title: Platelet activating factor stimulates intracellular calcium transients in human neutrophils: involvement of endogenous 5-lipoxygenase products.
abstract: Stimulation of human neutrophils with platelet activating factor (PAF) resulted in a transient elevation of free cytosolic calcium. Neutrophils exhibited a two-component calcium response observed as a double peak when stimulated with greater than 5 nM PAF. In contrast, leukotriene B4 (LTB4), C5a, or formylmethionyl-leucyl-phenylalanine stimulated only a single-peak calcium response. The double-peak calcium response was not elicited in human monocytes or differentiated U937 cells, which demonstrated a single peak. Pretreatment of neutrophils with a 5-lipoxygenase inhibitor or a specific LTB4-receptor antagonist selectively blocked the second calcium peak. These results suggest that PAF-mediated activation of human neutrophils results in the activation of the 5-lipoxygenase and the subsequent generation of LTB4. This LTB4 in turn elicits a secondary rise in calcium, which contributes to the overall response of neutrophils of PAF. These results demonstrate how LTB4 participates in the cellular responses elicited by PAF in human neutrophils.
authors.affiliation: Research Department, CIBA-GEIGY Corporation, Summit, New Jersey 07901.
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Rediske
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Quintavalla
authors.forename: W O
authors.initials: WO
authors.lastname: Haston
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Morrissey
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Seligman
mesh_terms: D001094:Arachidonate 5-Lipoxygenase / Q000378:metabolism*; D016227:Benzoquinones / Q000494:pharmacology; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D007424:Intracellular Fluid / Q000378:metabolism; D007975:Leukotriene B4 / Q000096:biosynthesis; D016859:Lipoxygenase Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D009504:Neutrophils / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D010972:Platelet Activating Factor / Q000494:pharmacology*; D013268:Stimulation, Chemical
chemical_list: D016227:Benzoquinones; D016859:Lipoxygenase Inhibitors; D010972:Platelet Activating Factor; D007975:Leukotriene B4; C036837:2,3,5-trimethyl-6-(12-hydroxy-5,10-dodecadiynyl)-1,4-benzoquinone; D001094:Arachidonate 5-Lipoxygenase; D002118:Calcium