title: Increased frequency of oxidant-mediated DNA strand breaks in mononuclear leucocytes exposed to activated neutrophils from cigarette smokers.
abstract: Following activation with the synthetic chemotactic tripeptide FMLP, potentiated by cytochalasin B (CB), blood neutrophils from cigarette smokers generated greater amounts of both extracellular and intracellular reactive oxidants than cells from non-smoking control subjects. FMLP/CB-activated neutrophils from cigarette smokers also inflicted increased oxidant-mediated damage to the DNA of cocultured mononuclear leucocytes, which was prevented by the inclusion of superoxide dismutase and catalase individually and in combination. These observations demonstrate that cigarette smoking primes phagocytes to generate increased amounts of potentially carcinogenic reactive oxidants.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Pretoria, Republic of South Africa.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Schwalb
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Anderson
mesh_terms: D002374:Catalase / Q000378:metabolism; D004249:DNA Damage; D006801:Humans; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007963:Leukocytes, Mononuclear / Q000502:physiology*; D009240:N-Formylmethionine Leucyl-Phenylalanine / Q000494:pharmacology; D009504:Neutrophils / Q000502:physiology*; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D012907:Smoking / Q000503:physiopathology*; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D009240:N-Formylmethionine Leucyl-Phenylalanine; D002374:Catalase; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase