Rat pleural mesothelial cells show damage after exposure to external but not internal cigarette smoke.

Abstract:

:The combination of cigarette smoke and high-level occupational asbestos exposure produces a synergistic increase in the incidence of lung cancer; however, smoking does not affect the incidence of mesothelioma. Here we present the results of tests of two theories that have been proposed to explain this phenomenon; namely, that pleural mesothelial cells are resistant to cigarette smoke-induced damage and that the pleural connective tissue acts as a barrier that prevents smoke from reaching the mesothelial cells. To test these hypotheses, excised whole rat lung preparations were exposed to either internal (intratracheal) or external (pleural surface) smoke. For comparison, additional excised lung preparations were exposed to solutions of hydrogen peroxide either externally or intratracheally. Mesothelial cells exposed to external smoke showed widespread, dose-dependent uptake of Trypan blue. Mesothelial cells did not take up Trypan blue after exposure to internal smoke. Bronchial epithelial cells exposed to internal smoke did show uptake, but to a lesser degree than externally exposed mesothelial cells. Examination by scanning and transmission electron microscopy showed that internal smoke did not affect mesothelial cell ultrastructure, whereas external smoke produced obvious mesothelial cell damage and mesothelial cell detachment. Catalase and deferoxamine, scavengers of active oxygen species, provided protection against smoke-induced mesothelial cell injury, but inactivated catalase did not. External hydrogen peroxide produced a very similar, dose-dependent pattern of Trypan blue uptake and ultrastructural changes. Intratracheal hydrogen peroxide also damaged mesothelial cells, but the extent of damage was always less than with comparable concentrations of external hydrogen peroxide.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

authors

Sekhon HS,Keeling B,Churg A

doi

10.1289/ehp.93101326

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1993-09-01 00:00:00

pages

326-30

issue

4

eissn

0091-6765

issn

1552-9924

journal_volume

101

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