title: Beta-naphthylamine induces anion superoxide production in rat peritoneal macrophages.
abstract: Rat peritoneal macrophages were incubated in the presence of beta-naphthylamine (beta-NA), a well known carcinogenic agent, and some parameters of respiratory burst were studied. beta-NA induced a time- and dose-dependent stimulation of superoxide anion (O-2) production, and this enhancement was suppressed by the addition of superoxide dismutase enzyme. Also, no cooperative effect between beta-NA and phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate was observed. Other observations were as follows: (i) the simultaneous presence of polymyxin B, and staurosporine inhibitors of protein kinase C, inhibited beta-NA-dependent O-2 production; (ii) NADPH-oxidase contained in postnuclear fraction from beta-NA-incubated macrophages showed a greater activity than control fractions; (iii) the stimulation of O-2 production elicited by beta-NA was several-fold enhanced in activated macrophages compared to resident cells. These data suggest that beta-NA produces the activation of NADPH-oxidase through protein kinase C.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Bioquímica Médica y Biología Molecular, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Sevilla, Spain.
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Chiara
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Sobrino
mesh_terms: D015081:2-Naphthylamine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D004789:Enzyme Activation / Q000187:drug effects; D005609:Free Radicals; D008264:Macrophages / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D009247:NADH, NADPH Oxidoreductases / Q000378:metabolism; D019255:NADPH Oxidases; D010537:Peritoneum; D011493:Protein Kinase C / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D051381:Rats; D016897:Respiratory Burst / Q000187:drug effects; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase / Q000378:metabolism; D013481:Superoxides / Q000378:metabolism*; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D005609:Free Radicals; D013481:Superoxides; D015081:2-Naphthylamine; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase; D009247:NADH, NADPH Oxidoreductases; D019255:NADPH Oxidases; D011493:Protein Kinase C; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate