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American Journal of Pathology, Vol 137, 43-57, Copyright © 1990 by American Society for Investigative Pathology

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Altered calcium homeostasis in irreversibly injured P388D1 macrophages

GF Gleva, LA Goodglick and AB Kane
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912.

Sequestration of calcium by mitochondria is an important mechanism to maintain normal intracellular calcium homeostasis. Anoxic or toxic damage to these organelles has been postulated to disrupt intracellular calcium compartmentalization, leading to cell death. The authors examined the potential relationship between mitochondrial dysfunction, altered calcium homeostasis, and irreversible injury in a model system of silica-induced toxicity to P388D1 cells. Exposure to toxic silica particles, but not to nontoxic latex heads, disrupted mitochondrial membrane potential, increased membrane-associated calcium, elevated free cytosolic calcium, and killed 50% to 60% of the cell population after 6 to 8 hours. To test whether disruption of the mitochondrial membrane potential was sufficient to cause irreversible injury, P388D1 cells were exposed to either the proton ionophore, carbonyl cyanide p- trifluoromethoxyphenylhydrazone (FCCP) or to the mitochondrial inhibitor, antimycin A. Over 90% of the treated cells showed depolarization of the mitochondrial membrane as indicated by the fluorescent probe rhodamine 123. Carbonyl cyanide p- trifluoromethoxyphenylbydrazone also caused an elevation in free cytosolic calcium as monitored by fura-2. However, even after 6 hours of exposure to these proton ionophores or mitochondrial inhibitors, P388D1 cells did not show increased chlorotetracycline (CTC)-induced fluorescence or loss of viability. P388D1 cells exposed to silica have been shown previously to lose 80% of their adenosine triphosphate (ATP) content. The effect of reduced ATP levels on intracellular calcium homeostasis and viability was assessed by exposing P338D1 cells to FCCP in the presence of sodium azide and 2-deoxyglucose, which reduced ATP content by more than 90%. Under these conditions, none of the cells were killed, and only 5.5% showed increased CTC-induced fluorescence after 6 hours. These data indicate that disruption of the mitochondrial membrane potential, even in combination with reduced ATP content, is not sufficient to kill P388D1 cells.

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