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Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med., Volume 161, Number 4, April 2000, 1213-1217

The Human Bone Marrow Response to Acute Air Pollution Caused by Forest Fires

WAN C. TAN, DIWEN QIU, BENG L. LIAM, TZE P. NG, SZU H. LEE, STEPHAN F. van EEDEN, YULIA D'YACHKOVA, and JAMES C. HOGG

Department of Medicine and Department of Community, Occupational and Family Medicine, National University of Singapore, and The Ministry of Defence, Singapore, Republic of Singapore; and University of British Columbia Pulmonary Research Laboratory, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Atmospheric pollution increases cardiopulmonary morbidity and mortality by unexplained mechanisms. Phagocytosis of fine particles (PM10) by rabbit alveolar macrophages elevates white blood cells (WBC) by releasing precursors from the bone marrow and this could contribute to the pathogenesis of cardiopulmonary disease. The present study examined the association between acute air pollution caused by biomass burning and peripheral WBC counts in humans. Serial measurements of the WBC count made during the 1997 Southeast Asian Smoke-haze (Sep 29, Oct 27) were compared with a period after the haze cleared (Nov 21, Dec 5) using peripheral blood PMN band cells to monitor marrow release. The results showed that indices of atmospheric pollution were significantly associated with elevated band neutrophil counts expressed as a percentage of total polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMN), with maximal association on zero and 1 lag day for PM10 and 3, and 4 lag days for SO2 (p value < 0.000). We conclude that atmospheric pollution caused by biomass burning is associated with elevated circulating band cell counts in humans because of the increased release of PMN precursors from the marrow. We speculate that this response contributes to the pathogenesis of the cardiorespiratory morbidity associated with acute air pollution.




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