Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications 1991-09-16

Inhibitors of poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase suppress lipopolysaccharide-induced nitrite formation in macrophages.

S Hauschildt, P Scheipers, W G Bessler

Index: Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 179(2) , 865-71, (1991)

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Abstract

Stimulating bone marrow derived macrophages with LPS results in the induction of NO-synthase as measured by NO2- formation. Inhibitors of poly(ADP-ribose)polymerase, namely nicotinamide, 3-aminobenzamide and 3-methoxybenzamide, prevented NO2- formation in a dose dependent manner. Inhibition was most effective if the inhibitors were added at the same time as LPS. When added 10 h after exposure to LPS, a time at which expression of the enzyme had reached its maximum, no inhibition was observed. The inhibitors also blocked early events in activation such as protein and RNA-synthesis as well as DNA-synthesis. Thus prevention of NO2- formation may be related to inhibition of these events. Activation of macrophages by LPS was not accompanied by an increase but rather by a small decrease in ADP-ribosyltransferase activity. Whether this decrease plays a physiological role in activation needs further exploration.

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  • 3-Methoxybenzamide

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