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Electronic cigarette liquids impair protein synthesis and alter proteomic profiles in V79 cells

Ljujic, Mila; Trifunović, Sara; Smiljanić, Katarina; Solari, Fiorella Andrea; Sickmann, Albert; Divac Rankov, Aleksandra

(European Respiraotory Society (ERS), 2022)

TY  - CONF
AU  - Ljujic, Mila
AU  - Trifunović, Sara
AU  - Smiljanić, Katarina
AU  - Solari, Fiorella Andrea
AU  - Sickmann, Albert
AU  - Divac Rankov, Aleksandra
PY  - 2022
UR  - http://intor.torlakinstitut.com/handle/123456789/782
AB  - The COVID-19 pandemic caused by the SARS-CoV2 virus poses a global health threat with over 5 million deaths recorded. There is little understanding regarding SARS-CoV2 pathogenesis in the human airways and disease severity increases with age. Neutrophils are white blood cells found in large numbers in the airways of the lungs in severe COVID-19 patients. It is not known whether this influx of neutrophils into the airway has a protective or detrimental effect. We aim to understand the role of neutrophils during COVID-19 pathology, using an experimental infection model of the airway epithelium from the eldelry and children. To do this, we collect nasal airway cells from healthy elderly and children and grow them at air-liquid interface. Once differentiation and ciliation of these cells is reached, we infect the cells with SARS-CoV2 virus and allow neutrophils to migrate from the basolateral (blood) to the apical (air) side of the epithelium, similar to a physiological airway. Using flow cytometric analyses, we measure the expression of activation markers and the number of neutrophils that migrate across the epithelium of different ages in response to SARS-CoV2 infection. Preliminary work shows less viable neutrophils recovered from the elderly epithelium, more activated neutrophils when migrating through the elderly epithelium, as well as increased numbers of neutrophils remaining on the basolateral (blood) side of the elderly epithelium. These findings point to an inflammatory neutrophil phenotype influenced by the damaged elderly epithelium and supports the hypothesis that neutrophils are responsible for the severity of disease.
PB  - European Respiraotory Society (ERS)
C3  - European Respiratory Journal
T1  - Electronic cigarette liquids impair protein synthesis and alter proteomic profiles in V79 cells
IS  - 66
SP  - 506
VL  - 60
DO  - 10.1183/13993003.congress-2022.506
ER  - 
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author = "Ljujic, Mila and Trifunović, Sara and Smiljanić, Katarina and Solari, Fiorella Andrea and Sickmann, Albert and Divac Rankov, Aleksandra",
year = "2022",
abstract = "The COVID-19 pandemic caused by the SARS-CoV2 virus poses a global health threat with over 5 million deaths recorded. There is little understanding regarding SARS-CoV2 pathogenesis in the human airways and disease severity increases with age. Neutrophils are white blood cells found in large numbers in the airways of the lungs in severe COVID-19 patients. It is not known whether this influx of neutrophils into the airway has a protective or detrimental effect. We aim to understand the role of neutrophils during COVID-19 pathology, using an experimental infection model of the airway epithelium from the eldelry and children. To do this, we collect nasal airway cells from healthy elderly and children and grow them at air-liquid interface. Once differentiation and ciliation of these cells is reached, we infect the cells with SARS-CoV2 virus and allow neutrophils to migrate from the basolateral (blood) to the apical (air) side of the epithelium, similar to a physiological airway. Using flow cytometric analyses, we measure the expression of activation markers and the number of neutrophils that migrate across the epithelium of different ages in response to SARS-CoV2 infection. Preliminary work shows less viable neutrophils recovered from the elderly epithelium, more activated neutrophils when migrating through the elderly epithelium, as well as increased numbers of neutrophils remaining on the basolateral (blood) side of the elderly epithelium. These findings point to an inflammatory neutrophil phenotype influenced by the damaged elderly epithelium and supports the hypothesis that neutrophils are responsible for the severity of disease.",
publisher = "European Respiraotory Society (ERS)",
journal = "European Respiratory Journal",
title = "Electronic cigarette liquids impair protein synthesis and alter proteomic profiles in V79 cells",
number = "66",
pages = "506",
volume = "60",
doi = "10.1183/13993003.congress-2022.506"
}
Ljujic, M., Trifunović, S., Smiljanić, K., Solari, F. A., Sickmann, A.,& Divac Rankov, A.. (2022). Electronic cigarette liquids impair protein synthesis and alter proteomic profiles in V79 cells. in European Respiratory Journal
European Respiraotory Society (ERS)., 60(66), 506.
https://doi.org/10.1183/13993003.congress-2022.506
Ljujic M, Trifunović S, Smiljanić K, Solari FA, Sickmann A, Divac Rankov A. Electronic cigarette liquids impair protein synthesis and alter proteomic profiles in V79 cells. in European Respiratory Journal. 2022;60(66):506.
doi:10.1183/13993003.congress-2022.506 .
Ljujic, Mila, Trifunović, Sara, Smiljanić, Katarina, Solari, Fiorella Andrea, Sickmann, Albert, Divac Rankov, Aleksandra, "Electronic cigarette liquids impair protein synthesis and alter proteomic profiles in V79 cells" in European Respiratory Journal, 60, no. 66 (2022):506,
https://doi.org/10.1183/13993003.congress-2022.506 . .