Published ahead of print on September 17, 2009 Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009, doi:10.1164/rccm.200901-0116OC
Submitted on January 21, 2009 Maternal Exposure to Particulate Matter Increases Postnatal Ozone-Induced Airway Hyperreactivity in Juvenile MiceRichard L. Auten1*,1 Department of Pediatrics, Neonatal Medicine, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States, 2 Department of Medicine, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States, 3 Department of Pediatrics, Pulmonary Medicine, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States * To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: auten{at}duke.edu.
Rationale: Epidemiologic studies implicate air pollutant exposure during pregnancy as a risk factor for wheezing in offspring. Ozone exposure is linked to exacerbations of wheezing in children.
Objectives: Determine if maternal pulmonary exposure to traffic-related particles during pregnancy augments ozone-induced airway hyperresponsiveness in offspring.
Methods and Main Results: C57BL6 time-mated mice were given NIST SRM#1648
(PM) 0.48 mg, saline vehicle, or no treatment by tracheal insufflation twice weekly for three weeks. PM exposure augmented maternal lung inflammation and placental TNF Key words: traffic asthma inflammation maternal exposure
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