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. 1992 Oct;73(5):573–583.

Mitogenic activity for fibroblasts induced by silica and titanium dioxide particles in vitro and in vivo.

R K Kumar 1, R O'Grady 1, W Li 1, G M Velan 1
PMCID: PMC2002024  PMID: 1329913

Abstract

Experimental studies on particle-induced pulmonary fibrosis have not provided consistent evidence for the specific induction of fibroblast-regulating cytokines by pulmonary macrophages in response to fibrogenic as compared to non-fibrogenic particles. Using an optimized, wholly serum-free bioassay, we assessed mitogenic activity for pulmonary fibroblasts in supernatants of short-term cultures of alveolar macrophages exposed to either fibrogenic silica or non-fibrogenic titanium dioxide ducts. The responses to these supernatants were influenced by the replicative status of the target cells, in that samples which stimulated non-cycling fibroblasts caused inhibition of DNA synthesis by cycling cells when tested at the same concentration. However, both silica and titanium dioxide elicited comparable secretion of growth factor activity by macrophages, following either in-vitro or in-vivo administration of particles. In contrast, bronchoalveolar lavage fluids from animals that received intratracheal injections of silica, but not from those that received titanium dioxide, exhibited a sustained reduction in fibroblast-stimulating activity. We conclude that secretion of growth factor activity by alveolar macrophages in culture is induced by particles in a non-specific manner. However, alterations in mitogenic activity in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid may constitute a biological marker of the pattern of pulmonary injury which progresses to fibrosis.

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