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Nicotine inhibits MAPK signaling and spheroid invasion in ovarian cancer cells.
Abstract Nicotine is the major addictive component of cigarette smoke and although it is not considered carcinogenic, it can enhance or inhibit cancer cell proliferation depending on the type of cancer. Nicotine mediates its effects through nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs), which are expressed in many different neuronal and non-neuronal cell types. We observed that the α4, α5, α7 subunits nAChRs were expressed in ovarian cancer (OC) cells. Nicotine inhibited the proliferation of SKOV3 and TOV112D OC cells, which have TP53 mutation and wild-type KRAS, but did not inhibit the proliferation of TOV21G or ...
Source: Experimental Cell Research - July 6, 2020 Category: Cytology Authors: Harmych SJ, Kumar J, Bouni ME, Chadee DN Tags: Exp Cell Res Source Type: research

Nicotine-induced adrenal beta-arrestin1 upregulation mediates tobacco-related hyperaldosteronism leading to cardiac dysfunction.
CONCLUSION: Adrenal βarrestin1 upregulation is one of the mechanisms by which tobacco compounds, like nicotine, promote cardio-toxic hyperaldosteronism in vitro and in vivo. Thus, adrenal βarrestin1 represents a novel therapeutic target for tobacco-related heart disease prevention or mitigation. PMID: 32547713 [PubMed]
Source: World Journal of Cardiology - May 25, 2020 Category: Cardiology Authors: Cora N, Ghandour J, Pollard CM, Desimine VL, Ferraino KE, Pereyra JM, Valiente R, Lymperopoulos A Tags: World J Cardiol Source Type: research

VAChT Inhibition and Bronchioalveolar Carcinoma
In this study, we show that human BACs produce acetylcholine (ACh) and contain several cholinergic factors including acetylcholinesterase (AChE), choline acetyltransferase (ChAT), choline transporter 1 (CHT1, SLC5A7), vesicular acetylcholine transporter (VAChT, SLC18A3), and nACh receptors (AChRs, CHRNAs). Nicotine increased the production of ACh in human BACs, and ACh acts as a growth factor for these cells. Nicotine-induced ACh production was mediated by α7-, α3β2-, and β3-nAChRs, ChAT and VAChT pathways. We observed that nicotine upregulated ChAT and VAChT. Therefore, we conjectured that VAChT antagonists, such as v...
Source: Cancer Research - February 14, 2013 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Lau, J. K., Brown, K. C., Thornhill, B. A., Crabtree, C. M., Dom, A. M., Witte, T. R., Hardman, W. E., McNees, C. A., Stover, C. A., Carpenter, A. B., Luo, H., Chen, Y. C., Shiflett, B. S., Dasgupta, P. Tags: Molecular and Cellular Pathobiology Source Type: research