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The effect of inhibition of leukotriene synthesis on the activity of interleukin-8 and granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor

ROBERTS, PJ; PIZZEY, AR; LINCH, DC; (1993) The effect of inhibition of leukotriene synthesis on the activity of interleukin-8 and granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor. Mediators of Inflammation , 2 (3) 211- 216. 10.1155/S0962935193000286. Green open access

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Abstract

The cytokines interleukin-8 (IL-8) and granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) enhanced the extracellular release of arachidonate metabolites from ionophore-stimulated neutrophils by 145 +/- 10% (mean +/- S.E.M., n = 13) and 182 +/- 11% (n = 16), respectively. To determine whether enhanced leukotriene production mediates the effects of these cytokines on neutrophil activity, two different specific arachidonate 5-lipoxygenase (5-LO) inhibitors, piriprost and MK-886, were used to inhibit leukotriene synthesis. Neither inhibitor affected the upregulation of CD11b beta2-integrin expression or priming of superoxide generation stimulated by IL-8 and GM-CSF. It is concluded that leukotrienes do not mediate either the direct or priming effects of these cytokines and that these classes of anti-inflammatory drugs are therefore unlikely to inhibit the effects of IL-8 and GM-CSF on neutrophil activation.

Type: Article
Title: The effect of inhibition of leukotriene synthesis on the activity of interleukin-8 and granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1155/S0962935193000286
Publisher version: http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/S0962935193000286
Language: English
Additional information: This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Keywords: granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor, beta-2-integrin, interleukin-8, leukotrienes, 5-lipoxygenase inhibitors, neutrophil, superoxide, recombinant human granulocyte, tumor-necrosis-factor, platelet-activating-factor, arachidonic-acid release, fc-gamma-rii, human-neutrophils, polymorphonuclear leukocytes, expression, adhesion, pathways
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences > Cancer Institute
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences > Cancer Institute > Research Department of Haematology
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1308277
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