PUBLICATION
In utero exposure to cigarette smoke and effects across generations: a conference of animals on asthma
- Authors
- Hammer, B., Wagner, C., Divac Rankov, A., Reuter, S., Bartel, S., Hylkema, M.N., Krüger, A., Svanes, C., Krauss-Etschmann, S.
- ID
- ZDB-PUB-180924-6
- Date
- 2018
- Source
- Clinical and experimental allergy : journal of the British Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology 48(11): 1378-1390 (Review)
- Registered Authors
- Divac Rankov, Aleksandra
- Keywords
- none
- MeSH Terms
-
- Allergens/immunology
- Animals
- Asthma/epidemiology
- Asthma/etiology*
- Cross Reactions/immunology*
- Disease Models, Animal
- Female
- Humans
- Maternal Exposure/adverse effects*
- Phenotype
- Pregnancy
- Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects*
- Smoking/adverse effects*
- PubMed
- 30244507 Full text @ Clin. Exp. Allergy
Citation
Hammer, B., Wagner, C., Divac Rankov, A., Reuter, S., Bartel, S., Hylkema, M.N., Krüger, A., Svanes, C., Krauss-Etschmann, S. (2018) In utero exposure to cigarette smoke and effects across generations: a conference of animals on asthma. Clinical and experimental allergy : journal of the British Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology. 48(11):1378-1390.
Abstract
Background The prevalence of asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) has risen markedly over the last decades and is reaching epidemic proportions. However, underlying molecular mechanisms are not fully understood, hampering the urgently needed development of approaches to prevent these diseases. It is well established from epidemiological studies that prenatal exposure to cigarette smoke is one of the main risk factors for aberrant lung function development or reduced fetal growth, but also for the development of asthma and possibly COPD later in life. Of note, recent evidence suggests that the disease risk can be transferred across generations, i.e. from grandparents to their grandchildren. While initial studies in mouse models on in utero smoke exposure have provided important mechanistic insights, there are still knowledge gaps that need to be filled.
Objective Thus, in this review we summarize current knowledge on this topic derived from mouse models, while also introducing two other relevant animal models: the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster and the zebrafish Danio rerio.
Methods This review is based on an intensive review of Pubmed-listed transgenerational animal studies from 1902-2018 and focuses in detail on selected literature due to space limitations.
Results This review gives a comprehensive overview of mechanistic insights obtained in studies with the three species, while highlighting the remaining knowledge gaps. We will further discuss potential (dis)advantages of all three animal models.
Conclusion/clinical relevance Many studies have already addressed transgenerational inheritance of disease risk in mouse, zebrafish or fly models. We here propose a novel strategy for how these three model organisms can be synergistically combined to achieve a more detailed understanding of in utero cigarette smoke induced transgenerational inheritance of disease risk. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
Genes / Markers
Expression
Phenotype
Mutations / Transgenics
Human Disease / Model
Sequence Targeting Reagents
Fish
Orthology
Engineered Foreign Genes
Mapping