Age-Dependent Effects of Ozone on Substance P-Innervation in Airways of Postnatal Rats

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• Personal Author:
  Dey RD ; Fedan, Jeffery S. ; Frazer DG ; Mulvey T ; Satterfield BE
• Description:
  Exposure to airway irritants during early postnatal periods may contribute to asthma during childhood especially if the initial exposure occurs at critical periods of growth and development. Asthma in children is exacerbated by air pollution that may be partly attributed to neural mechanisms. This study examines the effects of ozone on SP nerve fiber density in neonatal through adolescent rat airways. Rats were exposed to 2 ppm ozone or filtered air for 1 hr at the following postnatal days (PD) of age: PD 0-3 days, PD 4-6, PD 7-9, PD 10-12, PD 13-15, PD 21-22, and PD 28-29(n=5-6 per group). After 24 hr, lungs were removed, fixed and prepared for immunocytochemical demonstration of SP. Extrapulmonary (EP, main stem bronchi) and intrapulmonary (IP, 3-5 generations) airway were dissected and nerve fiber density (NFD) was determined for epithelium (E) and smooth muscle (SM). SP NFD in the EP-E increased threefold from about 1% to 4% from PD 0-3 through PD 13-15 and was then maintained. NFD for EP-SM, IP-SM, and IP-E was constant through the age range at about 1.0%, 0.6% and 0.05% respectively. After ozone, NFD increased twofold to about 2% in EP-SM through PD13-15 and to 1.2% in IP-SM through PD 13-15 while EP-E and IP-E were minimally affected. The findings suggest that nerve fiber responses to ozone are moot pronounced in SM through PD 15 possibly identifying a critical developmental phase of neural sensitivity during which irritant exposure may be a predisposing factor to the pathogenic mechanisms leading to asthma. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Age Factors Air Pollutants, Occupational Animals Asthma Environmental Exposure Laboratories Lung Lung Diseases Occupational Health Respiratory System Respiratory Tract Diseases Safety

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• Keywords:
  Age Factors Air Contamination Airway Obstruction Airway Resistance Animal Studies Bronchial Asthma Exposure Levels Laboratory Animals Lung Irritants Pollutants Pollution Pulmonary System Disorders Respiratory System Disorders

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• ISSN:
  0892-6638
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Abstract or Summary ; Proceedings
• Place as Subject:
  California ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 9 ; West Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  HELD - Health Effects Laboratory Division
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  14
• Issue:
  4
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20021021
• Citation:
  FASEB J 2000 Mar; 14(4):A781
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2000
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  The FASEB Journal
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:175f33bd3925e5c5928e044e44aa69a7f1f98e4ed130edf71763867dc60e82dc7c3dad55c89654a856c90eae09d353679dcdfdebf6624476e261247e425011ec
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/198606/cdc_198606_DS1.pdf
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