title: Escherichia coli endotoxin-mediated endothelial injury is modulated by glutathione ethyl ester.
abstract: The mechanisms involved in endotoxin-induced endothelial injury are not fully understood. Oxidant stress is thought to play a role in cell damage after endotoxin exposure. Glutathione may ameliorate these affects. Glutathione ethyl ester (GSE) was used in bovine pulmonary artery endothelial cell (BPAEC) cultures to determine the potential for attenuation of endotoxin-induced injury. GSE (0.05-25 mM) was preincubated with BPAEC for 4 h before endotoxin exposure. Fresh media containing GSE and Escherichia coli endotoxin (0.05 microgram/mL) were then placed on the BPAEC and incubated for 18 h. GSE, at doses of 5 and 25 mM, attenuated endotoxin-induced injury, as reflected by a significant reduction in lactate dehydrogenase release. This was paralleled by a significant increase in endotoxin-stimulated prostaglandin E2 and prostacyclin release. Thus, GSE attenuates endotoxin-induced injury of BPAEC in culture and alters BPAEC prostaglandin metabolism.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, University of Kentucky, Lexington 40536-0084, USA.
authors.forename: P E
authors.initials: PE
authors.lastname: Morris
authors.forename: A P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Wheeler
authors.forename: B O
authors.initials: BO
authors.lastname: Meyrick
authors.forename: G R
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Bernard
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D002460:Cell Line; D015232:Dinoprostone / Q000032:analysis; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004730:Endothelium, Vascular / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000473:pathology; D004731:Endotoxins / Q000633:toxicity*; D005978:Glutathione / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology; D007770:L-Lactate Dehydrogenase / Q000032:analysis; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000166:cytology; D018675:Toxicity Tests
chemical_list: D004731:Endotoxins; C044101:endotoxin, Escherichia coli; C042431:S-ethyl glutathione; D007770:L-Lactate Dehydrogenase; D005978:Glutathione; D015232:Dinoprostone