Oxidative damage induced by cigarette smoke exposure in mice: impact on lung tissue and diaphragm muscle

Autor: Samanta Portão de Carlos, Alexandre Simões Dias, Luiz Alberto Forgiarini Júnior, Patrícia Damiani Patricio, Thaise Graciano, Renata Tiscoski Nesi, Samuel Valença, Adriana Meira Guntzel Chiappa, Gerson Cipriano Jr, Claudio Teodoro de Souza, Gaspar Rogério da Silva Chiappa
Jazyk: English<br />Portuguese
Rok vydání: 2014
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Zdroj: Jornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia, Vol 40, Iss 4, Pp 411-420 (2014)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1806-3756
1806-3713
DOI: 10.1590/S1806-37132014000400009
Popis: OBJECTIVE: To evaluate oxidative damage (lipid oxidation, protein oxidation, thiobarbituric acid-reactive substances [TBARS], and carbonylation) and inflammation (expression of phosphorylated AMP-activated protein kinase and mammalian target of rapamycin [p-AMPK and p-mTOR, respectively]) in the lung parenchyma and diaphragm muscles of male C57BL-6 mice exposed to cigarette smoke (CS) for 7, 15, 30, 45, or 60 days. METHODS: Thirty-six male C57BL-6 mice were divided into six groups (n = 6/group): a control group; and five groups exposed to CS for 7, 15, 30, 45, and 60 days, respectively. RESULTS: Compared with control mice, CS-exposed mice presented lower body weights at 30 days. In CS-exposed mice (compared with control mice), the greatest differences (increases) in TBARS levels were observed on day 7 in diaphragm-muscle, compared with day 45 in lung tissue; the greatest differences (increases) in carbonyl levels were observed on day 7 in both tissue types; and sulfhydryl levels were lower, in both tissue types, at all time points. In lung tissue and diaphragm muscle, p-AMPK expression exhibited behavior similar to that of TBARS. Expression of p-mTOR was higher than the control value on days 7 and 15 in lung tissue, as it was on day 45 in diaphragm muscle. CONCLUSION: Our data demonstrate that CS exposure produces oxidative damage, not only in lung tissue but also (primarily) in muscle tissue, having an additional effect on respiratory muscle, as is frequently observed in smokers with COPD.
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