Journal
BIOLOGICAL TRACE ELEMENT RESEARCH
Volume 144, Issue 1-3, Pages 234-243Publisher
HUMANA PRESS INC
DOI: 10.1007/s12011-011-9079-9
Keywords
Antimony; Reduction; Macrophage; Leishmaniasis; Sodium stibogluconate; Prodrug; Reactive oxygen species
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Drugs based on pentavalent antimony are first-line treatment of the parasite disease leishmaniasis. It is generally believed that Sb(V) acts as a prodrug, which is activated by reduction to Sb(III); however, the site of reduction is not known. It has been hypothesised that the reduction takes place in the parasites' host cells, the macrophages. In this study, the human macrophage cell line Mono Mac 6 was exposed to Sb(V) in form of the drug sodium stibogluconate (Pentostam (TM)). Cell extracts were analysed for Sb species by high-performance liquid chromatography with inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry detection. We found that Sb(V) is actually reduced to Sb(III) in the macrophages; up to 23% of the intracellular Sb was found as Sb(III). Transfer of the cells to Sb-free medium rapidly decreased their Sb(V) and Sb(III) content. Induction of the cell's production of reactive oxygen species did not have any marked effect on the intracellular amounts of Sb(III).
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