Mikihisa Takano1, Taishi Horiuchi, Junya Nagai, Ryoko Yumoto. 1. Department of Pharmaceutics and Therapeutics, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Hiroshima University, 1-2-3 Kasumi, Minami-ku, Hiroshima, 734-8553, Japan. takanom@hiroshima-u.ac.jp
Abstract
BACKGROUND: The main purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of cigarette smoke extract (CSE) on insulin transport in alveolar epithelial cells. METHODS: We first examined the effect of CSE pretreatment on cell viability, mRNA expression, and lamellar body structures in A549 cells. Then the effect of CSE pretreatment on FITC-insulin transport was examined. RESULTS: When A549 cells were treated with 30 μg/ml of CSE for 48 h, the expression of some mRNAs abundantly expressed in type II alveolar epithelial cells such as surfactant protein B was significantly increased. Lamellar bodylike structures became more evident with CSE treatment. FITC-insulin uptake from the apical side and subsequent efflux to the basal side was enhanced by CSE treatment in A549 cells. The enhancing effect of CSE on FITC-insulin uptake was concentration-dependent and reversible. A concentration-dependent enhancing effect of CSE on FITC-insulin uptake was also observed in normal, primary cultured alveolar type II epithelial cells isolated from rats. CONCLUSIONS: Treatment of A549 cells by CSE may direct the cells to a more type II-like phenotype. In accordance with this observation, FITC-insulin uptake was enhanced by CSE treatment. These results may partly explain the higher insulin absorption from the lung in smokers than in nonsmokers.
BACKGROUND: The main purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of cigarette smoke extract (CSE) on insulin transport in alveolar epithelial cells. METHODS: We first examined the effect of CSE pretreatment on cell viability, mRNA expression, and lamellar body structures in A549 cells. Then the effect of CSE pretreatment on FITC-insulin transport was examined. RESULTS: When A549 cells were treated with 30 μg/ml of CSE for 48 h, the expression of some mRNAs abundantly expressed in type II alveolar epithelial cells such as surfactant protein B was significantly increased. Lamellar bodylike structures became more evident with CSE treatment. FITC-insulin uptake from the apical side and subsequent efflux to the basal side was enhanced by CSE treatment in A549 cells. The enhancing effect of CSE on FITC-insulin uptake was concentration-dependent and reversible. A concentration-dependent enhancing effect of CSE on FITC-insulin uptake was also observed in normal, primary cultured alveolar type II epithelial cells isolated from rats. CONCLUSIONS: Treatment of A549 cells by CSE may direct the cells to a more type II-like phenotype. In accordance with this observation, FITC-insulin uptake was enhanced by CSE treatment. These results may partly explain the higher insulin absorption from the lung in smokers than in nonsmokers.
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