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Nitric oxide production by Leishmania-infected macrophages and modulation by prostaglandin E2.

Abstract：

:Nitric oxide (NO), produced by the nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) enzyme, is the most-important molecule responsible for the killing of Leishmania parasites by macrophages. In previous work we have demonstrated that, after activation with recombinant human interferon-gamma and/or bacterial lipopolysaccharide, human macrophages infected with Leishmania infantum are able to produce nitric oxide and to express nitric oxide synthase. The arachidonate derivative prostaglandin E2 has been shown to modulate various macrophage activities, and in particular nitric oxide production, sometimes with opposite effects, related to experimental conditions. In this work we have evaluated nitric oxide release and parasite killing by peripheral blood-derived L. infantum-infected human macrophages in vitro stimulated with lipopolysaccharide and simultaneously treated with prostaglandin E2. Experiments were also performed in the presence of the nitric oxide synthase inhibitor L-NGmonomethylarginine (L-NMMA) and of the cyclooxygenase inhibitor indomethacin. Nitric oxide release in supernatants of macrophage cultures was measured by the Griess reaction for nitrites. Parasite killing was microscopically evaluated by fluorescent dyes. Results demonstrated that macrophages stimulated with lipopolysaccharide and treated with prostaglandin E2 exhibited increased nitric oxide production and parasite killing, which were significantly reduced by either L-NMMA or indomethacin. In indomethacin-treated macrophages, nitric oxide production and leishmanicidal ability were partially restored by the addition of exogenous prostaglandin E2. Taken together, these results indicate that prostaglandin E2 may be involved in nitric oxide production, and possibly in the host-protective immune response against Leishmania. Moreover, the demonstration of a stimulatory role of prostaglandin E2 on nitric oxide production induced by intracellular pathogens in humans is interesting in the light of a possible pharmacological regulation of nitric oxide by modulation of prostaglandin E2 synthesis.

journal_name

Clin Exp Med

journal_title

Clinical and experimental medicine

authors

Panaro MA,Brandonisio O,Sisto M,Acquafredda A,Leogrande D,Fumarola L,Mitolo V

doi

10.1007/s10238-001-8025-0

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2001-09-01 00:00:00

pages

137-43

issue

eissn

1591-8890

issn

1591-9528

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Nitric oxide production by Leishmania-infected macrophages and modulation by prostaglandin E2.