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Effect of age on alteration of glutathione metabolism following chronic cigarette smoke inhalation in mice

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Cigarette smoke is the most common oxidant stress in daily life and may affect the antioxidant capacity in humans and animals. The antioxidant functions may play an important role in preventing age-related disorders. However, influences of chronic cigarette smoke on the antioxidant capacity of visceral organs have not been investigated in the age. Senescene-accelerated mice (SAM) are good models for studying physiologic and/or pathologic aging. A senescene-prone strain, SAMP2, shows characteristics of premature aging. The senescence-resistant strain, SAMR1, exhibits relatively normal aging. In this study we examined the effects of chronic cigarette smoke exposure on the glutathione (GSH) metabolism of visceral organs in the two strains of mice that were 6 and 18 months old. After a 4-week cigarette or air exposure, total GSH and oxidized GSH (GSSG) in the organs were examined. In the young (6-month-old) mice, exposure to cigarette smoke caused a significant decrease of GSH in liver, blood, and lung of SAMP2 but not in those of SAMR1. In the aged (18-month-old) mice reduced GSH with a marked increase of GSSG were found in liver of both strains of SAM following cigarette smoke exposure. The baseline values of GSH and the GSSG/GSH ratio after air exposure were slightly changed with age, and the values after exposure to cigarette smoke were changed markedly with advancing age. These results indicate that GSH metabolism may be impaired by chronic cigarette smoke exposure in mice and that aged mice are more susceptible to cigarette smoke than young mice.

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Teramoto, S., Uejima, Y., Teramoto, K. et al. Effect of age on alteration of glutathione metabolism following chronic cigarette smoke inhalation in mice. Lung 174, 119–126 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00177705

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