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. 1997 Nov;176(1-2):35-9.

Activation of the neutrophil and loss of plasma glutathione during Mg-deficiency--modulation by nitric oxide synthase inhibition

I T Mak  1 , B F Dickens, A M Komarov, T L Wagner, T M Phillips, W B Weglicki
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Activation of the neutrophil and loss of plasma glutathione during Mg-deficiency--modulation by nitric oxide synthase inhibition

I T Mak et al. Mol Cell Biochem. 1997 Nov.

Abstract

Sprague-Dawley rats (200 g) were fed either a Mg-deficient or Mg-sufficient diet for 3 weeks. An enriched neutrophil fraction (> 85%) was isolated from the blood by sodium metrizoate/dextran gradient centrifugation. Using the superoxide dismutase. (SOD)-inhibitable cytochrome c reduction assay, the basal activity of neutrophils isolated from the Mg-deficient rats were found elevated 5 fold after two weeks, and up to approximately 7 fold after three weeks on the diet. Upon challenge by phorbol myristate acetate (PMA), unlike the Mg-sufficient cells, the Mg-deficient cells exhibited no significant activation. Treatment of the Mg-deficient rats with the nitric oxide (NO)-synthase inhibitor, NG-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME) in the drinking water, significantly attenuated the basal superoxide producing activity of the neutrophils and partially restored its response to PMA challenge. In association with the neutrophil activation. Mg-deficiency resulted in 70% decrease in plasma glutathione and 220% increase in Fe-promoted, thiobarbituric acid reactive substance (TBARS) levels; both changes were significantly attenuated by L-NAME treatment. The results suggest that neutrophils from Mg-deficient rats are activated endogenously to generate oxy-radicals which might directly mediate the in vivo peroxidative indices during Mg-deficiency. Furthermore, the neutrophil activity was lowered by NO-synthase inhibition suggesting that NO overproduction during Mg-deficiency participates in the neutrophil activation process.

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