Yu Zechen, Jang Myoseon, Sabo-Attwood Tara, Robinson Sarah E, Jiang Huanhuan
Department of Environmental Engineering Sciences, Engineering School of Sustainable Infrastructure and Environment, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA.
Department of Environmental Engineering Sciences, Engineering School of Sustainable Infrastructure and Environment, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA.
Toxicol In Vitro. 2017 Aug;42:319-328. doi: 10.1016/j.tiv.2017.05.011. Epub 2017 May 12.
To better characterize biological responses to atmospheric organic aerosols, the efficient delivery of aerosol to in vitro lung cells is necessary. In this study, chamber generated secondary organic aerosol (SOA) entered the commercialized exposure chamber (CULTEX® Radial Flow System Compact) where it interfaced with an electrostatic precipitator (ESP) (CULTEX® Electrical Deposition Device) and then deposited on a particle collection plate. This plate contained human lung cells (BEAS-2B) that were cultured on a membrane insert to produce an air-liquid interface (ALI). To augment in vitro assessment using the ESP exposure device, the particle dose was predicted for various sampling parameters such as particle size, ESP deposition voltage, and sampling flowrate. The dose model was evaluated against the experimental measured mass of collected airborne particles. The high flowrate used in this study increased aerosol dose but failed to achieve cell stability. For example, RNA in the ALI BEAS-2B cells in vitro was stable at 0.15L/minute but decayed at high flowrates. The ESP device and the resulting model were applied to in vitro studies (i.e., viability and IL-8 expression) of toluene SOA using ALI BEAS-2B cells with a flowrate of 0.15L/minute, and no cellular RNA decay occurred.
为了更好地表征对大气有机气溶胶的生物学反应,必须将气溶胶有效地输送到体外肺细胞。在本研究中,腔室产生的二次有机气溶胶(SOA)进入商业化暴露腔室(CULTEX®径向流系统紧凑型),在那里它与静电除尘器(ESP)(CULTEX®电沉积装置)接触,然后沉积在颗粒收集板上。该板包含在膜插入物上培养以产生气液界面(ALI)的人肺细胞(BEAS-2B)。为了增强使用ESP暴露装置的体外评估,预测了各种采样参数(如粒径、ESP沉积电压和采样流速)下的颗粒剂量。根据实验测量的空气中收集颗粒的质量对剂量模型进行了评估。本研究中使用的高流速增加了气溶胶剂量,但未能实现细胞稳定性。例如,体外ALI BEAS-2B细胞中的RNA在0.15L/分钟时稳定,但在高流速下会衰减。ESP装置和所得模型应用于使用流速为0.15L/分钟的ALI BEAS-2B细胞对甲苯SOA的体外研究(即活力和IL-8表达),并且没有发生细胞RNA衰减。