title: Effects of in vitro and in vivo supplementation with zinc on superoxide anion production in leukocytes.
abstract: The effects of zinc on the rate of production of bactericidal O2- of polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMN) in response to three different types of stimulating agents (serum-treated zymosan (STZ), Con A, and myristate) were studied. The percentage reduction of O2- production of PMN stimulated by STZ, Con A, and myristate were all reduced in response to Zn, irregardless of whether Zn was added to the reaction mixture immediately before SZT addition or following a prior 20 min. incubation of PMN in the presence of Zn. However, when Zn was introduced intraperitonially into guinea pigs before the collection of PMN from the animal, zinc treatment produced inhibition only in STZ-activated PMN; it produced no effect in O2- production of PMN stimulated by myristate, and it further augmented the O2- production stimulated by Con A.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiation Medicine, Okayama University Medical School, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nakamura
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Shiraishi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Aono
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003208:Concanavalin A / Q000494:pharmacology; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D007700:Kinetics; D008297:Male; D009504:Neutrophils / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D013481:Superoxides / Q000097:blood*; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate / Q000494:pharmacology; D015032:Zinc / Q000494:pharmacology*; D015054:Zymosan / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D003208:Concanavalin A; D013481:Superoxides; D015054:Zymosan; D015032:Zinc; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate