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INFLAMMATION
Volume 37, Issue 3, Pages 785-792Publisher
SPRINGER/PLENUM PUBLISHERS
DOI: 10.1007/s10753-013-9797-6
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nicotine chloramine; hypochlorous acid; inflammation; lung diseases; tobacco smoking
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- Taif University [1-434-2260]
- National Institutes of Health [RO1-CA097107]
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Activated neutrophils secrete hypochlorous acid (HOCl) into the extracellular space of inflamed tissues. Because of short diffusion distance in biological fluids, HOCl-damaging effect is restricted to the extracellular compartment. The current study aimed at investigating the ability of nicotine, a component of tobacco and electronic cigarettes, to mediate HOCl-induced intracellular damage. We report, for the first time, that HOCl reacts with nicotine to produce nicotine chloramine (Nic-Cl). Nic-Cl caused dose-dependent damage to proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA), a nuclear protein, in cultured mammalian lung and kidney cells. Vitamin C, vitamin E analogue (Trolox), glutathione, and N-acetyl-l-cysteine inhibited the Nic-Cl-induced PCNA damage, implicating oxidation in PCNA damage. These findings point out the ability of nicotine to mediate HOCl-induced intracellular damage and suggest antioxidants as protective measures. The results also raise the possibility that Nic-Cl can be created in the inflamed tissues of tobacco and electronic cigarette smokers and may contribute to smoking-related diseases.
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