Inhibition of collagenase activity by N-chlorotaurine, a product of activated neutrophils.
OBJECTIVE. To study the effects of N-chlorotaurine on collagenase activity, as a model of the effects of neutrophil activation in inflammatory arthritis. METHODS. Collagen degradation by collagenase was measured by the release of acid-soluble counts from 3H-collagen. RESULTS. N-chlorotaurine inhibited the degradation of collagen by bacterial collagenase. This result is explained by a direct inhibition/inactivation of collagenase, since N-chlorotaurine had no effect on the proteolytic susceptibility of collagen itself. The effect appears to be specific to N-chlorotaurine since N-chloroalanine, N-chloroleucine, and HOCl/OCl- failed to inhibit collagenase; in fact, N-chloroalanine and N-chloroleucine actually increased the proteolytic susceptibility of collagen. CONCLUSION. N-chlorotaurine may minimize damage to cartilaginous joint structures in inflammatory arthritis by inhibiting/inactivating collagenase.[1]References
- Inhibition of collagenase activity by N-chlorotaurine, a product of activated neutrophils. Davies, J.M., Horwitz, D.A., Davies, K.J. Arthritis Rheum. (1994) [Pubmed]
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