title: Inhibitory effects of bis(2-aminohexyl)disulfide and its analogues on polymorphonuclear leukocyte functions in vitro.
abstract: Water soluble analogues of the anti-inflammatory compound, bis(2-aminopropyl)disulfide dihydrochloride (compd. I) with a butyl (II), phenyl (III), benzyl (IV) or pyrrolidinyl group (V) instead of the methyl group were synthesized, and their effects on the functions of cells related to inflammation were studied in vitro. Compounds II, III and IV showed much higher inhibitory activity than compd. I on formyl Met-Leu-Phe (FMLP)-induced O2(-)-generation of polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMNs) and platelet aggregation. Compound II showed the strongest activity among the compounds (IC50 values: 2.6 microM). The inhibition of O2(-)-generation of PMNs by compd. II was the most effective when FMLP was used as a stimulant rather than when phorbol myristate acetate, A-23187 and opsonized zymosan were used. However, compd. II was not an O2(-)-scavenger. Compounds II, III and IV significantly inhibited a series of activation processes in PMNs, chemotaxis, phagocytosis and lysosomal enzyme release at doses ranging from 10 to 100 microM. Under these doses, compds II, III and IV did not affect the histamine release from mast cells or the hemolysis of erythrocytes. These results strongly suggest that the anti-inflammatory action caused by compd. II and its analogues was at least partly due to inhibition of several functions of PMNs and platelets.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Osaka University, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kohama
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kayamori
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Katayama
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Teramoto
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Murayama
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tsujikawa
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Okabe
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ohtani
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Matsukura
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mimura
mesh_terms: D000588:Amines / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D000894:Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002634:Chemotaxis, Leukocyte / Q000187:drug effects; D004220:Disulfides / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D006461:Hemolysis / Q000187:drug effects; D006636:Histamine Release / Q000187:drug effects; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008297:Male; D008407:Mast Cells / Q000378:metabolism; D009504:Neutrophils / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D010587:Phagocytosis / Q000187:drug effects; D010974:Platelet Aggregation / Q000187:drug effects; D010975:Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D000588:Amines; D000894:Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal; D004220:Disulfides; D010975:Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors; C075124:bis(2-aminohexyl)disulfide