Adverse effects of fetal exposure of electronic-cigarettes and high-fat diet on male neonatal hearts

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Epidemiological studies have shown an increased risk of cardiovascular diseases in children born to mothers who smoked during pregnancy. The cardiovascular risk in the offspring associated with in utero nicotine exposure is further exaggerated by maternal obesity. The consumption of electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) is alarmingly increasing among adolescents and young adults without the knowledge of their harmful health effects. There has also been a substantial increase in e-cigarette use by women of reproductive age. This study investigates the detrimental effects of gestational exposure of e-cigarette and a high-fat diet (HFD) on neonatal hearts. Time-mated pregnant mice were fed a HFD and exposed to saline or e-cigarette aerosol with 2.4% nicotine from embryonic day 4 (E4) to E20. We demonstrated that in utero exposure of e-cigarettes and HFD from E4 to E20 triggers cardiomyocyte (CM) apoptosis in the offspring at postnatal day1 (PND1), PND3, and PND14. Induction of CM apoptosis following gestational exposure of e-cigarettes and HFD was associated with inactivation of AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK), increased cardiac oxidative stress coupled with perturbation of cardiac BAX/BCL-2 ratio and activation of caspase 3 at PND 14. Electron microscopy further revealed that left ventricles of pups at PND14 after e-cigarette exposure exhibited apoptotic nuclei, convoluted nuclear membranes, myofibrillar derangement, and enlarged mitochondria occasionally showing signs of crystolysis, indicative of cardiomyopathy and cardiac dysfunction. Our results show profound adverse effects of prenatal exposure of e-cigarette plus HFD in neonatal hearts that may lead to long-term adverse cardiac consequences in the adult.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:118

Enthalten in:

Experimental and molecular pathology - 118(2021) vom: 10. Feb., Seite 104573

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Hasan, Kamrul M [VerfasserIn]
Munoz, Alexandra [VerfasserIn]
Tumoyan, Hayk [VerfasserIn]
Parveen, Meher [VerfasserIn]
Espinoza-Derout, Jorge [VerfasserIn]
Shao, Xuesi M [VerfasserIn]
Mahata, Sushil K [VerfasserIn]
Friedman, Theodore C [VerfasserIn]
Sinha-Hikim, Amiya P [VerfasserIn]

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6M3C89ZY6R
AMP-Activated Protein Kinases
Cardiomyocyte apoptosis
E-cigarette
EC 2.7.11.31
High-fat diet
Journal Article
Mice
Nicotine
Oxidative stress
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

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Date Completed 27.04.2021

Date Revised 26.04.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.yexmp.2020.104573

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM317792334