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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1983-11-23
pubmed:abstractText
Dapsone (diaminodiphenylsulfone) has been used therapeutically for a variety of disorders in which mast cell participation has been demonstrated, including bullous pemphigoid and some form of necrotizing vasculitis. The mechanism of action of dapsone in these disorders is unknown but potentially relates to inhibition of mast cell activation and prevention of generation and/or release of mast cell mediators. Evidence for this possibility has been obtained in rat mast cells in which dapsone in a concentration-dependent manner prevented generation of prostaglandin D2 PGD2 from exogenous or endogenous arachidonic acid with 50% inhibition achieved at 1 and 0.2 to 0.4 mM, respectively. Dapsone inhibited cyclooxygenase conversion of arachidonic acid to PGD2 but not the GSH-dependent conversion of 14C-PGH2 to PGD2 by PGH-D isomerase in broken cell preparations. Dapsone prevented the immunologic generation of PGD2 from antigen-challenged rat mast cells but did not affect the release of histamine. Thus dapsone may exert some of its therapeutic effects by prevention of mast cell PGD2 generation.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0091-6749
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
72
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
365-70
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1983
pubmed:articleTitle
Inhibition of rat mast cell arachidonic acid cyclooxygenase by dapsone.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't