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Algallal HE, Jacquemet V, Samaha AN. Intermittent nicotine access is as effective as continuous access in promoting nicotine seeking and taking in rats. Psychopharmacology (Berl) 2024; 241:1135-1149. [PMID: 38326505 DOI: 10.1007/s00213-024-06546-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2024] [Accepted: 01/20/2024] [Indexed: 02/09/2024]
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RATIONALE Nicotine is a principal psychoactive agent in tobacco, contributing to tobacco's addictive potential. Preclinical studies on the effects of voluntary nicotine intake typically use self-administration procedures that provide continuous nicotine access during each self-administration session. However, many smokers consume cigarettes intermittently rather than continuously throughout each day. For drugs including cocaine and opioids, research in laboratory rats shows that intermittent intake can be more effective than continuous intake in producing patterns of drug use relevant to addiction. OBJECTIVE We determined how intermittent versus continuous nicotine self-administration influences nicotine seeking and taking behaviours. METHODS Female and male rats had continuous (i.e., Long Access; LgA, 6 h/day) or intermittent (IntA; 12 min ON, 60 min OFF, for 6 h/day) access to intravenous nicotine (15 µg/kg/infusion), for 12 daily sessions. We then assessed intake, responding for nicotine under a progressive ratio schedule of drug reinforcement and cue- and nicotine-induced reinstatement of drug seeking. We also estimated nicotine pharmacokinetic parameters during LgA and IntA self-administration. RESULTS Overall, LgA rats took twice more nicotine than did IntA rats, yielding more sustained increases in estimated brain concentrations of the drug. However, the two groups showed similar motivation to seek and take nicotine, as measured using reinstatement and progressive ratio procedures, respectively. CONCLUSIONS Intermittent nicotine use is just as effective as continuous use in producing addiction-relevant behaviours, despite significantly less nicotine exposure. This has implications for modeling nicotine self-administration patterns in human smokers and resulting effects on brain and behaviour.
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- Hajer E Algallal
- Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Medicine, Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada
- Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Université de Montréal, C.P. 6128, Succursale Centre-Ville, Montreal, QC, H3C 3J7, Canada
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- Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Université de Montréal, C.P. 6128, Succursale Centre-Ville, Montreal, QC, H3C 3J7, Canada.
- Neural Signaling and Circuitry Research Group (SNC), Faculty of Medicine, Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada.
- Center for Interdisciplinary Research On the Brain and Learning (CIRCA), Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada.
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Murphy SE. Biochemistry of nicotine metabolism and its relevance to lung cancer. J Biol Chem 2021; 296:100722. [PMID: 33932402 PMCID: PMC8167289 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbc.2021.100722] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2021] [Revised: 04/26/2021] [Accepted: 04/27/2021] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Nicotine is the key addictive constituent of tobacco. It is not a carcinogen, but it drives smoking and the continued exposure to the many carcinogens present in tobacco. The investigation into nicotine biotransformation has been ongoing for more than 60 years. The dominant pathway of nicotine metabolism in humans is the formation of cotinine, which occurs in two steps. The first step is cytochrome P450 (P450, CYP) 2A6–catalyzed 5′-oxidation to an iminium ion, and the second step is oxidation of the iminium ion to cotinine. The half-life of nicotine is longer in individuals with low P450 2A6 activity, and smokers with low activity often decrease either the intensity of their smoking or the number of cigarettes they use compared with those with “normal” activity. The effect of P450 2A6 activity on smoking may influence one's tobacco-related disease risk. This review provides an overview of nicotine metabolism and a summary of the use of nicotine metabolite biomarkers to define smoking dose. Some more recent findings, for example, the identification of uridine 5′-diphosphoglucuronosyltransferase 2B10 as the catalyst of nicotine N-glucuronidation, are discussed. We also describe epidemiology studies that establish the contribution of nicotine metabolism and CYP2A6 genotype to lung cancer risk, particularly with respect to specific racial/ethnic groups, such as those with Japanese, African, or European ancestry. We conclude that a model of nicotine metabolism and smoking dose could be combined with other lung cancer risk variables to more accurately identify former smokers at the highest risk of lung cancer and to intervene accordingly.
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- Sharon E Murphy
- Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
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Wang Y, Wan B, Huang J, Clarke PBS. Effects of nicotine, nornicotine and cotinine, alone or in combination, on locomotor activity and ultrasonic vocalization emission in adult rats. Psychopharmacology (Berl) 2020; 237:2809-2822. [PMID: 32556369 DOI: 10.1007/s00213-020-05574-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2020] [Accepted: 05/31/2020] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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RATIONALE The behavioral effects of the nicotine metabolites nornicotine and cotinine have not been investigated extensively. OBJECTIVES To evaluate the effects of nicotine, cotinine, and nornicotine, given alone or in combination, on locomotor activity and emission of ultrasonic vocalizations in male adult rats. METHODS Rats were first given home cage nicotine injections to make them tolerant to the drug's locomotor depressant effects. On subsequent days, locomotor activity (LMA) and ultrasonic vocalizations were recorded in an open field, for 60 min after challenge injection, using repeated measures designs. In single-drug experiments, subjects were tested with nicotine 0.05-0.4 mg/kg, cotinine 0.03-3 mg/kg, or nornicotine 0.1-10 mg/kg. In drug-combination experiments, saline or nicotine 0.2 mg/kg challenge was preceded by cotinine (0, 0.3, 3 mg/kg) or nornicotine (0, 0.1, 0.3, 1, 3 mg/kg) injection. RESULTS High doses of nornicotine increased LMA and blunted the locomotor stimulant effect of nicotine. Less consistently, nicotine and high doses of nornicotine decreased the 50-kHz call rate, with no clear evidence of a nornicotine × nicotine interaction. Cotinine, given alone or before nicotine injection, altered neither LMA nor the call rate. No drug altered the relative prevalence of flat vs. trill 50-kHz call subtypes, except that the highest dose of nornicotine promoted flat calls over trills. No drug evoked 22-kHz calls. CONCLUSION Nornicotine can exert an acute anti-nicotine effect in vivo, as previously reported in vitro. The finding that nicotine did not detectably alter the 50-kHz call profile appears consistent with this drug's mild subjective effects in human subjects.
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- Yufei Wang
- Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, McGill University, McIntyre Medical Building Rm. 1320, 3655 Promenade Sir William Osler, Montreal, QC, H3G 1Y6, Canada
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- Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, McGill University, McIntyre Medical Building Rm. 1320, 3655 Promenade Sir William Osler, Montreal, QC, H3G 1Y6, Canada
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- Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, McGill University, McIntyre Medical Building Rm. 1320, 3655 Promenade Sir William Osler, Montreal, QC, H3G 1Y6, Canada
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- Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, McGill University, McIntyre Medical Building Rm. 1320, 3655 Promenade Sir William Osler, Montreal, QC, H3G 1Y6, Canada.
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Nicotine Induces Polyspermy in Sea Urchin Eggs through a Non-Cholinergic Pathway Modulating Actin Dynamics. Cells 2019; 9:cells9010063. [PMID: 31881774 PMCID: PMC7016604 DOI: 10.3390/cells9010063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2019] [Revised: 12/02/2019] [Accepted: 12/21/2019] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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While alkaloids often exert unique pharmacological effects on animal cells, exposure of sea urchin eggs to nicotine causes polyspermy at fertilization in a dose-dependent manner. Here, we studied molecular mechanisms underlying the phenomenon. Although nicotine is an agonist of ionotropic acetylcholine receptors, we found that nicotine-induced polyspermy was neither mimicked by acetylcholine and carbachol nor inhibited by specific antagonists of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors. Unlike acetylcholine and carbachol, nicotine uniquely induced drastic rearrangement of egg cortical microfilaments in a dose-dependent way. Such cytoskeletal changes appeared to render the eggs more receptive to sperm, as judged by the significant alleviation of polyspermy by latrunculin-A and mycalolide-B. In addition, our fluorimetric assay provided the first evidence that nicotine directly accelerates polymerization kinetics of G-actin and attenuates depolymerization of preassembled F-actin. Furthermore, nicotine inhibited cofilin-induced disassembly of F-actin. Unexpectedly, our results suggest that effects of nicotine can also be mediated in some non-cholinergic pathways.
