PMID- 37695302 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20231129 LR - 20240226 IS - 1096-0929 (Electronic) IS - 1096-6080 (Print) IS - 1096-0929 (Linking) VI - 196 IP - 2 DP - 2023 Nov 28 TI - Gestational ozone inhalation elicits maternal cardiac dysfunction and transcriptional changes to placental pericytes and endothelial cells. PG - 238-249 LID - 10.1093/toxsci/kfad092 [doi] AB - Ozone (O3) is a criteria air pollutant with the most frequent incidence of exceeding air quality standards. Inhalation of O3 is known to cause lung inflammation and consequent systemic health effects, including endothelial dysfunction. Epidemiologic data have shown that gestational exposure to air pollutants correlates with complications of pregnancy, including low birth weight, intrauterine growth deficiency, preeclampsia, and premature birth. Mechanisms underlying how air pollution may facilitate or exacerbate gestational complications remain poorly defined. The current study sought to uncover how gestational O3 exposure impacted maternal cardiovascular function, as well as the development of the placenta. Pregnant mice were exposed to 1PPM O3 or a sham filtered air (FA) exposure for 4 h on gestational day (GD) 10.5, and evaluated for cardiac function via echocardiography on GD18.5. Echocardiography revealed a significant reduction in maternal stroke volume and ejection fraction in maternally exposed dams. To examine the impact of maternal O3 exposure on the maternal-fetal interface, placentae were analyzed by single-cell RNA sequencing analysis. Mid-gestational O3 exposure led to significant differential expression of 4021 transcripts compared with controls, and pericytes displayed the greatest transcriptional modulation. Pathway analysis identified extracellular matrix organization to be significantly altered after the exposure, with the greatest modifications in trophoblasts, pericytes, and endothelial cells. This study provides insights into potential molecular processes during pregnancy that may be altered due to the inhalation of environmental toxicants. CI - (c) The Author(s) 2023. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Society of Toxicology. All rights reserved. For permissions, please e-mail: journals.permissions@oup.com. FAU - Hunter, Russell AU - Hunter R AD - Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA. FAU - Baird, Brenna AU - Baird B AD - Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA. FAU - Garcia, Marcus AU - Garcia M AD - Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA. FAU - Begay, Jessica AU - Begay J AD - Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA. FAU - Goitom, Siem AU - Goitom S AD - Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA. FAU - Lucas, Selita AU - Lucas S AD - Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA. FAU - Herbert, Guy AU - Herbert G AD - Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA. FAU - Scieszka, David AU - Scieszka D AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-9357-7121 AD - Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA. FAU - Padilla, Jamie AU - Padilla J AD - Department of Molecular Medicine, School of Medicine, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA. AD - Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA. FAU - Brayer, Kathryn AU - Brayer K AD - Department of Molecular Medicine, School of Medicine, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA. AD - Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA. FAU - Ottens, Andrew K AU - Ottens AK AD - Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, USA. FAU - Suter, Melissa A AU - Suter MA AD - Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA. FAU - Barrozo, Enrico R AU - Barrozo ER AD - Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA. FAU - Hines, Curt AU - Hines C AD - Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA. FAU - Bleske, Barry AU - Bleske B AD - Department of Pharmacy Practice and Administrative Sciences, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA. FAU - Campen, Matthew J AU - Campen MJ AD - Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA. LA - eng GR - F31 HD107945/HD/NICHD NIH HHS/United States GR - P30 CA118100/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - P30 CA046934/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - P20 GM130422/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 ES014639/ES/NIEHS NIH HHS/United States GR - K12 GM088021/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PL - United States TA - Toxicol Sci JT - Toxicological sciences : an official journal of the Society of Toxicology JID - 9805461 RN - 66H7ZZK23N (Ozone) RN - 0 (Particulate Matter) RN - 0 (Air Pollutants) SB - IM MH - Humans MH - Female MH - Pregnancy MH - Animals MH - Mice MH - *Ozone MH - Endothelial Cells MH - Pericytes MH - Particulate Matter MH - Placenta MH - *Air Pollution MH - *Air Pollutants/toxicity MH - Maternal Exposure/adverse effects MH - *Heart Diseases PMC - PMC10682975 OTO - NOTNLM OT - air pollution OT - gestational hypertension OT - ozone OT - placenta OT - preeclampsia EDAT- 2023/09/11 12:43 MHDA- 2023/11/29 06:42 PMCR- 2024/09/11 CRDT- 2023/09/11 10:43 PHST- 2024/09/11 00:00 [pmc-release] PHST- 2023/11/29 06:42 [medline] PHST- 2023/09/11 12:43 [pubmed] PHST- 2023/09/11 10:43 [entrez] AID - 7268844 [pii] AID - kfad092 [pii] AID - 10.1093/toxsci/kfad092 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Toxicol Sci. 2023 Nov 28;196(2):238-249. doi: 10.1093/toxsci/kfad092.