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A comparison of the effects of ocular preservatives on mammalian and microbial ATP and glutathione levels.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  15453639     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
The aim of this study was to investigate the mechanism of action of the preservative sodium chlorite (NaClO2), and the relationship with intracellular glutathione depletion. A detailed comparison of the dose responses of two cultured ocular epithelial cell types and four species of microorganism was carried out, and comparisons were also made with the quaternary ammonium compound benzalkonium chloride (BAK), and the oxidant hydrogen peroxide (H2O2). The viability of mammalian and microbial cells was assessed in the same way, by the measurement of intracellular ATP using a bioluminescence method. Intracellular total glutathione was measured by reaction with 5,5'-dithiobis-2-nitrobenzoic acid in a glutathione reductase-dependent recycling assay. BAK and H2O2 caused complete toxicity to conjunctival and corneal epithelial cells at approximately 25 ppm, in contrast to NaClO2, where > 100 ppm was required. The fungi Candida albicans and Alternaria alternata had a higher resistance to NaClO2 than the bacteria Staphyloccus aureus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa, but the bacteria were extremely resistant to H2O2. NaClO2 caused substantial depletion of intracellular glutathione in all cell types, at concentrations ranging from < 10 ppm in Pseudomonas, 25-100 ppm in epithelial cells, to > 500 ppm in fungal cells. The mechanisms of cytotoxicity of NaClO2, H2O2 and BAK all appeared to differ. NaClO2 was found to have the best balance of high antibacterial toxicity with low ocular toxicity. The lower toxicity of NaClO2 to the ocular cells, compared with BAK and H2O2, is in agreement with fewer reported adverse effects of application in the eye.
Authors:
Paul R Ingram; Andrew R Pitt; Clive G Wilson; Orest Olejnik; Corinne M Spickett
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Comparative Study; Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Free radical research     Volume:  38     ISSN:  1071-5762     ISO Abbreviation:  Free Radic. Res.     Publication Date:  2004 Jul 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2004-09-29     Completed Date:  2005-01-24     Revised Date:  2006-11-15    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  9423872     Medline TA:  Free Radic Res     Country:  England    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  739-50     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Immunology, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Adenosine Triphosphate / metabolism*
Alternaria / drug effects,  metabolism
Animals
Bacteria / cytology,  drug effects,  metabolism*
Benzalkonium Compounds / pharmacology
Candida / drug effects,  metabolism
Cell Line
Chlorides / pharmacology*,  toxicity
Epithelial Cells / drug effects,  metabolism
Fungi / cytology,  drug effects,  metabolism*
Glutathione / metabolism*
Humans
Hydrogen Peroxide / pharmacology
Mammals / metabolism*
Ophthalmic Solutions / adverse effects,  pharmacology
Preservatives, Pharmaceutical / adverse effects,  pharmacology*
Pseudomonas / drug effects,  metabolism
Rats
Staphylococcus / drug effects,  metabolism
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Benzalkonium Compounds; 0/Chlorides; 0/Ophthalmic Solutions; 0/Preservatives, Pharmaceutical; 1318-59-8/chlorite; 56-65-5/Adenosine Triphosphate; 70-18-8/Glutathione; 7722-84-1/Hydrogen Peroxide

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