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Xu Y, Zhang Q, Li P, Hong G, Wang D, Liu J, Zhou H, Chai G, Lu B, He S, Zhang W, Sun S, Zhang J, Mao J. Nicotine Pharmacokinetics in Rat Brain and Blood by Simultaneous Microdialysis, Stable-Isotope Labeling, and UHPLC–HRMS: Determination of Nicotine Metabolites. Anal Chem 2019; 91:2916-2922. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.8b05078] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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- Yan Xu
- School of Basic Medical Sciences, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China
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- Zhengzhou Tobacco Research Institute of China National Tobacco Company, Zhengzhou 450001, China
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- Zhengzhou Tobacco Research Institute of China National Tobacco Company, Zhengzhou 450001, China
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- Zhengzhou Tobacco Research Institute of China National Tobacco Company, Zhengzhou 450001, China
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- Zhengzhou Tobacco Research Institute of China National Tobacco Company, Zhengzhou 450001, China
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- Zhengzhou Tobacco Research Institute of China National Tobacco Company, Zhengzhou 450001, China
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- Technology Center, China Tobacco Henan Industrial Co., Ltd., Zhengzhou 450000, China
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- Zhengzhou Tobacco Research Institute of China National Tobacco Company, Zhengzhou 450001, China
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- Zhengzhou Tobacco Research Institute of China National Tobacco Company, Zhengzhou 450001, China
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- China National Tobacco Quality Supervision and Test Center, Zhengzhou 450001, China
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- Zhengzhou Tobacco Research Institute of China National Tobacco Company, Zhengzhou 450001, China
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- Zhengzhou Tobacco Research Institute of China National Tobacco Company, Zhengzhou 450001, China
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- Zhengzhou Tobacco Research Institute of China National Tobacco Company, Zhengzhou 450001, China
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- Zhengzhou Tobacco Research Institute of China National Tobacco Company, Zhengzhou 450001, China
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Uspenska K, Lykhmus O, Gergalova G, Chernyshov V, Arias HR, Komisarenko S, Skok M. Nicotine facilitates nicotinic acetylcholine receptor targeting to mitochondria but makes them less susceptible to selective ligands. Neurosci Lett 2017; 656:43-50. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2017.07.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2017] [Revised: 06/21/2017] [Accepted: 07/05/2017] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Abdullah B, Muadz B, Norizal MN, Ismail N, Kornain NK, Kutty M. Pregnancy outcome and cord blood cotinine level: A cross-sectional comparative study between secondhand smokers and non-secondhand smokers. Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol 2017; 214:86-90. [PMID: 28494268 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejogrb.2017.05.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2016] [Revised: 02/12/2017] [Accepted: 05/02/2017] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To compare the pregnancy outcome and cord blood cotinine levels between secondhand smokers and non-secondhand smokers. STUDY DESIGN This was a cross-sectional comparative study in a Malaysian tertiary obstetric hospital involving 200 non-smoking pregnant women at term, of whom 100 were secondhand smokers and 100 were non-secondhand smokers. Those with multiple pregnancies, with a body mass index (BMI) of more than 30kg/m2 or who delivered by Caesarean section were excluded. The participants' basic demographic details, delivery details, neonatal outcome and placental weight were recorded. Umbilical cord blood samples were obtained, and cord blood cotinine levels were measured with a Cotinine ELISA kit. The primary outcomes were baby's birth weight, length, and head circumference, Apgar score at 5min and placental weight. The secondary outcome was difference in cord blood cotinine levels between the two groups and the correlation of these differences with the neonatal outcome. RESULTS The secondhand smoker group had significantly lower baby weight (2.94±0.31kg vs 3.05±0.40kg), head circumference (30.87±2.35cm vs 37.13±2.36cm), length (46.58±1.95cm vs 51.53±2.05cm) and placental weight (520±73.5g vs 596±61.3g) and significantly higher cord blood cotinine levels (16.35±12.84ng/mL vs 0.56±0.22ng/mL). Cord blood cotinine levels had significant negative correlations with placental weight (r=-0.461), baby's weight (r=-0.297), baby's head circumference (r=-0.501) and baby's length (r=-0.374). CONCLUSION Secondhand smoke increases the incidence of adverse pregnancy outcomes (newborns'anthropometric measurements and placental weight) and causes higher cord blood cotinine levels.
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- B Abdullah
- Discipline of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Sungai Buloh Campus, 47000, Sungai Buloh, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia; Maternofetal and Embryology (MatE) Research Group, Health and Wellbeing CoRe, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Teknologi MARA, 40450 Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia.
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- Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Sungai Buloh Campus, 47000, Sungai Buloh, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia
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- Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Sungai Buloh Campus, 47000, Sungai Buloh, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia
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- Population Health and Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Sungai Buloh Campus, 47000, Sungai Buloh, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia
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- Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Sungai Buloh Campus, 47000, Sungai Buloh, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia
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- Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Sungai Buloh Campus, 47000, Sungai Buloh, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia
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Kim HJ, Park KK, Chung WY, Lee SK, Kim KR. Protective Effect of White-fleshed Peach ( Prunus persica (L.) Batsch) on Chronic Nicotine-induced Toxicity. J Cancer Prev 2017; 22:22-32. [PMID: 28382283 PMCID: PMC5380186 DOI: 10.15430/jcp.2017.22.1.22] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2016] [Revised: 02/28/2017] [Accepted: 03/01/2017] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
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Background Nicotine is a major toxic component of tobacco smoke and has been recognized as a risk factor to induce oxidative tissue damage, which is a precursor to cardiovascular diseases, lung-related diseases, and cancers. Peaches (Prunus persica) have been used for the treatment of degenerative disorders, such as hypermenorrhea, dysmenorrhea, and infertility in Asian countries. In this study, we investigated the effects of white-fleshed peach on the excretion of nicotine metabolites and 1-hydroxypyrene in smokers and chronic nicotine-induced tissue damages in mice. Methods The concentrations of cotinine and 1-hydroxypyrene were measured in urine of smokers before or after intake of white-fleshed peaches. In addition, ICR mice were injected with nicotine (5 mg/kg body weight) and then orally administered with white-fleshed peach extracts (WFPE) (250 or 500 mg/kg body weight) for 36 days. The oxidative stress parameters and the activities of antioxidant enzymes were measured in liver and kidney tissues. Also, histological changes and nitrotyrosine expression were assessed. Results Intake of white-fleshed peaches increased the urinary concentration of nicotine metabolites and 1-hydroxypyrene in 91.67% and 83.33% of smokers, respectively. WFPE decreased the malondialdehyde levels and recovered the activities of antioxidant enzymes in nicotine-injected mice. In addition, WFPE inhibited nitrotyrosine expression and inflammatory responses in the liver, kidney, and lung tissues of nicotine-treated mice. Conclusions White-fleshed peaches may increase the metabolism of toxic components in tobacco smoke in smokers and protect normal tissues against nicotine toxicity in mice. Therefore, supplementation of white-fleshed peaches might be beneficial to smokers.
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- Hyun-Jeong Kim
- Department of Oral Biology and Oral Cancer Research Institute, BK21 PLUS Project, Yonsei University College of Dentistry, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Oral Biology and Oral Cancer Research Institute, BK21 PLUS Project, Yonsei University College of Dentistry, Seoul, Korea; Department of Applied Life Science, The Graduate School, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Oral Biology and Oral Cancer Research Institute, BK21 PLUS Project, Yonsei University College of Dentistry, Seoul, Korea; Department of Applied Life Science, The Graduate School, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Oral Biology and Oral Cancer Research Institute, BK21 PLUS Project, Yonsei University College of Dentistry, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Dental Hygiene, Kyungpook National University, Sangju, Korea
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Neal RE, Jagadapillai R, Chen J, Webb CL, Stocke K, Gambrell C, Greene RM, Pisano MM. Developmental cigarette smoke exposure II: Kidney proteome profile alterations in 6 month old adult offspring. Reprod Toxicol 2016; 65:425-435. [PMID: 27208485 DOI: 10.1016/j.reprotox.2016.05.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2015] [Revised: 04/29/2016] [Accepted: 05/13/2016] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Cigarette smoke exposure (CSE) during gestation and early development suppresses the growth trajectory in offspring. In prior studies utilizing a mouse model of 'active' developmental CSE (GD1-PD21), low birth weight induced by CSE persisted throughout the neonatal period and was present at the cessation of exposure at weaning with proportionally smaller kidney mass that was accompanied by impairment of carbohydrate metabolism. In the present study, littermates of those characterized in the prior study were maintained until 6 months of age at which time the impact of developmental CSE on the abundance of proteins associated with cellular metabolism in the kidney was examined. Kidney protein abundances were examined by 2D-SDS-PAGE based proteome profiling with statistical analysis by Partial Least Squares-Discriminant Analysis. Key findings of this study include a persistence of impact of developmental CSE past the original exposure period on the nucleic acid and carbohydrate metabolism networks and oxidant scavenging pathways.
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- Rachel E Neal
- Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, School of Public Health and Information Sciences, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, United States; Birth Defects Center, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, United States.
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- Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Craniofacial Biology, ULSD, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, United States
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- Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, School of Public Health and Information Sciences, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, United States
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- Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Craniofacial Biology, ULSD, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, United States; Birth Defects Center, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, United States
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- Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, School of Public Health and Information Sciences, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, United States
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- Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, School of Public Health and Information Sciences, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, United States
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- Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Craniofacial Biology, ULSD, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, United States; Birth Defects Center, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, United States
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- Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Craniofacial Biology, ULSD, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, United States; Birth Defects Center, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, United States
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Mao J, Xu Y, Lu B, Liu J, Hong G, Zhang Q, Sun S, Zhang J. Simultaneous determination of nicotine and its nine metabolites in rat blood utilizing microdialysis coupled with UPLC–tandem mass spectrometry for pharmacokinetic application. Anal Bioanal Chem 2015; 407:4101-9. [DOI: 10.1007/s00216-015-8643-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2015] [Revised: 03/12/2015] [Accepted: 03/16/2015] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Katner SN, Toalston JE, Smoker MP, Rodd ZA, McBride WJ, Engleman EA. Time-course of extracellular nicotine and cotinine levels in rat brain following administration of nicotine: effects of route and ethanol coadministration. Psychopharmacology (Berl) 2015; 232:551-60. [PMID: 25038869 PMCID: PMC4404024 DOI: 10.1007/s00213-014-3681-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2013] [Accepted: 07/07/2014] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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RATIONALE Nicotine and ethanol are commonly coabused drugs, and nicotine-laced ethanol products are growing in popularity. However, little is known about time-course changes in extracellular nicotine and cotinine levels in rat models of ethanol and nicotine coabuse. OBJECTIVES The objective of the present study was to determine the time-course changes in brain levels of nicotine and cotinine following subcutaneous (SC) and intragastric (IG) nicotine administration in alcohol-preferring (P) and Wistar rats. METHODS In vivo microdialysis was used to collect dialysate samples from the nucleus accumbens shell (NACsh) for nicotine and cotinine determinations, following SC administration of (-)-nicotine (0.18, 0.35, and 0.70 mg/kg) in female P and Wistar rats or IG administration of (-)-nicotine (0.35 and 0.70 mg/kg) in 15 % (v/v) ethanol or water in female P rats. RESULTS SC nicotine produced nicotine and cotinine dialysate levels as high as 51 and 14 ng/ml, respectively. IG administration of 15 % EtOH + 0.70 mg/kg nicotine in P rats resulted in maximal nicotine and cotinine dialysate levels of 19 and 14 ng/ml, respectively, whereas administration of 0.70 mg/kg nicotine in water resulted in maximal nicotine and cotinine levels of 21 and 25 ng/ml, respectively. Nicotine and cotinine levels were detectable within the first 15 and 45 min, respectively, after IG administration. CONCLUSIONS Overall, the results of this study suggest that nicotine is rapidly adsorbed and produces relevant extracellular brain concentrations of nicotine and its pharmacologically active metabolite, cotinine. The persisting high brain concentrations of cotinine may contribute to nicotine addiction.
