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Effects of Short-Term Cigarette Smoke Exposure on Fischer 344 Rats and on Selected Lung Proteins

A short-term 5-day cigarette smoke exposure study was conducted in Fischer 344 rats to identify smoke-induced lung protein changes. Groups of 10 male and 10 female rats at 5 weeks of age were randomly assigned to one of four exposure groups. Animals received filtered air (control) or 75, 200, or 400 mg total particulate matter (TPM)/m3 of diluted Kentucky reference 3R4F cigarette smoke. Nose-only exposures were conducted for 3 hours/day for 5 consecutive days. Mean body weights were significantly reduced only in male rats exposed to 400 mg TPM/m3. Body weight gains were significantly reduced in 200- and 400-mg TPM/m3–exposed males and in all smoke-exposed females compared with controls. Alveolar histiocytosis increased slightly in all smoke exposed-females and 200- and 400-mg TPM/m3–exposed males. Cyclooxygenase-2 staining increased at 400 mg TPM/m3. Matrix metalloproteinase–12 staining of alveolar macrophages and bronchiolar epithelia increased in smoke-exposed animals, especially 400-mg TPM/m3–exposed females. Protein kinase C–α staining increased in macrophages at 200- and 400-mg TPM/m3 doses. c-Jun NH2-terminal kinases staining decreased in smoke-exposed tissues. The identified changed proteins play roles in inflammation, transformation, proliferation, stress activation, and apoptosis.