Abstract
Cultures of rat pleural mesothelial cells (PMC) were exposed to nonlethal doses of UICC chrysotile A. The morphology was studied by optical and electron microscopy. The consequences of chrysotile ingestion on the rate of pinocytosis of horseradish peroxidase (HPR) metabolism and benzo-3-4-pyrene (BP) were studied. Nonlethal doses of chrysotile (5 micrograms/mL) induced a time-dependent vacuolation of PMC; a dose-dependent inhibition of the vacuolation was observed when PMC were pretreated with DMSO. The origin of the vacuoles is not clear, but some features of autophagy and lysosomal storage were observed. Chrysotile fibers did not modify the rate of pinocytosis of HRP. Similarly, the metabolism of BP was unchanged when BP and chrysotile were both added to the culture medium or when PMC were preincubated with the fibers 24 hr prior to the addition of BP.
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