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Snyder MJ, Hsu EL, Feyereisen R. Induction of cytochrome P-450 activities by nicotine in the tobacco hornworm,Manduca sexta. J Chem Ecol 2013; 19:2903-16. [PMID: 24248784 DOI: 10.1007/bf00980591] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/1993] [Accepted: 08/02/1993] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The induction by dietary nicotine of a series of cytochrome P-450 enzyme activities was investigated in early fifth-instarManduca sexta larvae. At a low nicotine concentration in the diet (0.1 %), three of 12 midgut microsomal enzyme activities were significantly increased. At a higher concentration (0.75%) commonly found in plants of the genusNicotiana, nine of 12 activities were induced by 1.4- to 10.0-fold. Total cytochrome P-450, P-450 reductase activity, and midgut microsomal metabolism of nicotine were also increased by feeding 0.75% nicotine. Nicotine was metabolized by midgut microsomes to nicotine-1-N-oxide and cotinine-N-oxide. Fat body microsomal nicotine metabolism was low and unaffected by dietary nicotine. Isolated nerve cords were able to metabolize nicotine in vitro but this metabolism was not inducible by dietary nicotine. Nicotine-fed fifth-instarM. sexta larvae showed an increased tolerance to subsequent nicotine injection when compared to larvae fed a control diet. These results support the idea that induction of midgut cytochrome P-450-related metabolism is an adaptation ofManduca sexta to dietary nicotine.
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- M J Snyder
- Department of Entomology and Center for Insect Science, University of Arizona, 85721, Tucson, Arizona
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Li D, Huang X, Lin J, Zhan CG. Catalytic mechanism of cytochrome P450 for N-methylhydroxylation of nicotine: reaction pathways and regioselectivity of the enzymatic nicotine oxidation. Dalton Trans 2013; 42:3812-20. [PMID: 23303461 DOI: 10.1039/c2dt32106h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The fundamental reaction mechanism of cytochrome P450 2A6 (CYP2A6)-catalyzed N-methylhydroxylation of (S)-(-)-nicotine and the free energy profile have been studied by performing pseudobond first-principles quantum mechanical/molecular mechanical (QM/MM) reaction-coordinate calculations. In the CYP2A6-(S)-(-)-nicotine binding structures that allow for 5'-hydroxylation, the N-methyl group is also sufficiently close to the oxygen of Cpd I for the N-methylhydroxylation reaction to occur. It has been demonstrated that the CYP2A6-catalyzed N-methylhydroxylation reaction is a concerted process involving a hydrogen-transfer transition state on both the quartet and the doublet states. The N-methylhydroxylation reaction proceeds mainly in the doublet state, since the free energy barriers on the doublet state are lower than the corresponding ones on the quartet state. The calculated free energy barriers indicate that (S)-(-)-nicotine oxidation catalyzed by CYP2A6 proceeds with a high regioselective abstraction of the hydrogen at the 5'-position, rather than the hydrogen at the N-methyl group. The predicted regioselectivity of 93% is in agreement with the most recent experimentally reported regioselectivity of 95%. The binding mode of (S)-(-)-nicotine in the active site of CYP2A6 is an important determinant for the stereoselectivity of nicotine (S)-(-)-oxidation, whereas the regioselectivity of (S)-(-)-nicotine oxidation is determined mainly by the free energy barrier difference between the 5'-hydroxylation and N-methylhydroxylation reactions.
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- Dongmei Li
- College of Pharmacy, State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China.
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Tega Y, Akanuma SI, Kubo Y, Terasaki T, Hosoya KI. Blood-to-brain influx transport of nicotine at the rat blood?brain barrier: Involvement of a pyrilamine-sensitive organic cation transport process. Neurochem Int 2013; 62:173-81. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neuint.2012.11.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2012] [Revised: 11/24/2012] [Accepted: 11/26/2012] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Li D, Wang Y, Han K. Recent density functional theory model calculations of drug metabolism by cytochrome P450. Coord Chem Rev 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2012.01.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 109] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Jagadapillai R, Chen J, Canales L, Birtles T, Pisano MM, Neal RE. Developmental cigarette smoke exposure: kidney proteome profile alterations in low birth weight pups. Toxicology 2012; 299:80-9. [PMID: 22595367 DOI: 10.1016/j.tox.2012.04.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2011] [Revised: 04/23/2012] [Accepted: 04/25/2012] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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The Brenner hypothesis states that a congenital reduction in nephron number predisposes to adult-onset hypertension and renal failure. The reduction in nephron number induced by proportionally smaller kidney mass may predispose offspring to glomerular hyperfiltration with maturity onset obesity. Developmental cigarette smoke exposure (CSE) results in intrauterine growth retardation with a predisposition to obesity and cardiovascular disease at maturity. Utilizing a mouse model of 'active' developmental CSE (gestational day [GD] 1-postnatal day [PD] 21; cotinine>50 ng/mL) characterized by persistently smaller offspring with proportionally decreased kidney mass, the present study examined the impact of developmental CSE on the abundance of proteins associated with cellular metabolism in the kidney. Following cessation of CSE on PD21, kidney tissue was collected from CSE and Sham exposed pups for 2D-SDS-PAGE based proteome profiling with statistical analysis by partial least squares-discriminant analysis (PLS-DA) with affected molecular pathways identified by ingenuity pathway analysis. Proteins whose expression in the kidney were affected by developmental CSE belonged to the inflammatory disease, cell to cell signaling/interaction, lipid metabolism, small molecule biochemistry, cell cycle, respiratory disease, nucleic acid and carbohydrate metabolism networks. The present findings indicate that developmental CSE alters the kidney proteome. The companion paper details the liver proteome alterations in the same offspring.
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- Rekha Jagadapillai
- Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Craniofacial Biology, ULSD, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, United States
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Hauser SR, Getachew B, Oster SM, Dhaher R, Ding ZM, Bell RL, McBride WJ, Rodd ZA. Nicotine modulates alcohol-seeking and relapse by alcohol-preferring (P) rats in a time-dependent manner. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 2011; 36:43-54. [PMID: 21689122 DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2011.01579.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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BACKGROUND Alcohol is frequently co-abused with smoking. In humans, nicotine use can increase alcohol craving and consumption. The objectives of the current study were to assess the acute effects of nicotine on alcohol seeking and relapse at 2 different time points. METHODS Adult female alcohol-preferring (P) rats were trained in 2-lever operant chambers to self-administer 15% ethanol (EtOH) (v/v) and water on a concurrent fixed-ratio 5-fixed-ratio 1 (FR5-FR1) schedule of reinforcement in daily 1-hour sessions. Following 10 weeks of daily 1-hour sessions, rats underwent 7 extinction sessions, followed by 2 weeks in their home cages. Rats were then returned to the operant chambers without EtOH or water being present for 4 sessions (Pavlovian Spontaneous Recovery [PSR]). Rats were then given a week in their home cage before being returned to the operant chambers with access to EtOH and water (relapse). Nicotine (0, 0.1, 0.3, or 1.0 mg/kg) was injected subcutaneously immediately or 4 hours prior to PSR or relapse testing. RESULTS Injections of nicotine immediately prior to testing reduced (5 to 10 responses PSR; 50 to 60 responses relapse), whereas injections of nicotine 4 hours prior to testing increased (up to 150 responses for PSR; up to 400 responses for relapse with 1.0 mg/kg dose) responses on the EtOH lever during PSR and relapse tests. CONCLUSIONS The results of this study demonstrate that acute effects of nicotine on EtOH-seeking and relapse behaviors may be time dependent, with the immediate effects being a result of nicotine possibly acting as a substitute for EtOH, whereas with a delay of 4 hours, priming effects of nicotine alterations in nicotinic receptors, and/or the effects of nicotine's metabolites (i.e., cotinine and nornicotine) may enhance the expression of EtOH-seeking and relapse behaviors.
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- Sheketha R Hauser
- Department of Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatric Research, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis, 46202-4887, USA.
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Bastida G, Beltrán B. Ulcerative colitis in smokers, non-smokers and ex-smokers. World J Gastroenterol 2011; 17:2740-7. [PMID: 21734782 PMCID: PMC3122262 DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v17.i22.2740] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2010] [Revised: 11/16/2010] [Accepted: 11/23/2010] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Smoking is a major environmental factor that interferes in the establishment and clinical course of ulcerative colitis (UC). Firstly, the risk of smoking status impact in the development of UC is reviewed, showing that current smoking has a protective association with UC. Similarly, being a former smoker is associated with an increased risk of UC. The concept that smoking could have a role in determining the inflammatory bowel disease phenotype is also discussed. Gender may also be considered, as current smoking delays disease onset in men but not in women. No clear conclusions can be driven from the studies trying to clarify whether childhood passive smoking or prenatal smoke exposure have an influence on the development of UC, mainly due to methodology flaws. The influence of smoking on disease course is the second aspect analysed. Some studies show a disease course more benign in smokers that in non-smokers, with lower hospitalizations rates, less flare-ups, lower use of oral steroids and even less risk of proximal extension. This is not verified by some other studies. Similarly, the rate of colectomy does not seem to be determined by the smoking status of the patient. The third issue reviewed is the use of nicotine as a therapeutic agent. The place of nicotine in the treatment of UC is unclear, although it could be useful in selected cases, particularly in recent ex-smokers with moderate but refractory attacks of UC. Finally, the effect of smoking cessation in UC patients is summarised. Given that smoking represents a major worldwide cause of death, for inpatients with UC the risks of smoking far outweigh any possible benefit. Thus, physicians should advise, encourage and assist UC patients who smoke to quit.
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Li D, Huang X, Han K, Zhan CG. Catalytic mechanism of cytochrome P450 for 5'-hydroxylation of nicotine: fundamental reaction pathways and stereoselectivity. J Am Chem Soc 2011; 133:7416-27. [PMID: 21513309 DOI: 10.1021/ja111657j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 105] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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A series of computational methods were used to study how cytochrome P450 2A6 (CYP2A6) interacts with (S)-(-)-nicotine, demonstrating that the dominant molecular species of (S)-(-)-nicotine in CYP2A6 active site exists in the free base state (with two conformations, SR(t) and SR(c)), despite the fact that the protonated state is dominant for the free ligand in solution. The computational results reveal that the dominant pathway of nicotine metabolism in CYP2A6 is through nicotine free base oxidation. Further, first-principles quantum mechanical/molecular mechanical free energy (QM/MM-FE) calculations were carried out to uncover the detailed reaction pathways for the CYP2A6-catalyzed nicotine 5'-hydroxylation reaction. In the determined CYP2A6-(S)-(-)-nicotine binding structures, the oxygen of Compound I (Cpd I) can abstract a hydrogen from either the trans-5'- or the cis-5'-position of (S)-(-)-nicotine. CYP2A6-catalyzed (S)-(-)-nicotine 5'-hydroxylation consists of two reaction steps, that is, the hydrogen transfer from the 5'-position of (S)-(-)-nicotine to the oxygen of Cpd I (the H-transfer step), followed by the recombination of the (S)-(-)-nicotine moiety with the iron-bound hydroxyl group to generate the 5'-hydroxynicotine product (the O-rebound step). The H-transfer step is rate-determining. The 5'-hydroxylation proceeds mainly with the stereoselective loss of the trans-5'-hydrogen, that is, the 5'-hydrogen trans to the pyridine ring. The calculated overall stereoselectivity of ∼97% favoring the trans-5'-hydroxylation is close to the observed stereoselectivity of 89-94%. This is the first time it has been demonstrated that a CYP substrate exists dominantly in one protonation state (cationic species) in solution, but uses its less-favorable protonation state (neutral free base) to perform the enzymatic reaction.
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- Dongmei Li
- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, People's Republic of China
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Ozkol H, Tülüce Y, Koyuncu I. Subacute effect of cigarette smoke exposure in rats: protection by pot marigold (Calendula officinalis L.) extract. Toxicol Ind Health 2011; 28:3-9. [PMID: 21505008 DOI: 10.1177/0748233711401263] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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This study was carried out to determine the preventive effect of Calendula officinalis L. (pot marigold) on rats exposed to cigarette smoke (CS). Rats were divided into three groups as control, CS and CS + pot marigold (PM). The rats in the CS and CS + PM groups were subjected to CS for 1 h twice a day for 23 days. PM (100 mg/kg body weight) was given to rats in the CS + PM group by gavage, 1 h before each administration period. While malondialdehyde, protein carbonyl contents and reduced glutathione level of the CS group increased, their levels diminished by PM administration. In addition, glutathione peroxidase (GPx), superoxide dismutase activities and β-carotene, vitamins A and C levels decreased in the CS group compared to control, however activities of these enzymes and concentration of vitamins were elevated by PM supplementation. This investigation showed that administration of PM supplied relative protection against subacute CS-induced cell injury.
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- Halil Ozkol
- Department of Medical Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Yuzuncu Yil University, Van, Turkey
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Jasiewicz B, Wojciechowska-Nowak M, Boczoń W, Wyrzykiewicz E. Electron ionization mass spectral study of oxo- and thio derivatives of minor tobacco alkaloids. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF MASS SPECTROMETRY (CHICHESTER, ENGLAND) 2011; 17:227-35. [PMID: 21828414 DOI: 10.1255/ejms.1131] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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The electron-ionization mass spectra (EI-MS) of oxo- and thio-derivatives of minor tobacco alkaloids and structurally similar piperidine alkaloids, i.e. thiocotinine (1), 2'-oxo-N-methylanabasine (2), 2'-thio-N- methylanabasine (3), 2'-oxoanabasamine (4) and 2'-thioanabasamine (5) are discussed and general fragmentation routes of their molecular cations are proposed. Comparison of the data obtained for 1 with the EI-MS data of metameric metabolites of nicotine: 3'-hydroxycotinine, (A) and 5'-hydroxycotinine, (B) allows a differentiation between these metamers. The data will be useful for the identification of metabolites of alkaloids of these types in biological matrices.
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- Beata Jasiewicz
- Faculty of Chemistry, Adam Mickiewicz University, Grunwaldzka 6, 60-780 Poznań, Poland.
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Li D, Wang Y, Han K, Zhan CG. Fundamental reaction pathways for cytochrome P450-catalyzed 5'-hydroxylation and N-demethylation of nicotine. J Phys Chem B 2010; 114:9023-30. [PMID: 20572647 DOI: 10.1021/jp102225e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The reaction pathways for 5'-hydroxylation and N-demethylation of nicotine catalyzed by cytochrome P450 were investigated by performing a series of first-principle electronic structure calculations on a catalytic reaction model system. The computational results indicate that 5'-hydroxylation of nicotine occurs through a two-state stepwise process, that is, an initial hydrogen atom transfer from nicotine to Cpd I (i.e., the HAT step) followed by a recombination of the nicotine moiety with the iron-bound hydroxyl group (i.e., the rebound step) on both the high-spin (HS) quartet and low-spin (LS) doublet states. The HAT step is the rate-determining one. This finding represents the first case that exhibits genuine rebound transition state species on both the HS and the LS states for C(alpha)-H hydroxylation of amines. N-Demethylation of nicotine involves a N-methylhydroxylation to form N-(hydroxymethyl)nornicotine, followed by N-(hydroxymethyl)nornicotine decomposition to nornicotine and formaldehyde. The N-methylhydroxylation step is similar to 5'-hydroxylation, namely, a rate-determining HAT step followed by a rebound step. The decomposition process occurs on the deprotonated state of N-(hydroxymethyl)nornicotine assisted by a water molecule, and the energy barrier is significantly lower than that of the N-methylhydroxylation process. Comparison of the rate-determining free energy barriers for the two reaction pathways predicts a preponderance of 5'-hydroxylation over the N-demethylation by roughly a factor of 18:1, which is in excellent agreement with the factor of 19:1 derived from available experimental data.
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- Dongmei Li
- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, People's Republic of China
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Pekmez H, Ogeturk M, Ozyurt H, Sonmez MF, Colakoglu N, Kus I. Ameliorative effect of caffeic acid phenethyl ester on histopathological and biochemical changes induced by cigarette smoke in rat kidney. Toxicol Ind Health 2010; 26:175-82. [DOI: 10.1177/0748233710362380] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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It was aimed to investigate the histopathological and biochemical changes in kidney tissues of rats exposed to cigarette smoke and possible protective effects of caffeic acid phenethyl ester (CAPE) on these changes. Twenty one male Wistar albino rats were divided into three equal groups. Animals in group I were used as control. Rats in group II were exposed to cigarette smoke and rats in group III were exposed to cigarette smoke and daily administration of CAPE. At the end of the 60-day experimental period, all the animals were sacrificed by decapitation. The serum samples obtained from the animals were studied for uric acid, creatinine and blood urine nitrogen (BUN) levels. Following routine histological procedures, kidney tissue specimens were examined under a light microscope. In addition, dismutase (SOD) and glutathione peroxidase (GSH-Px) enzyme activities and malondialdehyde (MDA) and nitric oxide (NO) contents were determined spectrophotometrically in tissue samples. It was found that serum uric acid and BUN levels of the rats exposed to cigarette smoke alone were elevated, although serum creatinine levels did not significantly change. Furthermore, renal SOD, GSH-Px, NO and MDA levels were significantly increased. These increases in serum BUN, and renal SOD, GSH-Px, NO and MDA levels were significantly inhibited by CAPE treatment. In light microscopic observations of tissues from rats exposed to smoke, mesangial cell proliferation in the renal corpuscles, dilatation and congestion in the peritubular capillaries and degenerative alterations in the proximal tubules were noted. There were also atrophic renal corpuscles. However, these histopathological changes were partially disappeared in the rats exposed to cigarette smoke plus CAPE. The present findings indicate that cigarette smoke causes impairment in renal structure and function, which can be prevented by CAPE administration.
