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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
11
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-5-13
pubmed:abstractText
Fetal and neonatal nicotine exposure causes beta-cell apoptosis and loss of beta-cell mass, but the underlying mechanisms are unknown. The goal of this study was to determine whether maternally derived nicotine can act via the pancreatic nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR) during fetal and neonatal development to induce oxidative stress in the pancreas. Female Wistar rats were given saline or nicotine (1 mg/kg/day) via subcutaneous injection for 2 weeks prior to mating until weaning (postnatal day 21). In male offspring, nAChR subunit mRNA expression was characterized in the developing pancreas and various oxidative stress markers were measured at weaning following saline and nicotine exposure. The nAChR subunits alpha2-alpha4, alpha6, alpha7, and beta2-beta4 were present in the pancreas during development. Fetal and neonatal exposure to nicotine significantly increased pancreatic GPx-1 and MnSOD protein expression, as well as islet ROS production. Furthermore, protein carbonyl formation was higher in nicotine-exposed offspring relative to controls, particularly within the mitochondrial fraction. There was also a nonsignificant trend toward higher serum 8-isoPG levels. These data suggest that beta-cell apoptosis in the fetal and neonatal pancreas may be the result of a direct effect of nicotine via its receptor and that this effect may be mediated through increased oxidative stress.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0891-5849
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
44
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1919-25
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:18343235-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:18343235-Animals, Newborn, pubmed-meshheading:18343235-Antioxidants, pubmed-meshheading:18343235-Blotting, Western, pubmed-meshheading:18343235-Female, pubmed-meshheading:18343235-Maternal Exposure, pubmed-meshheading:18343235-Nicotine, pubmed-meshheading:18343235-Nicotinic Agonists, pubmed-meshheading:18343235-Oxidative Stress, pubmed-meshheading:18343235-Pancreas, pubmed-meshheading:18343235-Pregnancy, pubmed-meshheading:18343235-Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects, pubmed-meshheading:18343235-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:18343235-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:18343235-Rats, Wistar, pubmed-meshheading:18343235-Reactive Oxygen Species, pubmed-meshheading:18343235-Receptors, Nicotinic, pubmed-meshheading:18343235-Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
pubmed:year
2008
pubmed:articleTitle
Maternal nicotine exposure increases oxidative stress in the offspring.
pubmed:affiliation
Reproductive Biology Division, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada L8N 3Z5.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't