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Belda R, Blasco S, Verdejo B, Jiménez HR, Doménech-Carbó A, Soriano C, Latorre J, Terencio C, García-España E. Homo- and heterobinuclear Cu2+ and Zn2+ complexes of abiotic cyclic hexaazapyridinocyclophanes as SOD mimics. Dalton Trans 2013; 42:11194-204. [DOI: 10.1039/c3dt51012c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Ginsburg I, Sadovnik M, Sallon S, Milo-Goldzweig I, Mechoulam R, Breuer A, Gibbs D, Varani J, Roberts S, Cleator E, Singh N. PADMA-28, a traditional tibetan herbal preparation inhibits the respiratory burst in human neutrophils, the killing of epithelial cells by mixtures of oxidants and pro-inflammatory agonists and peroxidation of lipids. Inflammopharmacology 2010; 7:47-62. [PMID: 17657446 DOI: 10.1007/s10787-999-0025-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/1998] [Revised: 01/06/1999] [Accepted: 01/07/1999] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Both aqueous and methanolic fractions derived from the Tibetan preparation PADMA-28 (a mixture of 22 plants) used as an anti-atherosclerotic agent, and which is non-cytolytic to a variety of mammalian cells, were found to strongly inhibit (1) the killing of epithelial cells in culture induced by 'cocktails' comprising oxidants, membrane perforating agents and proteinases; (2) the generation of luminol-dependent chemiluminescence in human neutrophils stimulated by opsonized bacteria; (3) the peroxidation of intralipid (a preparation rich in phopholipids) induced in the presence of copper; and (4) the activity of neutrophil elastase. It is proposed that PADMA-28 might prove beneficial for the prevention of cell damage induced by synergism among pro-inflammatory agonists which is central in the initiation of tissue destruction in inflammatory and infectious conditions.
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- I Ginsburg
- Department of Oral Biology, Hebrew University-Hadassah School of Dental medicine, Jerusalem, Israel
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Optical probes for detection and quantification of neutrophils’ oxidative burst. A review. Anal Chim Acta 2009; 649:8-23. [DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2009.06.063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 125] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2009] [Revised: 06/25/2009] [Accepted: 06/29/2009] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Papp Z, Dahiya J, Warren T, Widyaratne G, Drew M, Smits J. Whole blood chemiluminescence response in broiler chickens on different experimental diets and challenged withClostridium perfringens. Br Poult Sci 2009; 50:57-65. [DOI: 10.1080/00071660802613278] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Andrew J. Ghio, Zhi Hong Meng, Gary. LUMINOL-ENHANCED CHEMILUMINESCENCE AFTER IN VITRO EXPOSURES OF RAT ALVEOLAR MACROPHAGES TO OIL FLY ASH IS METAL DEPENDENT. Inhal Toxicol 2008. [DOI: 10.1080/089583797198240] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/16/2022]
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Rinaldi M, Moroni P, Leino L, Laihia J, Paape MJ, Bannerman DD. Effect of cis-urocanic acid on bovine neutrophil generation of reactive oxygen species. J Dairy Sci 2008; 89:4188-201. [PMID: 17033005 DOI: 10.3168/jds.s0022-0302(06)72464-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Neutrophils play a fundamental role in the host innate immune response during mastitis and other bacterial-mediated diseases of cattle. One of the critical mechanisms by which neutrophils contribute to host innate immune defenses is through their ability to phagocytose and kill bacteria. The ability of neutrophils to kill bacteria is mediated through the generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS). However, the extracellular release of ROS can be deleterious to the host because ROS induce tissue injury. Thus, in diseases such as mastitis that are accompanied by the influx of neutrophils, the generation of large quantities of ROS may result in significant injury to the mammary epithelium. cis-Urocanic acid (cis-UCA), which is formed from the UV