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Article type: Research Article
Authors: Víctor, V.M. | Guayerbas, N. | Garrote, D. | Del Río, M. | De la Fuente, M.;
Affiliations: Department of Animal Physiology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Complutense University, 28040 Madrid, Spain
Note: [] Correspondence to: Prof. M. De la Fuente, PhD. Dept. Biología Animal II (Fisiología Animal), Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Complutense, Av. Complutense s/n, 28040 Madrid, Spain. Tel.: +34 91 3944989; Fax: +34 91 394 4935; E‐mail: mondelaf@ eucmax. sim. ucm. es.
Abstract: In previous studies we have observed changes in several functions of peritoneal macrophages from BALB/c mice with irreversible endotoxic shock caused by intraperitoneal injection of E. coli lipopolysaccharide (LPS) (100 mg/kg), which were associated with a high production of superoxide anion. Since antioxidants, such as N‐acetylcysteine (NAC), are free radical scavengers that improve the immune response, in the present work we have studied different functions of peritoneal macrophages from BALB/c mice suffering the endotoxic shock above indicated and administered N‐acetylcysteine (150 mg/kg i.p.) at 30 minutes after LPS injection. In the peritoneal macrophages obtained at 2, 4, 12 and 24 h after LPS injection, the following functions were studied: adherence to substrate, mobility, ingestion of particles, and production of superoxide anion and tumour necrosis factor (TNF\alpha). The increase in adherence, ingestion and superoxide anion and TNF\alpha production shown by macrophages from animals with endotoxic shock was counteracted by NAC injection. Moreover, the survival time of mice with endotoxic shock was increased in the presence of NAC. These data suggest that NAC, administered intraperitoneally, may be useful for the treatment of irreversible endotoxic shock by modulation of the function of macrophages with decreased superoxide anion and TNF\alpha production and concomitant increase of survival time.
Keywords: N‐acetylcysteine, macrophages, phagocytic function, LPS, endotoxic shock
Journal: Biofactors, vol. 10, no. 4, pp. 347-357, 1999
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