期刊
TOXICOLOGY
卷 392, 期 -, 页码 64-70出版社
ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.tox.2017.10.008
关键词
Penitrem A; Neuromycotoxicosis; Neutrophil granulocytes; Reactive oxygen species (ROS)
资金
- Research Council of Norway [NFR 173498]
- Norwegian Veterinary Institute
- University of Oslo
Penitrem A is a fungal neurotoxin that recurrently causes intoxication in animals, and occasionally also in humans. We have previously reported that penitrem A induced the production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) in rat cerebellar granule cells, opening for a new mechanism of action for the neurotoxin. The aim of this study was to examine the potential of penitrem A to induce ROS production in isolated human neutrophil granulocytes, and to study possible mechanisms involved. Penitrem A significantly increased the production of ROS in human neutrophils at concentrations as low as 0.25 mu M (40% increase over basal levels), as measured with the DCF fluorescence assay. The EC50 determined for the production of ROS by penitrem A was 3.8 mu M. The maximal increase in ROS production was approximately 330% over basal levels at a concentration of 12.5 mu M. ROS formation was significantly inhibited by the antioxidant vitamin E (50 mu M), the intracellular Ca2+ chelator BAPTA-AM (5 mu M), the mitogen activated protein kinase kinase (MEK) 1/2 and 5 inhibitor U0126 (1 and 10 mu M), the p38 mitogen activated protein kinase (MAPK) inhibitor SB203580 (1 mu M), the c-Jun amino-terminal kinase (JNK) inhibitor SP600125 (10 mu M), and the calcineurin inhibitors FK-506 and cyclosporine A (1.5 and 0.5 mu M, respectively). These finding suggest that penitrem A is able to induce an increase in ROS production in neutrophils via the activation of several MAPK-signalling pathways. We suggest that this increase may partly explain the pathophysiology generated by penitrem A neuromycotoxicosis in both humans and animals.
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