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Traffic-related air pollution induces non-allergic eosinophilic airway inflammation and cough hypersensitivity in guinea pigs.
Clinical and Experimental Allergy 2018 November 12
BACKGROUND: The pathogenesis and pathophysiology of eosinophilia-related chronic cough such as non-asthmatic eosinophilic bronchitis and cough variant asthma are still not clear.
OBJECTIVE: This study is to examine the potential role of traffic-related air pollution (TRAP) in eosinophilic inflammation and cough responses.
METHODS: Non-sensitized guinea pigs were exposed to TRAP in an urban traffic tunnel or kept in a filtered air environment for 7 or 14 days. Reflexive cough was measured using citric acid and allyl isothiocyanate (AITC) challenges, respectively. Spontaneous cough counting was determined using audio recording and a waveform analysis. Airway inflammation was evaluated using differential cells in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) and lung histopathology. To further elucidate the relationship between airway inflammation and cough hypersensitivity, a subgroup of those exposed for 14 days received a dexamethasone treatment.
RESULTS: Compared to reflexive cough count (mean (95% confidence interval) in 10 min) provoked by the AITC challenge for the unexposed animals (3.1 (1.7-4.5)), those were increased significantly following both the 7-day (12.0 (6.8-17.2), p<0.01) and the 14-day (12.0 (6.4-17.6), p<0.01) TRAP exposure. The effect provoked by the citric acid challenge was more profound following the 14-day exposure (26.0 (19.5-32.5) vs. 3.8 (1.5-6.0) for the control, p<0.001). TRAP exposures enhanced spontaneous cough events, caused a significant increase of eosinophils and neutrophils in BALF, and resulted in a dramatic eosinophilic infiltration in submucosal layer of trachea and bronchus, which can be inhibited significantly by dexamethasone treatment.
CONCLUSIONS & CLINICAL RELEVANCE: TRAP exposures induced cough hypersensitivity and non-allergic eosinophilic inflammation of airways in guinea pigs. This study highlights the potential mechanisms of eosinophilia-related chronic cough that can be induced by traffic-related air pollution. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
OBJECTIVE: This study is to examine the potential role of traffic-related air pollution (TRAP) in eosinophilic inflammation and cough responses.
METHODS: Non-sensitized guinea pigs were exposed to TRAP in an urban traffic tunnel or kept in a filtered air environment for 7 or 14 days. Reflexive cough was measured using citric acid and allyl isothiocyanate (AITC) challenges, respectively. Spontaneous cough counting was determined using audio recording and a waveform analysis. Airway inflammation was evaluated using differential cells in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) and lung histopathology. To further elucidate the relationship between airway inflammation and cough hypersensitivity, a subgroup of those exposed for 14 days received a dexamethasone treatment.
RESULTS: Compared to reflexive cough count (mean (95% confidence interval) in 10 min) provoked by the AITC challenge for the unexposed animals (3.1 (1.7-4.5)), those were increased significantly following both the 7-day (12.0 (6.8-17.2), p<0.01) and the 14-day (12.0 (6.4-17.6), p<0.01) TRAP exposure. The effect provoked by the citric acid challenge was more profound following the 14-day exposure (26.0 (19.5-32.5) vs. 3.8 (1.5-6.0) for the control, p<0.001). TRAP exposures enhanced spontaneous cough events, caused a significant increase of eosinophils and neutrophils in BALF, and resulted in a dramatic eosinophilic infiltration in submucosal layer of trachea and bronchus, which can be inhibited significantly by dexamethasone treatment.
CONCLUSIONS & CLINICAL RELEVANCE: TRAP exposures induced cough hypersensitivity and non-allergic eosinophilic inflammation of airways in guinea pigs. This study highlights the potential mechanisms of eosinophilia-related chronic cough that can be induced by traffic-related air pollution. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
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