title: Gene profiling of normal human bronchial epithelial cells in response to asbestos and benzo(a)pyrene diol epoxide (BPDE).
abstract: Asbestos and benzo(a)pyrene diol epoxide (BPDE) are pulmonary carcinogens with synergistic interaction in causing lung cancer. We used Affymetrix microarrays to study gene modulation in vitro using normal human bronchial epithelial cells exposed to chrysotile asbestos and/or BPDE for 4 or 24 h. Linear models were used to compare treated cells to controls at each time point to identify statistically significant up- or downregulation of genes. Profiles of genes regulated by chrysotile were dominated by cytokines, growth factors, and DNA damage. Profiles of genes with BPDE and chrysotile regulation were correlated with proliferation, DNA damage recognition and nucleotide-excision repair, cytokines, and apoptosis. Chemokines, growth-regulated oncogene-alpha (Gro-alpha, CXCL-1), and IL-8, were significantly increased, and these had previously been observed in bronchoalveolar lavage from asbestos workers or in animal models. Interestingly, the Hermansky-Pudlak gene, which is mutated in an autosomal recessive form of pulmonary fibrosis, was downregulated threefold by BPDE at 4 h. This is an interesting example of gene (Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome) and environment (BPDE) interaction. Transcription factors, including activating transcription factor 3 and Cbp/p300-interacting transactivator, were upregulated by chrysotile. Real Time PCR for IL-8, ATF-3, GADD45B, CXC Ligand 1, and CTGF compared to GAPDH validated microarray findings at 24 h. These in vitro findings in NHBE cells model environment-gene interaction for asbestos and BPDE, highlighting effects of inflammation, fibrosis, proliferation, and DNA damage recognition and repair.
authors.affiliation: Division of Biostatistics, Department of Environmental Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, 550 First Avenue, New York, NY 10016, USA.
authors.forename: Ilana
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Belitskaya-Levy
authors.forename: Mustapha
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hajjou
authors.forename: Wei-cheng
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Su
authors.forename: Ting-An
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Yie
authors.forename: Kam-Meng
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Tchou-Wong
authors.forename: Moon-shong
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Tang
authors.forename: Judith D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Goldberg
authors.forename: William N
authors.initials: WN
authors.lastname: Rom
mesh_terms: D015123:7,8-Dihydro-7,8-dihydroxybenzo(a)pyrene 9,10-oxide / Q000633:toxicity*; D017632:Asbestos, Serpentine / Q000633:toxicity*; D001980:Bronchi / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D015536:Down-Regulation; D004357:Drug Synergism; D004847:Epithelial Cells / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D015870:Gene Expression / Q000187:drug effects*; D020869:Gene Expression Profiling; D006801:Humans; D020411:Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D015854:Up-Regulation
chemical_list: D017632:Asbestos, Serpentine; D015123:7,8-Dihydro-7,8-dihydroxybenzo(a)pyrene 9,10-oxide