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Cooperative Stimulation by Sulfite and Crocidolite Asbestos Fibres of Enzyme Catalyzed Production of Reactive Oxygen Species

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Journal Arch Toxicol
Specialty Toxicology
Date 1988 Jan 1
PMID 2854963
Citations 2
Authors
E F Elstner
W Schutz
G Vogl
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Abstract

Methylthioketobutyric acid has been used as an indicator for the production of reactive oxygen species during incubation with xanthine oxidase or NADH diaphorase in the presence of an autooxidizable quinone. The production of OH-radical-type oxidants is enhanced in the presence of crocidolite but not by the asbestos types chrysotile or amosite. This activity of crocidolite in the diaphorase system is further stimulated by bisulfite. Crocidolite-dependent ethylene formation from methylthioketo-butyric acid is inhibited by both superoxide dismutase and catalase. In the presence of both crocidolite and bisulfite, however, the inhibition by superoxide dismutase is preserved, but the inhibition by catalase is lost. Since in some respect the NADH-diaphorase quinone system may reflect the situation in the activated macrophage, crocidolite activation may represent a biochemical model system describing potential asbestos toxicity.

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