title: Na+/H+ exchange modulates rat neutrophil mediated tumor cytotoxicity.
abstract: Rat neutrophils stimulated with phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate, Bacillus Calmette-Guérin, zymosan A, and beta-1,3-D-glucan from Alcaligenes faecalis showed cytotoxicity to various tumor cells. Hydrogen peroxide was shown to be an effector molecule in tumor cytotoxicity by inhibition using various active oxygen scavengers. The following findings suggest that tumor cytotoxicity by rat neutrophils stimulated with the four reagents mentioned above is regulated by Na+/H+ exchange: (a) an increase in extracellular pH (pHo) from 6.5 to 8.0 resulted in enhancement of both tumor cytotoxicity and H2O2 production; (b) amiloride and its derivatives, inhibitors of Na+/H+ exchange, inhibited both functions of neutrophils mentioned above; (c) amiloride reduced intracellular pH (pHi) of neutrophils stimulated with the four reagents; (d) a decrease in the extracellular concentration of Na+ [( Na+]o) inhibited H2O2 production; (e) monensin, a Na+/H+ exchange ionophore, enhanced tumor cytotoxicity by neutrophils.
authors.affiliation: Department of Parasitology, Yamagata University School of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Araki
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Inoue
authors.forename: E J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Cragoe
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Sendo
mesh_terms: D000584:Amiloride / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000502:physiology*; D002460:Cell Line; D002470:Cell Survival / Q000187:drug effects; D005936:Glucans / Q000494:pharmacology; D006861:Hydrogen Peroxide / Q000494:pharmacology; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D007700:Kinetics; D008223:Lymphoma; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D008985:Monensin / Q000494:pharmacology; D009163:Mycobacterium bovis; D009504:Neutrophils / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D012964:Sodium / Q000378:metabolism*; D017923:Sodium-Hydrogen Exchangers; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate / Q000494:pharmacology; D015054:Zymosan / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D002352:Carrier Proteins; D005936:Glucans; D017923:Sodium-Hydrogen Exchangers; D000584:Amiloride; D015054:Zymosan; D008985:Monensin; D012964:Sodium; D006861:Hydrogen Peroxide; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate