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ArticleClinical and experimental immunology2009

Effect of muramyl peptides on mitochondrial respiration.

N El-Jamal, G M Bahr, K S Echtay

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Article in Clinical and experimental immunology, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 · Who and what money

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3 authors.

N El-JamalFaculty of Medicine and Medical Sciences and Faculty of Sciences, University of Balamand, Tripoli, Lebanon.
G M Bahr
K S Echtay

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Muramyl peptides have been shown to exert several biological activities including potentiation of humoral and cell-mediated immunity and stimulation of natural resistance. The mode of action of muramyl peptides has not been elucidated fully and the immunological activities of some derivatives have been associated with toxic effects, including pyrogenicity and inflammatory reactions. Nevertheless, the impact of muramyl peptides on mitochondrial respiration has never been addressed. In this study, the in vitro effects of muramyl peptides on rat liver mitochondria were examined. Toxic muramyl peptides induced a significant decrease in respiratory control ratio versus non-toxic analogues. These results were confirmed by in vivo studies in mice and were extended to mitochondria isolated from spleens. Our data address, for the first time, the effect of muramyl peptides on mitochondrial bioenergetics. Further studies are required to reveal the mechanism of mitochondrial toxicity in relation to the damaging effects of toxic muramyl peptides.

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Acetylmuramyl-Alanyl-IsoglutamineAnimalsCell RespirationImmunologic FactorsLipopolysaccharidesMiceMice, Inbred BALB CMitochondria, LiverOxidation-ReductionOxygen ConsumptionRatsRats, Sprague-DawleySpleenTissue Culture TechniquesAcetylmuramyl-Alanyl-IsoglutamineImmunologic FactorsLipopolysaccharidesmurabutide

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PMID19076831
PMCPMC2665682

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