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The Acute Effects of Smokeless Tobacco on Transport and Barrier Function of Buccal Mucosa

N.A. Tobey

Division of Digestive Diseases and Nutrition, Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, CB 7080, 324 Burnett Womack Building, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-7080

V.J. Schreiner

Division of Digestive Diseases and Nutrition, Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, CB 7080, 324 Burnett Womack Building, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-7080

R.D. Readling

Division of Digestive Diseases and Nutrition, Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, CB 7080, 324 Burnett Womack Building, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-7080

R.C. Orlando

Division of Digestive Diseases and Nutrition, Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, CB 7080, 324 Burnett Womack Building, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-7080

The acute effects of smokeless tobacco (ST) on buccal mucosal transport and barrier function were studied by means of in vivo and in vitro techniques. In humans, in vivo exposure to 0.5 g ST transiently increased the transmural electrical potential difference (PD). However, despite continued exposure, PD returned to baseline within 20 min. The mechanisms for these changes were explored by use of dog buccal mucosa mounted in Ussing chambers. Luminal exposure to a Ringer-extract of ST (EOST) increased PD and short-circuit current (Isc) and decreased electrical resistance (R), with changes reversible upon removal of EOST from the bath. Further, radioisotopic fluxes showed that the increase in Isc in EOST-exposed tissues was accompanied by increased absorption of electrolytes (Na, Cl, and other ions), and the decrease in R was accompanied by increased permeability to mannitol. Light microscopy of tissues exposed to EOST showed no morphological changes after exposure to 0.5 g of ST, but after exposure to 1.5-2.5 g of ST, dilated intercellular spaces were identified.

Contact of aqueous media with ST led to the release of electrolytes and other soluble compounds into solution. To determine the effect of electrolyte release on buccal function, we exposed mucosae luminally to a solution with ion composition and/or osmolality similar to EOST or to one with an EOST previously dialyzed against Ringer. Solutions with similar ion composition and/or osmolarity changed PD, Isc, and R in a manner similar to EOST, while dialyzed-EOST had no effect. In addition, luminal nicotine produced effects different from EOST, decreasing PD and Isc and increasing R. These results indicate that ST can acutely alter buccal transport and barrier function by creating, through electrolyte release, electrochemical and osmolar gradients across the tissue.

Journal of Dental Research, Vol. 67, No. 11, 1414-1421 (1988)
DOI: 10.1177/00220345880670111101
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