Inhibition of superoxide anion production in guinea pig polymorphonuclear leukocytes by a seleno-or-ganic compound, ebselen

Abstract

Production of superoxide anion (O2-) induced by tetradecanoyl phorbol acetate (TPA) in intact guinea pig polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMNL) was markedly inhibited by a seleno-organic compound, 2-phenyl-l,2-benzisoselenazol-3(2H)-one (Ebselen), with glutathione peroxidase-like activity. The compound almost completely inhibited O2- production by a particulate fraction prepared from TPA-treated PMNL at a concentration as low as 250 nM. © 1987, The Pharmaceutical Society of Japan. All rights reserved.