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Background  Particulate matter (PM), which has adverse effects on citizen health, is a major air pollutant in Beijing city. PM 2.5  is an indicator of PM in urban areas and can cause serious damage to human health. Many epidemiological studies have shown that nuclear factor-kappa B (NF-κB) is involved in PM 2.5 -induced cell injury, but the exact mechanisms are not well understood.    Methods  The cytotoxic effects of PM 2.5  at 25–1600 μg/ml for 24 h were determined by MTT assay in Chinese hamster ovary cells (CHO) cells. Flow cytometry was used to determine the apoptosis rate induced by PM 2.5 . The destabilized enhanced green fluorescent protein (d2EGFP) green fluorescent protein reporter system was used to determine the NF-κB activity induced by PM 2.5 . The expression of pro-apoptotic Bcl-2-associated death promoter (BAD) proteins induced by PM 2.5  was determined by western blotting to explore the relationship between PM 2.5  and the NF-κB signaling pathway and to determine the toxicological mechanisms of PM 2.5 .    Results  PM 2.5  collected in Beijing urban districts induces cytotoxic effects in CHO cells according to MTT assay with 72.28% cell viability rates even at 200 μg/ml PM 2.5  and flow cytometry assays with 26.97% apoptosis rates at 200 μg/ml PM 2.5 . PM 2.5  increases the activation levels of NF-κB, which have maintained for 24 h. 200 μg/ml PM 2.5  cause activation of NF-κB after exposure for 4 h, the activation peak appears after 13.5 h with a peak value of 25.41%. The average percentage of NF-κB activation in whole 24 h is up to 12.9% by 200 μg/ml PM 2.5 . In addition, PM 2.5  decreases the expression level of the pro-apoptotic protein BAD in a concentration-dependent manner.    Conclusions  PM 2.5  induces NF-κB activation, which persists for 24 h. The expression of pro-apoptotic protein BAD decreased with increased concentrations of PM 2.5 . These findings suggest that PM 2.5  plays a major role in apoptosis by activating the NF-κB signaling pathway and reducing BAD protein expression.

PM2.5 obtained from urban areas in Beijing induces apoptosis by activating nuclear factor-kappa B