ArticleMilitary medicine2023
Neuropathological Examination of Mice Chronically Exposed to Secondhand Smoke.
Article in Military medicine, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.
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- Secondhand Smoke Exposure and Depressive Symptoms Among Nonsmokers in China.Behavioural neurology · 2025Article
- World no-tobacco: effects of second-hand smoke (SHS) and vapors on the developing and adult brain.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2025Review
- Novel Techniques for Mapping DNA Damage and Repair in the Brain.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Review
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introductionAround 21.6-35% of military personnel are smokers, while 12.26% of them have been regularly exposed to second-hand smoke (SHS). Second-hand smoke is considered an important risk factor for neurological diseases because it can induce oxidative stress, DNA damage, and disrupt DNA repair pathways. MATERIAL AND
methodsThe brain of air (sham) or SHS exposed mice was cryoperserved, sectioned, and placed on a glass slide before immunoprobing them with antibodies to observe for oxidative DNA damage (8-oxoG), oxidative DNA repair (8-oxoguanine DNA glycosylase 1, Ogg1; apurinic/apyrimidinic endonuclease, Ape1), and inflammatory (glial fibrillary acidic protein) proteins.
resultsNissl staining of the prefrontal cortex (PFCTX) revealed the presence of dark, shrunken cells, hippocampal thinning, and the presence of activated astrocytes in SHS exposed mice. 8-oxoG staining was also more prominent in the PFCTX and hippocampus (HIPP) of SHS exposed mice. Ogg1 staining was reduced in the PFCTX and CA3 hippocampal neurons of SHS exposed mice, whereas it was more prominent in CA1 and CA4 hippocampal neurons. In contrast, Ape1 staining was more prominent in the PFCTX and the HIPP of SHS exposed mice.
conclusionsThese studies demonstrate that oxidative DNA damage (8-oxoG) was elevated and oxidative DNA repair (Ape1 and Ogg1) was altered in the brain of SHS exposed mice. In addition, activated astrocytes (i.e., glial fibrillary acidic protein) were also observed in the brain of SHS exposed mice. Therefore, SHS induces both oxidative DNA damage and repair as well as inflammation as possible underlying mechanism(s) of the cognitive decline and metabolic changes that were observed in chronically exposed mice. A better understanding of how chronic exposure to SHS induces cognitive dysfunction among military personnel could help improve the combat readiness of U.S. soldiers as well as reduce the financial burden on the DOD and veterans' families.
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