title: Oxygen toxicity in control and H2O2-resistant Chinese hamster fibroblast cell lines.
abstract: Following exposure to 95% oxygen, clonogenic cell survival was assayed and qualitative morphologic changes were observed in a Chinese hamster fibroblast cell line (HA-1). The time in 95% O2 necessary to clonogenically inactivate 90% of the cells was inversely related to the cell density of the cultures at the beginning of hyperoxic exposure (from 1 to 6 X 10(4) cells/cm2). The O2-induced loss in clonogenicity and evidence of morphologic injury were shown to be significantly delayed (17-22 h) in an H2O2-resistant variant of the parental HA-1 cell line. After the delay in onset of clonogenic cell killing or morphologic injury, the process of injury proceeded in a similar fashion in both cell lines. The H2O2-resistant cell line demonstrated significantly greater catalase activity (20-fold), CuZn superoxide dismutase activity (2-fold), and Se-dependent glutathione peroxidase activity (1.5-fold). The greater activities of CuZn superoxide dismutase and catalase were accompanied by similarly greater quantities of immunoreactive protein as determined by immunoblotting. These data demonstrate that the cells adapted and/or selected for growth in a highly peroxidative environment also became refractory to O2-induced toxicity, which may be related to increased expression of antioxidant enzymes. However, the magnitude of this cross-resistance to O2 toxicity was less than the magnitude of the cellular resistance to the toxicity of exogenous H2O2, suggesting that in this system the toxicity of 95% oxygen is not identical to H2O2-mediated cytotoxicity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, University of Virginia Hospital, Charlottesville 22908.
authors.forename: D R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Spitz
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Elwell
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: L W
authors.initials: LW
authors.lastname: Oberley
authors.forename: T D
authors.initials: TD
authors.lastname: Oberley
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Sullivan
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Roberts
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015153:Blotting, Western; D002374:Catalase / Q000378:metabolism; D002460:Cell Line; D002470:Cell Survival / Q000187:drug effects; D006224:Cricetinae; D003412:Cricetulus; D004351:Drug Resistance; D005260:Female; D005979:Glutathione Peroxidase / Q000378:metabolism; D006861:Hydrogen Peroxide / Q000633:toxicity*; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D010053:Ovary; D010100:Oxygen / Q000633:toxicity*; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D006861:Hydrogen Peroxide; D002374:Catalase; D005979:Glutathione Peroxidase; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase; D010100:Oxygen