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BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS
Volume 339, Issue 1, Pages 55-58Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2005.11.002
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2-chloroethyl ethyl sulfide; obesity; POMC; guinea pig
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The full Spectrum of physiological effects resulting from exposure to sulfur mustard and its analogs is currently unknown. In a guinea pig model, initially selected to study the role of an inflammatory cytokine cascade in mustard gas induced lung injury, we observed significant body weight gain in guinea pigs exposed to an intratracheally injected single dose of 2-chloroethyl ethyl sulfide, a mustard analog. The body weight gain was not associated with any apparent change in appetite. To further elucidate a molecular basis for the observed weight gain, we evaluated candidate genes for the obese phenotype by quantitative RT-PCR. We observed it time- and dose-dependent decrease in guinea pig pro-opiomelanocortin (POMC) message following treatment with Mustard gas. This reduction in POMC message is consistent with the onset of obesity in the animals. We hypothesize that the POMC melanocortin pathway provides a mechanistic basis for the observed effects of sulfur mustard oil body weight. (c) 2005 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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