Azahara M García-Serna1, Trinidad Hernández-Caselles2, Pedro Jiménez-Guerrero1, Elena Martín-Orozco2, Virginia Pérez-Fernández2, Esther Cantero-Cano3, María Muñoz-García1, Carmen Ballesteros-Meseguer4, Irene Pérez de Los Cobos5, Luis García-Marcos6, Eva Morales7. 1. Biomedical Research Institute of Murcia (IMIB-Arrixaca), Murcia, Spain; University of Murcia, Murcia, Spain. 2. Biomedical Research Institute of Murcia (IMIB-Arrixaca), Murcia, Spain; University of Murcia, Murcia, Spain; Network of Asthma and Adverse and Allergic Reactions (ARADyAL), Spain. 3. Biomedical Research Institute of Murcia (IMIB-Arrixaca), Murcia, Spain. 4. University of Murcia, Murcia, Spain; Virgen de la Arrixaca University Clinical Hospital, Murcia, Spain. 5. Virgen de la Arrixaca University Clinical Hospital, Murcia, Spain. 6. Biomedical Research Institute of Murcia (IMIB-Arrixaca), Murcia, Spain; University of Murcia, Murcia, Spain; Network of Asthma and Adverse and Allergic Reactions (ARADyAL), Spain; Virgen de la Arrixaca University Clinical Hospital, Murcia, Spain. 7. Biomedical Research Institute of Murcia (IMIB-Arrixaca), Murcia, Spain; University of Murcia, Murcia, Spain. Electronic address: embarto@hotmail.com.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Hazards of traffic-related air pollution (TRAP) on the developing immune system are poorly understood. We sought to investigate the effects of prenatal exposure to TRAP on cord blood immune cell distributions; and to identify gestational windows of susceptibility. METHODS: In-depth immunophenotyping of cord blood leukocyte and lymphocyte subsets was performed by flow cytometry in 190 newborns embedded in the Nutrition in Early Life and Asthma (NELA) birth cohort (2015-2018). Long-term (whole pregnancy and trimesters) and short-term (15-days before delivery) residential exposures to traffic-related nitrogen dioxide (NO2), particulate matter (PM2.5 and PM10), and ozone (O3) were estimated using dispersion/chemical transport modelling. Associations between TRAP concentrations and cord blood immune cell counts were assessed using multivariate Poisson regression models. RESULTS: Mean number of natural killer (NK) cells decreased 15% in relation to higher NO2 concentrations (≥36.4 μg/m3) during whole pregnancy (incidence relative risk (IRR), 0.85; 95% CI, 0.72, 0.99), with stronger associations in the first trimester. Higher PM2.5 concentrations (≥13.3 μg/m3) during whole pregnancy associated with a reduced mean number of cytotoxic T cells (IRR, 0.88; 95% CI, 0.78, 0.99). Newborns exposed to higher PM10 (≥23.6 μg/m3) and PM2.5 concentrations during the first and third trimester showed greater mean number of helper T type 1 (Th1) cells (P < 0.05). Decreased number of regulatory T (Treg) cells was associated with greater short-term NO2 (IRR, 0.90; 95% CI, 0.80, 1.01) and PM10 (IRR, 0.88; 95% CI, 0.77, 0.99) concentrations. CONCLUSIONS: Prenatal exposure to TRAP, particularly in early and late gestation, impairs fetal immune system development through disturbances in cord blood leukocyte and lymphocyte distributions.
BACKGROUND: Hazards of traffic-related air pollution (TRAP) on the developing immune system are poorly understood. We sought to investigate the effects of prenatal exposure to TRAP on cord blood immune cell distributions; and to identify gestational windows of susceptibility. METHODS: In-depth immunophenotyping of cord blood leukocyte and lymphocyte subsets was performed by flow cytometry in 190 newborns embedded in the Nutrition in Early Life and Asthma (NELA) birth cohort (2015-2018). Long-term (whole pregnancy and trimesters) and short-term (15-days before delivery) residential exposures to traffic-related nitrogen dioxide (NO2), particulate matter (PM2.5 and PM10), and ozone (O3) were estimated using dispersion/chemical transport modelling. Associations between TRAP concentrations and cord blood immune cell counts were assessed using multivariate Poisson regression models. RESULTS: Mean number of natural killer (NK) cells decreased 15% in relation to higher NO2 concentrations (≥36.4 μg/m3) during whole pregnancy (incidence relative risk (IRR), 0.85; 95% CI, 0.72, 0.99), with stronger associations in the first trimester. Higher PM2.5 concentrations (≥13.3 μg/m3) during whole pregnancy associated with a reduced mean number of cytotoxic T cells (IRR, 0.88; 95% CI, 0.78, 0.99). Newborns exposed to higher PM10 (≥23.6 μg/m3) and PM2.5 concentrations during the first and third trimester showed greater mean number of helper T type 1 (Th1) cells (P < 0.05). Decreased number of regulatory T (Treg) cells was associated with greater short-term NO2 (IRR, 0.90; 95% CI, 0.80, 1.01) and PM10 (IRR, 0.88; 95% CI, 0.77, 0.99) concentrations. CONCLUSIONS: Prenatal exposure to TRAP, particularly in early and late gestation, impairs fetal immune system development through disturbances in cord blood leukocyte and lymphocyte distributions.
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