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- Title
Chronic inhalation of biomass smoke is associated with DNA damage in airway cells: involvement of particulate pollutants and benzene.
- Authors
Mukherjee, Bidisha; Dutta, Anindita; Roychoudhury, Sanghita; Ray, Manas Ranjan
- Abstract
ABSTRACT This study examined whether indoor air pollution from biomass fuel burning induces DNA damage in airway cells. For this, sputum cells were collected from 56 premenopausal rural women who cooked with biomass (wood, dung, crop residues) and 49 age-matched controls who cooked with cleaner liquefied petroleum gas. The levels of particulate matters with diameters of less than 10 and 2.5 µm (PM10 and PM2.5) in indoor air were measured using a real-time aerosol monitor. Benzene exposure was monitored by measuring trans, trans-muconic acid ( t, t-MA) in urine by HPLC-UV. DNA damage was examined by alkaline comet assay in sputum cells. Generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and level of superoxide dismutase (SOD) in sputum cells were measured by flow cytometry and spectrophotometry, respectively. Compared with controls, biomass users had 4 times higher tail percentage DNA, 37% more comet tail length and 5 times more Olive tail moment ( p < 0.001) in inflammatory and epithelial cells in sputum, suggesting extensive DNA damage. In addition, women who cooked with biomass had 6 times higher levels of urinary t, t-MA and 2-fold higher levels of ROS generation concomitant with 28% depletion of SOD. Indoor air of biomass-using households had 2-4 times more PM10 and PM2.5 than that of controls. After controlling potential confounders, positive association was found between DNA damage parameters, particulate pollution, urinary t, t-MA and ROS. Thus, long-term exposure to biomass smoke induces DNA damage in airway cells and the effect was probably mediated, at least in part, by oxidative stress generated by inhaled particulate matter and benzene. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
- Subjects
BIOMASS burning; RESPIRATORY disease risk factors; RISK assessment for indoor air pollution; AIR pollution; DNA damage; LIQUEFIED petroleum gas; BENZENE; MUCONIC acid
- Publication
Journal of Applied Toxicology, 2013, Vol 33, Issue 4, p281
- ISSN
0260-437X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/jat.1748