Iron and reactive oxygen species in the asbestos-induced tumor necrosis factor-alpha response from alveolar macrophages

American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology
P P Simeonova, M I Luster

Abstract

Free radicals and other reactive oxygen species (ROS) are important mediators in asbestos-induced lung toxicity. Asbestos fibers are thought to stimulate cells to generate ROS via iron that is present on fibrous silicates. The pathophysiologic responses in the lung after asbestos exposure are characterized by the accumulation of macrophages at the site of fiber deposition and the release of growth factors and proinflammatory cytokines, such as tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha). We have examined the role of iron-catalyzed ROS in asbestos induction of TNF-alpha from rat alveolar macrophages. Treatment of alveolar macrophage cultures with asbestos stimulated dose-dependently TNF-alpha secretion, which was inhibited by the addition of deferoxamine, an iron chelator. Asbestos fibers, pretreated with deferoxamine to remove iron from the fibers before addition to alveolar macrophages, also significantly reduced the TNF-alpha response. Consistent with the role of iron on asbestos fibers in catalyzing hydroxyl radical generation, membrane-permeable hydroxyl radical scavengers (tetramethylthiourea, dimethyl sulfoxide) inhibited the asbestos-induced TNF-alpha response. The asbestos-induced increase in TNF-alpha, as well as in interl...Continue Reading

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