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Sodium Antimony Gluconate Induces Generation of Reactive Oxygen Species and Nitric Oxide via Phosphoinositide 3-Kinase and Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Activation in Leishmania donovani-Infected Macrophages

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Title Sodium Antimony Gluconate Induces Generation of Reactive Oxygen Species and Nitric Oxide via Phosphoinositide 3-Kinase
and Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Activation in
Leishmania donovani-Infected Macrophages
 
Creator Basu, Jayati Mookerjee
Mookerjee, Ananda
Sen, Prosenjit
Bhaumik, Suniti
Sen, Pradip
Banerjee, Subha
Naskar, Kshudiram
Choudhuri, Soumitra K
Saha, Bhaskar
Raha, Sanghamitra
Roy, Syamal
 
Subject Cancer Biology and Inflammatory Disorder Division
 
Description Pentavalent antimony complexes, such as sodium stibogluconate and sodium antimony gluconate (SAG), are still the first choice for chemotherapy against various forms of leishmaniasis, including visceral leishmaniasis, or
kala-azar. Although the requirement of a somewhat functional immune system for the antileishmanial action of
antimony was reported previously, the cellular and molecular mechanism of action of SAG was not clear. Herein,
we show that SAG induces extracellular signal-regulated kinase 1 (ERK-1) and ERK-2 phosphorylation through
phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K), protein kinase C, and Ras activation and p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase
(MAPK) phosphorylation through PI3K and Akt activation. ERK-1 and ERK-2 activation results in an increase in
the production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) 3 to 6 h after SAG treatment, while p38 MAPK activation and
subsequent tumor necrosis factor alpha release result in the production of nitric oxide (NO) 24 h after SAG
treatment. Thus, this study has provided the first evidence that SAG treatment induces activation of some important
components of the intracellular signaling pathway, which results in an early wave of ROS-dependent parasite killing
and a stronger late wave of NO-dependent parasite killing. This opens up the possibility of this metalloid chelate
being used in the treatment of various diseases either alone or in combination with other drugs and vaccines.
 
Date 2006
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://www.eprints.iicb.res.in/417/1/ANTIMICROBIAL_AGENTS_AND_CHEMOTHERAPY%2C_50(_5)%2C_1788%2D1797_[87].pdf
Basu, Jayati Mookerjee and Mookerjee, Ananda and Sen, Prosenjit and Bhaumik, Suniti and Sen, Pradip and Banerjee, Subha and Naskar, Kshudiram and Choudhuri, Soumitra K and Saha, Bhaskar and Raha, Sanghamitra and Roy, Syamal (2006) Sodium Antimony Gluconate Induces Generation of Reactive Oxygen Species and Nitric Oxide via Phosphoinositide 3-Kinase and Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Activation in Leishmania donovani-Infected Macrophages. ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY, 50 (5). pp. 1788-1797.
 
Relation htpp://dx.doi.org/10.1128/AAC.50.5
http://www.eprints.iicb.res.in/417/