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| Content Provider | Springer Nature Link |
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| Author | Fowler, C. J. Sandberg, M. Tiger, G. |
| Copyright Year | 2003 |
| Abstract | Objective and design: To determine whether water-soluble constituents of cigarette smoke affect mast cell function using an in vitro model, RBL-2H3 basophilic leukaemia cells. Materials and methods: RBL-2H3 cells were induced to degranulate in response to compound 48/80 and substance P, as assessed by monitoring the release of the granular enzyme β-hexosaminidase, by treatment for 7 days with 20 μM quercetin. Responses to concanavalin A and antigen were determined by measuring the β-hexosaminidase release from cells cultured on fibronectin-coated plates. Results: The β-hexosaminidase release response to compound 48/80 induced by quercetin treatment was accompanied by a release of lactate dehydrogenase, suggesting that degranulation is not the only process triggered by compound 48/80 under these conditions. Quercetin treatment reduced the β-hexosaminidase release response to concanavalin A. Precoating of the culture wells with rat fibronectin enhanced the β-hexosaminidase response to calcimycin, but not to concanavalin A. Under these conditions, concanavalin A did not induce a release of lactate dehydrogenase. The responses to c48/80, substance P, calcimycin, concanavalin A and antigen (after IgE pretreatment) were reduced by treatment with cigarette smoke solution obtained from standard and low-tar cigarettes (IR3 and IR5F). The effect of cigarette smoke solution from IR5F cigarettes upon the β-hexosaminidase release elicited by compound 48/80 (in quercetin-treated cells) and by concanavalin A (in cells cultured on fibronectin-coated wells) could be prevented by N-acetyl-L-cysteine, but not with either hemoglobin, α-tocopherol, catalase or palmitoylethanolamide. N-acetyl-L-cysteine also reduced the effect of cigarette smoke solution upon the degranulation response to antigen. Conclusion: Under the conditions used, oxidants present in cigarette smoke solution from IR5F cigarettes reduce the ability of RBL-2H3 cells to degranulate in response to both immunological and non-immunological stimuli. |
| Starting Page | 461 |
| Ending Page | 469 |
| Page Count | 9 |
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| ISSN | 10233830 |
| Journal | Inflammation Research |
| Volume Number | 52 |
| Issue Number | 11 |
| e-ISSN | 1420908X |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Birkhäuser-Verlag |
| Publisher Date | 2003-01-01 |
| Publisher Place | Basel |
| Access Restriction | One Nation One Subscription (ONOS) |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
| Subject | Pharmacology Immunology |
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