Journal
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
Volume 23, Issue 12, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/ijms23126412
Keywords
quartz; pulmonary toxicity; air-liquid interface; co-culture; cytotoxicity; inflammation; A549; THP-1
Funding
- German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) [03XP0195]
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Occupational exposure to particles such as crystalline quartz and its impact on the respiratory tract have been extensively studied. The development of physiologically relevant in-vitro models, specifically air-liquid interface (ALI) cell cultures, has greatly advanced the hazard assessment in recent years. This study investigated pulmonary culture models using A549 and differentiated THP-1 cells as mono- and co-cultures. The results showed the importance of considering different culture and exposure models and the relevance of communication between different cell types in toxicological investigations.
The occupational exposure to particles such as crystalline quartz and its impact on the respiratory tract have been studied extensively in recent years. For hazard assessment, the development of physiologically more relevant in-vitro models, i.e., air-liquid interface (ALI) cell cultures, has greatly progressed. Within this study, pulmonary culture models employing A549 and differentiated THP-1 cells as mono-and co-cultures were investigated. The different cultures were exposed to alpha-quartz particles (Min-U-Sil5) with doses ranging from 15 to 66 mu g/cm(2) under submerged and ALI conditions and cytotoxicity as well as cytokine release were analyzed. No cytotoxicity was observed after ALI exposure. Contrarily, Min-U-Sil5 was cytotoxic at the highest dose in both submerged mono- and co-cultures. A concentration-dependent release of interleukin-8 was shown for both exposure types, which was overall stronger in co-cultures. Our findings showed considerable differences in the toxicological responses between ALI and submerged exposure and between mono- and co-cultures. A substantial influence of the presence or absence of serum in cell culture media was noted as well. Within this study, the submerged culture was revealed to be more sensitive. This shows the importance of considering different culture and exposure models and highlights the relevance of communication between different cell types for toxicological investigations.
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