title: Stimulus-dependent inhibition of superoxide generation by prostaglandins.
abstract: Infiltrating phagocytes generate superoxide anion (O2-) and prostaglandin (PG) at sites of inflammation. Thus PG-O2- interactions may be important to the initiation and control of inflammation. PGE1, PGE2, and PGD2 inhibit O2- generation (as measured by superoxide dismutase-inhibitable reduction of ferricytochrome c) in a dose-dependent manner (10(-6)-10(-9) M) when human peripheral blood polymorphonuclear leucocytes (PMN) are stimulated with 10(-7) M of the chemotactic peptide, N-formyl-methionyl-leucyl-phenylalanine (FMLP). These PG did not alter O2- generation when PMN were stimulated with 0.1 microgram/ml phorbol myristate acetate (PMA) or 1 mg/ml serum-treated zymosan (STZ). Increments of cyclic AMP (cAMP) (peak: fourfold) in PGE1, PGE2, and PGD2 treated PMN stimulated with PMA or STZ (in which O2- was not reduced) were similar to those in PG-treated PMN stimulated with FMLP (in which O2- was reduced markedly). High concentrations of theophylline and dibutyryl cAMP reduced FMLP and STZ stimulated O2- generation but had no effect on PMA stimulation, suggesting that the stimuli induce different sensitivities to the effects of cellular cAMP. PGF2 alpha had little effect on O2- generation or cAMP levels regardless of the stimulus. PGE1 did not inhibit binding of FML(3H)P to PMN and did not scavenge O2- anions. Therefore the effect of PG on O2- production is dependent on the specific stimulator and an increased concentration of cAMP in activated PMN is by itself not sufficient to limit O2- generation induced by all stimuli.
authors.forename: J B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Sedgwick
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Berube
authors.forename: R B
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Zurier
mesh_terms: D000527:Alprostadil; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000494:pharmacology; D003864:Depression, Chemical; D006801:Humans; D007700:Kinetics; D009240:N-Formylmethionine Leucyl-Phenylalanine / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology*; D009504:Neutrophils / Q000378:metabolism; D010704:Phorbols / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011453:Prostaglandins / Q000502:physiology*; D011458:Prostaglandins E / Q000494:pharmacology; D011485:Protein Binding / Q000187:drug effects; D013481:Superoxides / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate / Q000494:pharmacology*; D014316:Tritium; D015054:Zymosan / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D010704:Phorbols; D011453:Prostaglandins; D011458:Prostaglandins E; D014316:Tritium; D013481:Superoxides; D009240:N-Formylmethionine Leucyl-Phenylalanine; D015054:Zymosan; D000242:Cyclic AMP; D000527:Alprostadil; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate