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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-2-22
pubmed:abstractText
Smoking is an important risk factor for atherosclerosis. We compared tobacco smoke filtrate with benzo[a]pyrene (a prominent xenobiotic component of tobacco smoke) for the capacity to induce stress proteins and cause cell death in human monocytes and vascular endothelial cells, two cell types that are involved in the formation of atherosclerotic lesions. Exposure to freshly prepared filtrates of tobacco smoke induced in both monocytes and endothelial cells expression of the inducible heat shock protein (HSP)70 and heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1) and produced loss of mitochondrial membrane potential. Later, cell death by apoptosis or necrosis occurred depending on the concentration of tobacco smoke. These toxic effects could be prevented by the antioxidant N-acetylcysteine. In contrast, exposure of these cells to benzo[a]pyrene alone evoked neither stress proteins nor mitochondrial damage but did induce cell death by necrosis. Thus our results indicate that tobacco smoke rapidly induces complex oxidant-mediated stress responses in both vascular endothelial cells and circulating monocytes that are independent of the benzo[a]pyrene content of the smoke.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0363-6135
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
280
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
H1293-300
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11179076-Acetylcysteine, pubmed-meshheading:11179076-Arteriosclerosis, pubmed-meshheading:11179076-Benzo(a)pyrene, pubmed-meshheading:11179076-Cell Death, pubmed-meshheading:11179076-Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:11179076-Endothelium, Vascular, pubmed-meshheading:11179076-Free Radical Scavengers, pubmed-meshheading:11179076-Glutathione, pubmed-meshheading:11179076-HSP70 Heat-Shock Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:11179076-Heme Oxygenase (Decyclizing), pubmed-meshheading:11179076-Heme Oxygenase-1, pubmed-meshheading:11179076-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:11179076-Membrane Potentials, pubmed-meshheading:11179076-Membrane Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:11179076-Mitochondria, pubmed-meshheading:11179076-Monocytes, pubmed-meshheading:11179076-Oxidative Stress, pubmed-meshheading:11179076-Reactive Oxygen Species, pubmed-meshheading:11179076-Smoking
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
Effects of tobacco smoke and benzo[a]pyrene on human endothelial cell and monocyte stress responses.
pubmed:affiliation
Laboratoire de Physiologie Respiratoire, Université Paris V, Faculté Cochin, 75014 Paris, France.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't