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ArticleAlcohol and alcoholism (Oxford, Oxfordshire)2015

Potential contributions of the tobacco nicotine-derived nitrosamine ketone (NNK) in the pathogenesis of steatohepatitis in a chronic plus binge rat model of alcoholic liver disease.

Valerie Zabala, Ming Tong, Rosa Yu, Teresa Ramirez, Emine B Yalcin, Silvia Balbo, Elizabeth Silbermann, Chetram Deochand, Kavin Nunez, Stephen Hecht and 1 more

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Article in Alcohol and alcoholism (Oxford, Oxfordshire), 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers.

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24citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

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24 citing papers in PubMed, 33 citations in OpenAlex.

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  17. Tobacco nitrosamines as culprits in disease: mechanisms reviewed.Journal of physiology and biochemistry · 2016
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Valerie ZabalaDepartment of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, and The Liver Research Center, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI, USA Department of Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA.
Ming TongDepartment of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, and The Liver Research Center, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI, USA Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI, USA.
Rosa YuDepartment of Neuroscience, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA.
Teresa RamirezDepartment of Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA.
Emine B YalcinDepartment of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, and The Liver Research Center, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI, USA Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI, USA.
Silvia BalboMasonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota, Cancer and Cardiovascular Research Building, 2231 6th Street SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA.
Elizabeth SilbermannWarren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI, USA.
Chetram DeochandBiotechnology Graduate Program, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA.
Kavin NunezDepartment of Neuroscience, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA.
Stephen HechtMasonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota, Cancer and Cardiovascular Research Building, 2231 6th Street SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA.
Suzanne M de la MonteDepartment of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, and The Liver Research Center, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI, USA Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI, USA Departments of Pathology and Neurology, and the Division of Neuropathology, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI, USA Suzanne_DeLaMonte_MD@Brown.edu.
Brown University · USMasonic Cancer Center

Funding

Women's CancerP30CA077598 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA TWIN CITIES · PI Douglas Yee · 1998 to 2026
$100.4M
Advancing the Culture of PhD Learning & Scholarship in Biology & Health SciencesR25GM083270 · NIGMS · BROWN UNIVERSITY · PI CAMPBELL, ANDREW G., HARRINGTON, ELIZABETH O · 2008 to 2021
$7.5M
METABOLISM OF CARCINOGENIC TOBACCO SPECIFIC NITROSAMINESR01CA081301 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA TWIN CITIES · PI STEPHEN S HECHT · 1999 to 2026
$7.1M
Metabolism of Carcinogenic Tobacco-Specific NitrosaminesR37CA081301 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA TWIN CITIES · PI HECHT, STEPHEN S · 2004 to 2013
$5.5M
FASD Inhibition of ASPH-Notch Mediates Adolescent Cerebral White Matter Pathology-Potential Utility of Non-invasive Extracellular Vesicle AssaysR01AA011431 · NIAAA · RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL (PROVIDENCE, RI) · PI SUZANNE M. DE LA MONTE · 1996 to 2026
$5.4M
Ethanol, IRS-1 Signaling and Neuronal MigrationR37AA011431 · NIAAA · RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL · PI DE LA MONTE, SUZANNE M. · 2009 to 2018
$3.7M
EFFECTS OF ETHANOL ON INSULIN SIGNALING IN THE BRAINR01AA012908 · NIAAA · RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL (PROVIDENCE, RI) · PI DE LA MONTE, SUZANNE M. · 2003 to 2013
$3.0M
Research Training Program in GastroenterologyT32DK060415 · NIDDK · RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL (PROVIDENCE, RI) · PI WANDS, JACK R · 2003 to 2013
$1.5M
ETHANOL, INSULIN/IGF SIGNALING AND NEURONAL MIGRATIONR56AA011431 · NIAAA · RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL · PI DE LA MONTE, SUZANNE M. · 2008 to 2008
$312k
NCI NIH HHS CA-81301NCI NIH HHS P30 CA077598NCI NIH HHS R01 CA081301NIAAA NIH HHS AA-11431NIAAA NIH HHS AA-12908NIAAA NIH HHS R37 AA011431NIDDK NIH HHS T32DK-60415NIGMS NIH HHS R25 GM083270
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

aimsAlcoholic liver disease (ALD) is linked to binge drinking and cigarette smoking. Heavy chronic ± binge alcohol, or low-level exposures to dietary nitrosamines cause steatohepatitis with insulin resistance and oxidative stress in animal models. This study examines hepatotoxic effects of sub-mutagenic exposures to tobacco-specific nitrosamine (NNK) in relation to ALD.

methodsLong Evans rats were fed liquid diets containing 0 or 26% (caloric) ethanol (EtOH) for 8 weeks. In Weeks 3 through 8, rats were treated with NNK (2 mg/kg) or saline by i.p. injection, 3×/week, and in Weeks 7 and 8, EtOH-fed rats were binge-administered 2 g/kg EtOH 3×/week; controls were given saline.

resultsEtOH ± NNK caused steatohepatitis with necrosis, disruption of the hepatic cord architecture, ballooning degeneration, early fibrosis, mitochondrial cytopathy and ER disruption. Severity of lesions was highest in the EtOH+NNK group. EtOH and NNK inhibited insulin/IGF signaling through Akt and activated pro-inflammatory cytokines, while EtOH promoted lipid peroxidation, and NNK increased apoptosis. O(6)-methyl-Guanine adducts were only detected in NNK-exposed livers.

conclusionBoth alcohol and NNK exposures contribute to ALD pathogenesis, including insulin/IGF resistance and inflammation. The differential effects of EtOH and NNK on adduct formation are critical to ALD progression among alcoholics who smoke.

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AlcoholismBinge DrinkingAnimalsCarcinogensCentral Nervous System DepressantsDisease Models, AnimalEndoplasmic ReticulumEthanolFatty Liver, AlcoholicHepatocytesInsulinInsulin-Like Growth Factor IInsulin ResistanceLiverLiver Diseases, AlcoholicMitochondria, Liver4-(N-methyl-N-nitrosamino)-1-(3-pyridyl)-1-butanoneCarcinogensCentral Nervous System DepressantsEthanolInsulinInsulin-Like Growth Factor INitrosaminesReceptor, IGF Type 1Receptor, Insulin

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PMID25618784
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