title: The effect of cetirizine on the integrin-dependent respiratory burst of normodense eosinophils.
abstract: It has been proposed that cetirizine inhibits eosinophil migration and adherence. We evaluated the possible effect of cetirizine on integrin-induced eosinophil proinflammatory activation. Normodense eosinophils were triggered with monoclonal antibodies to integrins in the presence of different concentrations of certirizine. Proinflammatory activation was measured by evaluation of O2- production. Only at high concentrations (250 micrograms/ml) and in the first 15 min did certirizine significantly inhibit (p < 0.02) the eosinophil respiratory burst. No effect was shown for lower concentrations (50 and 100 micrograms/ml) or after 15 min. These data suggest that, only at very high concentrations, cetirizine may induce a transient inhibition of the integrin-induced eosinophil respiratory burst.
authors.affiliation: Clinica Pediatrica Universita di Verona, Italy.
authors.forename: G L
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Piacentini
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mazzi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Vinco
authors.forename: D G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Peroni
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Ferro
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Vicentini
authors.forename: A L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Boner
mesh_terms: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D002448:Cell Adhesion / Q000187:drug effects; D002465:Cell Movement / Q000187:drug effects; D017332:Cetirizine / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004804:Eosinophils / Q000166:cytology*; D006634:Histamine H1 Antagonists / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006801:Humans; D039041:Integrin alpha4beta1; D016023:Integrins / Q000276:immunology / Q000502:physiology*; D016169:Lymphocyte Function-Associated Antigen-1 / Q000276:immunology; D016201:Receptors, Lymphocyte Homing / Q000276:immunology; D016897:Respiratory Burst / Q000187:drug effects*; D013481:Superoxides / Q000378:metabolism; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate / Q000494:pharmacology; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D006634:Histamine H1 Antagonists; D039041:Integrin alpha4beta1; D016023:Integrins; D016169:Lymphocyte Function-Associated Antigen-1; D016201:Receptors, Lymphocyte Homing; D013481:Superoxides; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate; D017332:Cetirizine