title: Smoking alters thromboxane metabolism in man.
abstract: Chronic smoking is a major risk factor of atherosclerosis and coronary heart disease. The measurement of three major thromboxane A2 metabolites, 11-dehydrothromboxane B2, 2,3-dinorthromboxane B2 and thromboxane B2, in the urines of 13 apparently healthy smokers (average 39 years, range 27-56 years) showed significantly elevated excretion rates for all thromboxane A2 metabolites as compared to 10 apparently healthy age-matched non-smokers (average 37 years, range 26-56 years). Importantly, characteristic alterations in the thromboxane A2 metabolite pattern were found in the urines of smokers. The contribution of 2,3-dinorthromboxane B2 to total measured excretion of thromboxane A2 metabolites was 59.2% in smokers (404.0 +/- 53.0 pg/mg creatinine) versus 19.4% in non-smokers (85.2 +/- 8.3 pg/mg creatinine), that of 11-dehydrothromboxane B2 35.7% in smokers (673.2 +/- 88.9 pg/mg creatinine) as compared to 75.5% in non-smokers (332.6 +/- 30.9 pg/mg creatinine). The contribution of thromboxane B2 (57.5 +/- 7.7 pg/mg creatinine in smokers versus 21.9 +/- 1.5 pg/mg creatinine in non-smokers) was similar at 5.1%. The excretion of cotinine, the major urinary metabolite of nicotine that correlates well with the reported daily cigarette consumption (r = 0.97, P less than 0.0001), showed a good correlation to thromboxane A2 metabolite excretion (2,3-dinorthromboxane B2: r = 0.92, P less than 0.0001; 11-dehydrothromboxane B2; r = 0.87, P less than 0.0001).
authors.affiliation: Institut für die Prophylaxe und Epidemilogie der Kreislauferkrankungen b.d. Universität München, F.R.G.
authors.forename: W M
authors.initials: WM
authors.lastname: Uedelhoven
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rützel
authors.forename: C O
authors.initials: CO
authors.lastname: Meese
authors.forename: P C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Weber
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002853:Chromatography, Liquid; D003367:Cotinine / Q000652:urine; D005260:Female; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009538:Nicotine / Q000378:metabolism; D012907:Smoking / Q000378:metabolism*; D013928:Thromboxane A2 / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D013928:Thromboxane A2; D009538:Nicotine; D003367:Cotinine