photoisomerization of the trans isoform found naturally in human and animal skin, is an immunosuppressive molecule with anti-inflammatory properties. Little is known about the effect of cis-UCA on neutrophils, although one report demonstrated that it inhibits human neutrophil respiratory burst activity. However, the nature of this inhibition remains unknown. Because of the potential therapeutic use that a molecule such as cis-UCA may have in blocking excessive respiratory burst activity that may be deleterious to the host, the ability of cis-UCA to inhibit bovine neutrophil production of ROS was studied. Further, because neutrophil generation of ROS is necessary for optimal neutrophil bactericidal activity, a response which is critical for the host innate immune defense against infection, the effects of cis-UCA on bovine neutrophil phagocytosis and bacterial killing were assayed. cis-Urocanic acid dose-dependently inhibited the respiratory burst activity of bovine neutrophils as measured by luminol chemiluminescence. Subsequently, the effect of cis-UCA on the production of specific oxygen radicals was investigated using more selective assays. Using 2 distinct assays, we established that cis-UCA inhibited the generation of extracellular superoxide. In contrast, cis-UCA had no effect on the generation of intracellular levels of superoxide or other ROS. At concentrations that inhibited generation of extracellular superoxide, bovine neutrophil phagocytosis and bacterial activity remained intact. Together, these data suggest that cis-UCA inhibits the tissue-damaging generation of extracellular ROS while preserving neutrophil bactericidal activity.
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- M Rinaldi
- Department of Veterinary Pathology, Hygiene and Public Health, University of Milan, Italy 20133
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Mozdzan M, Szemraj J, Rysz J, Stolarek RA, Nowak D. Anti-oxidant activity of spermine and spermidine re-evaluated with oxidizing systems involving iron and copper ions. Int J Biochem Cell Biol 2006; 38:69-81. [PMID: 16107320 DOI: 10.1016/j.biocel.2005.07.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2005] [Accepted: 07/11/2005] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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This study was designed to investigate the direction of redox reactions of spermine and spermidine in the presence of iron and copper. The redox activity of spermine and spermidine was assessed using a variety of methods, including their ability to: (1) reduce Fe(3+) to Fe(2+) ions; (2) protect deoxyribose from oxidation by Fe(2+)-ethylene diaminetetraacetic acid, Fe(3+)-ethylene diaminetetraacetic acid systems with and without H(2)O(2); (3) protect DNA from damage caused by Cu(2+)-H(2)O(2), and Fe(2+)-H(2)O(2) with and without ascorbic acid; (4) inhibit H(2)O(2)-peroxidase-induced luminol dependent chemiluminescence; (5) scavenge diphenyl-picryl-hydrazyl radical. Spermine and spermidine at concentration 1mM reduced 1.8+/-0.3 and 2.5+/-0.1 nmol of Fe(3+) ions during 20 min incubation. Both polyamines enhanced deoxyribose oxidation. The highest enhancement of 7.6-fold in deoxyribose degradation was found for combination of spermine with Fe(3+)-ethylene diaminetetraacetic acid. An 10mM spermine and spermidine decreased CuSO(4)-H(2)O(2)-ascorbic acid- and FeSO(4)-H(2)O(2)-ascorbic-induced DNA damage by 73+/-6, 69+/-4% and 90+/-5, 53+/-4%, respectively. They did not protect DNA from CuSO(4)-H(2)O(2) and FeSO(4)-H(2)O(2). Spermine apparently increased the CuSO(4)-H(2)O(2)-dependent injury to DNA. Polyamines attenuated H(2)O(2)-peroxidase-induced luminol dependent chemiluminescence. Total light emission from specimens containing 10mM spermine or spermidine was attenuated by 85.3+/-1.5 and 87+/-3.6%. During 20 min incubation 1mM spermine or spermidine decomposed 8.1+/-1.4 and 9.2+/-1.8% of diphenyl-picryl-hydrazyl radical. These results demonstrate that polyamines of well known anti-oxidant properties may act as pro-oxidants and enhance oxidative damage to DNA components in the presence of free iron ions and H(2)O(2).
