title: Effects of indomethacin on the L-selectin expression in humans.
abstract: Based on an in vitro study and an uncontrolled in vivo trial we examined the effects of indomethacin on the expression of L-selectin by leukocytes in healthy volunteers. Eight subjects received infusions of 0.7 mg/kg indomethacin and placebo t.i.d. (three times daily) in a randomized, controlled trial. Indomethacin decreased the mean fluorescence intensity of the L-selectin expression on isolated neutrophils incubated with toxic indomethacin concentrations. However, indomethacin did not lower the L-selectin expression in whole blood or in-vivo. Thus, therapeutic doses of the cyclo-oxygenase inhibitor indomethacin do not lower the L-selectin expression on leukocytes. Hence, the inhibition of cyclo-oxygenase cannot explain the previously observed dexamethasone-induced decrease in L-selectin.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cinical Pharmacology-TARGET, Department of Emergency Medicine, Vienna University School of Medicine, Währinger Gürtel 18-20, A-1090 Vienna, Austria.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Dirnberger
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Albinni
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Röggla
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Jilma
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000894:Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000633:toxicity; D018592:Cross-Over Studies; D016861:Cyclooxygenase Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000633:toxicity; D004311:Double-Blind Method; D015536:Down-Regulation / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007213:Indomethacin / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000633:toxicity; D019041:L-Selectin / Q000097:blood*; D007962:Leukocytes / Q000187:drug effects / Q000276:immunology; D009504:Neutrophils / Q000187:drug effects / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D000894:Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal; D016861:Cyclooxygenase Inhibitors; D019041:L-Selectin; D007213:Indomethacin