INHIBITORY EFFECT OF NEOPTERIN ON NADPH-DEPENDENT SUPEROXIDE-GENERATING OXIDASE OF RAT PERITONEAL-MACROPHAGES

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作者
KOJIMA, S [1 ]
NOMURA, T [1 ]
ICHO, T [1 ]
KAJIWARA, Y [1 ]
KITABATAKE, K [1 ]
KUBOTA, K [1 ]
机构
[1] ASAHI BREWERY CO LTD,APPL TECHNOL RES LAB,OHTA KU,TOKYO 143,JAPAN
关键词
NEOPTERIN; ANTIOXIDANT; SUPEROXIDE; NADPH-OXIDASE;
D O I
10.1016/0014-5793(93)80207-B
中图分类号
Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
学科分类号
071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
The effect of the oxidized form of neopterin (NP) on the NADPH-dependent superoxide-generating oxidase (NADPH-oxidase) was investigated in both whole-cell and cell-free activation systems by using peritoneal macrophages of rats which had received an intraperitoneal injection of mineral oil. In the whole-cell system, NP remarkably inhibited the generation of superoxides in macrophages stimulated with phorbol myristate acetate (PMA). NP also showed an significant suppression of the activation of superoxide-generating NADPH-oxidase in the cell-free system using solubilized membranes and sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) as a stimulant. The 50%-inhibitory concentration (IC50) of NP was about 1 muM in both assay systems. In a kinetic study, competitive inhibition of the NADPH-oxidase by NP was observed in the cell-free system with a calculated inhibition constant (K(i)) of 6.50 muM. These findings suggest that NP may play an important role in the suppression of superoxide generation via the inhibition of the NADPH-oxidase in phagocytes.
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