title: Inhibition of tissue damage by the arachidonate lipoxygenase inhibitor BW755C.
abstract: The effects of three anti-inflammatory drugs, which interfere with arachidonic acid transformation by three different enzymes, have been compared by using a simple model of tissue damage and foreign body rejection. In groups of control rats, subcutaneously implanted polyester sponges were rejected after a mean of 12 days. Indomethacin, which selectively inhibits prostaglandin synthesis, did not significantly change time to rejection but BW755C (3-amino-1-[m-(trifluoromethyl) phenyl]-2-pyrazoline), which is a dual inhibitor of prostaglandin and leukotriene synthesis, prolonged time to rejection to a mean of 22 days. The anti-inflammatory steroid dexamethasone, which reduces arachidonic acid metabolism by stimulating the formation of a phospholipase inhibitor, prolonged time to sponge rejection as BW755C did. Treatment with BW755C or dexamethasone was also accompanied by a reduction in total leukocyte numbers in inflammatory exudates collected at 1-14 days, whereas indomethacin increased leukocyte migration on days 1 and 2 and had no effect at later times. These results suggest that the inhibition of the leukotriene-forming lipoxygenase suppresses leukocyte activation and that this leads to a reduced rate of tissue damage in experimental inflammation.
mesh_terms: D015772:4,5-Dihydro-1-(3-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl)-1H-pyrazol-3-amine; D000818:Animals; D016718:Arachidonic Acid; D001095:Arachidonic Acids / Q000378:metabolism; D003907:Dexamethasone / Q000494:pharmacology; D005549:Foreign-Body Reaction / Q000503:physiopathology*; D007213:Indomethacin / Q000494:pharmacology; D007249:Inflammation / Q000503:physiopathology*; D007962:Leukocytes / Q000502:physiology*; D007975:Leukotriene B4 / Q000502:physiology; D008297:Male; D011720:Pyrazoles / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051381:Rats; D013189:SRS-A / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D001095:Arachidonic Acids; D011720:Pyrazoles; D013189:SRS-A; D007975:Leukotriene B4; D016718:Arachidonic Acid; D015772:4,5-Dihydro-1-(3-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl)-1H-pyrazol-3-amine; D003907:Dexamethasone; D007213:Indomethacin