title: Effect of nifedipine on Leishmania donovani infection in-vivo and in-vitro: chemiluminescence responses of peritoneal macrophages and neutrophils.
abstract: After peritoneal macrophages had been exposed to different concentrations of nifedipine (10-120 ng mL-1) there was a significant increase (P less than 0.001) in the percentage of Leishmania donovani infected macrophages compared with controls. Parasite load was also significantly increased (P less than 0.001) in nifedipine-treated, L. donovani infected, BALB/c mice, compared with untreated, infected mice, post-inoculation. Peak chemiluminescence responses were significantly depressed (P less than 0.001) in nifedipine-treated infected mice compared with untreated mice post-inoculation. It is suggested that availability of intracellular calcium is a factor in the defense mechanism of inflammatory cells in L. donovani infections.
authors.affiliation: Department of Parasitology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
authors.forename: N K
authors.initials: NK
authors.lastname: Ganguly
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sodhi
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kaul
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kaur
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Malla
authors.forename: R C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Mahajan
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D007893:Leishmania donovani / Q000187:drug effects*; D007898:Leishmaniasis, Visceral / Q000188:drug therapy*; D008163:Luminescent Measurements; D008264:Macrophages / Q000187:drug effects / Q000469:parasitology; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D009504:Neutrophils / Q000187:drug effects / Q000469:parasitology; D009543:Nifedipine / Q000627:therapeutic use*
chemical_list: D009543:Nifedipine