Abstract
The effects of the same form of crystalline silica variously modified were compared to investigate the mechanisms by which silica activates C5 molecules. After incubation in human plasma, silica generated C5a-type fragments that stimulated polymorphonuclear leukocyte chemotaxis. This activity was totally abolished when plasma, adsorbed with antiserum against C5a or thermally inactivated, was used. Pretreatment of plasma with deferoxamine, 1,3 dimethyl-2-thiourea, or aprotinin markedly inhibited or totally abolished C5 activation. Finally, a significant increase in kallikrein activity was detected after incubation of silica particles in plasma. The results seem to indicate that the activation of C5 by crystalline silica occurs through a complex mechanism: the redox-active iron possibly present at the silica surface catalyzes, via Haber-Weiss cycles, the production of hydroxyl radicals, which in turn convert native C5 to an oxidized C5-like form. This product is then cleaved by kallikrein, activated by the same silica particles, yielding oxidized C5a with the same functional properties as C5a. The different types of the same form of silica exhibited different reactivity. Two separate properties of the dusts seem to contribute to ...Continue Reading
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