title: Comparison of oxidant activities and the activation of benzo(a)pyrene-7,8-dihydrodiol by polymorphonuclear leucocytes from human, rat and mouse.
abstract: 1. Polymorphonuclear leucocytes (PMNs) from human, mouse and rat were compared for their ability to activate benzo(a)pyrene-7,8-diol to a DNA-binding intermediate and a chemiluminescent dioxetane derivative. 2. Human PMNs activated benzo(a)pyrene-7,8-diol to the greatest extent, which correlated with their rate of superoxide anion generation and myeloperoxidase activity relative to these activities by PMNs from mice and rats. 3. Benzo(a)pyrene-7,8-diol chemiluminescence elicited by PMNs from all three species was significantly inhibited by azide, a myeloperoxidase inhibitor. On the other hand, superoxide dismutase (SOD) was very effective in inhibiting benzo(a)pyrene-7,8-diol chemiluminescence with mouse PMNs but not human or rat PMNs. Mouse PMNs exhibited a high rate of superoxide generation but low myeloperoxidase activity, whereas rat PMNs exhibited a low rate of superoxide generation but high myeloperoxidase activity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205.
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Trush
authors.forename: L E
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Twerdok
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Esterline
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001711:Biotransformation; D004247:DNA / Q000378:metabolism; D004101:Dihydroxydihydrobenzopyrenes / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D007202:Indicators and Reagents; D008163:Luminescent Measurements; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D009504:Neutrophils / Q000378:metabolism*; D009195:Peroxidase / Q000378:metabolism; D010544:Peroxidases / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D013045:Species Specificity; D013481:Superoxides / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D004101:Dihydroxydihydrobenzopyrenes; D007202:Indicators and Reagents; D013481:Superoxides; C017228:benzo(a)pyrene 7,8-dihydrodiol; D004247:DNA; D010544:Peroxidases; D009195:Peroxidase