ArticleEnvironmental health perspectives1997
Effects of mineral fibers on the expression of genes whose product may play a role in fiber pathogenesis.
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Abstract
To determine which factors are useful for the risk assessment of man-made fibers, we examined the gene expression of proinflammatory cytokines, growth factors, manganese superoxide dismutase (MnSOD), and inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) in mineral fiber-exposed rats by means of reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). Male Wistar rats received a single intratracheal instillation of either saline (control) or two types of fibers (2 mg of Union Internationale Centre le Cancer (UICC) chrysotile or alumina silicate refractory ceramic fiber [RCF]). Expression of interleukin-1 alpha (IL-1 alpha), interleukin-6 (IL-6), tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha), platelet-deriving growth factor-A, (PDGF-A), platelet-deriving growth factor-B (PDGF-B), transforming growth factor beta 1 (TGF-beta 1), basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF), MnSOD, and iNOS mRNA from lung and lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-stimulated alveolar macrophages (AM) were assessed by RT-PCR. Among these factors, IL-1 alpha, TNF-alpha, IL-6, bFGF, and iNOS would be the possible parameters for the risk assessment of fibers. In a follow-up study, we investigated the time course (3 days, 1 week, 1 month, and 3 months) of expression of IL-1 alpha and TNF-alpha by LPS-stimulated AM exposed to mineral fibers in vivo. Male Wistar rats were instilled intratracheally with saline or fibers (2 mg of Union Internationale Contre le Cancer UICC crocidolite or potassium octatitanate whisker [TW]). The expression of IL-1 alpha mRNA by fibers was greatest in TW, crocidolite, chrysotile, and RCF-instilled rat AM, in that order. The increase of IL-1 alpha and TNF-alpha mRNA in AM peaked at 1 month and 3 days after exposure to crocidolite or TW, respectively. The expression of IL-1 alpha by fibers (crocidolite, chrysotile, TW, and RCF) may be a good indicator of the pathologic potential of fibers.
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