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- Monika Mozdzan
- Department of Experimental and Clinical Physiology, Institute of Physiology and Biochemistry, Medical University of Lodz, 6/8 Mazowiecka Street, 92-215 Lodz, Poland
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Magrisso M, Etzion O, Pilch G, Novodvoretz A, Perez-Avraham G, Schlaeffer F, Marks R. Fiber-optic biosensor to assess circulating phagocyte activity by chemiluminescence. Biosens Bioelectron 2005; 21:1210-8. [PMID: 15978799 DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2005.05.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2005] [Revised: 05/05/2005] [Accepted: 05/06/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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We describe herein the construction of a novel computerized multi-sample temperature-controlled luminometer for a fiber array-based biosensor to monitor circulating phagocyte activity. It can perform simultaneously integral measurements of chemiluminescence emitted from up to six samples containing less than 0.5 microl whole blood while the samples and detector do not change their position during the measurement cycle. The optical fibers in this luminometer are used as both light guides and solid phase sample holders. The latter feature of the instrument design simplifies the assessment process of both the extra-cellular and the intra-cellular parts of the phagocyte-emitted chemiluminescence using the same system. We describe some examples or proof of principle for the use of the biosensor. This new technology may find use in a wide range of analytical luminescence applications in biology, biophysics, biochemistry, toxicology and clinical medicine.
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- Moni Magrisso
- National Institute for Biotechnology in The Negev, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, P.O. Box 653, Beer-Sheva 84105, Israel
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Grodzińska L, Starzyk D, Bieroń K, Goszcz A, Korbut R. Antioxidant Properties of Carnosine Re-Evaluated with Oxidizing Systems Involving Iron and Copper Ions. Basic Clin Pharmacol Toxicol 2005; 96:413-9. [PMID: 15910404 DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-7843.2005.pto_03.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Carnosine has antioxidant properties and is efficient in the treatment of chemically-induced inflammatory lesions in animals. However, some studies question its biological significance as antioxidant and show lack of protection and even pro-oxidant effect of carnosine in systems containing nickel and iron ions. The ability of carnosine to: (1) reduce Fe(3+) into Fe(2+) ions; (2) protect deoxyribose from oxidation by Fe(2+)-, Fe(3+)-, and Cu(2+)-H(2)O(2)-EDTA systems; (3) protect DNA from damage caused by Cu(2+)-, and Fe(2+)-H(2)O(2)-ascorbate systems; (4) inhibit HClO- and H(2)O(2)-peroxidase-induced luminol dependent chemiluminescence was tested in vitro. At concentration 10 mM carnosine reduced 16.6+/-0.5 nmoles of Fe(3+) into Fe(2+) ions during 20 min. incubation and added to plasma significantly increased its ferric reducing ability. Inhibition of deoxyribose oxidation by 10 mM carnosine reached 56+/-5, 40+/-11 and 30+/-11% for systems containing Fe(2+), Fe(3+) and Cu(2+) ions, respectively. The damage to DNA was decreased by 84+/-9 and 61+/-14% when Cu(2+)-, and Fe(2+)-H(2)O(2)-ascorbate systems were applied. Combination of 10 mM histidine with alanine or histidine alone (but not alanine) enhanced 1.3 and 2.3 times (P<0.05) the DNA damage induced by Fe(2+)-H(2)O(2)-ascorbate. These amino acids added to 10 mM carnosine decreased 3.1-fold (P<0.05) its protective effect on DNA. Carnosine at 10 and 20 mM decreased by more than 90% light emission from both chemiluminescent systems. It is concluded that carnosine has significant antioxidant activity especially in the presence of transition metal ions. However, hydrolysis of carnosine with subsequent histidine release may be responsible for some pro-oxidant effects.
