title: Synchronous free Ca2+ changes in individual neutrophils stimulated by leukotriene B4.
abstract: Calcium (Ca2+) signals were monitored in individual neutrophils using ratio imaging of fura-2. In contrast to N-formyl-L-leucyl-L-phenylalanine (f-met-leu-phe), which produced grossly asynchronous Ca2+ signals with delays in response (up to 60 s), leukotriene B4 (LTB4) provoked synchronous and immediate elevations in cytosolic free Ca2+. Some individual neutrophils which responded immediately to LTB4, subsequently displayed delayed Ca2+ signals in response to f-met-leu-phe. A sub-population of neutrophils failed to respond to both LTB4 and f-met-leu-phe. The asynchrony of the Ca2+ signalling to f-met-leu-phe is not, therefore, an obligatory property of signal transduction in neutrophils.
authors.affiliation: Dept. Surgery, University of Wales College of Medicine, Heath Park, Cardiff, UK.
authors.forename: E V
authors.initials: EV
authors.lastname: Davies
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Campbell
authors.forename: M B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Hallett
mesh_terms: D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D003600:Cytosol / Q000378:metabolism; D016257:Fura-2; D006801:Humans; D007975:Leukotriene B4 / Q000494:pharmacology*; D009240:N-Formylmethionine Leucyl-Phenylalanine / Q000494:pharmacology; D009504:Neutrophils / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D007975:Leukotriene B4; D009240:N-Formylmethionine Leucyl-Phenylalanine; D002118:Calcium; D016257:Fura-2