Surgical smoke is widespread in operating rooms, and fine particles are the main toxic components. However, the effect of fine particles in surgical smoke on embryonic development has not yet been studied. This study evaluated the effect of fine particles in surgical smoke on embryonic development and compared it with that of atmospheric fine particles. Afterwards, differentiated cardiomyocytes were purified, and the effect of exposure to fine particles in surgical smoke on cardiomyocyte differentiation was evaluated. Fine particles in surgical smoke exhibited weak embryotoxicity toward an embryonic stem cell test model, and their inhibitory effect on cardiomyocyte differentiation was slightly stronger than that of atmospheric fine particles. Fine particles in surgical smoke specifically inhibited the differentiation of the mesoderm lineage and promoted the differentiation of the ectoderm lineage. Furthermore, fine particles in surgical smoke reduced the beating rate of purified cardiomyocytes, promoted mitophagy, reduced ATP production and increased the reactive oxygen species (ROS) content. Antioxidants attenuated the inhibition of cardiomyocyte differentiation and the reduction in the cardiomyocyte beating rate caused by fine particles in surgical smoke and simultaneously restored mitophagy and other processes to the control levels. However, mitophagy inhibitors treatment blocked only the inhibition of cardiomyocyte differentiation caused by fine particles in surgical smoke; it had little effect on other changes caused by fine particles. Based on the results described above, we propose that fine particles in surgical smoke and atmospheric fine particles exhibit similar levels of toxicity toward embryonic development. Fine particles in surgical smoke potentially affect the beating of cardiomyocytes by damaging mitochondria and increasing oxidative stress.
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Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Dhahran, 31261, Saudi Arabia.
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Shanghai Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Particle Pollution and Prevention, Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China.
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