title: The cytotoxicities induced by PM 10 and particle-bound water-soluble species.
abstract: A 1-year field sampling of PM(10) was performed at a town that usually has the worst air quality in Taiwan to examine if PM(10) is a good indicator for pollutant-induced cytotoxicity. The average PM(10) concentration in summer was the lowest, while the other three seasons did not show statistical difference in their PM(10) means. The pollutant-induced cytotoxicity presented as the cumene-hydroperoxide equivalent concentration (CEC) was found to positively correlate with PM(10) concentrations and this study yielded a yearly average of the seasonal CEC 12.+/-8.54 microM with the magnitudes in sequence for the four seasons as: fall>winter>spring>summer. Positive relationship was also found between seasonal PM(10) and their corresponding CECs. The exponential regression model obtained from this study shows: CEC=3.305 exp(0.0118 PM(10)) (R(2)=0.634). The CEC correlates more significantly with NO(3)(-), SO(4)(2-), NH(4)(+) and Cl(-) (secondary aerosol species) than with the Na(+), K(+), Ca(2+) and Mg(2+) (crust-related species) in PM(10). However, the best multivariable model obtained from this study to relate CEC with the concentrations of PM(10)-bearing water-soluble species shows: CEC=exp(1.4751+0.0470[SO(4)(2-)]+0.0143[NO(3)(-)]) (R(2)=0.550).
authors.affiliation: Department of Environmental Engineering and Science, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, Pingtung 912, Taiwan. chensj@mail.npust.edu.tw
authors.forename: Shui-Jen
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Shang-Yi
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.forename: Meei-Fang
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Shue
authors.forename: Kuo-Lin
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Peng-Jy
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Tsai
authors.forename: Chih-Chung
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Lin
mesh_terms: D000336:Aerosols; D000393:Air Pollutants / Q000032:analysis / Q000633:toxicity*; D001555:Benzene Derivatives / Q000633:toxicity; D002460:Cell Line; D004784:Environmental Monitoring; D006801:Humans; D009566:Nitrates / Q000032:analysis / Q000737:chemistry / Q000633:toxicity*; D010316:Particle Size; D012621:Seasons; D012995:Solubility; D013431:Sulfates / Q000032:analysis / Q000737:chemistry / Q000633:toxicity*; D013624:Taiwan; D018675:Toxicity Tests; D014867:Water / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D000336:Aerosols; D000393:Air Pollutants; D001555:Benzene Derivatives; D009566:Nitrates; D013431:Sulfates; D014867:Water; C007164:cumene hydroperoxide