title: An inhibitor of ornithine decarboxylase antagonizes superoxide generation by primed human polymorphonuclear leukocytes.
abstract: Tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) induces a rapid increase in polymorphonuclear leukocyte (PMN) polyamine content which appears to be required for optimal priming of the respiratory burst. The objective of the present study was to determine whether inhibition of polyamine biosynthesis modifies PMN responses to lipopolysaccharide (LPS), granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF), or granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF). Treatment with alpha-difluoromethylornithine (DFMO), a selective inhibitor of the rate-limiting biosynthetic enzyme ornithine decarboxylase, produced dose-dependent inhibition of the respiratory burst in PMNs that were primed by these agents and subsequently activated by formyl-Met-Leu-Phe (fMLP). However, DFMO did not significantly inhibit fMLP-stimulated superoxide generation or alter the induction of PMN adhesion and interleukin-1 beta (IL-1 beta) mRNA expression by LPS or GM-CSF. Antagonism of priming by DFMO correlated with a dose-dependent attenuation of fMLP-induced intracellular Ca2+ mobilization (r > or = 0.96). Since Ca2+ plays an important role in modulating the respiratory burst in primed PMNs, this could, in part, account for the selective effects of DFMO.
authors.affiliation: Section of Periodontology, College of Dentistry, Ohio State University Health Sciences Center, Columbus 43210, USA. jwalters@postbox.acs.ohio-state.edu
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Walters
authors.forename: A C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Cario
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Danne
authors.forename: P T
authors.initials: PT
authors.lastname: Marucha
mesh_terms: D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D000518:Eflornithine / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology*; D016179:Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor / Q000494:pharmacology; D016178:Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor / Q000494:pharmacology; D006801:Humans; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides / Q000494:pharmacology; D009240:N-Formylmethionine Leucyl-Phenylalanine / Q000494:pharmacology; D009504:Neutrophils / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism*; D065108:Ornithine Decarboxylase Inhibitors; D016897:Respiratory Burst / Q000187:drug effects; D013481:Superoxides / Q000097:blood*; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides; D065108:Ornithine Decarboxylase Inhibitors; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha; D013481:Superoxides; D016179:Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor; D009240:N-Formylmethionine Leucyl-Phenylalanine; D016178:Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor; D002118:Calcium; D000518:Eflornithine