
- ISSN
- 0165-5876
- Abstract
- Objective: In the present study, we investigate whether diesel exhaust particles (DEPs) cause cytotoxicity and induce inflammation or increase the expression of mucin in immortalized human middle ear epithelial cell lines (HMEECs). Several publications have shown an association between traffic-related air pollutants and otitis media. Additionally, DEP have been shown to cause inflammation and an allergic response in the airways. Methods: Cell viability following DEP treatment was investigated in HMEECs using the MTT assay. We measured the expression of the inflammatory cytokines TNF-alpha and COX-2 and the mucin genes MUC5AC and MUC5B using semiquantitative real-time reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) and Western blotting. Results: Cell viability tests showed that exposure to more than 80 mu g/mL of DEP caused a decrease in cell viability. DEP exposure also increased the expression of MUC5AC, but did not induce the expression of MUC5B in HMEECs. Conclusion: DEP decreased cell viability, induced an inflammatory response, and increased mucin gene expression in HMEECs. These findings support the hypothesis that environmental diesel exposure is a risk factor for otitis media. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
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