title: Interactions of formylmethionyl-leucyl-phenylalanine, adenosine, and phosphodiesterase inhibitors in human monocytes. Effects on superoxide release, inositol phosphates and cAMP.
abstract: Cessation of the fMLF-induced burst of human monocyte superoxide release was associated with a rise in cAMP. This was not due to inhibition of phosphodiesterase (PDE), the major form of which was the PDE IV isozyme. The action of burst inhibitors did not correlate with cAMP levels: Rolipram, a PDe IV inhibitor, increased cAMP 6-fold, with minimal effects on the burst; whereas theophylline increased cAMP less than 2-fold but decreased the burst to less than half. Although theophylline and the adenylate cyclase activator, adenosine, inhibited fMLF-induced superoxide release, they did not inhibit production of inositol phosphates. Thus, these studies on inhibition of superoxide release implicated neither cAMP nor inositol phosphates.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Manchester, England.
authors.forename: K R
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Elliott
authors.forename: E J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Leonard
mesh_terms: D000241:Adenosine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000378:metabolism*; D004789:Enzyme Activation; D006801:Humans; D007295:Inositol Phosphates / Q000378:metabolism*; D009000:Monocytes / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D009240:N-Formylmethionine Leucyl-Phenylalanine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010726:Phosphodiesterase Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology*; D013403:Sugar Phosphates / Q000378:metabolism*; D013481:Superoxides / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D007295:Inositol Phosphates; D010726:Phosphodiesterase Inhibitors; D013403:Sugar Phosphates; D013481:Superoxides; D009240:N-Formylmethionine Leucyl-Phenylalanine; D000242:Cyclic AMP; D000241:Adenosine