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Genotoxicity through Exposure to Particulate Matter (PM10) at two Sites in the Valle de Aburrá, Colombia

Verónica Estrada-Vélez1, Lucelly López-López1, Lina María Martínez-Sánchez1, Camilo Andrés Agudelo-Vélez1, María de los Ángeles Rodriguez-Gázquez1, María Victoria Toro-Gómez1, Luz Yaneth Orozco-Jimenez2, Mónica Zuluaga-Quintero1, Johan Sebastián Lopera-Valle1, Ana Paulina Pamplona-Sierra1, Ana María Díaz-Zuluaga1, Natalia Vargas-Grisales1, Ana María Vargas-Gallego1, Jennifer Rojas-Londoño1, Felipe Hernández-Restrepo1, Andrea Ocampo-Patiño1, Sara Rojas-Jimenez1 and Isabel Cristina Ortiz-Trujillo1
  • 1 Grupo Biología de Sistemas, Escuela de Ciencias de la Salud, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana, Circular 1ra #70-01, Medellín, Colombia
  • 2 Research Group on Environmental Management and Modeling, Street 67 #53-108, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia

Abstract

To establish differences in the genotoxic effect of particulate matter (PM10) in exposed individuals at two sites in the Valle de Aburrá (VA). This was a descriptive cross-sectional study of 2 groups of individuals exposed to 67.7 and 45 µg/m3 of PM10 for a minimum of 8 hours/day. The frequency of Chromosomal Abnormalities (CAs) and the mitotic index were evaluated based on blood samples. The data were processed using SPSS version 18.0 and significant differences were established between the groups at p<0.05. One hundred eighteen individuals were evaluated: 56.8% at site 1 and 43.2% at site 2. The study population had an average age of 53 years. Significant differences were found between the numbers of CAs (p = 0.003) detected at the sample sites. Site 1 displayed a higher number of CAs than site 2, likely because site 1 is located in an area of the VA that is more exposed to environmental contamination. Furthermore, this study showed that there is a relationship between the level of particulate matter and an increase in a biomarker for CAs, establishing a possible health risk in this population, especially for those who remain there for long periods of time.

OnLine Journal of Biological Sciences
Volume 19 No. 1, 2019, 92-97

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3844/ojbsci.2019.92.97

Submitted On: 29 June 2018 Published On: 19 March 2019

How to Cite: Estrada-Vélez, V., López-López, L., Martínez-Sánchez, L. M., Agudelo-Vélez, C. A., Rodriguez-Gázquez, M. L. �., Toro-Gómez, M. V., Orozco-Jimenez, L. Y., Zuluaga-Quintero, M., Lopera-Valle, J. S., Pamplona-Sierra, A. P., Díaz-Zuluaga, A. M., Vargas-Grisales, N., Vargas-Gallego, A. M., Rojas-Londoño, J., Hernández-Restrepo, F., Ocampo-Patiño, A., Rojas-Jimenez, S. & Ortiz-Trujillo, I. C. (2019). Genotoxicity through Exposure to Particulate Matter (PM10) at two Sites in the Valle de Aburrá, Colombia. OnLine Journal of Biological Sciences, 19(1), 92-97. https://doi.org/10.3844/ojbsci.2019.92.97

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Keywords

  • Mutagenesis
  • Air Pollutants
  • DNA Damage
  • Genotoxicity
  • Chromosome Aberrations