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Respirable Uranyl-Vanadate-Containing Particulate Matter Derived From a Legacy Uranium Mine Site Exhibits Potentiated Cardiopulmonary Toxicity.


ABSTRACT: Exposure to windblown particulate matter (PM) arising from legacy uranium (U) mine sites in the Navajo Nation may pose a human health hazard due to their potentially high metal content, including U and vanadium (V). To assess the toxic impact of PM derived from Claim 28 (a priority U mine) compared with background PM, and consider the putative role of metal species U and V. Two representative sediment samples from Navajo Nation sites (Background PM and Claim 28 PM) were obtained, characterized in terms of chemistry and morphology, and fractioned to the respirable (? 10??m) fraction. Mice were dosed with either PM sample, uranyl acetate, or vanadyl sulfate via aspiration (100?µg), with assessments of pulmonary and vascular toxicity 24?h later. Particulate matter samples were also examined for in vitro effects on cytotoxicity, oxidative stress, phagocytosis, and inflammasome induction. Claim 28 PM10 was highly enriched with U and V and exhibited a unique nanoparticle ultrastructure compared with background PM10. Claim 28 PM10 exhibited enhanced pulmonary and vascular toxicity relative to background PM10. Both U and V exhibited complementary pulmonary inflammatory potential, with U driving a classical inflammatory cytokine profile (elevated interleukin [IL]-1?, tumor necrosis factor-?, and keratinocyte chemoattractant/human growth-regulated oncogene) while V preferentially induced a different cytokine pattern (elevated IL-5, IL-6, and IL-10). Claim 28 PM10 was more potent than background PM10 in terms of in vitro cytotoxicity, impairment of phagocytosis, and oxidative stress responses. Resuspended PM10 derived from U mine waste exhibit greater cardiopulmonary toxicity than background dusts. Rigorous exposure assessment is needed to gauge the regional health risks imparted by these unremediated sites.

SUBMITTER: Zychowski KE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6016706 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Respirable Uranyl-Vanadate-Containing Particulate Matter Derived From a Legacy Uranium Mine Site Exhibits Potentiated Cardiopulmonary Toxicity.

Zychowski Katherine E KE   Kodali Vamsi V   Harmon Molly M   Tyler Christina R CR   Sanchez Bethany B   Ordonez Suarez Yoselin Y   Herbert Guy G   Wheeler Abigail A   Avasarala Sumant S   Cerrato José M JM   Kunda Nitesh K NK   Muttil Pavan P   Shuey Chris C   Brearley Adrian A   Ali Abdul-Mehdi AM   Lin Yan Y   Shoeb Mohammad M   Erdely Aaron A   Campen Matthew J MJ  

Toxicological sciences : an official journal of the Society of Toxicology 20180701 1


Exposure to windblown particulate matter (PM) arising from legacy uranium (U) mine sites in the Navajo Nation may pose a human health hazard due to their potentially high metal content, including U and vanadium (V). To assess the toxic impact of PM derived from Claim 28 (a priority U mine) compared with background PM, and consider the putative role of metal species U and V. Two representative sediment samples from Navajo Nation sites (Background PM and Claim 28 PM) were obtained, characterized i  ...[more]

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