Myocardial Infarction Injury Is Exacerbated by Nicotine in Vape Aerosol Exposure
Background Vaping is touted as a safer alternative to traditional cigarette smoking, but the full spectrum of harm reduction versus comparable risk remains unresolved. Elevated bioavailability of nicotine in vape aerosol together with known risks of nicotine exposure may result in previously unchara...
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| author | Clarissa Savko Carolina Esquer Claudia Molinaro Sophie Rokaw Abraham G. Shain Faid Jaafar Morgan K. Wright Joy A. Phillips Tyler Hopkins Sama Mikhail Abigail Rieder Ariana Mardani Barbara Bailey Mark A. Sussman |
| author_facet | Clarissa Savko Carolina Esquer Claudia Molinaro Sophie Rokaw Abraham G. Shain Faid Jaafar Morgan K. Wright Joy A. Phillips Tyler Hopkins Sama Mikhail Abigail Rieder Ariana Mardani Barbara Bailey Mark A. Sussman |
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| description | Background Vaping is touted as a safer alternative to traditional cigarette smoking, but the full spectrum of harm reduction versus comparable risk remains unresolved. Elevated bioavailability of nicotine in vape aerosol together with known risks of nicotine exposure may result in previously uncharacterized cardiovascular consequences of vaping. The objective of this study is to assess the impact of nicotine exposure via vape aerosol inhalation upon myocardial response to infarction injury. Methods and Results Flavored vape juice containing nicotine (5 mg/mL) or vehicle alone (0 mg) was delivered using identical 4‐week treatment protocols. Mice were subjected to acute myocardial infarction injury and evaluated for outcomes of cardiac structure and function. Findings reveal that nicotine exposure leads to worse outcomes with respect to contractile performance regardless of sex. Nonmyocyte interstitial cell accumulation following infarction significantly increased with exposure to vape aerosol alone, but a comparable increase was not present when nicotine was included. Conclusions Myocardial function after infarction is significantly decreased after exposure to nicotine vape aerosol irrespective of sex. Comparable loss of contractile function was not observed in mice exposed to vape aerosol alone, highlighting the essential role of nicotine in loss of contractile function. Increased vimentin immunoreactivity was observed in the vape alone group compared with control and vape nicotine. The correlation between vaping, interstitial cell responses, and cardiac remodeling leading to impaired contractility warrants further investigation. Public health experts seeking to reduce vaping‐related health risks should consider messaging that highlights the increased cardiovascular risk especially with nicotine‐containing aerosols. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-037a56cad1b5402a8cfeee6ab032f1e32025-08-20T03:24:52ZengWileyJournal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease2047-99802025-01-0114110.1161/JAHA.124.038012Myocardial Infarction Injury Is Exacerbated by Nicotine in Vape Aerosol ExposureClarissa Savko0Carolina Esquer1Claudia Molinaro2Sophie Rokaw3Abraham G. Shain4Faid Jaafar5Morgan K. Wright6Joy A. Phillips7Tyler Hopkins8Sama Mikhail9Abigail Rieder10Ariana Mardani11Barbara Bailey12Mark A. Sussman13SDSU Integrated Regenerative Research Institute and Biology Department San Diego State University San Diego CASDSU Integrated Regenerative Research Institute and Biology Department San Diego State University San Diego CASDSU Integrated Regenerative Research Institute and Biology Department San Diego State University San Diego CASDSU Integrated Regenerative Research Institute and Biology Department San Diego State University San Diego CASDSU Integrated Regenerative Research Institute and Biology Department San Diego State University San Diego CASDSU Integrated Regenerative Research Institute and Biology Department San Diego State University San Diego CASDSU Integrated Regenerative Research Institute and Biology Department San Diego State University San Diego CASDSU Integrated Regenerative Research Institute and Biology Department San Diego State University San Diego CASDSU Integrated Regenerative Research Institute and Biology Department San Diego State University San Diego CASDSU Integrated Regenerative Research Institute and Biology Department San Diego State University San Diego CASDSU Integrated Regenerative Research Institute and Biology Department San Diego State University San Diego CASDSU Integrated Regenerative Research Institute and Biology Department San Diego State University San Diego CASDSU Department of Mathematics San Diego State University San Diego CASDSU Integrated Regenerative Research Institute and Biology Department San Diego State University San Diego CABackground Vaping is touted as a safer alternative to traditional cigarette smoking, but the full spectrum of harm reduction versus comparable risk remains unresolved. Elevated bioavailability of nicotine in vape aerosol together with known risks of nicotine exposure may result in previously uncharacterized cardiovascular consequences of vaping. The objective of this study is to assess the impact of nicotine exposure via vape aerosol inhalation upon myocardial response to infarction injury. Methods and Results Flavored vape juice containing nicotine (5 mg/mL) or vehicle alone (0 mg) was delivered using identical 4‐week treatment protocols. Mice were subjected to acute myocardial infarction injury and evaluated for outcomes of cardiac structure and function. Findings reveal that nicotine exposure leads to worse outcomes with respect to contractile performance regardless of sex. Nonmyocyte interstitial cell accumulation following infarction significantly increased with exposure to vape aerosol alone, but a comparable increase was not present when nicotine was included. Conclusions Myocardial function after infarction is significantly decreased after exposure to nicotine vape aerosol irrespective of sex. Comparable loss of contractile function was not observed in mice exposed to vape aerosol alone, highlighting the essential role of nicotine in loss of contractile function. Increased vimentin immunoreactivity was observed in the vape alone group compared with control and vape nicotine. The correlation between vaping, interstitial cell responses, and cardiac remodeling leading to impaired contractility warrants further investigation. Public health experts seeking to reduce vaping‐related health risks should consider messaging that highlights the increased cardiovascular risk especially with nicotine‐containing aerosols.https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/JAHA.124.038012heartmyocardial infarctionnicotinevape aerosolvaping |
| spellingShingle | Clarissa Savko Carolina Esquer Claudia Molinaro Sophie Rokaw Abraham G. Shain Faid Jaafar Morgan K. Wright Joy A. Phillips Tyler Hopkins Sama Mikhail Abigail Rieder Ariana Mardani Barbara Bailey Mark A. Sussman Myocardial Infarction Injury Is Exacerbated by Nicotine in Vape Aerosol Exposure Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease heart myocardial infarction nicotine vape aerosol vaping |
| title | Myocardial Infarction Injury Is Exacerbated by Nicotine in Vape Aerosol Exposure |
| title_full | Myocardial Infarction Injury Is Exacerbated by Nicotine in Vape Aerosol Exposure |
| title_fullStr | Myocardial Infarction Injury Is Exacerbated by Nicotine in Vape Aerosol Exposure |
| title_full_unstemmed | Myocardial Infarction Injury Is Exacerbated by Nicotine in Vape Aerosol Exposure |
| title_short | Myocardial Infarction Injury Is Exacerbated by Nicotine in Vape Aerosol Exposure |
| title_sort | myocardial infarction injury is exacerbated by nicotine in vape aerosol exposure |
| topic | heart myocardial infarction nicotine vape aerosol vaping |
| url | https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/JAHA.124.038012 |
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