GENERATION OF FREE-RADICAL INTERMEDIATES FROM FOREIGN COMPOUNDS BY NEUTROPHIL-DERIVED OXIDANTS
GENERATION OF FREE-RADICAL INTERMEDIATES FROM FOREIGN COMPOUNDS BY NEUTROPHIL-DERIVED OXIDANTS
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DOI:
10.1172/jci111868
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发表时间:
1985-01-01
影响因子:
15.9
通讯作者:
SOHNLE, PG
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作者:
KALYANARAMAN, B;SOHNLE, PG
A large number of foreign compounds, including many drugs, industrial pollutants and environmental chemicals, can be oxidized under appropriate conditions to potentially toxic free radical intermediates. The ability of the oxidants produced by the neutrophil myeloperoxidase system to generate free radical intermediates from several such compounds was evaluated. Sodum hypochlorite or hypochlorous acid produced by human peripheral blood neutrophils and trapped in the form of taurine chloramine were both found to be capable of producing free radicals from chlorpromazine, aminopyrine and phenylhydrazine. These radical intermediates were demonstrated by visible light spectroscopy and by direct ESR (for the chlorpromazine and aminopyrine radicals) or by spin-trapping (for the phenyl radical generated from phenylhydrazine). Stable oxidants produced by the neutrophils (i.e., those present in the supernatants of stimulated neutrophils in the absence of added taurine) also were found to be capable of generating free radical intermediates. The production of the oxidants and the ability of neutrophil supernatants to generate these radicals were almost completely eliminated by sodium azide, a myeloperoxidase inhibitor. The oxidation by neutrophils of certain chemical compounds to potentially damaging electrophilic free radical forms may represent a new metabolic pathway for these substances and could be important in the processes of drug toxicity and chemical carcinogenesis.