title: Effects of ethanol on the chemotactic peptide-induced second messenger generation and superoxide production in polymorphonuclear leukocytes.
abstract: The generation of oxygen radicals by polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMNL) plays a pivotal role for host defense. Since ethanol reduced FMLP- but not PMA-induced superoxide ion (O2-) formation by PMNL, the effects of ethanol on second messenger systems in PMNL were studied. FMLP induced a biphasic rise in cytosolic calcium concentrations, [Ca2+]i. Ethanol treatment abolished the second phase (believed to reflect Ca2+ influx), an effect also observed in PMNL treated with La3+ or suspended in Ca(2+)-free buffer. The FMLP-induced inositol trisphosphate generation was unaffected by ethanol, whereas diacylglycerol formation was, as expected, markedly reduced. Propranolol, an inhibitor of diacylglycerol formation from phosphatidic acid, caused a prolonged transmembrane influx of Ca2+ and partially reversed the inhibitory effect of ethanol on FMLP-induced O2- production. Thus, the ability of ethanol to inhibit FMLP-induced O2- generation in neutrophils seems to be due to both impaired influx of Ca2+ across the plasma membrane and reduced phospholipase D-mediated generation of phosphatidic acid.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institute, Sweden.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Nilsson
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Andersson
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fällman
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Rosendahl
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Palmblad
mesh_terms: D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism; D004075:Diglycerides / Q000378:metabolism; D000431:Ethanol / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006801:Humans; D015544:Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate / Q000378:metabolism; D009240:N-Formylmethionine Leucyl-Phenylalanine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D009504:Neutrophils / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D011433:Propranolol / Q000494:pharmacology; D013481:Superoxides / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: C011439:1,2-diacylglycerol; D004075:Diglycerides; D013481:Superoxides; D000431:Ethanol; D009240:N-Formylmethionine Leucyl-Phenylalanine; D015544:Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate; D011433:Propranolol; D002118:Calcium