title: Modulation of rat peripheral polymorphonuclear leukocyte response by nitric oxide and arginine.
abstract: The effect of nitric oxide (NO) on the luminol-dependent chemiluminescence (LCL) response of rat polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMNLs) was analyzed by using sodium nitroprusside (SNP), a NO donor, and L-arginine (L-arg), a NO precursor. A significant reduction in the LCL intensity was observed in presence of SNP (100 mumol/L) or L-arg (5 or 10 mmol/L) in arachidonic acid (AA) phorbol ester (PMA) and formyl-methionyl-leucyl-phenylalanine stimulated PMNLs. However, opsonized zymosan-induced LCL was not attenuated significantly. Reduction in hydroxyl radical and superoxide generation was also observed in SNP- or L-arg-pretreated cells. D-Arg (10 mmol/L) pretreatment did not inhibit PMNLs' LCL response. Furthermore, methylene blue (5 mumol/L) and L-NG-mono methyl-L-arginine (100 or 300 mumol/L) significantly attenuated the LCL response, as induced by various agonists. Cyclic GMP did not alter the reactive oxygen species generation from rat PMNLs. In addition, AA-induced release of myeloperoxidase, a marker of azurophilic granules, was found to be enhanced in L-arg- (10 mmol/L) pretreated PMNLs. The results suggest that NO inhibits free radical generation from rat PMNLs.
authors.affiliation: Pharmacology Division, Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow, India.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Seth
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kumari
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dikshit
authors.forename: R C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Srimal
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D016718:Arachidonic Acid / Q000494:pharmacology; D001120:Arginine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005609:Free Radicals; D017665:Hydroxyl Radical / Q000378:metabolism; D008163:Luminescent Measurements; D008165:Luminol / Q000494:pharmacology; D008297:Male; D008315:Malondialdehyde / Q000378:metabolism; D009113:Muramidase / Q000378:metabolism; D009240:N-Formylmethionine Leucyl-Phenylalanine / Q000494:pharmacology; D009504:Neutrophils / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D009569:Nitric Oxide / Q000494:pharmacology*; D009599:Nitroprusside / Q000494:pharmacology; D009195:Peroxidase / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D013481:Superoxides / Q000378:metabolism; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate / Q000494:pharmacology; D019323:omega-N-Methylarginine
chemical_list: D005609:Free Radicals; D013481:Superoxides; D009599:Nitroprusside; D019323:omega-N-Methylarginine; D016718:Arachidonic Acid; D009569:Nitric Oxide; D017665:Hydroxyl Radical; D008315:Malondialdehyde; D009240:N-Formylmethionine Leucyl-Phenylalanine; D008165:Luminol; D001120:Arginine; D009195:Peroxidase; D009113:Muramidase; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate