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© 1995 Oxford University Press

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Diesel Exhaust Particulates Induce Nasal Mucosal Hyperresponsiveness to Inhaled Histamine Aerosol

TAKAHIRO KOBAYASHI*,1 and TSUYOSHI ITO{dagger}

*Department of Basic Medical Sciences, National Institute for Environmental Studies Tsukuba 305, Japan {dagger}Department of Sciences, University of Toho Funabashi 274, Japan

Received August 22, 1994; accepted March 21, 1995

The prevalence of allergic rhinitis is increasing in many countries. It has been reported that the prevalence rate of allergic rhinitis caused by pollens in air-polluted areas are higher than that in nonpolluted areas. Therefore, it is important to determine whether air pollutants are related to the increase in the prevalence rate of allergic rhinitis. In this respect, it is necessary to elucidate whether exposure to air pollutants affects the nasal mucosa and causes nasal mucosal hyperresponsiveness to chemical mediators released by antigen-antibody reactions. In the present study using, guinea pigs, we investigated effects of diesel exhaust particulates on (1) nasal airway resistance, (2) increases in nasal airway resistance and secretion induced by histamine aerosol, and (3) vascular permeability and the increase in vascular permeability induced by histamine in dorsal skin, since vascular permeability is an important factor involved in increased nasal airway resistance and secretion. Intranasal pressure and nasal secretion from the nostril were measured as markers of nasal airway resistance and exocrine activity of the nasal mucosa, respectively. A 30-min administration of a suspension of diesel exhaust particulates into the nasal cavities caused a significant increase in intranasal pressure. The administration also augmented an increase in intranasal pressure and nasal secretion induced by histamine aerosol. In dorsal skin, diesel exhaust particulates increased vascular permeability. Diesel exhaust particulates also augmented vascular permeability induced by histamine. In conclusion, diesel exhaust particulates are potent in increasing nasal airway resistance and augmenting increases in nasal airway resistance and nasal secretion induced by histamine. These properties of diesel exhaust particulates are likely derived in part from the augmentation vascular permeability by these particulates.


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