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- Lilia Grodzińska
- Department of Pharmacology, Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Jagiellonian University School of Medicine, 31-531 Cracow, 16 Grzegorzecka, Poland
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Kroesen BJ, McLaughlin PMJ, Schuilenga-Hut PHL, Jacobs SC, Molema G, Helfrich W, De Leij LFMH. Tumor-targeted immune complex formation: effects on myeloid cell activation and tumor-directed immune cell migration. Int J Cancer 2002; 98:857-63. [PMID: 11948463 DOI: 10.1002/ijc.10245] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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The effectiveness of cellular immunotherapy of solid tumors is often hampered by the lack of specific infiltration of immune effector cells into the tumor mass. Therefore, we studied the potential of tumor antigen-specific antibodies to elicit tumor-specific myeloid cell activation, to induce or enhance tumor infiltration by immune cells. To this end, we developed an in vitro model system using the human myeloid cell line MonoMac-6. Incubation of IFN-gamma-primed MonoMac-6 cells with serum-opsonized zymosan or EGP-2-directed, mouse IgG2a-opsonized, EGP-2-positive tumor cells resulted in the production of ROS and TNF-alpha and induced E-selectin and ICAM-1 expression on HUVECs. FcR-mediated MonoMac-6 cell activation was strictly dependent on the activation of MonoMac-6 cells with IFN-gamma. In addition, no myeloid cell activation was observed in the presence of human serum or using tumor antigen-specific mouse antibody subclasses other than IgG2a, suggesting the crucial involvement of CD64 (FcgammaR1) in the effects observed. However, serum-inhibited myeloid cell activation was completely restored employing a 2-step targeting approach in which tumor cell opsonization with mouse anti-EGP-2 antibodies was followed by incubation with human antimouse Ig antibodies. Moreover, using this 2-step approach, not only anti-EGP-2-directed mouse IgG2a but also mouse IgG1 antibodies effectively induced tumor-specific myeloid cell activation. In conclusion, we describe a method to induce efficient and tumor-specific activation of myeloid cells based on the sequential use of mouse tumor antigen-specific and human antimouse Ig antibodies. Targeted myeloid cell activation may provide a means to aid in the induction of a tumor-directed immune response and as such, the method described here could be of clinical significance.
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- Bart-Jan Kroesen
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University Hospital Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
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Fossati G, Bucknall RC, Edwards SW. Insoluble and soluble immune complexes activate neutrophils by distinct activation mechanisms: changes in functional responses induced by priming with cytokines. Ann Rheum Dis 2002; 61:13-9. [PMID: 11779751 PMCID: PMC1753889 DOI: 10.1136/ard.61.1.13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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BACKGROUND Rheumatoid synovial fluid contains both soluble and insoluble immune complexes that can activate infiltrating immune cells such as neutrophils. OBJECTIVES To determine if these different complexes activate neutrophils through similar or different receptor signalling pathways. In particular, to determine the circumstances which result in the secretion of tissue damaging reactive oxygen metabolites and granule enzymes. METHODS Blood neutrophils were incubated with synthetic soluble and insoluble immune complexes and the ability to generate reactive oxidants tested by luminescence or spectrophotometric assays that distinguished between intracellular and extracellular production. Degranulation of myeloperoxidase and lactoferrin was determined by western blotting. The roles of FcgammaRII (CD32) and FcgammaRIIIb (CD16) were determined by incubation with Fab/F(ab')(2) fragments before activation. The effect of cytokine priming was determined by incubation with GM-CSF. RESULTS Insoluble immune complexes activated unprimed neutrophils, but most of the oxidants produced were intracellular. This activation required FcgammaRIIIb, but not FcgammaRII function. Soluble complexes failed to activate unprimed neutrophils but generated a rapid and extensive secretion of reactive oxygen metabolites when the cells were primed with granulocyte-macrophage colony stimulating factor (GM-CSF). This activity required both FcgammaRII and FcgammaRIIIb function. Insoluble immune complexes activated the release of granule enzymes from primed or unprimed neutrophils, but the kinetics of release did not parallel those of secretion of reactive oxygen metabolites. Only primed neutrophils released enzymes in response to soluble complexes. CONCLUSIONS Soluble and insoluble immune complexes activate neutrophils by separate receptor signalling pathways. Profound changes in neutrophil responsiveness to these complexes occur after cytokine priming.
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- G Fossati
- School of Biological Sciences, Life Sciences Building, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZB, UK
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Wetterö J, Bengtsson T, Tengvall P. C1q-independent activation of neutrophils by immunoglobulin M-coated surfaces. JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL MATERIALS RESEARCH 2001; 57:550-8. [PMID: 11553885 DOI: 10.1002/1097-4636(20011215)57:4<550::aid-jbm1201>3.0.co;2-t] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Neutrophil granulocytes are known to rapidly adhere and undergo frustrated phagocytosis upon contact with immunoglobulin and/or complement protein opsonized artificial surfaces. In this study, we examined the relation between serum protein deposition and human neutrophil activation on hydrophobic glass and silicon model surfaces that were coated with immunoglobulin G or M (IgG/IgM), both initiators of the classical complement pathway. Protein adsorption from normal human serum (NHS) was quantified with null-ellipsometry combined with antibody techniques. The neutrophil oxygen radical production was registered by luminol-amplified chemiluminescence (CL) and the morphology, as well as changes in the content of filamentous actin (F-actin), were documented by fluorescence microscopy. Complement factor 3 (C3) bound to both IgG- and IgM-coated surfaces, but surprisingly C1q was found only on IgG-coated surfaces. Both immunoglobulins triggered complement dependent neutrophil activation. However, CL and F-actin accumulation were found sensitive to the presence of C1q in the serum only at the IgG-coated surface. We suggest that spontaneously adsorbed IgM activates the complement system and interacts with neutrophils by C1q-independent mechanisms.
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- J Wetterö
- Laboratory of Applied Physics, Department of Physics and Measurement Technology, Linköping University, SE-581 83 Linköping, Sweden.
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Talati AJ, Crouse DT, English BK, Newman C, Harrison L, Meals E. Immunomodulation by exogenous surfactant: effect on TNF-alpha secretion and luminol-enhanced chemiluminescence activity by murine macrophages stimulated with group B streptococci. Microbes Infect 2001; 3:267-73. [PMID: 11334743 DOI: 10.1016/s1286-4579(01)01379-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Group B streptococci (GBS) are important pathogens in neonatal sepsis and pneumonia. GBS stimulate alveolar macrophages to produce inflammatory cytokines and free oxygen radicals, which can damage the lungs. In several studies, use of exogenous surfactant in term babies has improved outcome related to sepsis and respiratory failure. The role(s) of exogenous surfactant in modulating the inflammatory response produced by this microbe was examined. Tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha) production and luminol-enhanced chemiluminescence (LCL), a measure of respiratory burst, were investigated. For measuring TNF-alpha release, RAW 264.7 murine macrophages were pre-incubated with bovine surfactant and stimulated with either lipopolysaccharide, live or heat-killed GBS type Ia. LCL was measured after macrophages were pre-incubated with or without surfactant overnight, then stimulated with GBS or phorbol myristate acetate. Lipopolysaccharide and GBS stimulated TNF-alpha secretion from macrophages that was suppressed by exogenous surfactant in a dose-dependent fashion. GBS and phorbol myristate acetate also increased LCL from macrophages, which was significantly suppressed by pre-incubation of macrophages with exogenous surfactant. We conclude that GBS type Ia stimulates TNF-alpha release and LCL from RAW 264.7 cells and that these responses are suppressed by surfactant. Suppression of inflammatory mediators by exogenous surfactant might improve respiratory disease associated with GBS.
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- A J Talati
- Department of Pediatrics, The University of Tennessee, Memphis, TN, USA.
