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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1997-12-12
pubmed:abstractText
We have demonstrated recently that methotrexate (MTX) inhibits superoxide generation and chemotaxis induced by N-formylmethionyl-leucyl-phenylalanine (fMLP) in neutrophils primed by granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF). To extend these observations, we examined the in vitro effect of MTX on fMLP-stimulated superoxide generation and chemotaxis in neutrophils primed by either tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha) or bacterial lipopolysaccharide (LPS). MTX inhibited superoxide generation and chemotaxis more efficiently in TNF-alpha- or LPS-primed neutrophils than in unprimed neutrophils. When either hypoxanthine or guanosine was added to the culture medium, the effects of MTX were partially counteracted. Furthermore, MTX caused a significant inhibition of both superoxide production induced by phorbol 12-myristate-13-acetate and chemotaxis induced by interleukin 8 in G-CSF-primed neutrophils. These results may support the hypothesis that neutrophils primed by different stimuli are more susceptible to the inhibitory effects of MTX on superoxide generation and chemotaxis irrespective of chemoattractants. Such an effect can be partly attributed to the perturbation of purine nucleotide biosynthesis.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0902-4441
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
59
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
142-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1997
pubmed:articleTitle
Inhibition of superoxide production and chemotaxis by methotrexate in neutrophils primed by TNF-alpha or LPS.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Kyoto University, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article