title: Effect in vitro of gamma interferon and interleukin-10 on generation of oxidizing species by human granulocytes.
abstract: We examined the effect of interleukin-10 (IL-10), gamma interferon (IFN-gamma), phorbol ester (PDB), opsonized zymosan (OZ) and aminophylline (a cAMP phosphodiesterase inhibitor) on the reducing power and oxidizing species generation by human neutrophils, using MTT dye reduction and luminol-dependent chemiluminescence assays, respectively. Gamma interferon (IFN-gamma), phorbol ester (PDB) and opsonized zymosan (OZ) were activators while interleukin-10 (IL-10) and aminophylline were inhibitors. A strong parallelism was observed between oxidizing species generation and cellular reducing power in both activation and inhibition experiments. Our results also demonstrate for the first time the effect of IL-10 on free radical generation by neutrophils. The consequence of these activating and inhibiting effects on the inflammatory process are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Bioquímica e Imunologia, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Chaves
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Silvestrini
authors.forename: D N
authors.initials: DN
authors.lastname: Silva-Teixeira
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Nogueira-Machado
mesh_terms: D005609:Free Radicals; D006098:Granulocytes / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D007371:Interferon-gamma / Q000494:pharmacology*; D016753:Interleukin-10 / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction
chemical_list: D005609:Free Radicals; D016753:Interleukin-10; D007371:Interferon-gamma