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Hasegawa H, Suzuki K, Suzuki K, Nakaji S, Sugawara K. Effects of zinc on the reactive oxygen species generating capacity of human neutrophils and on the serum opsonic activity in vitro. LUMINESCENCE 2000; 15:321-7. [PMID: 11038490 DOI: 10.1002/1522-7243(200009/10)15:5<321::aid-bio605>3.0.co;2-o] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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To investigate the effects of zinc on non-specific immune functions, we used the chemiluminescence method to examine the capacity of human neutrophils to produce reactive oxygen species and accompanying serum opsonic activity. When neutrophils were stimulated with both opsonized zymosan and phorbol myristate acetate in the presence of 1-10(-3) mmol/L zinc lucigenin-dependent CL responses were stable or declined, whereas luminol-dependent CL responses were significantly enhanced. The results suggest that zinc activates protein kinase C and promotes MPO degranulation and ROS metabolism, especially in hypochlorous acid production, which have the direct action of causing microbial death. Further, the lucigen-dependent CL response stimulated with OZ was strongly enhanced by anti-MPO antibodies, whereas the enhancement was less in the presence of zinc, suggesting that zinc may suppress the receptor-mediated signal transduction process. Both responses were inhibited at 10 mmol/L. Serum opsonic activity was enhanced by zinc at 10(-4) and 10(-3) mmol/L but reduced at 10 mmol/L. These data indicate that addition of zinc around and above normal physiological concentrations facilitates neutrophil functional activity and serum opsonic activity, whereas these are inhibited by a lack of zinc or an excessive amount, suggesting that zinc is essential for optimal functioning of non-specific immunity.
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- H Hasegawa
- Department of Hygiene, Hirosaki University School of Medicine, 5 Zaifu-cho, Hirosaki, Aomori, 036-8562, Japan.
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Pecivová J, Drábiková K, Kotuliaková K, Macicková T, Nosál R, Danihelová E. Effect of stobadine on oxygen free radical generation in stimulated human polymorphonuclear leukocytes. Life Sci 1999; 65:1987-9. [PMID: 10576451 DOI: 10.1016/s0024-3205(99)00461-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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The generation both superoxide and a mixture of reactive oxygen species was recorded in a suspension of human polymorphonuclear leukocytes stimulated with phorbol myristate acetate. While stobadine dose-dependently decreased chemiluminescence, only its highest concentration used reduced significantly superoxide generation. The results suggest that stobadine is a more effective scavenger of free radicals rather than a quencher of superoxide anion.
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- J Pecivová
- Institute of Experimental Pharmacology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovak Republic.
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Mikawa K, Akamatsu H, Nishina K, Shiga M, Maekawa N, Obara H, Niwa Y. The effects of cimetidine, ranitidine, and famotidine on human neutrophil functions. Anesth Analg 1999; 89:218-24. [PMID: 10389808 DOI: 10.1097/00000539-199907000-00040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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UNLABELLED Neutrophil functions, which play an important role in the antibacterial host defense system, are inhibited by various anesthetics and surgical procedures. Histamine H2-receptor antagonists are perioperatively used as a prophylaxis against acid aspiration syndrome or stress ulceration. We examined the effect of cimetidine, ranitidine, and famotidine, at clinically relevant concentrations and at 10 and 100 times this concentration, on several aspects of human neutrophil function using an in vitro system. The three H2-receptor antagonists did not impair neutrophils' chemotaxis or phagocytosis. Cimetidine and famotidine inhibited superoxide (O2-) and hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) production of the neutrophils in a dose-dependent manner, although the inhibitory effects were minimal. In contrast, ranitidine failed to change O2- or H2O2 production of neutrophils. The three H2-receptor antagonists did not scavenge these reactive oxygen species generated by the xanthine-xanthine oxidase system. The increase in intracellular calcium concentrations in neutrophils by a stimulant were dose-dependently attenuated with cimetidine or famotidine. This decreasing effect of the drugs on [Ca2+]i in neutrophils may represent one of mechanisms responsible for inhibition of reactive oxygen species generation. IMPLICATIONS Neutrophils play a pivotal role in the antibacterial host defense system and tissue injury. We found that cimetidine and famotidine slightly reduced the O2- or H2O2 production of neutrophils in a dose-dependent manner, although ranitidine failed to do so. At least ranitidine does not seem to have any deleterious effect on neutrophil function, which is clearly an important consideration in its use in severely ill patients.
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- K Mikawa
- Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Unit, Kobe University School of Medicine, Japan
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Regner A, Ramirez G, Belló-Klein A, Souza D. Effects of guanine nucleotides on glutamate-induced chemiluminescence in rat hippocampal slices submitted to hypoxia. Neurochem Res 1998; 23:519-24. [PMID: 9566586 DOI: 10.1023/a:1022430501454] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Glutamate significantly increased levels of spontaneous chemiluminescence (CL) in rat hippocampal slices incubated under hypoxic conditions. Although it has been previously shown that guanine nucleotides (GN) displace glutamate from several of its receptors, in our study only GMP, as well as the glutamate antagonist MK-801, was able to reverse the increase in CL provoked by glutamate. On the other hand, not only GTP or Gpp(NH)p failed to reverse the action of glutamate, but they increased CL production like glutamate. This effect of GTP/Gpp(NH)p was also reversed by GMP. We concluded that, under neurotoxic conditions, GMP acted as an antagonist and GTP or Gpp(NH)p acted as agonists of glutamate. These results reinforced the evidence of the existence of extracellular site(s) for GN and indicated a possible role for GN in excitotoxicity.
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- A Regner
- Departamento de Bioquímica, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
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Tirosh O, Katzhendler Y, Barenholz Y, Ginsburg I, Kohen R. Antioxidant properties of amidothionophosphates: novel antioxidant molecules. Free Radic Biol Med 1996; 20:421-32. [PMID: 8720914 DOI: 10.1016/0891-5849(96)02099-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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This work describes the synthesis and characterization of a new family of antioxidants. The molecules have the same active group, but different oil-to-water and octanol-to-water partition coefficients due to different substituents. Three new molecules were synthesized based on the chemical structure of the primary amide attached to a thiophosphate group forming an amidothionophosphate. The amidothionophosphate molecules were exposed to the oxidative stress of hydrogen peroxide and sodium hypochlorite, and the chemical changes following the exposure were monitored by 31P NMR. The reaction constants with the reactive oxygen species hydroxyl radical and superoxide radical were also calculated and found to be 1.5 x 10(9) M-1s-1 and 8.1 x 10(2) M-1s-1, respectively. To elucidate the ability of amidothionophosphates to act as antioxidants in protecting lipids and proteins, we examined damage prevention in bovine serum albumin, egg phosphatidylcholine liposomes, and lipid emulsions following oxidative stress. Amidothionophosphate showed unique protection properties in these models. In contrast to other antioxidant molecules (ascorbic acid, cysteine, and alpha-tocopherol) the new group did not have any pro-oxidative effects as measured by oxygen consumption from buffer solutions containing amidothionophosphates and cupric sulfate as a source of redox-active metal ions. Amidothionophosphates reduced significantly and in a dose-dependent manner the oxidative burst in human neutrophils as measured by luminol-dependent chemiluminescence, and they also markedly depressed the killing of human fibroblasts by mixtures of glucose oxidase and streptolysin S. The toxicity of these molecules was tested by IP injection of doses up to 1000 mg/kg to white Sabra mice. No mortality was observed 30 d after administration of up to 500 mg/kg.
