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From what we know to date, ENDSs contain much lower levels of known carcinogens than tobacco smoke. While conventional tobacco smoke is a well-established mutagen, little is known about the mutagenicity of ENDS aerosols. Here, we report the mutagenic effects of a 3-month whole body exposure of C57 lacI mice (BigBlueTM) to filtered air (AIR) or ENDS aerosols in several tissues. Aerosols were generated from a 50\/50 vegetable glycerin (VG)\/propylene glycol (PG) mixture with and without nicotine. The results revealed that in the lung, bladder urothelial tissue, and tongue, mutagenesis was significantly greater in the VG\/PG\/nicotine group than in the AIR group. In all organs except the bladder, mutagenesis in the VG\/PG only group was similar to those exposed to AIR. In the bladder, mutagenesis in the VG\/PG group was elevated compared to that in the AIR group. In the liver, mutagenesis was modestly elevated in the VG\/PG\/nicotine group, but the elevation failed to reach statistical significance. Overall, there were no consistent differences in mutagenesis between the sexes. The results of this study suggest that exposure to e-cig aerosols containing nicotine represents a risk factor for carcinogenesis in several organ systems, and exposure to VG\/PG alone may be a risk factor for bladder cancer.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/ijerph21121693","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,12,19]],"date-time":"2024-12-19T06:50:44Z","timestamp":1734591044000},"page":"1693","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["Effects of E-Cigarette (e-cig) Aerosols on Mutagenesis in Selected Organs in a C57 lacI (BigBlueTM) Mouse Model"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"21","author":[{"given":"Dweet","family":"Chhaya","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Environmental Medicine, Grossman School of Medicine, New York University, New York, NY 10016, USA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0009-7570-7127","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Merna","family":"Gress","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Periodontics and Oral Medicine, School of Dentistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48104, USA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Amna","family":"Raja","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Environmental Medicine, Grossman School of Medicine, New York University, New York, NY 10016, USA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Wieslawa","family":"Kosinska","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Molecular Pathobiology, New York University College of Dentistry, New York, NY 10010, USA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Terry","family":"Gordon","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Environmental Medicine, Grossman School of Medicine, New York University, New York, NY 10016, USA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Judith","family":"Zelikoff","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Environmental Medicine, Grossman School of Medicine, New York University, New York, NY 10016, USA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-8873-9349","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Joseph B.","family":"Guttenplan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Molecular Pathobiology, New York University College of Dentistry, New York, NY 10010, USA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,12,19]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Mattingly, D.T., Zavala-Arciniega, L., Hirschtick, J.L., Meza, R., Levy, D.T., and Fleischer, N.L. 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