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. 2023 May 3;38(13):1041–1069. doi: 10.1089/ars.2022.0087

Table 5.

Cigarette Smoke Can Induce Trained Innate Immune Tolerance

  Cell type/disease Effect Receptor/pathway PMID
CSE MDMs and THP-1 cells Inhibited LPS- and LPS plus ATP-induced IL-1β and IL-18 release and pro-IL-1β, pro-IL-18, and NLRP3 expression
Decreased LPS-induced lactate release and basal glycolytic flux and impaired glycolytic burst
NLRP3-independent and TLR4-TRIF-caspase-8-dependent pathway 31914643
A single injection of nicotine Renal I/R injury in rats Attenuated renal dysfunction and tubular necrosis induced by I/R injury
Ameliorated acute tubular damage following renal I/R injury
Reduced TNF-α protein expression and leukocyte infiltration of the kidney
α7nAChR 18401335
A single injection of nicotine Renal I/R injury in rats Reduced the α7nAChR protein after I/R injury
Inhibited renal I/R-induced STAT3 activation
α7nAChR 18614620
Nicotine (500 μM) LPS-stimulated primary human macrophages Inhibited TNF release from LPS-stimulated macrophages   12508119
Nicotine IL-18-stimulated PBMC Inhibited IL-18-enhanced expression of ICAM-1 and CD40
Inhibited production of IL-12, TNF-α, and IFN-γ by IL-18-stimulated cells
α7nAChR 16966384
Pretreatment with CSE LPS stimulated bronchial epithelial cells Inhibited LPS-induced GM-CSF and IL-8 protein release
Suppressed neutrophil chemotaxis induced by LPS
Downregulated the activity of LPS-induced transcription factor AP-1
Attenuated inflammatory response induced by LPS
Suppression of AP-1 activation 15356167
Pretreatment with CSE Anti-CD3 and PMA stimulated PBMCs Suppressed production of IL-1β, TNF-α, IL-2, and IFN-γ   10932071
CS Lung macrophages of Apoe/ mice Increased itaconate metabolite
Increased expression of IRG1
Prevents overshooting macrophage activation in the lungs
May counteract the oxidative challenge from the activated immune system as well as directly from CS exposure.
  32419906

CS increases the expression of anti-inflammatory cytokines and decreases the expression of proinflammatory cytokines and chemokines.

α7nAChR, α7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor; IRG1, immune responsive gene 1; MDMs, monocyte-derived macrophages; PMA, phorbol myristate acetate; STAT3, signal transducer and activator of transcription 3.