Passive cigarette smoking increases isoprostane formation
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Methods to Evaluate Cytotoxicity and Immunosuppression of Combustible Tobacco Product Preparations
Published on: January 10, 2015
Hossein Ahmadzadehfar1, Anthony Oguogho, Yannis Efthimiou
1Wilhelm Auerswald Atherosclerosis Research Group (ASF) Vienna, Austria.
Abstract:
Passive smoking has been demonstrated to exert a variety of deleterious effects eventually resulting in vascular damage. Isoprostanes, a reliable marker of in vivo oxidation injury, have been shown to increase in active cigarette smoking. Data for passive smoking are lacking. We were examining the isoprostane 8-epi-PGF2alpha in 12 smokers and non-smokers exposed daily to passive cigarette smoke for 12 days. Plasma samples stored at liquid nitrogen from people having been examined earlier were used. Prevalues of 8-epi-PGF2alpha are higher in cigarette smokers. Exposure to passive smoking causes a significant increase in 8-epi-PGF2alpha in non-smokers, while in smokers there is only a trendwise increase. After repeated passive smoke exposure, 8-epi-PGF2alpha in non-smokers approaches the respective values of smokers. There is a significant correlation of 8-epi-PGF2alpha to the thromboxane (plasma, serum, conversion from exogenous precursor, 11-dehydro-TXB2) parameters (MDA, HHT- conversion) examined in these patients before. The findings document a significant temporary increase in in vivo oxidation injury due to passive smoke favouring development and/or progression of vascular disease.
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