| Literature DB >> 14975589 |
Aditi A Kapasi1, Salvatore A Coscia, Manish P Pandya, Pravin C Singhal.
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We studied the effect of HIV-1 gp160 protein and morphine on murine macrophage and human monocyte apoptosis. gp160 not only promoted murine macrophage apoptosis but also enhanced macrophage iNOS expression/NO generation. gp160 also altered macrophage bax and bcl-2 expression. Morphine enhanced (P<0.001) the effect of gp160 on macrophage apoptosis as well as iNOS expression/NO generation. Nevertheless, both morphine- and gp160-induced murine macrophage apoptosis was attenuated by nitric oxide synthase (NOS) inhibitors (L-NAME and L-NMMA). On the other hand, free radical scavengers such as superoxide dismutase (SOD), dimethylthiourea (DMTU) and catalase attenuated morphine and gp160-induced human monocyte apoptosis.Entities:
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Year: 2004 PMID: 14975589 DOI: 10.1016/j.jneuroim.2003.11.015
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Neuroimmunol ISSN: 0165-5728 Impact factor: 3.478