Exposure to aerosol extract from heated tobacco products causes a drastic decrease of glutathione and protein carbonylation in human lung epithelial cells
Exposure to aerosol extract from heated tobacco products causes a drastic decrease of glutathione and protein carbonylation in human lung epithelial cells
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DOI:
10.1016/j.bbrc.2021.12.004
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发表时间:
2021-12-09
影响因子:
3.1
通讯作者:
Ogasawara, Y.
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Nishimoto-Kusunose, S.;Sawa, M.;Ogasawara, Y.
Heated tobacco products (HTPs) are an emerging class of tobacco goods that claim to have lower health risks than those of smoking combustible tobacco products. In this study, we exposed human lung epithelial cell lines to extracts prepared from HTP aerosols and combustible cigarette smoke to compare cytotoxicity. We focused on the effects of aldehydes present in the aerosols of HTPs at levels close to those in combustible cigarette smoke. Significant toxicity was confirmed for the HTP extract, albeit to a lesser extent than that with the combustible cigarette extract. When redox balance was evaluated by the oxidative loss of low-molecular-weight thiols in the cells, we found that total glutathione (GSH) contents and low-molecular-weight thiol levels were significantly decreased after exposure to the aerosol extract of HTPs. These results indicated that GSH is rapidly consumed during the detoxification of xenobiotics, such as aldehydes from tobacco extracts. Accordingly, exposure to the aerosol extract of HTPs resulted in the enhanced carbonylation of many proteins. In a simple comparison, the results for HTPs were significantly different from those obtained with combustible cigarette smoke, suggesting reduced toxicity of HTPs. However, we found significant and harmful effects after exposing lung epithelial cells to the aerosol extract of HTPs. Thus, a further comprehensive study is needed to clarify the lung damage induced via the long-term inhalation of aerosols from HTPs. (c) 2021 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.