title: [Effect of fluconazole and itraconazole on human polymorphonuclear leukocyte oxidative metabolism and phagocytosis].
abstract: The effect of pretreatment of human polymorphonuclear leukocites (PMNs), for 30 min with fluconazole (0.1, 1, 5 and 50 microgram/ml) and itraconazole (0.05, 0.5 and 5 microgram/ml) on phagocytosis and generation of free radicals (superoxide anion and hydrogen peroxide) was studied in vitro. Phorbol miristate acetate (200 nM) was used as a stimulant. The mean amount of superoxide anion generated by 2.5 x 10(5) PMNs per hour was 4.39 +/- 1.13 nmol for fluconazole-treated PMNs and 4.56 +/- 1.2 nmol for itraconazole, and that of hydrogen peroxide was 11.19 +/- 2.18 and 11.28 +/- 3.61 nmol, respectively. The phagocytosis percentages were 83.8% for the control group and 88. 7% in antifungal agent- treated PMNs; the phagocytosis index was 3.0 yeasts per PMN for both groups. The differences between the control and treated PMNs were not statistically significant at any of the tested concentrations.
authors.affiliation: Unidad de Bacteriología Experimental, Centro de Investigación.
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Velert
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Cabrera
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Orero
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pemán
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Cantón
mesh_terms: D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D015725:Fluconazole / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006801:Humans; D006861:Hydrogen Peroxide / Q000378:metabolism; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D017964:Itraconazole / Q000494:pharmacology*; D009504:Neutrophils / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D010587:Phagocytosis / Q000187:drug effects*; D013481:Superoxides / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D000935:Antifungal Agents; D013481:Superoxides; D017964:Itraconazole; D015725:Fluconazole; D006861:Hydrogen Peroxide