Zileuton is an inhibitor of the 5-lipoxygenase enzyme that transforms essential fatty acid (EFA) substrates into leukotrienes (LTB4, LTC4, LTD4 and LTE4), but little known about use this drug in teleost fish. Therefore, objective study was to evaluate clinical safety treatments with 2,25 mg 4,50 zileuton/Kg -1 (bodyweight), administered orally diet, through biochemical hematological analysis du...

BACKGROUND 5-Lipoxygenase is an enzyme involved in the synthesis of leukotriene eicosanoids from arachidonic acid. The therapeutic potential of zileuton, an inhibitor of 5-lipoxygenase, and montelukast, a cysteinyl leukotriene receptor antagonist, for the treatment of ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury of the heart has been proposed in a few studies. However, the effects of zileuton and monteluk...

OBJECTIVE Maximum time of the effect of antileukotriene substances - Zileuton in the treatment of patients with bronchial asthma and increased bronchial reactivity and of the salbutamol as agonist of the beta2 adrenergic receptor studied in this work. METHODS Parameters of the lung function are determined with Body plethysmography. Raw and ITGV were registered and specific resistance (SRaw) w...

BACKGROUND Chronic asthma is characterized by airway inflammation and remodeling. OBJECTIVE This study aimed to evaluate the effects of zileuton on bronchial hyperresponsiveness, airway inflammation and airway smooth muscle (ASM) remodeling. METHODS Two experimental groups of brown Norway rats sensitized and repeatedly challenged with aerosolized ovalbumin (OA) were given oral zileuton (OA-...

BACKGROUND 5-Lipoxygenase products play a part in inflammatory response. AIMS The effect of intracolonic administration of zileuton (a 5-lipoxygenase inhibitor) on colonic damage and eicosanoid local release was assessed in a rat model of colitis. METHODS Ninety rats with trinitrobenzenesulphonic acid induced colitis were randomised to receive placebo, 5-aminosalicylic acid (50 mg/kg), or z...

A selective and sensitive liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometric method (LC-MS/MS) has been developed and validated for the quantification of zileuton in human plasma. Deuterated internal standard (zileuton D4) was used as the internal standard (ISTD). Zileuton was extracted by liquid-liquid extraction using methyl tert-butyl ether and separated by isocratic elution on a C18 column (10...

BACKGROUND Elevated urine and blood leukotriene levels have been reported after ascent to high altitude in association with acute mountain sickness (AMS) and high-altitude pulmonary edema. Zileuton is an inhibitor of the enzyme 5-lipoxygenase that catalyzes conversion of arachidonic acid to leukotrienes. Study objectives and design: The objectives of this randomized, double-blind, placebo-contr...

5-Leukotriene pathway inhibitors, Accolate, MK-886, and Zileuton, were evaluated as chemopreventive agents in female strain A mice. The mice were administered by injection vinyl carbamate (2 x 16 mg/kg) to induce lung tumors. Two weeks later, they received in their diet Accolate (270 and 540 mg/kg), MK-886 (30 mg/kg), Zileuton (600 and 1200 mg/kg), or combinations containing the lower concentra...

COX-2 and 5-lipoxygenase (5-LO) use arachidonic acid for the synthesis of eicosanoids that have been implicated in carcinogenesis and cardiovascular disease. The ability of celecoxib, a selective COX-2 inhibitor, to redirect arachidonic acid into the 5-LO pathway can potentially reduce its efficacy as a chemopreventive agent and increase the risk of cardiovascular complications. Levels of urina...

OBJECTIVE The goal of the present study was to investigate the effects of 5-lipoxygenase (5-LOX) inhibition, alone and with cyclooxygenase (COX) inhibitors, on inflammatory parameters and apoptosis in ischemia/reperfusion (I/R)-induced myocardial damage in rats. For this purpose, zileuton, a selective and potent inhibitor of 5-LOX, resulting in suppression leukotriene production, was used. ME...