title: Inhibitory effects of azelastine on superoxide anion generation from activated inflammatory cells measured by a simple chemiluminescence method.
abstract: Blood was drawn from healthy human volunteers and neutrophils and eosinophils were purified on a Conray-Ficoll and a Percoll gradient, respectively. Rat mast cells were also purified on a Percoll gradient. Superoxide anion (O2-) generation from the cells were measured by 2-methyl-6-[p-methoxy-phenyl]-3,7-dihydroimidazo[1,2-a]pyrazin+ ++-3-one (MCLA)-dependent luminescence. Addition of 0.5 mumol/l MCLA and a stimulatory agent, such as phorbol myristate acetate, N-formyl-methionyl-leucyl-phenylalanine (fMLP) and compound 48/80, to a suspension of each cell caused a marked luminescence which was inhibited by 0.5 mumol/l superoxide dismutase (SOD). Azelastine (A-5610) significantly inhibited the O2- generation from each activated inflammatory cell in a dose-dependent manner. When eosinophils were activated by fMLP in the presence of cytochalasine (CB), azelastine abolished the luminescence stronger than that from the fMLP-stimulated cells in the absence of CB.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Gunma University School of Medicine, Maebashi, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kurosawa
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hanawa
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kobayashi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nakano
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003571:Cytochalasin B / Q000494:pharmacology; D004804:Eosinophils / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D006634:Histamine H1 Antagonists / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006801:Humans; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007249:Inflammation / Q000378:metabolism*; D008163:Luminescent Measurements; D008297:Male; D008407:Mast Cells / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D009240:N-Formylmethionine Leucyl-Phenylalanine / Q000494:pharmacology; D009504:Neutrophils / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D010101:Oxygen Consumption / Q000187:drug effects; D010793:Phthalazines / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D013481:Superoxides / Q000378:metabolism*; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate / Q000494:pharmacology; D003189:p-Methoxy-N-methylphenethylamine / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D006634:Histamine H1 Antagonists; D010793:Phthalazines; D013481:Superoxides; D003571:Cytochalasin B; D003189:p-Methoxy-N-methylphenethylamine; D009240:N-Formylmethionine Leucyl-Phenylalanine; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate; C020976:azelastine