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The generation of oxidants is a proposed mechanism of cell injury by asbestos fibers. To determine whether human pleural mesothelial cells (HMC) respond to asbestos and active oxygen species (AOS) by induction of antioxidant enzymes, cells obtained from pleural effusion were exposed to crocidolite or chrysotile asbestos or xanthine/xanthine oxidase (X/XO), a chemical-generating system of AOS. Gene expression of manganese-containing superoxide dismutase (MnSOD) and heme oxygenase (HO), endogenous enzymes involved in cell defense against oxidant stresses, was then determined. Dosage-dependent increases in steady-state mRNA levels of MnSOD and HO were observed in HMC exposed to asbestos or X/XO. However, increases in gene expression of MnSOD or HO did not occur in HMC after exposure to particulates such as polystyrene beads or riebeckite, the nonfibrous analog of crocidolite asbestos. Comparative experiments with human adult lung fibroblasts (HAL) showed less striking increases in mRNA levels of MnSOD and HO in response to asbestos, but steady-state mRNA levels for HO were increased more than fivefold in response to X/XO. To determine whether increases in mRNA levels of MnSOD were translated into protein, Western blot analyses were performed on HMC and HAL cells exposed to asbestos or X/XO. Slight increases in MnSOD immunoreactive protein were observed in HMC in response to both agents. In contrast, X/XO caused striking elevations in MnSOD protein levels in HAL cells. These results suggest that certain antioxidant enzymes are inducible in HMC after exposure to asbestos and other oxidants.
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