Abstract
Early accumulation of polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMN) in the liver after in vivo exposure to Escherichia coli lipopolysaccharide (LPS) and concomitant in vitro phorbol myristate acetate (PMA)-stimulated superoxide anion (O2-) generation has recently been described in a rat model of endotoxemia. The purpose of this investigation was to study the role of phospholipase A2 (PLA2), arachidonic acid (AA), its metabolites, and protein kinase C (PKC) in the mechanism of PMA-stimulated O2- generation of liver infiltrated PMN as compared to circulating blood PMN. Rat PMN were isolated after a 1.5-h infusion of saline or LPS from the blood (SAL-PMN) or the liver (LPS-PMN), respectively. The following results were observed in both SAL-PMN and LPS-PMN: 1) Inhibitors of cyclooxygenase (indomethacin) and 5-lipoxygenase [eicosatetraynoic acid, WY 50,295 tromethamine and VZ 65, 4-(11-hydroxy-1,9-undecadiin)-brenzcatechin] pathways did not inhibit O2- generation; 2) the potent marine PLA2 inhibitor Manoalide inhibited O2- generation in a dose-dependent manner (IC50 = 0.5 microM); 3) exogenously added AA enhanced PMA-stimulated O2- generation in a time- and dose-dependent manner and partially reversed the effect of Manoalide in LPS-PMN; 4) staurosporine, a putative PKC inhibitor, blocked PMA-stimulated O2- generation completely in the absence of AA and 79% in the presence of AA. It was concluded that LPS-induced liver sequestration of PMN does not alter the role PLA2, AA and PKC play in PMA-stimulated O2- generation. These findings should have implications on the design of novel therapeutic approaches for the modulation of O2- release in the pathogenesis of LPS hepatotoxicity.
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