title: Priming of superoxide anion in polymorphonuclear neutrophils by brain natriuretic peptide.
abstract: In acute coronary syndromes such as unstable angina and myocardial infarction, serum concentration of brain natriuretic peptide, a cardiac hormone with potent vasodilatatory, natriuretic and diuretic activities, is elevated. Little is known about the effect of elevated BNP plasma concentration on free radical-mediated tissue damage in these states. We investigated the influence of human BNP 32 and its fragment BNP 7-32 on the production of superoxide anion by PMN, a major cause for myocardial damage. Although BNP showed itself no stimulatory potential on superoxide anion release in PMN, it enhanced significantly the stimulatory potential of cell stimuli such as fMLP or phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA) in PMN. Thus our data show that the cardiac-derived hormone BNP influences an important function of PMN. This 'priming' effect of BNP on PMN may contribute to the tissue damage occuring during acute coronary syndromes.
authors.affiliation: Medical Clinic II, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany. christoph.garlichs@rzmail.uni-erlangen.de
authors.forename: C D
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Garlichs
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Schmeisser
authors.forename: W G
authors.initials: WG
authors.lastname: Daniel
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002469:Cell Separation; D002470:Cell Survival / Q000187:drug effects; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004357:Drug Synergism; D006801:Humans; D009240:N-Formylmethionine Leucyl-Phenylalanine / Q000494:pharmacology; D020097:Natriuretic Peptide, Brain; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins / Q000494:pharmacology*; D009504:Neutrophils / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism*; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000494:pharmacology; D013481:Superoxides / Q000378:metabolism*; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D010446:Peptide Fragments; D013481:Superoxides; D020097:Natriuretic Peptide, Brain; C076910:brain natriuretic peptide, porcine; D009240:N-Formylmethionine Leucyl-Phenylalanine; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate