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A global toxicogenomic analysis investigating the mechanistic differences between tobacco and marijuana smoke condensates in vitro.
Maertens, Rebecca M; White, Paul A; Williams, Andrew; Yauk, Carole L.
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  • Maertens RM; Environmental Health Science and Research Bureau, Healthy Environments and Consumer Safety Branch, Health Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada. rebecca.maertens@hc-sc.gc.ca
Toxicology ; 308: 60-73, 2013 Jun 07.
Article en En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-23542559
Like tobacco smoking, habitual marijuana smoking causes numerous adverse pulmonary effects. However, the mechanisms of action involved, especially as compared to tobacco smoke, are still unclear. To uncover putative modes of action, this study employed a toxicogenomics approach to compare the toxicological pathways perturbed following exposure to marijuana and tobacco smoke condensate in vitro. Condensates of mainstream smoke from hand-rolled tobacco and marijuana cigarettes were similarly prepared using identical smoking conditions. Murine lung epithelial cells were exposed to low, medium and high concentrations of the smoke condensates for 6h. RNA was extracted immediately or after a 4h recovery period and hybridized to mouse whole genome microarrays. Tobacco smoke condensate (TSC) exposure was associated with changes in xenobiotic metabolism, oxidative stress, inflammation, and DNA damage response. These same pathways were also significantly affected following marijuana smoke condensate (MSC) exposure. Although the effects of the condensates were largely similar, dose-response analysis indicates that the MSC is substantially more potent than TSC. In addition, steroid biosynthesis, apoptosis, and inflammation pathways were more significantly affected following MSC exposure, whereas M phase cell cycle pathways were more significantly affected following TSC exposure. MSC exposure also appeared to elicit more severe oxidative stress than TSC exposure, which may account for the greater cytotoxicity of MSC. This study shows that in general MSC impacts many of the same molecular processes as TSC. However, subtle pathway differences can provide insight into the differential toxicities of the two complex mixtures.
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Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Humo / Nicotiana / Cannabis / Perfilación de la Expresión Génica / Toxicogenética / Productos de Tabaco Límite: Animals Idioma: En Revista: Toxicology Año: 2013 Tipo del documento: Article País de afiliación: Canadá Pais de publicación: Irlanda

Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Humo / Nicotiana / Cannabis / Perfilación de la Expresión Génica / Toxicogenética / Productos de Tabaco Límite: Animals Idioma: En Revista: Toxicology Año: 2013 Tipo del documento: Article País de afiliación: Canadá Pais de publicación: Irlanda