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Electronic vaping preferentially target respiratory bronchioles leading to severe bronchiolitis in experimentally-exposed macaques

ABSTRACT: Electronic cigarette use has increased dramatically over the past three years, despite numerous reports of acute lung injury and even death. In this report we provide evidence from a nonhuman primate model for Electronic Vapor-Induced Lung Injury (EVALI), demonstrating significant lung pathology from electronic vaping (EV). Here we characterized the particle size and pathogenic effects induced by EV exposure of nonhuman primates using the commercial nicotine JUUL® pod modular devices. Vaping aerosols appear to preferentially and exclusively target the bronchioles while bypassing larger bronchi. We demonstrate a significantly smaller particle size, generated by the EV device relative to combustion product aerosols produced by conventional cigarettes. Histopathologically, vaping aerosols appear to preferentially and exclusively target the bronchioles while bypassing larger bronchi which is consistent with a significanlty smaller particle size compared to cigarette smoke. Our immunohistochemical and RNAseq studies provide further evidence for severe small airway inflammation and dysregulation of gene expression within immune cells derived from bronchial lavage, respectively. Our findings raise major concerns regarding the safety of e-cigarettes, and provide a mechanism for the preferential induction of lung injury by EV. Our results, in a species whose lung architecture is the closest possible approximation of that of a human adolescent, suggest the danger of the EV device itself and resultant small particulate aerosols produced, preferentially entering and damaging a highly susceptible part of the respiratory system.

ORGANISM(S): Macaca mulatta

PROVIDER: GSE199072 | GEO | 2022/07/01

REPOSITORIES: GEO

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Project description:Background: Adult vapers are likely to co-use electronic cigarettes (e-cigs) and combustible cigarettes or have a prior history of smoking. Teasing out the health consequences of vaping in adults, while accounting for the confounding effects of smoking, remains a research priority. Methods: We have segregated the biological effects of vaping from smoking by constructing the whole transcriptome in leukocytes of healthy adult vapers (with and without a history of smoking) and exclusive smokers in comparison to control nonsmokers non-vapers (n = 37, 22, 23, respectively). Results: Age- and sex-adjusted limmaVoom analysis of RNA-seq data showed significant dysregulation of key genes and molecular pathways in both vapers and smokers as compared to controls. The extent of transcriptomic effects, as reflected by the number of differentially expressed genes, was more pronounced in smokers than vapers (683 vs. 92). Computational modeling, combining primary and sensitivity analyses, revealed that e-cig use, but not past smoking, is significantly associated with gene dysregulation in vapers. Comparative analysis of the gene networks and canonical pathways impacted in vapers and smokers showed strikingly similar biological outcomes in the two groups, although the number of affected genes was several-fold higher in smokers than vapers. Of significance is the preferential targeting of mitochondrial genes in both vapers and smokers, consistent with impaired functional networks, which are known to drive mitochondrial DNA-related disorders. Equally remarkable is the dysregulation of immune response genes in both vapers and smokers, modulated by upstream cytokines, including members of the interleukin and interferon family, that play a crucial role in inflammation. Conclusions: The concurrent targeting of mitochondrial- and immune response genes in vapers and smokers suggests a consequential role for vaping and smoking in inflammation. Our findings accord with the growing evidence on the central role of mitochondria as signaling organelles that govern fundamentals of immunity and inflammatory response. In view of the widespread use of e-cigs among youth and young adults, these novel findings have significant implications for tobacco regulatory science and public health.

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Electronic vaping preferentially target respiratory bronchioles leading to severe bronchiolitis in experimentally-exposed macaques

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