title: Early and delayed effects of naturally occurring asbestos on serum biomarkers of inflammation and metabolism.
abstract: Studies recently showed that intratracheal (IT) instillation of Libby amphibole (LA) increases circulating acute-phase proteins (APP; α-2 macroglobulin, A2M; and α-1 acid glycoprotein, AGP) and inflammatory biomarkers (osteopontin and lipocalin) in rats. In this study, objectives were to (1) compare changes in biomarkers of rats after instillation of different naturally occurring asbestos (NOA) minerals including LA, Sumas Mountain chrysotile (SM), El Dorado Hills tremolite (ED), and Ontario ferroactinolite cleavage fragments (ON), and (2) examine biomarkers after subchronic LA or amosite inhalation exposure. Rat-respirable fractions (aerodynamic diameter approximately 2.5 μm) prepared by water elutriation were delivered via a single IT instillation at doses of 0, 0.5, and 1.5 mg/rat in male F344 rats. Nose-only inhalation exposures were performed at 0, 1, 3.3, and 10 mg/m(3) for LA and at 3.3 mg /m(3) for amosite, 6h/d, 5 d/wk for 13 wk. Inflammation, metabolic syndrome, and cancer biomarkers were analyzed in the serum for up to 18 mo. IT instillation of some asbestos materials significantly increased serum AGP and A2M but to a varying degree (SM = LA > ON = ED). Numerical increases in interleukin (IL)-6 and osteopontin occurred in rats instilled with SM. SM and ED also elevated leptin and insulin at 15 mo, suggesting potential metabolic effects. LA inhalation tended to raise A2M at d 1 but not cytokines. Serum mesothelin appeared to elevate after 18 mo of LA inhalation. These results suggest that the lung injury induced by high levels of asbestos materials may be associated with systemic inflammatory changes and predisposition to insulin resistance.
authors: a Cardiopulmonary and Immunotoxicology Branch, Environmental Public Health Division , National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory, Office of Research and Development, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency , Research Triangle Park , North Carolina , USA.
authors: Urmila P
authors: UP
authors: Kodavanti
authors: Debora
authors: D
authors: Andrews
authors: Mette C
authors: MC
authors: Schladweiler
authors: Stephen H
authors: SH
authors: Gavett
authors: Darol E
authors: DE
authors: Dodd
authors: Jaime M
authors: JM
authors: Cyphert
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001194:Asbestos / Q000633:toxicity*; D017639:Asbestos, Amosite / Q000633:toxicity; D017636:Asbestos, Amphibole / Q000633:toxicity; D017632:Asbestos, Serpentine / Q000633:toxicity; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000097:blood*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D007154:Immune System Diseases / Q000097:blood / Q000139:chemically induced; D007249:Inflammation / Q000097:blood* / Q000139:chemically induced; D019570:Inhalation Exposure; D008168:Lung / Q000187:drug effects; D008297:Male; D008659:Metabolic Diseases / Q000097:blood / Q000139:chemically induced; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000097:blood / Q000139:chemically induced; D009961:Orosomucoid / Q000378:metabolism; D010316:Particle Size; D051381:Rats; D011916:Rats, Inbred F344; D000511:alpha-Macroglobulins / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D017636:Asbestos, Amphibole; D017632:Asbestos, Serpentine; D015415:Biomarkers; D009961:Orosomucoid; D000511:alpha-Macroglobulins; C036431:ferroactinolite; D017639:Asbestos, Amosite; D001194:Asbestos; C005846:tremolite