Quartz Inhibits Glucose 6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase in Murine Alveolar Macrophages

Crystalline silica is well-known to induce oxidative stress as a consequence of both surface-derived generation of free radicals and intracellular production of reactive oxygen species upon phagocytosis; the mechanism of the latter is still partially unknown. In this study, we report that in murine...

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Published in:Chemical research in toxicology 2008-04, Vol.21 (4), p.888-894
Main Authors: Polimeni, Manuela, Gazzano, Elena, Ghiazza, Mara, Fenoglio, Ivana, Bosia, Amalia, Fubini, Bice, Ghigo, Dario
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animals
Apoptosis
Cell Line
Glucosephosphate Dehydrogenase - antagonists & inhibitors
Glucosephosphate Dehydrogenase - genetics
Glucosephosphate Dehydrogenase - metabolism
Glutathione - metabolism
Glutathione Disulfide - metabolism
Glyceraldehyde-3-Phosphate Dehydrogenases - metabolism
L-Lactate Dehydrogenase - metabolism
Macrophages, Alveolar - drug effects
Macrophages, Alveolar - metabolism
Mice
Oxidative Stress
Pentose Phosphate Pathway - drug effects
Phosphogluconate Dehydrogenase - metabolism
Quartz - toxicity
RNA, Messenger - metabolism
Thiobarbituric Acid Reactive Substances - metabolism
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Summary:Crystalline silica is well-known to induce oxidative stress as a consequence of both surface-derived generation of free radicals and intracellular production of reactive oxygen species upon phagocytosis; the mechanism of the latter is still partially unknown. In this study, we report that in murine alveolar MH-S macrophages, a 24 h incubation with quartz particles (80 µg/cm2) inhibits the glucose 6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD)1 activity by 70% and the pentose phosphate pathway by 30%. Such effects are accompanied by a 50% decrease of intracellular glutathione, a 35% increase of thiobarbituric acid reactive products (index of lipoperoxidation), and a 5-fold increase of leakage of lactate dehydrogenase in the extracellular medium (index of cytotoxicity). Quartz inhibits G6PD but not other oxidoreductases, and such inhibition is fully prevented by glutathione, suggesting that silica exerts on G6PD an oxidative damage. Our data provide a new additional mechanism by which silica may induce oxidative stress, that is, by inhibiting the pentose phosphate pathway, one of the main antioxidant metabolic pathways of the cell.
ISSN:0893-228X
1520-5010
DOI:10.1021/tx7003213