title: Modulation of leukotriene B4 and platelet-activating factor binding to neutrophils.
abstract: Preincubation of human neutrophils with the human hormone granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) inhibits the specific binding of leukotriene B4 ([3H]LTB4) but not the nonmetabolizable bioactive platelet-activating factor ([3H]C-PAF) to intact cells. This inhibition requires that the GM-CSF interacts with intact cells. The action of GM-CSF is not prevented by pertussis toxin. Moreover, the rise in calcium produced by LTB4 but not by PAF is also inhibited in human neutrophils pretreated with GM-CSF. Interestingly, neither the inhibitory action of GM-CSF on [3H]LTB4 binding or LTB4-induced calcium rise nor the potentiation of superoxide production by GM-CSF is reduced by inhibitors of arachidonic acid metabolism by the lipoxygenase pathway. In contrast, preincubation of human neutrophils with either the chemotactic factor formyl-methionyl-leucyl-phenylalanine (fMet-Leu-Phe) or the active phorbol ester, phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA), inhibits the binding of both [3H]LTB4 and [3H]C-PAF to intact cells. The inhibitory actions of GM-CSF, PMA, and fMet-Leu-Phe require that they interact with the intact cells; their actions cannot be reproduced in plasma membrane preparations. The effects of both GM-CSF and fMet-Leu-Phe cannot be prevented by the protein kinase C inhibitor staurosporine. The mechanisms of fMet-Leu-Phe and GM-CSF actions are probably not mediated through the release of LTB4 by the cells. Interestingly, this new action, unlike other reported effects of GM-CSF, is not mediated through a pertussis toxin-sensitive G protein (Gi alpha 2). This indicates that not all GM-CSF receptors are coupled to Gi alpha 2.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington 06032.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yamazaki
authors.forename: T F
authors.initials: TF
authors.lastname: Molski
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Stevens
authors.forename: C K
authors.initials: CK
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: E L
authors.initials: EL
authors.lastname: Becker
authors.forename: R I
authors.initials: RI
authors.lastname: Sha'afi
mesh_terms: D000470:Alkaloids / Q000494:pharmacology; D002118:Calcium / Q000097:blood; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000378:metabolism; D016178:Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006801:Humans; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007700:Kinetics; D007975:Leukotriene B4 / Q000097:blood* / Q000494:pharmacology; D009504:Neutrophils / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D010972:Platelet Activating Factor / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000494:pharmacology; D011493:Protein Kinase C / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000494:pharmacology; D019311:Staurosporine; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D000470:Alkaloids; D010972:Platelet Activating Factor; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D007975:Leukotriene B4; D016178:Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor; D011493:Protein Kinase C; D019311:Staurosporine; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate; D002118:Calcium