Abstract
Taurine chloramine (TauCl) and Taurine bromamine (TauBr), products of the neutrophil myeloperoxidase halide system, exert anti-inflammatory properties. They inhibit the production of a variety of inflammatory mediators, such as prostaglandin E2 (PGE2), nitric oxide (NO) and proinflammatory cytokines. Heme oxygenase–1 (HO-1), a stress inducible enzyme, degrades heme to biliverdin, free iron and carbon monoxide (CO), which are involved in the anti-inflammatory and antioxidant actions of HO-1. Recently we have demonstrated that taurine haloamines induce the expression of HO-1 in inflammatory cells. In this study we examined whether HO-1 participates in taurine haloamines-mediated suppression of proinflammatory cytokine production. We have shown that TauCl/TauBr and CO inhibit the production of TNF-α, IL-12 and IL-6, in a similar dose-dependent manner. However, the suppressor activity of TauCl was not altered in HO-1 deficient mice. Therefore, HO-1 and TauCl may independently regulate the production of pro-inflammatory cytokines. We suggest that TauCl and TauBr provide a link between the two antioxidant systems: the cysteine pathway and the heme oxygenase system.
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Marcinkiewicz, J. et al. (2009). Taurine Haloamines and Heme Oxygenase-1 Cooperate in the Regulation of Inflammation and Attenuation of Oxidative Stress. In: Azuma, J., Schaffer, S.W., Ito, T. (eds) Taurine 7. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 643. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-75681-3_46
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