title: The effect of the NADPH oxidase inhibitor diphenyleneiodonium on aerobic and anaerobic microbicidal activities of human neutrophils.
abstract: NADPH-dependent superoxide production by intact human neutrophils is inhibited by DPI (diphenyleneiodonium), when stimulated by either FMLP (N-formylmethionyl-leucyl-phenylalanine) or PMA (phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate). Addition of 10 microM-DPI abolished the reduction of both the FAD and the cytochrome b components of the NADPH oxidase. DPI inhibition of the oxidase was associated with defective aerobic killing of staphylococci by human neutrophils. Anaerobic killing, phagocytosis, chemotaxis and motility were relatively unaffected by 10 microM-DPI. Degranulation of the azurophil and specific granules, induced by the soluble stimuli FMLP or PMA, and by particulate stimuli was decreased by the presence of DPI. The above effects of DPI on human neutrophils are similar to those found in chronic granulomatous disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, Medical School, University of Bristol, U.K.
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Ellis
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Mayer
authors.forename: O T
authors.initials: OT
authors.lastname: Jones
mesh_terms: D000332:Aerobiosis; D000693:Anaerobiosis; D001770:Blood Bactericidal Activity / Q000187:drug effects*; D002465:Cell Movement / Q000187:drug effects; D002470:Cell Survival / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D009240:N-Formylmethionine Leucyl-Phenylalanine / Q000494:pharmacology; D009247:NADH, NADPH Oxidoreductases / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors*; D019255:NADPH Oxidases; D009504:Neutrophils / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000201:enzymology / Q000502:physiology; D009861:Onium Compounds / Q000494:pharmacology*; D013053:Spectrophotometry; D013481:Superoxides / Q000097:blood; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D009861:Onium Compounds; D013481:Superoxides; D009240:N-Formylmethionine Leucyl-Phenylalanine; C007517:diphenyleneiodonium; D009247:NADH, NADPH Oxidoreductases; D019255:NADPH Oxidases; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate