title: Reactive oxygen species and molecular mechanism of silica-induced lung injury.
abstract: Silica particles are considered to be fibrogenic and carcinogenic agents, but the mechanisms of disease initiation and progression are not fully understood. This article summarizes the literature on the generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) directly from interaction of silica with aqueous medium and from silica-stimulated cells. This article also discusses the role of ROS in silica-induced lung injury, with particular focus on the silica-induced NF-kappaB activation, including the molecular mechanisms of its regulation, its possible attenuation, and its relationship to silica-induced generation of cyclooxygenase II and TNF-alpha.
authors.affiliation: Pathology and Physiology Research Branch, Health Effects Laboratory Division, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Morgantown, WV 26505, USA. xas0@cdc.gov
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Shi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ding
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Rojanasakul
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Vallyathan
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Castranova
mesh_terms: D000395:Air Pollutants, Occupational / Q000633:toxicity*; D051546:Cyclooxygenase 2; D006801:Humans; D007527:Isoenzymes / Q000378:metabolism; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D016328:NF-kappa B / Q000378:metabolism; D011451:Prostaglandin-Endoperoxide Synthases / Q000378:metabolism; D011658:Pulmonary Fibrosis / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000378:metabolism*; D017382:Reactive Oxygen Species / Q000378:metabolism*; D012822:Silicon Dioxide / Q000633:toxicity*; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D000395:Air Pollutants, Occupational; D007527:Isoenzymes; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D016328:NF-kappa B; D017382:Reactive Oxygen Species; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha; D012822:Silicon Dioxide; D051546:Cyclooxygenase 2; C496540:PTGS2 protein, human; D011451:Prostaglandin-Endoperoxide Synthases