Linking Cell Health and Reactive Oxygen Species from Secondary Organic Aerosols Exposure.

Oxidative stress is a possible mechanism by which ambient fine particulate matter (PM) exerts adverse biological effects. While multiple biological effects and reactive oxygen species (ROS) production have been observed upon PM exposure, whether the biological effects are ROS-mediated remains unclear. Secondary organic aerosols (SOA) constitute a major fraction of fine PM and can contribute substantially to its toxicity. In this work, we measured three types of cell responses (mitochondrial membrane potential (MMP), caspase 3/7 activity, and ROS) and investigated their associations upon exposure to SOA formed from anthropogenic (naphthalene) and biogenic (α-pinene) precursors. MMP and caspase 3/7 activity (an early indicator of apoptosis) are key indicators of cell health, and changes of them could occur downstream of ROS-mediated pathways. We observed a significant increase in caspase 3/7 activity after SOA exposure, suggesting that apoptosis is an important pathway of cell death induced by SOA. We further found strong associations between a decrease in MMP and increase in caspase 3/7 activity with an increase in cellular ROS level. These results suggest that cell health is largely dependent on the cellular ROS level, highlighting oxidative stress as a key mechanism for biological effects from SOA exposure. Linear regression analyses reveal greater changes of the three cellular responses with increasing carbon oxidation state (OSc) of SOA, suggesting that SOA are more toxic when they are more oxidized. Overall, our work provides critical insights into the associations between cell health and ROS level upon SOA exposure and proposes that OSc could be a suitable proxy to assess the overall SOA toxicity.

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