Project description:Bronchial epithelial cells, which line the airway of the respiratory tract, undergo genome-wide level changes in gene expression and DNA methylation particularly when exposed to fine (< 2.5 µm) PM (PM2.5). Although some of these changes have been reported in other studies, a comparison of how different doses and duration of exposure affect both the gene transcriptome and DNA methylome has not been done. We exposed BEAS-2B, a bronchial epithelial cell line, to a single exposure of high (30 µg/cm2) or low (1 µg/cm2) dose of PM2.5 (obtained from Beijing, China in 2015) for 24 hours. We also exposed BEAS-2B cells to repeated exposures of low dose (1 µg/cm2) PM2.5 every day for seven days. We then examined the transcriptomic changes (by RNA-Seq) and DNA methylomic changes (by enhanced reduced representation bisulfite sequencing). Widespread changes in gene expression occurred after cells were exposed to a single, high dose (30 µg/cm2) exposure of PM2.5 for 24 h. These genes were enriched in pathways regulating MAPK signaling, PI3K-Akt signaling, cytokine interactions, IL6, and P53. DNA methylomic analysis showed that nearly half of the differentially expressed genes were found to also have DNA methylation changes. Cells exposed to a lower dose (1 µg/cm2) of PM2.5 demonstrated a similar, but more attenuated change in gene expression. Cells exposed to repeated doses of PM2.5 for seven days, however, demonstrated a different set of genes that were differentially expressed compared to a single exposure. The DNA methylation changes that occurred with repeated, low dose exposure were also different from single high dose exposures and skewed towards overall hypomethylation. This hypomethylation corresponded with an increase in expression of ten-eleven translocation enzymes. Overall, these data demonstrate how variations in dose and duration of PM2.5 exposure induce distinct differences in the transcriptomic and DNA methylomic profile of bronchial epithelial cells.

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