title: Systematic study on ROS production induced by oleic, linoleic, and gamma-linolenic acids in human and rat neutrophils.
abstract: The effects of oleic, linoleic, and gamma-linolenic acids on the production of ROS by unstimulated and PMA-stimulated neutrophils were investigated by using five techniques: luminol- and lucigenin-amplified chemiluminescence, cytochrome c, hydroethidine, and phenol red reduction. Using lucigenin-amplified chemiluminescence, an increase in extracellular superoxide levels was observed by the treatment of neutrophils with the fatty acids. There was also an increase in intracellular ROS levels under similar conditions as measured by the hydroethidine technique. An increment in the intra- and extracellular levels of H2O2 was also observed in neutrophils treated with oleic acid as measured by phenol red reduction assay. In the luminol technique, peroxidase activity is required in the reaction of luminol with ROS for light generation. Oleic, linoleic, and gamma-linolenic acids inhibited the myeloperoxidase activity in stimulated neutrophils. So, these fatty acids jeopardize the results of ROS content measured by this technique. Oleic, linoleic, and gamma-linolenic acids per se led to cytochrome c reduction and so this method also cannot be used to measure ROS production induced by fatty acids. Oleic, linoleic, and gamma-linolenic acids do stimulate ROS production by neutrophils; however, measurements using the luminol-amplified chemiluminescence and cytochrome c reduction techniques require further analysis.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of São Paulo, Avenida Prof. Lineu Prestes, 1524, 05508-900 Butantã, São Paulo, SP, Brazil. ehata@usp.br
authors.forename: Elaine
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Hatanaka
authors.forename: Adriana Cristina
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Levada-Pires
authors.forename: Tania Cristina
authors.initials: TC
authors.lastname: Pithon-Curi
authors.forename: Rui
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Curi
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003574:Cytochrome c Group / Q000378:metabolism; D005434:Flow Cytometry; D006801:Humans; D007700:Kinetics; D008041:Linoleic Acids / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D009504:Neutrophils / Q000378:metabolism*; D019301:Oleic Acid / Q000378:metabolism*; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D017382:Reactive Oxygen Species / Q000378:metabolism*; D017965:gamma-Linolenic Acid / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D003574:Cytochrome c Group; D008041:Linoleic Acids; D017382:Reactive Oxygen Species; D019301:Oleic Acid; D017965:gamma-Linolenic Acid