Air pollution is recognized as the world's largest environmental health risk. In this work we evaluated in vivo the effects of three relevant components of atmospheric dusts (brake dust, wood pellet ash and Saharan dust) employing the animal model Caenorhabditis elegans. Main endpoints of C. elegans such as life span, brood size and oxidative stress were addressed by exposing the nematodes to different dust concentrations. Brake dust and pellet ash affected the life span and increased significantly the oxidative stress of exposed nematodes, while Saharan dust showed no effects. Water soluble and insoluble fractions of these dusts were used to investigate the impact of the single fraction on C. elegans. The two fractions of brake dust and pellet ash exerted different effects on C. elegans endpoints in terms of life span and oxidative stress response. These fractions acted in different ways on the worm susceptibility to infection of two human pathogens (Staphylococcus aureus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa) affecting the sek-1 gene expression. In conclusion, our study showed that C. elegans is a valuable tool to investigate in vivo possible effects of atmospheric dusts.

Assessment of the effects of atmospheric pollutants using the animal model Caenorhabditis elegans / Ficociello, Graziella; Inverni, Agnese; Massimi, Lorenzo; Buccini, Giulio; Canepari, Silvia; Uccelletti, Daniela. - In: ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH. - ISSN 0013-9351. - 191:December(2020). [10.1016/j.envres.2020.110209]

Assessment of the effects of atmospheric pollutants using the animal model Caenorhabditis elegans

Graziella Ficociello;Agnese Inverni;Lorenzo Massimi;Silvia Canepari;Daniela Uccelletti
2020

Abstract

Air pollution is recognized as the world's largest environmental health risk. In this work we evaluated in vivo the effects of three relevant components of atmospheric dusts (brake dust, wood pellet ash and Saharan dust) employing the animal model Caenorhabditis elegans. Main endpoints of C. elegans such as life span, brood size and oxidative stress were addressed by exposing the nematodes to different dust concentrations. Brake dust and pellet ash affected the life span and increased significantly the oxidative stress of exposed nematodes, while Saharan dust showed no effects. Water soluble and insoluble fractions of these dusts were used to investigate the impact of the single fraction on C. elegans. The two fractions of brake dust and pellet ash exerted different effects on C. elegans endpoints in terms of life span and oxidative stress response. These fractions acted in different ways on the worm susceptibility to infection of two human pathogens (Staphylococcus aureus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa) affecting the sek-1 gene expression. In conclusion, our study showed that C. elegans is a valuable tool to investigate in vivo possible effects of atmospheric dusts.
2020
pseudomonas aeruginosa; staphylococcus aureus; immunity; oxidative stress; particulate matter
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Assessment of the effects of atmospheric pollutants using the animal model Caenorhabditis elegans / Ficociello, Graziella; Inverni, Agnese; Massimi, Lorenzo; Buccini, Giulio; Canepari, Silvia; Uccelletti, Daniela. - In: ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH. - ISSN 0013-9351. - 191:December(2020). [10.1016/j.envres.2020.110209]
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