Bendazac lysine inhibition of human lens epithelial cell adhesion to polymethylmethacrylate intraocular lenses.

The aim of the present work was to evaluate the effect of bendazac lysine on the human lens epithelial cell line HLE-B3 adhesion to polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) intraocular lenses (IOLs). After adherence to IOLs, cells were incubated in the presence of the drug for 24 h. The number of cells contained in a 6-mm(2) area was then counted with an inverted phase microscope and adherent cells were distinguished from detached floating cells by focusing through the medium.

Acetaminophen down-regulates interleukin-1beta-induced nuclear factor-kappaB nuclear translocation in a human astrocytic cell line.

In previous studies performed to elucidate acetaminophen mechanism of action, we demonstrated that acetaminophen inhibits prostaglandin E2 production by interleukin (IL)-1beta-stimulated T98G human astrocytic cells, without affecting cyclooxygenase-2 enzymatic activity. As this result suggests an effect at transcriptional level, we examined whether the drug interferes with the activation of nuclear factor (NF)-kappaB and STAT3 transcription factors and with SAPK signal transducing factor. Western blot analysis of IkappaBalpha protein in the cytoplasm of IL-1beta-stimulated T98G cells and electrophoretic mobility shift assay (EMSA) on corresponding nuclear extracts indicate that acetaminophen (10-1000 microM) dose-dependently inhibits both IkappaBalpha degradation and NF-kappaB nuclear translocation.