title: Differential effect of cyclosporine A on respiratory burst by several types of human leukocytic cells.
abstract: The effect of cyclosporine on PMA-stimulated superoxide production has been studied on human alveolar macrophages, human neutrophils, cytoplasts and Epstein-Barr-virus-transformed B lymphocytes. Cyclosporine inhibits superoxide production in alveolar macrophages but not in neutrophils and cytoplasts. The respiratory burst of B-lymphocytes was scarcely inhibited by cyclosporine. The activity of NADPH oxidase from macrophages and neutrophils was not directly affected by cyclosporine. These data are considered in relation with the proposed mechanism for cyclosporine action and the stimulation of the respiratory burst.
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: A B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Foot
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Sobrino
authors.forename: O T
authors.initials: OT
authors.lastname: Jones
mesh_terms: D016572:Cyclosporine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006801:Humans; D007962:Leukocytes / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D008264:Macrophages / Q000378:metabolism; D009247:NADH, NADPH Oxidoreductases / Q000378:metabolism; D019255:NADPH Oxidases; D009504:Neutrophils / Q000378:metabolism; D010100:Oxygen / Q000378:metabolism; D013481:Superoxides / Q000378:metabolism; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D013481:Superoxides; D016572:Cyclosporine; D009247:NADH, NADPH Oxidoreductases; D019255:NADPH Oxidases; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate; D010100:Oxygen