title: Asbestos induces activator protein-1 transactivation in transgenic mice.
abstract: Activation of activator protein (AP-1) by crocidolite asbestos was examined in vitro in a JB6 P+ cell line stably transfected with AP-1-luciferase reporter plasmid and in vivo using AP-1-luciferase reporter transgenic mice. In in vitro studies, crocidolite asbestos caused a dose- and time-dependent induction of AP-1 activation in cultured JB6 cells. The elevated AP-1 activity persisted for at least 48 h. Crocidolite asbestos also induced AP-1 transactivation in the pulmonary and bronchial tissues of transgenic mice. AP-1 activation was observed at 2 days after intratracheal instillation of the mice with asbestos. At 3 days postexposure, AP-1 activation was elevated 10-fold in the lung tissue and 22-fold in bronchiolar tissue as compared with their controls. The induction of AP-1 activity by asbestos appeared to be mediated through the activation of mitogen-activated protein kinase family members, including extracellular signal-regulating protein kinase, Erk1 and Erk2. Aspirin inhibited asbestos-induced AP-1 activity in JB6 cells. Pretreatment of the mice with aspirin also inhibited asbestos-induced AP-1 activation in bronchiolar tissue. The data suggest that further investigation of the role of AP-1 activation in asbestos-induced cell proliferation and carcinogenesis is warranted. In addition, investigation of the potential therapeutic benefits of aspirin in the prevention/amelioration of asbestos-induced cancer is justified.
authors.affiliation: Pathology and Physiology Research Branch, Health Effects Laboratory Division, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Morgantown, West Virginia 26505, USA.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ding
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Dong
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Pack
authors.forename: W Y
authors.initials: WY
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ye
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Shi
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Castranova
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Vallyathan
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001194:Asbestos / Q000494:pharmacology*; D017638:Asbestos, Crocidolite / Q000494:pharmacology; D001241:Aspirin / Q000494:pharmacology; D017871:Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism; D002273:Carcinogens / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004789:Enzyme Activation; D017930:Genes, Reporter; D048031:JNK Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases; D051379:Mice; D008822:Mice, Transgenic; D019950:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 1; D048052:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 3; D020928:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases; D015398:Signal Transduction; D013997:Time Factors; D018808:Transcription Factor AP-1 / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism*; D015533:Transcriptional Activation / Q000187:drug effects; D048051:p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases
chemical_list: D002273:Carcinogens; D018808:Transcription Factor AP-1; D017638:Asbestos, Crocidolite; D001194:Asbestos; D017871:Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases; D048031:JNK Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases; D019950:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 1; D048052:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 3; D020928:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases; D048051:p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases; D001241:Aspirin