A Mechanical Mechanism for Vitamin E Acetate in E-cigarette/Vaping-Associated Lung Injury.
Chem Res Toxicol
; 33(9): 2432-2440, 2020 09 21.
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| ID: mdl-32842741
ABSTRACT
The outbreak of electronic-cigarette/vaping-associated lung injury (EVALI) has made thousands ill. This lung injury has been attributed to a physical interaction between toxicants from the vaping solution and the pulmonary surfactant. In particular, studies have implicated vitamin E acetate as a potential instigator of EVALI. Pulmonary surfactant is vital to proper respiration through the mechanical processes of adsorption and interface stability to achieve and maintain low surface tension at the air-liquid interface. Using neutron spin echo spectroscopy, we investigate the impact of vitamin E acetate on the mechanical properties of two lipid-only pulmonary surfactant mimics pure 1,2-dipalmitoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine and a more comprehensive lipid mixture. It was found that increasing vitamin E acetate concentration nonlinearly increased membrane fluidity and area compressibility to a plateau. Softer membranes would promote adsorption to the air-liquid interface during inspiration as well as collapse from the interface during expiration. These findings indicate the potential for the failure of the pulmonary surfactant upon expiration, attributed to monolayer collapse. This collapse could contribute to the observed EVALI signs and symptoms, including shortness of breath and pneumonitis.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Vitamina E
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Lesão Pulmonar
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Sistemas Eletrônicos de Liberação de Nicotina
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Vaping
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Acetatos
Tipo de estudo:
Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Chem Res Toxicol
Assunto da revista:
TOXICOLOGIA
Ano de publicação:
2020
Tipo de documento:
Article