PMID- 15586939 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20050111 LR - 20190827 IS - 0009-2797 (Print) IS - 0009-2797 (Linking) VI - 149 IP - 2-3 DP - 2004 Oct 15 TI - Stimulation of endothelial IL-8 (eIL-8) production and apoptosis by phenolic metabolites of benzene in HL-60 cells and human bone marrow endothelial cells. PG - 177-88 AB - Benzene toxicity is considered to be elicited by its metabolites and phenolic metabolites of benzene are known to induce apoptosis in leukemia cells in culture and in human bone marrow progenitor cells. One potential mechanism of apoptosis induced by benzene metabolites that has not been examined is the production of pro-apoptotic cytokines such as endothelial IL-8 from endothelial cells in bone marrow stroma. In this study, we utilized HL-60 cells which are known to produce the endothelial form of IL-8 (elL-8) and human bone marrow endothelial cells (HBMEC) as model systems. Hydroquinone (HQ), Catechol (Cat) and benzenetriol (BT) all induced eIL-8 production and apoptosis in HL-60 cells. HQ induced a marked 50-70-fold stimulation of eIL-8 levels and HL-60 cells were shown to have the eIL-8 receptor, CXCR I thus enabling an autocrine pathway of apoptosis. However, treatment with recombinant elL-8 failed to induce apoptosis in HL-60 cells as previously reported and antibodies to either IL-8 or CXCRI did not significantly abrogate benzene metabolite-induced apoptosis. HQ and Cat but not BT also induced stimulation of elL-8 production in HBMEC. These data demonstrate that although metabolites of benzene induce marked stimulation of eIL-8, this is unlikely to be responsible for apoptosis induced in HL-60 cells. Our data also demonstrates that phenolic metabolites of benzene stimulate the production of eIL-8 from HBMEC suggesting that higher levels of endothelial-derived cytokines may occur in bone marrow after benzene exposure. FAU - Bironaite, Daiva AU - Bironaite D AD - Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, 4200 East, 9th Avenue, Denver, CO 80262, USA. FAU - Siegel, David AU - Siegel D FAU - Moran, Julie L AU - Moran JL FAU - Weksler, Babette B AU - Weksler BB FAU - Ross, David AU - Ross D LA - eng GR - R01 ES09554/ES/NIEHS NIH HHS/United States PT - Corrected and Republished Article PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S. PL - Ireland TA - Chem Biol Interact JT - Chemico-biological interactions JID - 0227276 RN - 0 (Antibodies) RN - 0 (Benzene Derivatives) RN - 0 (Interleukin-8) RN - 0 (Receptors, Interleukin-8A) RN - 0 (Recombinant Proteins) SB - IM CRF - Chem Biol Interact. 2004 Aug 10;149(1):37-49. PMID: 15356918 MH - Antibodies/immunology/pharmacology MH - Apoptosis/*drug effects MH - Benzene Derivatives/*toxicity MH - Bone Marrow Cells/*drug effects/metabolism/pathology MH - Cell Survival/drug effects MH - Dose-Response Relationship, Drug MH - Dose-Response Relationship, Immunologic MH - Endothelium, Vascular/*drug effects/metabolism/pathology MH - HL-60 Cells MH - Humans MH - Interleukin-8/*biosynthesis/immunology MH - Neutralization Tests MH - Receptors, Interleukin-8A/immunology MH - Recombinant Proteins/immunology/pharmacology EDAT- 2004/12/14 09:00 MHDA- 2005/01/12 09:00 CRDT- 2004/12/14 09:00 PHST- 2004/12/14 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2005/01/12 09:00 [medline] PHST- 2004/12/14 09:00 [entrez] AID - S0009-2797(04)00127-9 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.cbi.2004.09.018 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Chem Biol Interact. 2004 Oct 15;149(2-3):177-88. doi: 10.1016/j.cbi.2004.09.018.