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Cigarette smoke extract induces endothelial cell injury via JNK pathway

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, ISSN: 0006-291X, Vol: 329, Issue: 1, Page: 58-63
2005
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Cigarette smoking is the most crucial factor responsible for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The precise mechanisms of the development of the disease have, however, not been fully understood. Recently, impairment of pulmonary endothelial cells has been increasingly recognized as a critical pathophysiological process in COPD. To verify this hypothesis, we examined how cigarette smoke extract (CSE) damages human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs). CSE activated c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK), and treatment of HUVECs with SP600125, a specific inhibitor of the JNK pathway, significantly suppressed endothelial cell damage by CSE. In contrast, inhibition of the extracellular-regulated kinase or the p38 pathway did not affect the cytotoxicity of CSE. Furthermore, anti-oxidants superoxide dismutase and catalase reduced CSE-induced JNK phosphorylation and endothelial cell injury. These results indicate that CSE damages vascular endothelial cells through the JNK pathway activated, at least partially, by oxidative stress.

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Hoshino, Shigenori; Yoshida, Mitsuhiro; Inoue, Koji; Yano, Yukihiro; Yanagita, Masahiko; Mawatari, Hidenori; Yamane, Hiroyuki; Kijima, Takashi; Kumagai, Toru; Osaki, Tadashi; Tachiba, Isao; Kawase, Ichiro

Elsevier BV

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

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