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Circulation. 2002
Published online before print January 14, 2002, doi: 10.1161/hc0702.103977
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Submitted on August 22, 2001
Accepted on December 19, 2001

Cigarette Smoke Exposure and Hypercholesterolemia Increase Mitochondrial Damage in Cardiovascular Tissues

Cynthia A. Knight-Lozano BS, Christal G. Young BS, David L. Burow MS, Zhao Yong Hu MD, Dale Uyeminami BS, Kent E. Pinkerton PhD, Harry Ischiropoulos PhD, and Scott W. Ballinger PhD*

From the Division of Cardiology (C.A.K., C.Y.G., D.L.B., Z.H., S.W.B.), University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Tex; Institute of Toxicology and Environmental Health (D.U., K.E.P.), University of California, Davis; and Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (H.I.), Abramson Pediatric Research Center, Philadelphia, Pa.

* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: swballin{at}utmb.edu.

Background—A shared feature among cardiovascular disease risk factors is increased oxidative stress. Because mitochondria are susceptible to damage mediated by oxidative stress, we hypothesized that risk factors (secondhand smoke and hypercholesterolemia) are associated with increased mitochondrial damage in cardiovascular tissues.

Methods and Results—Atherosclerotic lesion formation, mitochondrial DNA damage, protein nitration, and specific activities of mitochondrial proteins in cardiovascular tissues from age-matched C57 and apoE-/- mice exposed to filtered air or secondhand smoke were quantified. Both secondhand smoke and hypercholesterolemia were associated with significantly increased mitochondrial DNA damage and protein nitration. Tobacco smoke exposure also resulted in significantly decreased specific activities of mitochondrial enzymes. The combination of secondhand smoke and hypercholesterolemia resulted in increased atherosclerotic lesion formation and even greater levels of mitochondrial damage.

Conclusions—These data are consistent with the hypothesis that cardiovascular disease risk factors cause mitochondrial damage and dysfunction.


Key words: atherosclerosis • smoking • hypercholesterolemia • mitochondria




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