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ArticleCarcinogenesis2022

Increased acrolein-DNA adducts in buccal brushings of e-cigarette users.

Guang Cheng, Jiehong Guo, Steven G Carmella, Bruce Lindgren, Joshua Ikuemonisan, Brittany Niesen, Joni Jensen, Dorothy K Hatsukami, Silvia Balbo, Stephen S Hecht

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Article in Carcinogenesis, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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25citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

25 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 34 citations in OpenAlex.

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  10. Epigenomic Dysregulation in Youth Vapers: Implications for Disease Risk Assessment.American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology · 2025
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  14. The Toxicological Effects of e-Cigarette Use in the Upper Airway: A Scoping Review.Otolaryngology--head and neck surgery : official journal of American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery · 2024
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  16. Vaping Dose, Device Type, and E-Liquid Flavor are Determinants of DNA Damage in Electronic Cigarette Users.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Guang ChengMasonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA.
Jiehong GuoMasonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA.
Steven G CarmellaMasonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7383-5824
Bruce LindgrenMasonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA.
Joshua IkuemonisanMasonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA.
Brittany NiesenMasonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA.
Joni JensenMasonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA.
Dorothy K HatsukamiMasonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1108-2609
Silvia BalboMasonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7686-0504
Stephen S HechtMasonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7228-1356
University of Minnesota Medical Center · US

Funding

Women's CancerP30CA077598 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA TWIN CITIES · PI Timothy C. Hallstrom · 1998 to 2026
$100.4M
Mass Spectrometric Analytical Collaborations with Members of the Masonic Cancer Center of the University of MinnesotaR50CA211256 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA · PI Peter William Villalta · 2016 to 2026
$2.1M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA077598NCI NIH HHS R50 CA211256
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

DNA adducts are central in the mechanism of carcinogenesis by genotoxic agents. We compared levels of a DNA adduct of acrolein, a genotoxic carcinogen found in e-cigarette vapor, in oral cell DNA of e-cigarette users and non-users of any tobacco or nicotine product. e-Cigarette users and non-users visited our clinic once monthly for 6 months, and oral brushings and urine samples were collected. For this study, we analyzed oral cell DNA adducts from three monthly visits in e-cigarette users and non-users as confirmed by urinary cyanoethyl mercapturic acid and total nicotine equivalents. DNA was isolated from the oral brushings and analyzed by a validated liquid chromatography-nanoelectrospray ionization-high resolution tandem mass spectrometry method for the acrolein DNA adduct 8R/S-3-(2'-deoxyribos-1'-yl)-5,6,7,8-tetrahydro-8-hydroxypyrimido[1,2-a]purine-10-(3H)-one (γ-OH-Acr-dGuo). The median value of this DNA adduct in the e-cigarette users was 179 fmol/µmol dGuo (range 5.0 - 793 fmol/µmol dGuo) while that for non-users was 21.0 fmol/µmol dGuo (range 5.0 - 539 fmol/µmol dGuo), P = 0.001. These results demonstrate for the first time that e-cigarette users have elevated levels of a carcinogen-DNA adduct in their oral cells.

Indexed as

DNA AdductsElectronic Nicotine Delivery SystemsAcroleinCarcinogensChromatography, High Pressure LiquidDNANicotineSpectrometry, Mass, Electrospray IonizationAcroleinCarcinogensDNADNA AdductsNicotine

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PMID35239969
PMCPMC9167028
OpenAlexW4214521293

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