title: Asbestos-induced lung inflammation and epithelial cell proliferation are altered in myeloperoxidase-null mice.
abstract: Asbestos fibers are carcinogens causing oxidative stress and inflammation, but the sources and ramifications of oxidant production by asbestos are poorly understood. Here, we show that inhaled chrysotile asbestos fibers cause increased myeloperoxidase activity in bronchoalveolar lavage fluids (BALF) and myeloperoxidase immunoreactivity in epithelial cells lining distal bronchioles and alveolar ducts, sites of initial lung deposition of asbestos fibers. In comparison with sham mice, asbestos-exposed myeloperoxidase-null (MPO-/-) and normal (MPO+/+) mice exhibited comparable increases in polymorphonuclear leukocytes, predominately neutrophils, in BALF after 9 days of asbestos inhalation. Differential cell counts on BALF revealed decreased proportions of macrophages and increased lymphocytes in all mice exposed to asbestos, but numbers were decreased overall in asbestos-exposed myeloperoxidase-null versus normal mice. Asbestos-associated lung inflammation in myeloperoxidase-null mice was reduced (P < or = 0.05) in comparison with normal asbestos-exposed mice at 9 days. Decreased lung inflammation in asbestos-exposed myeloperoxidase-null mice at 9 days was accompanied by increases (P < or = 0.05) in Ki-67- and cyclin D1-positive immunoreactive cells, markers of cell cycle reentry, in the distal bronchiolar epithelium. Asbestos-induced epithelial cell proliferation in myeloperoxidase-null mice at 30 days was comparable to that found at 9 days. In contrast, inflammation and epithelial cell proliferation in asbestos-exposed normal mice increased over time. These results support the hypothesis that myeloperoxidase status modulates early asbestos-induced oxidative stress, epithelial cell proliferation, and inflammation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, College of Medicine, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont 05404, USA.
authors.forename: Astrid
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Haegens
authors.forename: Albert
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: van der Vliet
authors.forename: Kelly J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Butnor
authors.forename: Nicholas
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Heintz
authors.forename: Douglas
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Taatjes
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Hemenway
authors.forename: Pamela
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Vacek
authors.forename: Bruce A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Freeman
authors.forename: Stanley L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Hazen
authors.forename: Marie Luise
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Brennan
authors.forename: Brooke T
authors.initials: BT
authors.lastname: Mossman
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001194:Asbestos / Q000633:toxicity*; D001992:Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid; D048708:Cell Growth Processes / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D019938:Cyclin D1 / Q000378:metabolism; D004847:Epithelial Cells / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology; D019570:Inhalation Exposure; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D009195:Peroxidase / Q000172:deficiency* / Q000378:metabolism; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000201:enzymology*
chemical_list: D001194:Asbestos; D019938:Cyclin D1; D009195:Peroxidase