Fundament and Application
WU Meixing, DU Chenqiu, MA Ping, YANG Xu, ZHANG Liyuan, LI Jitong, LU Zelin, CHEN Xuanye, ZHONG Tao
Objective To understand the variability of oxidative stress and inflammation induced in lung tissue by exposure to different concentrations of mould aerosols. Methods Based on the level of mould contamination in the building environment,healthy BALB/C mice were exposed to 1 500,15 000 and 150 000 CFU/m3 concentration levels of mould aerosol respectively and 15 000 CFU/m3+vitamin E treatment group were introduced. At the end of the experiment,inflammatory and oxidative stress markers were measured in each group. Results Compared with the control group,8-hydroxy-2 deoxyguanosine(8-OHdG),tumor necrosis factor-α(TNF-α) levels significantly increased in 1 500 CFU/m3 group(P<0.01),and reactive oxygen species(ROS),malondialdehyde(MDA),8-OHdG,TNF-α,interleukin-4(IL-4) levels significantly increased in 15 000 CFU/m3 group(P<0.05,P<0.01,P<0.001,respectively),and glutathione(GSH) level decreased significantly(P<0.05). ROS,MDA,TNF-α and IL-4 levels significantly increased in the 150 000 CFU/m3 group(P<0.05,P<0.01,P<0.001,respectively). In 15 000 CFU/m3+vitamin E treatment group,ROS,MDA,and TNF-α levels decreased significantly after vitamin E treatment(P<0.05,P<0.001,respectively),and GSH levels increased significantly(P<0.05). Conclusion Mould exposure may induce inflammation and oxidative damage in the lungs of mice,however,the responses may vary with different exposure concentrations,with the most significant effects observed at 15 000 CFU/m3. These findings suggest that mould-induced lung damage in asthma is not linearly correlated with exposure concentration.