RESUMO
The effects of cimetidine, ranitidine, histamine and histidine, as well as of their copper complexes, have been examined in an enzymic and chemical O2- generated systems. Copper complexes like CuZnSOD inhibited both the reduction of cytochrome c and NBT2+ in xanthine-xanthine oxidase systems, but their inhibitory action was due to a certain extent to the copper-induced inhibition of xanthine oxidase. EDTA abolished the inhibitory effect of all copper complexes studied. Luminol chemiluminescence in NADH2-PMS system was inhibited by CuZnSOD while it was enhanced by copper complexes. The copper-accelerating effect gradually increased up to about 1 microM Cu and decreased, reaching the control values up to 10 microM Cu. In the presence of low copper concentrations chemiluminescence was inhibited by CuZnSOD only, while in the presence of high copper concentrations it was inhibited by catalase and mannitol, but not by CuZnSOD. The ligands however, have been ineffective in the two O2- generated systems.
