ToxSci Advance Access originally published online on January 23, 2006
Toxicological Sciences 2006 90(2):478-489; doi:10.1093/toxsci/kfj112
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Inhibition of the Expression of Lysyl Oxidase and Its Substrates in Cadmium-Resistant Rat Fetal Lung Fibroblasts
* Department of Biochemistry, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts 02118, USA; and Department of Microbiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts 02118, USA
Received September 27, 2005; accepted January 14, 2006
Copper (Cu)-dependent lysyl oxidase (LO) catalyzes crosslinking of collagen and elastin stabilizing the extracellular matrix (ECM). Chronic inhalation of cadmium (Cd), a toxic metal, induces emphysema. To probe mechanisms of Cd injury to the lung, we developed Cd-resistant (CdR) cells from rat fetal lung fibroblasts (RFL6) by chronic exposure to CdCl2 from 1 to 40 µM and further examined their expressions of LO, LO substrates, and Cu-scavenging thiols. Levels of cellular thiols, metallothionein, and glutathione in CdR cells were elevated to 13.0- and 3.2-fold of parental controls, respectively, whereas LO mRNA and protein levels were markedly reduced in these cells, with catalytic activity declining to only 16% of the parental control. A conspicuous 52 kDa species rather then the normal 50 kDa proenzyme appeared in the CdR cell extract but not in the conditioned medium, which was codistributed with the endoplasmic reticulum marker [DiOC5(3)] within the cell, implying the Cd-induced 52 kDa species as a product of an abnormal LO-processing defect in secretion. Addition of Cu into CdR cell cultures enhanced the expression of LO mRNA, protein and catalytic activities reflecting limitation of Cu bioavailability for LO in these cells. With inhibition of LO, CdR cells also displayed downregulation of collagen and elastin, substrates of LO. Restoration of collagen synthesis by exposure of CdR cells to purified LO or Cu suggests that inhibition of LO and limitation of Cu cofactor by Cd, as key phenotype changes, accelerated collagen and elastin damage, a critical event pertinent to emphysema pathogenesis.
Key Words: lysyl oxidase; cadmium; copper; collagen; elastin; cellular thiols.
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