IMMUNOLOGICAL MARKERS OF CHILDREN HEALTH PROBLEMS LIVING IN THE CONDITIONS OF ATMOSPHERIC AIR POLLUTION BY ALUMINUM

Abstract

We analyzed the characteristics of the immunoregulatory parameters of the child population (94 people) aged 5 to 10 years exposed to aluminum. The control group included 45 children, matched by age and sex, living in areas not exposed to aluminum. The study consisted of determining the content of IgG specific to aluminum, total IgE (hypersensitivity indicators) and phagocytic-active cells. A study of CD-markers of cell differentiation and intracellular markers for assessing the apoptosis system (absolute and relative suppressor T-cell receptors CD127–, Bax, anti-apoptotic protein Bcl-2 and proapoptotic cell death receptor CD95+) was performed. As a result of the research, it was reliably established that in the examined child population there are violations of the cellular immunity, which manifest themselves in a decrease in phagocytic activity by the criterion of absolute phagocytosis (42 per cent), relative phagocytosis (56 per cent) and phagocytic number (75 per cent) (for example, decrease in phagocytic activity of cells compared with control was 1.2-1.5 times), activation of absolute and relative suppressor T-cell receptors CD127–, Bax deficiency, antiapoptotic protein Bcl -2 and the proapoptotic cell death receptor CD95+ (p < 0.05) responsible for apoptosis, relative to the reference values. There is a significant increase compared with the norm of specific IgG to aluminum in 44 per cent of children of the observed group and an increase in the level of total IgE by more than 1.4 times compared to the control group (p < 0.05)