Dose-dependent effects of submicrometer sulfuric acid aerosol on particle clearance from ciliated human lung airways

Journal Article · Sun Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1984 · Am. Ind. Hyg. Assoc. J.; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1080/15298668491399802· OSTI ID:5516770

Leikauf, G D; Spektor, D M; Albert, R E; Lippmann, M

It was shown previously that 1 hr exposures to submicrometer sulfuric acid (H/sub 2/SO/sub 4/) aerosol at 100 and 1000 ..mu..g/m/sup 3/ altered the bronchial mucociliary clearance of monodisperse 7.6 ..mu..m MMAD /sup 99m/Tc-labelled ferric oxide (Fe/sub 2/O/sub 3/) in healthy, nonsmoking humans. The 7.6 ..mu..m particles were deposited in the larger bronchial airways, where submicrometer H/sub 2/SO/sub 4/ has very little deposition. To determine the extent that submicrometer H/sub 2/SOO/sub 4/ aerosol affects clearance from the more distal ciliated airways, the authors measured the clearance of a monodisperse 4.2 ..mu..m MMAD Fe/sub 2/O/sub 3/ aerosol in eight other healthy nonsmoking subjects. A greater fraction of 4.2 ..mu..m particles deposited in distal conductive airways. Bronchial mucociliary clearance was slower following 1 hr nasal H/sub 2/SO/sub 4/ inhalations at 100, 300 and 1000 ..mu..g/m/sup 3/ than after sham exposures, while mucociliary transport rates within the trachea and indices of respiratory mechanics were unchanged. A comparison of the effects of 1 h exposures at 100 ..mu..g/m/sup 3/ on the clearance of 7.6 and 4.2 ..mu..m particles suggests greater physiological response in distal ciliated airways than in larger central airways.

• Research Organization: New York Univ. Medical Center, NY
• OSTI ID: 5516770
• Journal Information: Am. Ind. Hyg. Assoc. J.; (United States), Journal Name: Am. Ind. Hyg. Assoc. J.; (United States) Vol. 45:5; ISSN AIHAA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.
AEROSOLS
ANIMALS
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS
BODY
CHALCOGENIDES
CLEARANCE
COLLOIDS
DATA
DISPERSIONS
DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIPS
EXCRETION
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
HOURS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
INFORMATION
INORGANIC ACIDS
INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI
IRON COMPOUNDS
IRON OXIDES
ISOMERIC NUCLEI
ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES
ISOTOPES
LABELLED COMPOUNDS
LUNG CLEARANCE
LUNGS
MAMMALS
MAN
NUCLEI
NUMERICAL DATA
ODD-EVEN NUCLEI
ORGANS
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PARTICLES
PARTICULATES
PRIMATES
RADIOISOTOPES
RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
RETENTION
SOLS
SULFURIC ACID
TECHNETIUM 99
TECHNETIUM ISOTOPES
TRANSITION ELEMENT COMPOUNDS
VERTEBRATES
YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES