Comparative study of oxygen toxicity in human fibroblasts and endothelial cells
- 1 August 1990
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Cellular Physiology
- Vol. 144 (2), 295-302
- https://doi.org/10.1002/jcp.1041440216
Abstract
The resistance of human pulmonary fibroblasts (WI‐38) and human umbilical vein endothelial cells to oxygen toxicity (1 atm O2) was compared. Endothelial cells were more sensitive than fibroblasts. They contained also less antioxidant enzymes except for SOD: respectively 132%, 96%, 70%, 59%, and 21% of the SOD, GSH peroxidase, GSH reductase, catalase, and G6PD content of fibroblasts. However, they contained 1.81‐fold more GSH than fibroblasts. Their lower content of antioxidant enzymes can explain their higher sensitivity to oxygen. The efficiency of natural antioxidant molecules and enzymes in the protection of cells incubated 3 days under 1 atm O2 was studied. α‐tocopherol added in the culture medium led to a significant protection, contrary to the result for ascorbic acid. Microinjection of catalase, SOD, and GSH peroxidase directly into the cells was also tested: the protection was concentration dependent for both types of cells but SOD did not protect the endothelial cells. Lower activities of the other enzymes were needed to achieve protection of the endothelial cells, compared to fibroblasts. Since endothelial cells were also shown to display lower antioxidant enzyme activities, it can be hypothesized that their content is optimized for survival in Physiological conditions.This publication has 50 references indexed in Scilit:
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