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Am. J. Respir. Cell Mol. Biol., Volume 23, Number 3, September, 2000 371-378

Phagocytosis of Crocidolite Asbestos Induces Oxidative Stress, DNA Damage, and Apoptosis in Mesothelial Cells

Weihong Liu, Joel D. Ernst, and V. Courtney Broaddus

Lung Biology Center and Rosalind Russell Arthritis Research Laboratory, Department of Medicine, San Francisco General Hospital, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California

Phagocytosis of asbestos fibers may be a necessary step for asbestos-induced injury to mesothelial cells, but this has not been established because quantification of fiber uptake is difficult and ways to increase fiber phagocytosis without also increasing total dose were not available. We quantified phagocytosis by counting intracellular fibers after removing adherent fibers with trypsin; we selectively increased fiber phagocytosis by coating crocidolite asbestos fibers with the adhesive serum protein vitronectin (VN), which we have shown increases fiber uptake via integrins. We measured various aspects of asbestos-induced cytotoxicity: intracellular oxidation by the shift of fluorescence of cells loaded with an oxidative probe, DNA strand breakage by the alkaline unwinding ethidium bromide fluorometric assay, apoptosis by annexin V binding and by nuclear morphology, and cell-cycle progression. We found that, compared with control fibers or particles, asbestos increased intracellular oxidation, DNA strand breakage, and apoptosis. Selective increases in fiber uptake by VN-coating of the fibers further increased the oxidation, DNA strand breakage, and apoptosis, and induced a cell-cycle arrest in G2/M. Selective decreases in fiber uptake by cytochalasin or by integrin blockade with RGD peptides inhibited several of these measures of injury. We conclude that phagocytosis is important and perhaps necessary for asbestos-induced injury to mesothelial cells.




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