Abstract
What is already known on this topic?It remains inconclusive whether short-term ozone exposure can cause an inflammatory response and oxidative damage in the circulatory system, particularly at low concentrations.What is added by this report?This study made an accurate exposure assessment by conducting personal ozone monitoring, thus minimizing the exposure misclassification commonly found in previous environmental epidemiological studies. Our study found that even short-term exposure to low concentrations of ozone was associated with inflammation, lipid peroxidation, and mitochondrial oxidative damage.What are the implications for public health practice?Short-term exposure to low concentrations of ozone can still lead to subclinical cardiovascular effects, suggesting the current air quality standards for ozone need to be further tightened in China.
Highlights
Each 10-ppb increase in ozone exposure was greatly associated with a 4.86% increase in tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α), 3.14% in soluble intercellular adhesionmolecule-1 (sICAM-1), and 0.89% in malondialdehyde (MDA), as well as a decrease of 0.23 in the average methylation (%5mC) of the mitochondria displacement loop (Dloop) region
It remains inconclusive whether short-term ozone exposure can cause an inflammatory response and oxidative damage in the circulatory system
Each 10-ppb increase in ozone exposure was greatly associated with a 4.86% increase in tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α), 3.14% in soluble intercellular adhesionmolecule-1, and 0.89% in malondialdehyde (MDA), as well as a decrease of 0.23 in the average methylation (%5mC) of the mitochondria displacement loop (Dloop) region
Summary
Each 10-ppb increase in ozone exposure was greatly associated with a 4.86% increase in tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α), 3.14% in soluble intercellular adhesionmolecule-1 (sICAM-1), and 0.89% in malondialdehyde (MDA), as well as a decrease of 0.23 in the average methylation (%5mC) of the mitochondria displacement loop (Dloop) region. Our results suggest that even short-term exposure to low-level ozone may lead to inflammation, lipid peroxidation, and mitochondrial oxidative damage.
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