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- Hidir Pekmez
- Elazig School of Health Sciences, Firat University, Elazig, Turkey
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- Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, Firat University, Elazig, Turkey,
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- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Gaziosmanpasa University, Tokat, Turkey
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- Department of Histology and Embryology, Faculty of Medicine, Erciyes University, Kayseri, Turkey
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- Department of Histology and Embryology, Faculty of Medicine, Firat University, Elazig, Turkey
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- Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, Firat University, Elazig, Turkey
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Shakleya DM, Huestis MA. Simultaneous and sensitive measurement of nicotine, cotinine, trans-3'-hydroxycotinine and norcotinine in human plasma by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry. J Chromatogr B Analyt Technol Biomed Life Sci 2009; 877:3537-42. [PMID: 19748838 PMCID: PMC2763023 DOI: 10.1016/j.jchromb.2009.08.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2009] [Revised: 08/03/2009] [Accepted: 08/20/2009] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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An LC-MS/MS method for the simultaneous quantification of nicotine, cotinine, trans-3'-hydroxycotinine and norcotinine in human plasma was developed and fully validated. Potential endogenous and exogenous interferences were extensively evaluated and limits of quantification were determined by decreasing analyte concentration. Analytical ranges were 1-500 ng/mL for nicotine and cotinine, 5-500 ng/mL for trans-3'-hydroxycotinine and norcotinine. Mean intra- and inter-assay analytical recoveries were between 101.9 and 116.8%, and intra- and inter-assay imprecision were less than 11% RSD for all analytes: parameters were evaluated at three different concentrations across the linear range of the assay. Extraction efficiency was > or = 70% for all analytes. This validated method is useful for the determination of nicotine and metabolites in human plasma to support research on the role of nicotine biomarkers on neuronal systems mediating cognitive and affective processes and to differentiate active, passive and environmental exposure.
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- Diaa M. Shakleya
- Chemistry and Drug Metabolism, Intramural Research Program, National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA
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- Chemistry and Drug Metabolism, Intramural Research Program, National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA
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The enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) method for nicotine metabolites determination in biological fluids. J Pharm Biomed Anal 2009; 49:1256-60. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jpba.2008.12.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2008] [Revised: 12/08/2008] [Accepted: 12/14/2008] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Accumulating evidence suggests that the antecedents, consequences, and mechanisms of drug abuse and dependence are not identical in males and females and that gender may be an important variable in treatment and prevention. Although there has been a decline in smoking prevalence in developed countries, females are less successful in quitting. Tobacco use is accepted to be a form of addiction, which manifests sex differences. There is also evidence for sex differences in the central effects of nicotine in laboratory animals. Although social factors impact smoking substantially in humans, findings from nonhuman subjects in controlled experiments provide support that sex differences in nicotine/tobacco addiction have a biological basis. Differences in the pharmacokinetic properties of nicotine or the effect of gonadal hormones may underlie some but not all sex differences observed. Laboratory-based information is very important in developing treatment strategies. Literature findings suggest that including sex as a factor in nicotine/tobacco-related studies will improve our success rates in individually tailored smoking cessation programs.
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- Sakire Pogun
- Ege University Center for Brain Research, Ege University, Bornova, Izmir, 35100, Turkey.
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Zdravkovic T, Genbacev O, LaRocque N, McMaster M, Fisher S. Human embryonic stem cells as a model system for studying the effects of smoke exposure on the embryo. Reprod Toxicol 2008; 26:86-93. [DOI: 10.1016/j.reprotox.2008.07.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2007] [Revised: 06/25/2008] [Accepted: 07/08/2008] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Pekmez H, Kus I, Colakoglu N, Ogeturk M, Ozyurt H, Turkoglu AO, Sarsilmaz M. The protective effects of caffeic acid phenethyl ester (CAPE) against liver damage induced by cigarette smoke inhalation in rats. Cell Biochem Funct 2007; 25:395-400. [PMID: 16370025 DOI: 10.1002/cbf.1312] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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The aim of this study was to investigate the histological and biochemical changes in liver of rats exposed to cigarette smoke and effects of caffeic acid phenetyl ester (CAPE) on these changes. For this purpose, 21 male Wistar rats were divided into three groups. Animals in Group I were used as control. Rats in Group II were exposed to cigarette smoke and rats in Group III were exposed to cigarette smoke and injected daily with CAPE. At the end of the 60-days experimental period, all rats were killed by decapitation and blood samples were obtained. Serum alanine aminotransferase (ALT), aspartate aminotransferase (AST), total bilirubin levels and hepatic superoxide dismutase (SOD) and glutathione peroxidase (GSH-Px ), malondialdehyde (MDA) contents were determined. Following routine histological procedures, liver tissue specimens were examined under a light microscope. The levels of ALT, AST, total bilirubin, SOD, GSH-Px and MDA were significantly increased in rats exposed to cigarette smoke compared with those of the controls. Light microscopic examination of liver specimens from rats exposed to cigarette smoke revealed mononuclear cell infiltration and that some of the hepatocytes had a hyperchromatic nucleus and enlarged sinusoids. The rats which were treated with CAPE along with cigarettes had partially attenuated histological changes associated with cigarette exposure. In conclusion, the damage inflicted by cigarette in the rat liver can be partially prevented by CAPE administration.
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- Hidir Pekmez
- Elazig School of Health Sciences, Firat University, Elazig, Turkey
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Ryan PB, Burke TA, Cohen Hubal EA, Cura JJ, McKone TE. Using biomarkers to inform cumulative risk assessment. ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVES 2007; 115:833-40. [PMID: 17520075 PMCID: PMC1867975 DOI: 10.1289/ehp.9334] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2006] [Accepted: 09/26/2006] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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BACKGROUND Biomarkers are considered the method of choice for determining exposure to environmental contaminants and relating such exposures to health outcomes. However, the association between many biomarkers and outcome is not direct because of variability in sensitivity and susceptibility in the individual. OBJECTIVES We explore the relationship between environmental exposures and health outcomes as mitigated by differential susceptibility in individuals or populations and address the question "Can biomarkers enable us to understand and quantify better the population burden of disease and health effects attributable to environmental exposures?" METHODS We use a case-study approach to develop the thesis that biomarkers offer a pathway to disaggregation of health effects into specific, if multiple, risk factors. We offer the point of view that a series or array of biomarkers, including biomarkers of exposure, biomarkers of susceptibility, and biomarkers of effect, used in concert offer the best means by which to effect this disaggregation. We commence our discussion by developing the characteristics of an ideal biomarker, then give some examples of commonly used biomarkers to show the strengths and weaknesses of current usage. We follow this by more detailed case-study assessment outlining the state-of-the-science in specific cases. We complete our work with recommendations regarding the future use of biomarkers and areas for continued development. CONCLUSIONS The case studies provide examples of when and how biomarkers can be used to infer the source and magnitude of exposure among a set of competing sources and pathways. The answer to this question is chemical specific and relates to how well the biomarker matches the characteristics of an "ideal" biomarker-in particular ease of collection and persistence. The use of biomarkers in combination provides a better opportunity to disaggregate both source and pathway contributions.
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- P Barry Ryan
- Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, USA.
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Vindatiche I, Roche D, Callais F, Lequang NT, Labrousse F. ANALYTICAL IMPROVEMENTS IN BARLOW REACTION COUPLED TO HPLC DETECTION OF NICOTINE AND ITS METABOLITES. J LIQ CHROMATOGR R T 2007. [DOI: 10.1081/jlc-100100425] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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- I. Vindatiche
- a Hôpital Laennec , Laboratoire Central de Biochimie, 42, rue de Sèvres, Paris , F 75007 , France
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- b Hôpital Laennec , Laboratoire Central de Biochimie, 42, rue de Sèvres, Paris , F 75007 , France
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- a Hôpital Laennec , Laboratoire Central de Biochimie, 42, rue de Sèvres, Paris , F 75007 , France
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- a Hôpital Laennec , Laboratoire Central de Biochimie, 42, rue de Sèvres, Paris , F 75007 , France
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- a Hôpital Laennec , Laboratoire Central de Biochimie, 42, rue de Sèvres, Paris , F 75007 , France
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Ravard A, Crooks PA. Synthesis of racemic [methyl-d3]-iabeled cis- and trans-3′-hydroxycotinine. J Labelled Comp Radiopharm 2006. [DOI: 10.1002/jlcr.2580341102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Kim I, Huestis MA. A validated method for the determination of nicotine, cotinine, trans-3'-hydroxycotinine, and norcotinine in human plasma using solid-phase extraction and liquid chromatography-atmospheric pressure chemical ionization-mass spectrometry. JOURNAL OF MASS SPECTROMETRY : JMS 2006; 41:815-21. [PMID: 16705667 DOI: 10.1002/jms.1039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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A liquid chromatographic-mass spectrometric method for the simultaneous determination of nicotine, cotinine, trans-3'-hydroxycotinine, and norcotinine in human plasma was developed and validated. Analytes and deuterated internal standards were extracted from human plasma using solid-phase extraction and analyzed by liquid chromatography/atmospheric pressure chemical ionization-mass spectrometric detection with selected ion monitoring (SIM). Limits of detection and quantification were 1.0 and 2.5 ng/ml, respectively, for all analytes. Linearity ranged from 2.5 to 500 ng/ml of human plasma using a weighting factor of 1/x; correlation coefficients for the calibration curves were > 0.99. Intra- and inter-assay precision and accuracy were < 15.0%. Recoveries were 108.2-110.8% nicotine, 95.8-108.7% cotinine, 90.5-99.5% trans-3'-hydroxycotinine, and 99.5-109.5% norcotinine. The method was also partially validated in bovine serum, owing to the difficulty of obtaining nicotine-free human plasma for the preparation of calibrators and quality control (QC) samples. This method proved to be robust and accurate for the quantification of nicotine, cotinine, trans-3'-hydroxycotinine, and norcotinine in human plasma collected in clinical studies of acute nicotine effects on brain activity and on the development of neonates of maternal smokers.
