title: Involvement of hydrogen peroxide in asbestos-induced NFAT activation.
abstract: The present study investigated the role of reactive oxygen species (ROS) in activation of nuclear factor of activated T cells (NFAT), a pivotal transcription factor responsible for regulation of cytokines, by asbestos in mouse embryo fibroblast PW cells. Exposure of cells to asbestos led to the transactivation of NFAT in a time- and dose-dependent manner. Scavenging of asbestos-induced H2O2 with N-acety-L-cyteine (NAC, a general antioxidant) or catalase (a specific H2O2 inhibitor) resulted in inhibition of NFAT activation. In contrast, an increase in H2O2 generation by the addition of superoxide dismutase (SOD) slightly enhanced asbestos-induced NFAT activation. In addition, pretreatment of cells with sodium formate did not exhibit any inhibition of NFAT activity induced by asbestos. These results demonstrated that H2O2 appeared to play an important role in asbestos-induced NFAT transactivation. Furthermore, it was observed that incubation of cells with 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA) not only resulted in NFAT activation by itself, but also enhanced asbestos-induced NFAT induction. Pretreatment of cells with cyclosporin A (CSA), a pharmacological inhibitor of the phosphatase calcineurin, blocked both asbestos- and TPA plus asbestos-induced NFAT activation. These data suggest that asbestos is able to induce NFAT activation through H2O2-dependent and CSA-sensitive pathways, which may be involved in asbestos-induced carcinogenesis.
authors.affiliation: Nelson Institute of Environmental Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, Tuxedo 10987, USA.
authors.forename: Jingxia
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Bihui
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Xianglin
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Shi
authors.forename: Vincent
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Castranova
authors.forename: Val
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Vallyathan
authors.forename: Chuanshu
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Huang
mesh_terms: D000111:Acetylcysteine / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D001194:Asbestos / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002460:Cell Line; D016572:Cyclosporine / Q000378:metabolism; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D006861:Hydrogen Peroxide / Q000378:metabolism*; D051379:Mice; D050778:NFATC Transcription Factors; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase / Q000378:metabolism; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate / Q000494:pharmacology; D013997:Time Factors; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000378:metabolism*; D015533:Transcriptional Activation / Q000187:drug effects*
chemical_list: D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D050778:NFATC Transcription Factors; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D014157:Transcription Factors; D001194:Asbestos; D016572:Cyclosporine; D006861:Hydrogen Peroxide; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate; D000111:Acetylcysteine