Inhibitory effect of neopterin on NADPH‐dependent superoxide‐generating oxidase of rat peritoneal macrophages
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- 23 August 1993
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in FEBS Letters
- Vol. 329 (1-2) , 125-128
- https://doi.org/10.1016/0014-5793(93)80207-b
Abstract
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 μM 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 μM. 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.Keywords
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