Pathophysiology of neutrophil-mediated extracellular redox reactions.

Neutrophil granulocyte leukocytes (neutrophils) play fundamental role in the innate immune response. In the presence of adequate stimuli, neutrophils release excessive amount of reactive oxygen species (ROS) that may induce cell and tissue injury. Oxidative burst of neutrophils acts as a double-edged sword.

4-Hydroxy-nonenal-A Bioactive Lipid Peroxidation Product.

This review on recent research advances of the lipid peroxidation product 4-hydroxy-nonenal (HNE) has four major topics: I. the formation of HNE in various organs and tissues, II. the diverse biochemical reactions with Michael adduct formation as the most prominent one, III.

Elevated neutrophil elastase and acrolein-protein adducts are associated with W256 regression.

The involvement of granulocytes in immune response against cancer is not well understood. Depending on the cytokine milieu in which they act and on their oxidative burst, granulocytes may play either an inhibitory or stimulatory role in tumour growth. Unsaturated fatty acids, essential components of cellular membranes and storage lipids, are susceptible to granulocyte-derived reactive oxygen species (ROS).

The involvement of granulocytes in spontaneous regression of Walker 256 carcinoma.

We described before that oxidative burst of granulocytes is cytotoxic for melanoma B16F10 and for Walker 256 carcinoma (W256). Therefore, we assumed that granulocytes could also be important mechanism of the host defence against tumour. In current study we report massive granulocyte infiltration at the site of W256 transplanted in the hind limb of Sprague-Dawley associated with spontaneous tumour regression observed for 22/25 rats (87%).

4-hydroxynonenal: a membrane lipid oxidation product of medicinal interest.

A comprehensive focus on 4-hydroxynonenal (HNE) as candidate molecule in a variety of pathophysiological conditions occurring in humans is here provided. Despite an active, now well characterized, metabolism in most cells and tissues, HNE can be easily detected and quantified by means of several methods, although with different sensitivity. Measurements of HNE and/or stable metabolites in biological fluids are already applied as lipid peroxidation/oxidative stress markers in a huge number of human disease processes, often sustained by inflammatory reactions.