Probably, the generation of taurine chloramine could not further contribute to an AT activity improvement and had impairing effects by itself. However, the existence of a Vorinostat HDAC1 sulfur atom in the l-methionine structures makes it a good choice in order to protect AT from sulfoxidation. Micromolar concentrations used in the model system and even nanomolar concentration used in the PMN supernatant are sufficient to recover AT activity. For pH 5 an additional NE inhibiting effect caused by l-methionine could be observed. This effect could only be detected after AT/l-methionine co-application. l-methionine alone shows no NE inhibition suggesting an AT-stabilizing effect at low pH.

Since AT polymerization (resulting in the loss of inhibitory activity) is favored at extreme pH values as occurring in endolysosomes,37 one can suppose that l-methionine supports the biologically active conformational strain of AT by preventing polymerization. The HOCl scavenging effect of ASA could be approved as already described.38 Its activity at low pH is much higher than at neutral pH, which makes it a suitable agent, especially for the application inside phagolysosomal compartments. Here, micromolar concentrations are sufficient to prevent AT inactivation. HOCl initially reacts with the ASA-amino group, resulting in the formation of short-living chloramine which is spontanously decomposed to an iminoquinone.39 The overall reaction is slowing down with increasing pH.40 Subsequently, ASA exerts its therapeutic effects by reacting with the oxidative species produced by activated neutrophils.

However, this reaction can also generate reactive intermediates, which are able to bind covalently to human hemoglobin and potentially other proteins containing thiol groups causing the adverse reactions that have been associated with ASA use.38 For this purpose, the local application by means of a drug delivery system seems to be a good solution. Cefoperazone can be regarded as both HOCl scavenger and NE inhibitor, but it only acts as an additional NE inhibitor at neutral pH. At pH 5 no NE inhibiting effect could be found, making this molecule interesting as an additional AT ��protecting�� agent that can be effective in the low micromolar range. In summary, in this study we successfully investigated a mixture of effective substances for the improvement of NE-mediated tissue destruction in chronically proceeding processes.

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