The Journal of Immunology, Vol 157, Issue 10 4624-4633, Copyright © 1996 by American Association of Immunologists

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Mechanisms of smokeless tobacco-induced oral mucosa inflammation: role of bradykinin

XP Gao, JK Vishwanatha, JM Conlon, CO Olopade and I Rubinstein
Department of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago 60612, USA.

The purpose of this study was to determine whether an aqueous extract of smokeless tobacco (moist snuff) increases clearance of macromolecules from postcapillary venules in the in situ oral mucosa and, if so, whether bradykinin mediated this response. Using intravital microscopy, we found that 20-min suffusion of the extract elicited significant concentration-dependent leaky site formation and increase in clearance of FITC-dextran (molecular mass, 70 kDa) from the hamster cheek pouch (p < 0.05). These responses were associated with a significant increase in bradykinin-like immunoreactivity in the suffusate. Smokeless tobacco extract-induced leaky site formation and increase in clearance of FITC-dextran were significantly attenuated by NPC 17647 and Hoe 140 (p < 0.05), two bradykinin B2 receptor antagonists, but not by desArg9,[Leu8]bradykinin, a bradykinin B1 receptor antagonist. Both bradykinin B2 receptor antagonists had no significant effects on adenosine-induced responses. Indomethacin had no significant effects on smokeless tobacco extract-induced responses. Exposure to smokeless tobacco extract was associated with a significant decrease in angiotensin I-converting enzyme activity and a small, but significant, increase in neutral endopeptidase 24.11 activity in the cheek pouch, two peptidases widely distributed in the microcirculation that cleave and inactivate bradykinin (p < 0.05). Overall, these data suggest that smokeless tobacco elicits plasma exudation in the oral mucosa in vivo in a specific fashion, and that this response is mediated by bradykinin.

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