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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE
Volume 162, Issue 3, Pages 1175-1177Publisher
AMER THORACIC SOC
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.162.3.2001063
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Most of the studies linking chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) with oxidative stress are in vitro, using invasive techniques, or measuring systemic oxidative stress. The aim of this study was to quantify oxidative stress in the lungs in patients with COPD and In healthy smokers, as reflected by 8-isoprostane concentrations in breath condensate. This is a noninvasive method to collect airway secretions. 8-Isoprostane is a prostaglandin-F-2 alpha isomer that is formed in vivo by free radical-catalyzed peroxidation of arachidonic acid. We also studied the acute effect of smoking on exhaled 8-isoprostane in healthy smokers. Exhaled 8-isoprostane was measured by a specific enzyme immunoassay in 10 healthy nonsmokers and 12 smokers, 25 COPD ex-smokers, and 15 COPD current smokers. 8-Isoprostane concentrations were similar in COPD ex-smokers (40 +/- 3.1 pg/ml) and current smokers (45 +/- 3.6 pg/ml) and were increased about 1.8-fold compared with healthy smokers (24 +/- 2.6 pg/ml, p < 0.001), who had 2.2-fold higher 8-Isoprostane than healthy nonsmokers (10.8 +/- 0.8 pg/ml, p < 0.05). Smoking caused an acute increase In exhaled 8-isoprostane by about 50%. Our study shows that free radical production is increased in patients with COPD and that smoking causes an acute increase in oxidative stress.
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