Windows of Susceptibility to PAH/DEP Exposure and Asthma

本提案是为了响应RFA-ES-06-001发现倡议而提交的。胎儿和幼年 儿童具有独特的生理、发育、代谢和行为模式 容易受到环境中的危险的影响。环境空气污染被认为是一个主要的危险因素。 对于哮喘和哮喘加重，流行病学研究一直受到以下因素的阻碍 暴露的不确定性和呼吸道反应的性质。 哥伦比亚儿童环境健康中心(CCCEH)通过 专门面向临床的环境研究风险投资(DISCOVER)试图理解 空气中的多环芳烃(PAHs)和柴油尾气颗粒物(DEP)何时和如何 增加儿童哮喘和呼吸道炎症的风险，开发新的生物标志物来识别儿童 风险和改善临床治疗，评估公共政策干预的成功，并实施 医生教育倡议作为一种干预模式。 该提案包括四个密切相关的项目以及一个行政和数据管理以及 每个生物统计学核心都确保了与此相关的多个研究活动的无缝协调 求婚。核心在研究信息和统计分析的质量方面发挥着至关重要的作用， 四个主要发现研究项目的行政/财务监督和翻译部分1 首创精神。该项目的四个目标是：1)利用产前和产后重复的PAH测量 区分产前和产后接触多环芳烃的生物学效应 幼儿和青春期前；2)增进对柴油尾气影响的认识 通过将创新暴露与结果联系起来，急性哮喘加重中的暴露，包括多环芳烃 措施；3)确定与多环芳烃暴露相关的表观遗传变化是否涉及 儿童哮喘的发病机制；4)确定交通相关多环芳烃是否影响呼吸道[32AR]功能 体外培养的平滑肌细胞、子宫内和早期生命暴露后的功能改变影响P2AR 体外培养的呼吸道上皮细胞的表达和功能。这项研究可以转化为预防哮喘， 临床治疗、医生教育和政策。

This proposal is submitted in response to the RFA-ES-06-001 DISCOVER initiative. The fetus and young child have physiologic, developmental, metabolic, and behavioral patterns that make them uniquely vulnerable to hazards in their environments. Ambient air pollution has been implicated as a major risk factor for asthma and asthma exacerbation, however epidemiological studies have been hampered by uncertainties in exposures and the nature of airway responses. The Columbia Center for Children's Environmental Health (CCCEH) Disease Investigation through Specialized Clinically-Oriented Ventures in Environmental Research (DISCOVER) seeks to understand when and how airborne polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and diesel exhaust particles(DEP) increase the risk for childhood asthma and airway inflammation, develop new biomarkers to identify children at risk and improve clinical treatment, evaluate the success of a public policy intervention, and implement physician education initiatives as a mode of intervention. This proposal includes four closely linked projects and both an Administartive and Data Management and Biostatistics Core each ensuring the seamless coordintion of the multiple research acivities involved in this proposal. The cores play vital roles in the quality of research information and statistical analyses and the administrative/financial oversight and translational components1 of the fourmain DISCOVER research project initiatives. The four project aims are: 1) Take advantage of repeat PAH measurements pre- and post-natally to distinguish between the biological effects of prenatal PAH exposure versus postnatal exposure during early childhood and pre-adolescence; 2) To advance the understanding of the influence of diesel exhaust exposures, which include PAHs, in acute asthma exacerbations by linking innovative exposure and outcome measures; 3) To determine whether epigenetic changes related to PAH exposure are involved in the pathogenesis of childhood asthma; 4) To ascertain if traffic related PAHs affect [32AR function in airway smooth muscle cells in vitro, alter |32ARfunction following in utero and early life exposures, affect P2AR expression and function in airway epithelial cells in vitro. The research is translational to asthma prevention, clinical treatment, physician education, and policy.