title: Fluoride-mediated activation of the respiratory burst in human neutrophils. A reversible process.
abstract: Fluoride ion (F-) is an effective activator of the respiratory burst in neutrophils, as indicated by its ability to induce O2- production by these cells. Other halide ions did not activate the burst, Cl-, in particular appeared to antagonize the effect of F- on O2- production. F- stimulated O2- production showed a requirement for Ca++, but was independent of other exogenous cations. Neither phagocytosis nor degranulation were necessary for respiratory burst activation by F-. The effect of F- on the respiratory burst was reversible. Washing the cells after treatment with F-, while they were still producing large amounts of O2-, returned them to the resting state. They could then be stimulated again to produce O2- in amounts equivalent to those originally produced. Our experiments indicated that restimulation did not represent the activation of a population of cells that had not been activated during the initial exposure to F-, nor did it represent serial activation of different subpopulation of the O2- forming enzyme molecules present in a given cell. Rather, our data suggest that the entire population of O2- forming enzyme molecules was activated in a reversible fashion by F-.
mesh_terms: D001965:Bromides / Q000494:pharmacology; D002118:Calcium / Q000494:pharmacology; D003574:Cytochrome c Group / Q000097:blood; D005459:Fluorides / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006801:Humans; D007454:Iodides / Q000494:pharmacology; D007700:Kinetics; D009504:Neutrophils / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D010100:Oxygen; D010101:Oxygen Consumption / Q000187:drug effects*; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase; D013481:Superoxides
chemical_list: D001965:Bromides; D003574:Cytochrome c Group; D007454:Iodides; D013481:Superoxides; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase; D005459:Fluorides; D010100:Oxygen; D002118:Calcium