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- O Tirosh
- Department of Pharmacy, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
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Kopprasch S, Gatzweiler A, Kohl M, Schröder HE. Endothelin-1 does not prime polymorphonuclear leukocytes for enhanced production of reactive oxygen metabolites. Inflammation 1995; 19:679-87. [PMID: 8595934 DOI: 10.1007/bf01534571] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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UNLABELLED The in vitro effect of endothelin-1 (ET-1) on the capacity of polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMNLs) to generate reactive oxygen species (ROS) was investigated. Human PMNLs were separated from healthy volunteers and preincubated for 10 min. at 37 degrees C with varying concentrations (10(-7)-10(-12) M) of ET-1. After subsequent stimulation with FMLP (10(-7) M) or opsonized zymosan (0.5 mg/ml) the intra- and extracellular generation of ROS was assessed by luminol-amplified chemiluminescence, superoxide radical (.O2-) and hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) production. RESULTS ET-1 alone failed to stimulate ROS generation. Neither the capacity for extracellular generation of oxygen metabolites nor the production of ROS with an intracellular origin was changed after preincubation of PMNLs with ET-1. ET-1 did not cause a shift of the .O2-/H2O2 production ratio after stimulation of PMNLs with FMLP. These findings suggest that ET-1 in vitro does not prime human PMNLs for enhanced production of ROS.
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- S Kopprasch
- Technical University of Dresden, Carl Gustav Carus Medical School, Department of Internal Medicine III, Germany
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Yedgar S, Dan P, Dagan A, Ginsburg I, Lossos IS, Breuer R. Control of inflammatory processes by cell-impermeable inhibitors of phospholipase A2. AGENTS AND ACTIONS. SUPPLEMENTS 1995; 46:77-84. [PMID: 7610993 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-0348-7276-8_8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Cell-impermeable inhibitors of phospholipase A2 were prepared by linking inhibiting molecules to macromolecular carriers which prevent the inhibitor's internalization. These preparations inhibit the release of oxygen reactive species from neutrophils and cell death induced by inflammatory agents, as well as bleomycin-induced lung injury.
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- S Yedgar
- Department of Biochemistry, Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel
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Kurose I, Wolf R, Grisham MB, Aw TY, Specian RD, Granger DN. Microvascular responses to inhibition of nitric oxide production. Role of active oxidants. Circ Res 1995; 76:30-9. [PMID: 7528112 DOI: 10.1161/01.res.76.1.30] [Citation(s) in RCA: 93] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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The objective of this study was to assess the potential contribution of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) to the leukocyte-endothelial cell adhesion and increased microvascular permeability observed in rat mesenteric venules after inhibition of nitric oxide synthesis with NG-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME). Leukocyte adherence and emigration and leakage of fluorescein isothiocyanate-labeled albumin were monitored in postcapillary venules before and after exposure of the tissue to L-NAME. H2O2 production in mesenteric tissue was monitored by using dihydrorhodamine 123 (DHR), the H2O2-sensitive fluorochrome. L-NAME elicited a rapid increase in both the rate of albumin extravasation and oxidation of DHR, which was followed by an increased adherence and emigration of leukocytes in postcapillary venules. Treatment with either catalase or dimethylthiourea attenuated the L-NAME-induced oxidative stress, albumin leakage, and leukocyte-endothelial cell adhesion. Oxidation of DHR was enhanced in animals treated with either 3-amino-1,2,4-triazole (ATZ), an inhibitor of endogenous catalase, or a combination of ATZ and maleic acid diethyl ester, which depletes intracellular glutathione. Animals receiving a CD11/CD18-specific antibody to prevent leukocyte adhesion/emigration exhibited a reduced oxidation of DHR in response to L-NAME. These findings indicate that most of the H2O2 (and secondarily derived oxidants) generated in mesenteric tissue exposed to an inhibitor of nitric oxide production is due to accumulation of activated leukocytes.
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- I Kurose
- Department of Physiology, LSU Medical Center, Shreveport 71130-3932
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Kohen R, Misgav R, Ginsburg I. Cimetidine modulates chemiluminescence and superoxide generation by neutrophils. Inflammopharmacology 1993. [DOI: 10.1007/bf02663738] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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