title: Resveratrol modulates rat macrophage functions.
abstract: This study investigated the effects of trans-resveratrol (trans-3,4',5-trihydroxystilbene, RESV), a natural polyphenol from grapes with known antioxidant activity, on the respiratory-burst responses and phagocytic activity of rat macrophages. RESV at concentrations of 1-10 microM significantly and dose-dependently inhibited (a) the extracellular production of reactive oxygen intermediates (ROls) by resident peritoneal macrophages stimulated with phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA) (a potent activator of protein kinase C, PKC) and (b) intracellular production of ROIs after opsonin-independent phagocytosis of Kluyveromyces lactis cells. Over the 10-100 microM concentration ranges, RESV likewise inhibited the production of reactive nitrogen intermediates (RNIs) by macrophages stimulated with thioglycollate. RESV concentrations above 10 microM also dose-dependently inhibited the phagocytosis of K. lactis cells. The results obtained demonstrate that RESV is a potent inhibitor of the antipathogen responses of rat macrophages and, thus, suggest that this agent may have applications in the treatment of diseases involving macrophage hyperresponsiveness.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Microbiología y Parasitología, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Spain. mpleiro@usc.es
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Leiro
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Alvarez
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: García
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Orallo
mesh_terms: D000276:Adjuvants, Immunologic / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D007716:Kluyveromyces / Q000187:drug effects / Q000276:immunology; D008264:Macrophages / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology; D008297:Male; D009573:Nitrites / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D017382:Reactive Oxygen Species / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism; D000077185:Resveratrol; D013267:Stilbenes / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D000276:Adjuvants, Immunologic; D009573:Nitrites; D017382:Reactive Oxygen Species; D013267:Stilbenes; D000077185:Resveratrol