Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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9038765 | Toxicology in Vitro | 2005 | 9 Pages |
Abstract
This study was to evaluate the effects of cigarette smoke constituents upon type II pneumocyte surfactant production in vitro, and how vitamins A and E may alter the response. Freshly isolated type II pneumocytes from Sprague-Dawley rats were incubated 20Â h in medium with fetal bovine serum that was or was not treated with cigarette smoke. The number of adherent cells was inversely related to the dose of smoke or benzo(a)pyrene. Despite the decreased number of treated cells, the total amount of surfactant per culture well was unchanged, whereas surfactant production per cell was significantly increased (PÂ <Â 0.05). Vitamin A concentration was significantly (PÂ <Â 0.05) lower in the smoke-treated serum compared with untreated serum. When vitamin A or E was added to the cigarette smoke-treated serum, cell adherence and surfactant production returned to control values. In conclusion, cigarette smoke constituents or benzo(a)pyrene alone decreased the number of adherent type II pneumocytes, but did not alter surfactant amounts because of an increased production of surfactant per cell. Type II pneumocytes seem to adjust surfactant production dependent upon the number of type II pneumocytes to produce it and vitamin A or E enhance cell attachment in the presence of the smoke toxins.
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Authors
Yuan Xue, Tracy L. Williams, Ting Li, Joshua Umbehr, Liang Fang, Weiqun Wang, Richard C. Baybutt,