title: In vitro cisplatin effects on phagocyte functions.
abstract: The effects of cis-diamminedichloroplatinum (II) (cisplatin), a drug used in cancer chemotherapy, on the oxidative metabolism, endocytosis, chemotaxis and exocytosis of guinea-pig polymorphonuclear leukocytes were studied. All these functions were negatively influenced, but the same effect (50% inhibition) was observed at different drug concentrations (3 X 10(-5) M for chemotaxis, 10(-4) M for O2 consumption by FMLP and beta-glucuronidase release, 10(-3) M for O2 consumption by PMA and for zymosan engulfment). The effects of the drug can be explained by its ability to bind to membrane proteins, essentially to -SH groups.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002633:Chemotaxis / Q000187:drug effects; D002945:Cisplatin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D003571:Cytochalasin B / Q000494:pharmacology; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004705:Endocytosis / Q000187:drug effects; D005089:Exocytosis / Q000187:drug effects; D005966:Glucuronidase / Q000378:metabolism; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D009504:Neutrophils / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D010101:Oxygen Consumption / Q000187:drug effects; D010537:Peritoneum / Q000166:cytology; D010587:Phagocytosis / Q000187:drug effects*
chemical_list: D003571:Cytochalasin B; D005966:Glucuronidase; D002945:Cisplatin