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- Insook Kim
- Chemistry and Drug Metabolism, Intramural Research Program, National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institutes of Health, 5500 Nathan Shock Drive, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA
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Ejaz S, Lim CW. Impact of sidestream whole smoke solutions on the outcome of wound repair and related angiogenesis. ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND PHARMACOLOGY 2006; 21:308-316. [PMID: 21783673 DOI: 10.1016/j.etap.2005.10.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2005] [Accepted: 10/13/2005] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Wound angiogenesis is essential to support the regenerating tissue and any setback in angiogenesis may result in retarded wound repair. Cigarette smoking causes numerous adverse effects, some of which are associated with poor healing. The current experiment was carried out to elucidate the possible detrimental effects of sidestream whole smoke solutions (SSWSS) on wound healing and related angiogenesis, using a well-defined chicken dorsum excision wound assay. Gross, histopathologic, SEM and computer based 3D image-probing modalities were utilized to quantify different detrimental effects of SSWSS on the fundamental processes of wound healing. A total of 160 chicks, aged 1 week, divided in eight groups were topically exposed for 8 days to SSWSS with different nicotine concentrations. At day 6 and day 8 post-wounding, very highly significant reduction (P<0.001) in wound closure was observed among all SSWSS treated groups. Histological and SEM evaluation of SSWSS treated wounds unveiled deteriorated dermal matrix, delayed re-epithelialization and retarded neovascularization. Moreover, image-probing exploration of SSWSS treated wounds also divulge a very highly significant decrease (P<0.001) in angular spectrum, Sa, Sy and Sci, at day 6 post-wounding. Our study suggests that the cumulative effect of different components of SSWSS has a negative impact on wound healing and related angiogenesis. Furthermore, our study demonstrates the effects that can contribute to abnormal healing and may explain why people who are consistently exposed to sidestream smoke suffer from slow healing and excessive scarring of wounds, much like the smokers themselves.
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- Sohail Ejaz
- Biosafety Research Institute, Chonbuk National University, Jeonju, South Korea
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Chang YL, Tsai PL, Chou YC, Tien JH, Tsai TH. Simultaneous determination of nicotine and its metabolite, cotinine, in rat blood and brain tissue using microdialysis coupled with liquid chromatography: Pharmacokinetic application. J Chromatogr A 2005; 1088:152-7. [PMID: 16130745 DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2005.01.042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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To elucidate the disposition of nicotine in the brain is important because the neuropharmacological effects from nicotine exposure are centrally predominated. The aim of the present study was to develop a rapid and simple method for the simultaneous determination of unbound nicotine and its main metabolite, cotinine, in rat blood and brain tissue. We coupled a multiple sites microdialysis sampling technique with HPLC-UV system to characterize the pharmacokinetics of both nicotine and cotinine. Microdialysis probes were inserted into the jugular vein/right atrium and brain striatum of Sprague-Dawley rats, and nicotine (2 mg/kg, i.v.) was administered via the femoral vein. Dialysates were collected every 10 min and injected directly into a HPLC system. Both nicotine and cotinine were separated by a phenyl-hexyl column (150 mm x 4.6 mm) from dialysates within 12 min. The mobile phase consisted of an acetonitrile-methanol-20 mM monosodium phosphate buffer (55:45:900, v/v/v, pH adjusted to 5.1) with a flow-rate of 1 ml/min. The wavelength of the UV detector was set at 260 nm. The limit of quantification for nicotine and cotinine were 0.25 microg/ml and 0.05 microg/ml, respectively. Intra- and inter-day precision and accuracy of both measurements fell well within the predefined limits of acceptability. The blood and brain concentration-time profile of nicotine and cotinine suggests that nicotine is easily to get into the central nervous system and cotinine exhibits a long retention time and accumulates in blood.
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- Yuh-Lih Chang
- Department of Pharmacy, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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Gomez C, Marquis P. Quelle est la place des marqueurs du tabagisme pendant la grossesse ? ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2005. [DOI: 10.1016/s0368-2315(05)82984-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Fukada A, Saito H, Urakami Y, Okuda M, Inui KI. Involvement of specific transport system of renal basolateral membranes in distribution of nicotine in rats. Drug Metab Pharmacokinet 2005; 17:554-60. [PMID: 15618711 DOI: 10.2133/dmpk.17.554] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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We measured the nicotine concentrations in tissues after a bolus i.v. administration of [(3)H]nicotine to rats to characterize the distribution profile of nicotine. The kidney showed the greatest distribution of nicotine compared to other tissues including liver, lung, heart, brain, and intestine. We also performed an HPLC assay for the determination of nicotine and its major metabolite, cotinine, and found that cotinine was negligible in the distribution of almost all tissues, except for the kidney and lung. In the kidney, cotinine was detected at a lower level than nicotine, while cotinine tended to be distributed in the lung compared to nicotine. [(3)H]Nicotine was accumulated in renal slices in a concentration dependent fashion, suggesting that the nicotine uptake in the renal tubules could be mediated by a specific transport system. Unlabeled nicotine, cotinine, and quinidine showed potent inhibitory effects on [(3)H]nicotine uptake by renal slices. In contrast, tetraethylammonium (TEA), cimetidine, and N(1)-methylnicotinamide (NMN), which were substrates of renal organic cation transporters, had no effects on the uptake. These findings suggested that a specific transporter was involved in nicotine transport at the basolateral membranes of rat renal tubules, which could mediate the high accumulation of nicotine from blood into the kidney.
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- Atsuko Fukada
- Department of Pharmacy, Kyoto University Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Kyoto University, Japan
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Dickerson TJ, Yamamoto N, Janda KD. Antibody-catalyzed oxidative degradation of nicotine using riboflavin. Bioorg Med Chem 2005; 12:4981-7. [PMID: 15336277 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2004.07.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 06/21/2004] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Tobacco abuse remains a major cause of death worldwide despite ample evidence linking nicotine to various disease states. Consequently, immunopharmacotherapeutic approaches for the treatment of nicotine abuse have received increasing attention. Although a number of nicotine-binding antibodies have been disclosed, no antibody catalysts exist which efficiently degrade nicotine into pharmacologically inactive substances. Herein, we report the first catalytic antibodies which can oxidatively degrade nicotine. These biocatalysts use the micronutrient riboflavin and visible light as a source of singlet oxygen for the production of reactive oxygen species. Along with various known nicotine metabolites, antibody-catalyzed nicotine oxidations produce two novel nicotine oxidation products that were also detected in control ozonation reactions of nicotine. The reaction is efficient, with multiple turnovers of catalyst observed and total consumption of nicotine attained. These results demonstrate the potential of harnessing riboflavin as an endogenous sensitizer for antibody-catalyzed oxidations and demonstrate a new approach for the development of an active vaccine for the treatment of nicotine addiction using in vivo catalytically active antibodies.
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- Tobin J Dickerson
- Department of Chemistry and The Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology, The Scripps Research Institute 10550 North Torrey Pines Road La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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Ziegler UE, Kauczok J, Dietz UA, Reith HB, Schmidt K. Clinical correlation between the consumption of nicotine and cotinine concentrations in urine and serum by competitive enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Pharmacology 2005; 72:254-9. [PMID: 15539886 DOI: 10.1159/000080381] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2004] [Accepted: 05/10/2004] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Different negative effects of smoking are known (e.g. postoperative complications), which lead, especially in plastic surgery, to unsatisfactory results. The aim of this study was to examine the appropriateness of a cotinine enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for routine usage in operative disciplines. By correlation of smoking habits and concentration of cotinine in serum and urine, we tried to ascertain reference values for smokers, passive smokers and non-smokers. The reliability and sensitivity of the cotinine ELISA concerning nicotine exposure need to be proven. 165 (108 men, 57 women) test persons were examined by detecting cotinine in serum and urine by ELISA. The study shows a very good sensitivity, precision and reproducibility of the cotinine ELISA according to the laboratory criteria. The test shows significance of a good differentiation between smokers, passive smokers and non-smokers in urine. In serum, cotinines are excellent to differentiate between smokers and non-smokers/passive smokers. Urine and serum tests demonstrate valid and comparable results.
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- Ulrich E Ziegler
- Plastic and Hand Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Würzburg, Germany.
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Yilmaz F, Kartal FA, Ulgen M, Gorrod JW. In vitro microsomal [correction of mircosomal] metabolism of N-benzyl and N-benzoylnornicotine derivates by rat. Eur J Drug Metab Pharmacokinet 2005; 29:249-56. [PMID: 15726886 DOI: 10.1007/bf03190607] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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The in vitro hepatic microsomal metabolism of N-1'-benzylnornicotine, N-l'-(p-chlorobenzyl)nornicotine, N-1'-benzoylnornicotine and N-1'-(p-chlorobenzoyl) nornicotine was studied using hepatic washed rat microsomal preparations fortified with NADPH. Substrates and their potential metabolites were synthesized, characterised by spectral methods, and separated using a reverse phase HPLC system consisted of a C18 column and a mobile phase composition of acetonitrile: phosphate buffer. Substrates and their potential metabolites were extracted from biological systems with dichloromethane. Metabolites detected were compared with retention times and uv spectra of authentic standards. Metabolic experiments indicated that oxidative dealkylation leading to the formation of nornicotine and the corresponding aldehydes was a major route of metabolism for N-alkylnornicotine substrates. In addition, N-1'-(p-chlorobenzyl)nornicotine produced the corresponding lactam and amide metabolites. N-Acylnornicotines were hydrolysed to nornicotine.
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- F Yilmaz
- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Marmara University, Haydarpaşa, Instabul, Turkey
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Yamanaka H, Nakajima M, Nishimura K, Yoshida R, Fukami T, Katoh M, Yokoi T. Metabolic profile of nicotine in subjects whose CYP2A6 gene is deleted. Eur J Pharm Sci 2005; 22:419-25. [PMID: 15265511 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejps.2004.04.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2004] [Revised: 04/15/2004] [Accepted: 04/22/2004] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Generally, 70-80% of absorbed nicotine is mainly metabolized to cotinine by cytochrome P450 (CYP) 2A6. There is genetic polymorphism in the human CYP2A6 gene. Among several mutated alleles, CYP2A6*4 allele is a whole deleted type. The purpose of the present study was to clarify the metabolic profile of nicotine in subjects whose CYP2A6 gene is deleted. We developed a liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) method for nicotine and its nine metabolites. Excretion levels of nicotine and its metabolites in 24 h accumulated urine after the chewing of one piece of nicotine gum were evaluated in five Japanese subjects whose CYP2A6 genotype was determined. In three subjects with CYP2A6*1A/CYP2A6*1A, CYP2A6*1A/CYP2A6*1B, and CYP2A6*1A/CYP2A6*4 (group I), nicotine was mainly excreted as cotinine, trans-3'-hydroxycotinine, and their glucuronide (approximately 60%). In contrast, in two subjects with CYP2A6*4/CYP2A6*4 (group II), trace levels of cotinine, cotinine N-glucuronide, and cotinine 1'-N-oxide were detected. Trans-3'-hydroxycotinine and its O-glucuronide were not detected. The excretion levels of nicotine itself, nicotine N-glucuronide, and nicotine 1'-N-oxide were higher than those in the other three subjects. The total excretion levels of these three compounds were approximately 95% in group II versus 35% in group I. However, the sum of the excretion levels of nicotine and all metabolites was similar among these five subjects. This is the first report of the metabolic profile of nicotine in subjects whose CYP2A6 gene is deleted.
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- Hiroyuki Yamanaka
- Drug Metabolism and Toxicology, Division of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kanazawa University, Kakuma-machi, Kanazawa 920-1192, Japan
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Nakajima M, Yokoi T. Interindividual Variability in Nicotine Metabolism: C-Oxidation and Glucuronidation. Drug Metab Pharmacokinet 2005; 20:227-35. [PMID: 16141602 DOI: 10.2133/dmpk.20.227] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Nicotine has roles in the addiction to smoking, replacement therapy for smoking cessation, as a potential medication for several diseases such as Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, and ulcerative colitis. The absorbed nicotine is rapidly and extensively metabolized and eliminated to urine. A major pathway of nicotine metabolism is C-oxidation to cotinine, which is catalyzed by CYP2A6 in human livers. Cotinine is subsequently metabolized to trans-3'-hydroxycotinine by CYP2A6. Nicotine and cotinine are glucuronidated to N-glucuronides mainly by UGT1A4 and partly by UGT1A9. Trans-3'-hydroxycotinine is glucuronidated to O-glucuronide mainly by UGT2B7 and partly by UGT1A9. Approximately 90% of the total nicotine uptake is eliminated as these metabolites and nicotine itself. The nicotine metabolism is an important determinant of the clearance of nicotine. Recently, advances in the understanding of the interindividual variability in nicotine metabolism have been made. There are substantial data suggesting that the large interindividual differences in cotinine formation are associated with genetic polymorphisms of the CYP2A6 gene. Interethnic differences have also been observed in the cotinine formation and the allele frequencies of the CYP2A6 alleles. Since the genetic polymorphisms of the CYP2A6 gene have a major impact on nicotine clearance, its relationships with smoking behavior or the risk of lung cancer have been suggested. The metabolic pathways of the glucuronidation of nicotine, cotinine, and trans-3'-hydroxycotinine in humans would be one of the causal factors for the interindividual differences in nicotine metabolism. This review mainly summarizes recent results from our studies.
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- Miki Nakajima
- Drug Metabolism and Toxicology, Division of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan.
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Wong LS, Martins-Green M. Firsthand cigarette smoke alters fibroblast migration and survival: implications for impaired healing. Wound Repair Regen 2004; 12:471-84. [PMID: 15260813 DOI: 10.1111/j.1067-1927.2004.12403.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 93] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Although it is known that high levels of cigarette smoke lead to cell death, little is known about the effects of low-to-moderate levels of smoke components that are found in vivo, such as those experienced by cells in tissues. Clinical studies and experimental data show that smokers heal poorly and are more prone to develop fibrotic diseases. Here we show the effects of first-hand cigarette smoke on fibroblasts, cells that are critically involved in these processes. Using doses of smoke found in the tissues of smokers and a variety of cell and molecular approaches, we show that these doses of cigarette smoke do not cause cell death but rather stimulate fibroblasts to produce stress response and survival proteins such as interleukin-8, PKB/Akt, p53, and p21 that in turn contribute to an increase in cell survival. In addition, smoke-treated cells show a decrease in cell migration, which can be explained by the increased cell adhesion and alterations in cytoskeletal elements. We also show that these levels of smoke cause changes in mitochondrial morphology with a minimum loss of function and these changes are the result of exposure to reactive oxygen species. We conclude that the increase in cell survival may lead to a build-up of connective tissue in the area of a wound, potentially leading to delayed healing and/or fibrosis and that the alterations in the cytoskeleton and in cell adhesion result in inhibition of cell migration, a process that could lead to nonclosure of the wound for lack of proper fibroblast migration to form the healing tissue.
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- Lina S Wong
- Department of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, University of California-Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521, USA
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Albuquerque CA, Smith KR, Johnson C, Chao R, Harding R. Influence of maternal tobacco smoking during pregnancy on uterine, umbilical and fetal cerebral artery blood flows. Early Hum Dev 2004; 80:31-42. [PMID: 15363837 DOI: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2004.05.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 05/11/2004] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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BACKGROUND Cigarette smoking during pregnancy is a major cause of adverse perinatal outcome but effects on critical fetal and maternal circulations remain unclear. AIMS To determine (1) the influence of habitual maternal cigarette smoking on blood flow velocities in uterine, umbilical and fetal middle cerebral arteries, and (2) the time-course of changes in these flows after smoking a cigarette. SUBJECTS AND METHODS In 74 women who smoked and 69 non-smoking controls we measured Doppler blood flow velocity waveforms in the uterine, umbilical and fetal middle cerebral (MCA) arteries; smokers were divided into light (<10 cigarettes/day, n=28) and heavy smokers (>10 cigarettes/day, n=45). RESULTS In the uterine artery there was no significant difference between the systolic/diastolic (S/D) ratio in smoking and non-smoking women; however, in smokers, a diastolic notch was more frequently observed in the uterine artery waveform than in controls (p<0.05), suggestive of a greater resistance in the uterine vasculature. In the umbilical artery, the S/D ratio was significantly greater in smokers than in non-smokers. In the fetal MCA, the S/D ratio was higher in heavy smokers than in light smokers (p<0.05) indicative of greater cerebrovascular resistance. There were no significant correlations between the interval between smoking the last cigarette and making the Doppler measurements and the S/D ratios in any of the vessels. CONCLUSION Maternal cigarette smoking is associated with evidence of chronically increased resistances in the uterine, umbilical and fetal middle cerebral arteries.
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Price RJ, Renwick AB, Walters DG, Young PJ, Lake BG. Metabolism of nicotine and induction of CYP1A forms in precision-cut rat liver and lung slices. Toxicol In Vitro 2004; 18:179-85. [PMID: 14757108 DOI: 10.1016/j.tiv.2003.08.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The aim of this study was to investigate xenobiotic metabolism and induction of cytochrome P450 (CYP) forms in precision-cut rat liver and lung slices, employing nicotine as a model compound. Freshly cut rat liver and lung slices metabolised nicotine to the major metabolite cotinine. Observed Km values for cotinine formation in liver and lung slices were 323 and 41.7 microM, respectively, with corresponding V(max) values of 47.2 and 3.21 pmol/min/mg protein, respectively. Rat liver and lung slices were cultured for 48 h with Aroclor 1254, benzo(a)pyrene, nicotine and cotinine. Both Aroclor 1254 and benzo(a)pyrene produced a marked induction of CYP1A-dependent 7-ethoxyresorufin O-deethylase activity in both liver and lung slices. However, while nicotine induced 7-ethoxyresorufin O-deethylase activity in lung slices, but not in liver slices, cotinine did not induce enzyme activity in either liver or lung slices. Overall, while higher rates of nicotine metabolism were observed in rat liver slices, nicotine-induced CYP1A form induction was observed in lung slices. These results demonstrate the usefulness of precision-cut tissue slices for studying tissue differences in xenobiotic metabolism and CYP form induction.
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- Roger J Price
- BIBRA International Ltd., Woodmansterne Road, Carshalton, Surrey SM5 4DS, UK
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Wong LS, Green HM, Feugate JE, Yadav M, Nothnagel EA, Martins-Green M. Effects of "second-hand" smoke on structure and function of fibroblasts, cells that are critical for tissue repair and remodeling. BMC Cell Biol 2004; 5:13. [PMID: 15066202 PMCID: PMC400727 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2121-5-13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2003] [Accepted: 04/05/2004] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Background It is known that "second-hand" cigarette smoke leads to abnormal tissue repair and remodelling but the cellular mechanisms involved in these adverse effects are not well understood. Fibroblasts play a major role in repair and remodelling. They orchestrate these processes by proliferating, migrating, and secreting proteins such as, cytokines, growth factors and extracellular matrix molecules. Therefore, we focus our studies on the effects of "second-hand" cigarette smoke on the structure and function of these cells. Results We used sidestream whole (SSW) smoke, a major component of "second-hand" smoke, primary embryonic fibroblasts, cells that behave very much like wound fibroblasts, and a variety of cellular and molecular approaches. We show that doses of smoke similar to those found in tissues cause cytoskeletal changes in the fibroblasts that may lead to a decrease in cell migration. In addition, we also show that these levels of cigarette smoke stimulate an increase in cell survival that is reflected in an increase and/or activation of stress/survival proteins such as cIL-8, grp78, PKB/Akt, p53, and p21. We further show that SSW affects the endomembrane system and that this effect is also accomplished by nicotine alone. Conclusions Taken together, our results suggest that: (i) SSW may delay wound repair because of the inability of the fibroblasts to migrate into the wounded area, leading to an accumulation of these cells at the edge of the wound, thus preventing the formation of the healing tissue; (ii) the increase in cell survival coupled to the decrease in cell migration can lead to a build-up of connective tissue, thereby causing fibrosis and excess scarring.
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- Lina S Wong
- Department of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, University of California, Riverside, California, USA
- Division of Biomedical Sciences, University of California, Riverside, California, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, University of California, Riverside, California, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, University of California, Riverside, California, USA
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- Department of Botany and Plant Sciences, University of California, Riverside, California, USA
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- Department of Botany and Plant Sciences, University of California, Riverside, California, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, University of California, Riverside, California, USA
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Godding V, Bonnier C, Fiasse L, Michel M, Longueville E, Lebecque P, Robert A, Galanti L. Does in utero exposure to heavy maternal smoking induce nicotine withdrawal symptoms in neonates? Pediatr Res 2004; 55:645-51. [PMID: 14739371 DOI: 10.1203/01.pdr.0000112099.88740.4e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Maternal drug use during pregnancy is associated with fetal passive addiction and neonatal withdrawal syndrome. Cigarette smoking-highly prevalent during pregnancy-is associated with addiction and withdrawal syndrome in adults. We conducted a prospective, two-group parallel study on 17 consecutive newborns of heavy-smoking mothers and 16 newborns of nonsmoking, unexposed mothers (controls). Neurologic examinations were repeated at days 1, 2, and 5. Finnegan withdrawal score was assessed every 3 h during their first 4 d. Newborns of smoking mothers had significant levels of cotinine in the cord blood (85.8 +/- 3.4 ng/mL), whereas none of the controls had detectable levels. Similar findings were observed with urinary cotinine concentrations in the newborns (483.1 +/- 2.5 microg/g creatinine versus 43.6 +/- 1.5 microg/g creatinine; p = 0.0001). Neurologic scores were significantly lower in newborns of smokers than in control infants at days 1 (22.3 +/- 2.3 versus 26.5 +/- 1.1; p = 0.0001), 2 (22.4 +/- 3.3 versus 26.3 +/- 1.6; p = 0.0002), and 5 (24.3 +/- 2.1 versus 26.5 +/- 1.5; p = 0.002). Neurologic scores improved significantly from day 1 to 5 in newborns of smokers (p = 0.05), reaching values closer to control infants. Withdrawal scores were higher in newborns of smokers than in control infants at days 1 (4.5 +/- 1.1 versus 3.2 +/- 1.4; p = 0.05), 2 (4.7 +/- 1.7 versus 3.1 +/- 1.1; p = 0.002), and 4 (4.7 +/- 2.1 versus 2.9 +/- 1.4; p = 0.007). Significant correlations were observed between markers of nicotine exposure and neurologic-and withdrawal scores. We conclude that withdrawal symptoms occur in newborns exposed to heavy maternal smoking during pregnancy.
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- Veronique Godding
- Pediatric Pulmonology, Cliniques Saint-Luc, Université Catholique de Louvain, Bruxelles, Belgium.
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Egawa M, Yasuda K, Nakajima T, Okada H, Yoshimura T, Yuri T, Yasuhara M, Nakamoto T, Nagata F, Kanzaki H. Smoking enhances oxytocin-induced rhythmic myometrial contraction. Biol Reprod 2003; 68:2274-80. [PMID: 12606462 DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.102.010785] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/01/2022] Open
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Although smoking during pregnancy is one of the major risk factors of premature delivery, the underlying mechanism by which smoking causes premature delivery is unknown. In the present study, we examined the effects of smoking on uterine contractility induced by oxytocin and prostaglandin F(2alpha). Rats inhaled either cigarette smoke or room air from Day 14 to Day 16 of pregnancy through an inhalation apparatus for experimental animals (type "Hamburg II"). After the rats were killed on Day 17 of pregnancy, the uterine contractile sensitivity and activity on exposure to oxytocin or prostaglandin F2alpha were investigated. The expression levels of oxytocin-receptor mRNA and prostaglandin F(2alpha) receptor mRNA in the uterus were investigated by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction. The contractile activity was assessed as the contractile force and the frequency of rhythmic contractions of myometrial strips that were treated with oxytocin or prostaglandin F(2alpha). The contractile sensitivity to oxytocin was significantly higher in the smoking group than in the control group (P < 0.01). Although the contractile force of oxytocin-induced contractions did not differ between the smoking and control groups, the frequency of contractions was significantly higher in the smoking group than in the control group (P < 0.01). On the other hand, no significant differences were found in the contractile sensitivity and activity in response to prostaglandin F(2alpha) between the smoking and control groups. The expression of oxytocin-receptor mRNA in the myometrium was significantly increased in the smoking group compared with the control group (P < 0.01). However, no significant difference was found in the level of expression of prostaglandin F(2alpha)-receptor mRNA between the two groups. These results suggest that smoking during pregnancy increases the contractile sensitivity and activity of the myometrium in response to oxytocin by up-regulating the expression of oxytocin-receptor mRNA. The effects of smoking on the contractile sensitivity and activity of the myometrium in response to oxytocin may increase the risk of premature delivery in smokers.
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- Makoto Egawa
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kansai Medical University, Moriguchi, Osaka, 570-0074, Japan
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Domino EF, Ni L. Clinical phenotyping strategies in selection of tobacco smokers for future genotyping studies. Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry 2002; 26:1071-8. [PMID: 12452528 DOI: 10.1016/s0278-5846(02)00224-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Various behavioral and chemical measures were studied as potential simplified phenotyping techniques in overnight abstinent tobacco smokers. Irrespective of the machine-rated nicotine delivery (yield) of the cigarette used, there was a statistically significant correlation between the number of cigarettes consumed per day and overnight abstinence plasma cotinine concentration (r=.88) and its calculated nicotine dose per day (r=.88). Exhaled carbon monoxide (CO) levels correlated well with the number of cigarettes smoked (r=.83) and the Fagerström dependence scores (r=.85). The greater the Fagerström scores, the greater the daily cigarette consumption and plasma cotinine concentrations. After overnight abstinence, the baseline mean+/-S.D. heart rate was 62.9+/-10.0/min, the systolic blood pressure was 115.6+/-13.3 mm Hg and the diastolic blood pressure was 67.1+/-10.9 mm Hg. There were no statistically significant gender differences. Persons who were outliers on any measure are potential candidates for future genotyping studies. Preliminary guidelines of what is needed are described.
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- Edward F Domino
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Michigan. Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0632, USA.
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Dewar BJ, Bradford BU, Thurman RG. Nicotine increases hepatic oxygen uptake in the isolated perfused rat liver by inhibiting glycolysis. J Pharmacol Exp Ther 2002; 301:930-7. [PMID: 12023521 DOI: 10.1124/jpet.301.3.930] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Nicotine influences energy metabolism, yet mechanisms remain unclear. Since the liver is one of the largest organs and performs many metabolic functions, the goal of this study was to determine whether nicotine would affect respiration and other metabolic functions in the isolated perfused liver. Infusion of 85 microM nicotine caused a rapid 10% increase in oxygen uptake over basal values of 105 +/- 5 micromol/g/h in perfused livers from fed rats, and an increase of 27% was observed with 850 microM nicotine. Concomitantly, rates of glycolysis of 105 +/- 8 micromol/g/h were decreased to 52 +/- 9 micromol/g/h with nicotine, whereas ketone body production was unaffected. Nicotine had no effect on oxygen uptake in glycogen-depleted livers from 24-h fasted rats. Furthermore, addition of glucose to perfused livers from fasted rats partially restored the stimulatory effect of nicotine. Infusion of atractyloside, potassium cyanide, or glucagon blocked the nicotine-induced increase in respiration. Intracellular calcium was increased in isolated hepatocytes by nicotine, a phenomenon prevented by incubation of cells with d-tubocurarine, a nicotinic acetylcholine receptor antagonist. Respiration was also increased approximately 30% in hepatocytes isolated from fed rats by nicotine, whereas hepatocytes isolated from fasted rats showed little response. In the presence of N-[2-(p-bromocinnamylamino)ethyl]-5-isoquinolinesulfonamide (H-89), an inhibitor of cyclic AMP-dependent protein kinase A, nicotine failed to stimulate respiration. These data support the hypothesis that inhibition of glycolysis by nicotine increases oxygen uptake due to an ADP-dependent increase in mitochondrial respiration.
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- Brian J Dewar
- Laboratory of Hepatobiology and Toxicology, Department of Pharmacology, CB #7365, Mary Ellen Jones Building, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA.
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McMartin KI, Platt MS, Hackman R, Klein J, Smialek JE, Vigorito R, Koren G. Lung tissue concentrations of nicotine in sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). J Pediatr 2002; 140:205-9. [PMID: 11865272 DOI: 10.1067/mpd.2002.121937] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To compare lung concentrations of nicotine and cotinine in cases of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) and controls. DESIGN/METHODS We measured lung tissue concentrations of nicotine and cotinine in SIDS (n = 44) and non-SIDS cases (n = 29) stratified according to household smoking status. RESULTS When all the SIDS and non-SIDS cases were compared regardless of smoking status, there was a significantly higher nicotine concentration in the SIDS cases than in the non-SIDS cases, (P =.0001). Upon stratifying for smoking status, there was a nonsignificant trend toward more nicotine in SIDS versus non-SIDS lungs that had come from a reported smoking environment. In the nonsmoking group, there were significantly higher nicotine concentrations in SIDS than non-SIDS cases (P =.001). CONCLUSIONS Children who died from SIDS tended to have higher concentrations of nicotine in their lungs than control children, regardless of whether smoking was reported. These results are based on an objective, biochemical test rather than history, and they further support the relationship between environmental tobacco smoke and the risk of SIDS.
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- Kristen I McMartin
- Division of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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