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. 2018 Nov 16;19(1):74.
doi: 10.1186/s40360-018-0268-4.

Lipid damage is the best marker of oxidative injury during the cardiac remodeling process induced by tobacco smoke

Maria Angélica Martins Lourenço  1 , Mariana Gobbo Braz  2 , Aline Garcia Aun  2 , Bruna Letícia Buzati Pereira  1 , Fábio Henrique Fernandes  3 , Elisa Moya Kazmarek  1 , Tatiana Fernanda Bachiega  1 , Silmeia Garcia Zanati  1 , Paula Schmidt Azevedo  1 , Bertha Furlan Polegato  1 , Ana Angélica Henrique Fernandes  4 , Sergio Alberto Rupp de Paiva  1 , Leonardo Antonio Mamede Zornoff  1 , Marcos Ferreira Minicucci  5   6
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Lipid damage is the best marker of oxidative injury during the cardiac remodeling process induced by tobacco smoke

Maria Angélica Martins Lourenço et al. BMC Pharmacol Toxicol. .

Abstract

Background: Oxidative stress is one potential mechanism that explain the direct effects of smoking on cardiac remodeling process. However, no study has compared different myocardial products of macromolecule oxidation after tobacco smoke exposure. Thus, the aim of this study was to investigate the lipid hydroperoxide (LH) levels, protein carbonyl concentrations and DNA damage in cardiac tissue of rats exposed to tobacco smoke.

Methods: Male Wistar rats were divided into two groups: group C (control, n = 14) composed of animals not exposed to cigarette smoke; group ETS (exposed to tobacco smoke, n = 14) composed by animals exposed to cigarette smoke. The animals were exposed to 2 month of ETS and morphological, biochemical and functional analyses were performed.

Results: Cardiac cotinine levels were elevated in the ETS group. In addition, the myocyte cross-sectional area was higher in the ETS group. (C = 266.6 ± 23.2 μm2 and ETS = 347.5 ± 15.1 μm2, p < 0.001). Cardiac LH was higher in the ETS group than in group C (C = 196.4 ± 51.5 nmol/g and ETS = 331.9 ± 52.9 nmol/g, p < 0.001). However, there were no between-group differences in cardiac protein carbonyl concentration or DNA damage.

Conclusions: Therefore, our results suggest that, in this model, lipid damage is a good marker of oxidative damage during the cardiac remodeling process induced by 2 months of exposure to tobacco smoke.

Keywords: Cigarette smoke; Comet assay; DNA damage; Protein carbonyl groups.

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All experiments and procedures were performed in accordance with the National Institute of Health Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals and were approved by the Animal Ethics Committee of Botucatu Medical School.

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Fig. 1
Myocyte cross-sectional area (CSA) a. C group. b Exposed to Tobacco Smoke group. CSA was higher in ETS group compared to C group
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Fig. 2
Comet assay. a Tail intensity in cardiac tissue from the C group. b Tail intensity in cardiac tissue from the ETS group. c Tail intensity in blood from the c group d. Tail intensity in blood from the ETS group. There were no differences between groups in the mean tail intensity in the blood or in the cardiac tissue
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