期刊
EUROPEAN RESPIRATORY JOURNAL
卷 36, 期 6, 页码 1417-1424出版社
EUROPEAN RESPIRATORY SOC JOURNALS LTD
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00157409
关键词
Calcium; cyclic AMP; elastase; leukotriene B-4; neutrophils; superoxide
资金
- Merck Research Laboratories, Rahway, NJ, USA
The research question addressed in the current study was: do formoterol (1 and 10 nM) and montelukast (2 mu M) possess interactive inhibitory effects on activated human neutrophils, particularly in relation to alterations in cyclic AMP and cytosolic Ca2+ fluxes? Isolated human blood neutrophils were activated with the chemoattractant N-formyl-L-methionyl-L-leucyl-L-phenylalanine (fMLP) (1 mM) in combination with cytochalasin B (CB; 3 mu M). Fura-2-acetoxymethyl ester-based spectrofluorimetry, lucigenin-enhanced chemiluminescence, colorimetric and flow cytometric procedures were used to measure cytosolic Ca2+ fluxes, production of superoxide, elastase release and beta-2 integrin (CR3) expression, respectively, while cyclic AMP and leukotriene (LT) B-4 were assayed using competitive binding ELISA procedures. Activation of the cells with fMLP/CB resulted in abrupt and sustained increases in cytosolic Ca2+, as well as release of elastase and production of superoxide and LTB4, and expression of CR3, all of which were attenuated by formoterol and montelukast individually, and especially by the combination of these agents. These anti-inflammatory effects of each agent, as well as the combination, were associated with significant increases in cyclic AMP. The findings of the current study may explain the efficacy of montelukast and formoterol when used in combination with inhaled corticosteroids in the treatment of severe asthma, possibly by controlling neutrophil-driven inflammation of the airways.
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