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ArticleScientific reports2021

Nicotine self-administration with menthol and audiovisual cue facilitates differential packaging of CYP2A6 and cytokines/chemokines in rat plasma extracellular vesicles.

Asit Kumar, Namita Sinha, Sanjana Haque, Sunitha Kodidela, Tengfei Wang, Angel G Martinez, Hao Chen, Santosh Kumar

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Article in Scientific reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. HIV-HPV interactions via extracellular vesicles among tobacco smokers and nonsmokers.Experimental biology and medicine (Maywood, N.J.) · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Asit KumarDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, The University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, 38163, USA.
Namita SinhaDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, The University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, 38163, USA.
Sanjana HaqueDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, The University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, 38163, USA.
Sunitha KodidelaDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, The University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, 38163, USA.
Tengfei WangDepartment of Pharmacology, Addiction Science, and Toxicology, College of Medicine, The University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, 38163, USA.
Angel G MartinezDepartment of Pharmacology, Addiction Science, and Toxicology, College of Medicine, The University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, 38163, USA.
Hao ChenDepartment of Pharmacology, Addiction Science, and Toxicology, College of Medicine, The University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, 38163, USA.
Santosh KumarDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, The University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, 38163, USA. ksantosh@uthsc.edu.
University of Tennessee Health Science Center · US

Funding

System genetics of menthol and nicotine addictionU01DA047638 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCI CTR · PI CHEN, HAO, WILLIAMS, ROBERT W. · 2019 to 2023
$3.1M
Reduced complexity mapping of oxycodone self-administration and stress responsiveness in ratsR01DA048017 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCI CTR · PI CHEN, HAO, MULLIGAN, MEGAN KATHLEEN · 2020 to 2024
$1.7M
Monocytic and exosomal cytochrome P450s in smoking-mediated HIV-1 pathogenesisR01DA047178 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCI CTR · PI CORY, THEODORE, KUMAR, SANTOSH · 2018 to 2022
$1.7M
Insular cortex and reinstatement of nicotine seeking behaviorR21DA026894 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCI CTR · PI CHEN, HAO · 2009 to 2010
$287k
NIDA NIH HHS R01 DA047178NIDA NIH HHS R01 DA048017NIDA NIH HHS R21 DA026894NIDA NIH HHS U01 DA047638
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In this study, we investigated whether intravenously self-administered nicotine with menthol and audiovisual cue modulates nicotine-metabolizing CYP2A6, oxidative stress modulators, and cytokines/chemokines in plasma extracellular vesicles (EVs) in rats. We assigned rats to self-administered nicotine with: (a) audiovisual cue (AV), (b) menthol, and (c) menthol and AV cue. We found increased levels of CD9 in plasma EVs after self-administered nicotine with menthol and AV cue. Moreover, expression of CYP2A6 in plasma EVs was significantly increased after self-administered nicotine in response to menthol and AV cue. However, despite an upward trend on SOD1 and catalase, increase was not found to be statistically significant, while total antioxidant capacity was found to be significantly increased in plasma and plasma EVs obtained after self-administered nicotine with menthol and AV cue. Among cytokine and chemokine profiling, we found a significant increase in the levels of MCP-1 after self-administered nicotine with menthol and AV cue and complete packaging of IL-1β in EVs. Taken together, the study provides evidence that nicotine in response to menthol and AV cues can package altered levels of CYP2A6, and cytokines/chemokines in plasma EVs that may contribute to cell-cell communication, nicotine metabolism, and inflammation upon cigarette smoking.

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alpha7 Nicotinic Acetylcholine ReceptorAnimalsAntioxidantsChemokinesCytochrome P-450 CYP2A6CytokinesExtracellular VesiclesFemaleMaleMentholNicotineRatsSelf AdministrationTetraspanin 29alpha7 Nicotinic Acetylcholine ReceptorAntioxidantsChemokinesCytochrome P-450 CYP2A6CytokinesMentholNicotineTetraspanin 29

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PMID34462474
PMCPMC8405708
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