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ToxSci Advance Access published online on April 7, 2009
Toxicological Sciences, doi:10.1093/toxsci/kfp072
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Pulmonary evaluation of permissible exposure limit of syntroleum S-8 synthetic jet fuel in mice

Simon S. Wong*,§, Alana Thomas*,§, Brian Barbaris{dagger}, R. Clark Lantz{ddagger} and Mark L. Witten*

* Departments of Pediatrics {ddagger} Cell Biology & Anatomy {dagger} College of Medicine; Department of Chemical & Environmental Engineering, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, The University of Arizona Tucson, AZ, U. S. A

Corresponding Author: Mark L. Witten, Ph.D., Department of Pediatrics, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson, AZ, 85724, U.S.A., Phone: 520-626-2610, Fax: 520-626-4993, mwitten{at}peds.arizona.edu

Received December 1, 2008; revision received March 3, 2009; accepted March 14, 2009


  Abstract

No current studies have systematically examined pulmonary health effects associated with Syntroleum S-8 synthetic jet fuel (S-8). In order to gain an understanding about the threshold concentration in which lung injury is observed, C57BL/6 male mice were nose-only exposed to S-8 for 1 h/day for 7 days at average concentrations of 0 (control), 93, 352, and 616 mg/m3. Evaluation of pulmonary function, airway epithelial barrier integrity, and pathohistology was performed 24 h after the final exposures. Significant decreases were detected in expiratory lung resistance and total lung compliance of the 352 mg/m3 group, for which no clear concentration-dependent alterations could be determined. No significant changes in respiratory permeability were exhibited, indicating that there was no loss of epithelial barrier integrity following S-8 exposure. However, morphological examination and morphometric analysis of distal lung tissue, by using transmission electron microscopy (TEM), revealed cellular damage in alveolar type II epithelial cells, with significant increases in volume density of lamellar bodies/vacuoles at 352 and 616 S-8 mg/m3. Moreover, terminal bronchiolar Clara injury, as evidenced by apical membrane blebs, was observed at relatively low concentrations, suggesting if this synthetic jet fuel is utilized, the current permissible exposure limit (PEL) of 350 mg/m3 for hydrocarbon fuels should cautiously be applied.

Key Words: Jet fuel; Epithelial injury; Lung Function; Permeability; Permissible exposure limit (PEL).

§ Authors contribute equally


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