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  • Title: In vitro and in vivo effects of dapsone on neutrophil and lymphocyte functions in normal individuals and patients with lepromatous leprosy.
    Author: Anderson R, Gatner EM, van Rensburg CE, Grabow G, Imkamp FM, Kok SK, van Rensburg AJ.
    Journal: Antimicrob Agents Chemother; 1981 Apr; 19(4):495-503. PubMed ID: 6264848.
    Abstract:
    The effects of dapsone on polymorphonuclear leukocyte functions and lymphocyte mitogen-induced transformation were assessed in vitro and in vivo in normal individuals and in newly diagnosed untreated patients with lepromatous leprosy. The effects of dapsone on the cell-free generation of superoxide by the xanthine: xanthine oxidase system and iodination of bovine serum albumin by horseradish peroxidase were also investigated. In normal individuals dapsone mediated stimulation of polymorphonuclear leukocyte migration in vitro and vivo. Dapsone had no effect on postphagocytic hexose monophosphate shunt activity in vivo. Similar effects were found in patients with lepromatous leprosy. Dapsone also decreased the inhibitory activity of serum from patients with lepromatous leprosy on normal polymorphonuclear leukocyte migration in vitro. Progressive loss of serum-mediated inhibition of migration was observed after ingestion of dapsone by the patients. Further experiments showed that stimulation of polymorphonuclear leukocyte motility was related to inhibition of lymphocyte transformation at high concentrations in vitro, but had slight stimulatory activity on phytohemagglutinin-induced transformation in controls and patients in vivo.
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