title: Free radical production in nicotine treated pancreatic tissue.
abstract: The ability of nicotine to induce oxidative stress in the pancreatic tissue of rats was investigated. Homogenized pancreatic tissue of Sprague-Dawley rats was incubated with nicotine in a dose of 200 ng/mg protein/ml for 15, 30, 45, and 60 min or was incubated for 30 min with nicotine in a dose of 50, 100, 200, 400, and 800 ng/mg protein/ml. Pancreatic tissue was also incubated with 200 ng/mg protein/ml nicotine with or without the scavengers superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase, SOD+catalase, inactivated SOD, inactivated catalase, or albumin. Incubation with 0.9% NaCl served as control. There was a positive correlation between the duration of nicotine incubation and chemiluminescence (r = 0.6) or lipid peroxidation (r = 0.71) and also between the nicotine dose and chemiluminescence (r = 0.54) or lipid peroxidation (r = 0.66). Thirty minutes incubation of pancreatic tissue with nicotine in a dose of 200 ng/mg protein/ml increased chemiluminescence 5 fold and lipid peroxidation 2.5 fold. This response was dampened by SOD or catalase and abolished by SOD+catalase. Inactivated enzymes or albumin had no scavenging effect. These results demonstrate that nicotine causes oxidative stress to the pancreatic tissue of rats.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Creighton University, Omaha, NE 68131, USA.
authors.forename: G J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Wetscher
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bagchi
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bagchi
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Perdikis
authors.forename: P R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Hinder
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Glaser
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Hinder
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002374:Catalase / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D016166:Free Radical Scavengers / Q000494:pharmacology; D005609:Free Radicals / Q000378:metabolism; D007700:Kinetics; D015227:Lipid Peroxidation / Q000187:drug effects*; D008163:Luminescent Measurements; D009538:Nicotine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010179:Pancreas / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase / Q000494:pharmacology*; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D016166:Free Radical Scavengers; D005609:Free Radicals; D009538:Nicotine; D002374:Catalase; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase