Efeitos da hidroquinona sobre atividades funcionais da célula endotelial e de neutrófilos / Effect of hydroquinone in the functional activity of endothelial cells and neutrophils

AUTOR(ES)

Fernanda Júdice Pinedo

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2009

RESUMO

Hydroquinone (HQ) is a fenolic compound obtained after benzene metabolism, it is a component of cigarette, medicines, photographic developer, and it is also finding in some foods and medicinal herbs. Our research group has been shown that rats in vivo exposed to HQ present impaired leukocyte migration into lung during allergic or non-specific inflammation. In the present study, we investigate the effects of HQ on functional activities of neutrophils and endothelial cells (EC) involved in inflammation. Primary cultured EC was obtained from microcirculatory network of male Wistar rats, and treated with HQ (10 or 100 µM, two hours). After the treatments, EC was incubated in presence or absence of lipopolissacharide of E. coli (LPS; 2 µg/mL). Peritoneal neutrophils obtained four hours after local injection of oyster glycogen (10 mL, 1%) were incubated with HQ (5 or 10 µM, one hour) and in sequence it was incubated in presence or absence of LPS (5 µg/mL) .Control cells were cultured with equivalent volumes of HQ and LPS vehicle. Results obtained showed that treatment with HQ did not induce apoptosis or necrosis in both types of cells; impaired NO production by endothelial cells and neutrophils dependent on blockade of Ca+2-dependent and independent NOS activity; decreased gene and protein expression of TNF-α, IL-6 and IL-1β in neutrophils induced by LPS, possibly due to reduced nuclear translocation of the NF-κB. On the other hand, HQ treatment enhanced basal protein and gene expression of TNF-α, IL-1β , ICAM-1, PECAM-1 and VCAM-1 and the nuclear translocation of NF-κB; impaired Candida albicans phagocytic and killing indexes; did not affect the gene expression of CYP2E1 in both types of cell, but increased the gene expression of MPO in neutrophils. Taken together, results obtained show that HQ acts differently in the two types of cells studied, activating and inhibiting inflammatory properties in endothelial cells and neutrophils, respectively. Actions on neutrophils may contribute, at least in part, on the reduced leukocyte recruitment during in vivo HQ exposure.

ASSUNTO(S)

adhesion molecules hidroquinona biotransformation enzymes endothelial cells moléculas de adesão hydroquinone enzimas de biotransformação mediadores inflamatórios neutrófilos célula endotelial inflammatory mediators neutrophil

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