title: Differential inhibition and potentiation by cell-permeant analogues of cyclic AMP and cyclic GMP and NO-containing compounds of exocytosis in human neutrophils.
abstract: The chemoattractants, N-formyl-L-methionyl-L-leucyl-L-phenylalanine (fMet-Leu-Phe), complement C5a and platelet-activating factor (PAF), induce beta-glucuronidase release and aggregation and an increase in cytosolic Ca2+ [Ca2+]i in human neutrophils. We studied the roles of cAMP and cGMP in neutrophil avtivation, using their cell-permeant analogues, N6,2'-O-dibutyryl adenosine 3':5'-cyclic monophosphate (Bt2cAMP) and N2,2'-O-dibutyryl guanosine 3':5'-cyclic monophosphate (Bt2cGMP) and the NO-containing compounds, sodium nitroprusside (SNP), 3-morpholino-sydnonimine (SIN-1) and its prodrug, molsidomine (SIN-10). Bt2cAMP, Bt2cGMP, SIN-1 and SIN-10 but not SNP inhibited exocytosis induced by fMet-Leu-Phe. Superoxide dismutase potentiated the inhibitory effect of SIN-1. Bt2cGMP and SNP potentiated C5a-induced beta-glucuronidase release, Bt2cAMP, KCN, SIN-1 and SIN-10 being ineffective. KCN partially reversed the stimulatory effect of SNP, and in the presence of superoxide dismutase, SIN-1 potentiated C5a-induced exocytosis. PAF-induced beta-glucuronidase release was not affected by Bt2cAMP, Bt2cGMP, SNP and SIN-1. Bt2cGMP was more effective than Bt2cAMP to inhibit aggregation and the increase in [Ca2+]i induced by fMet-Leu-Phe at submaximally effective concentrations. C5a-induced rises in [Ca2+]i were not affected by Bt2cAMP and Bt2cGMP. Bt2cAMP but not Bt2cGMP inhibited the effect of PAF at submaximally effective concentrations on [Ca2+]i. Our data suggest (I) that Bt2cGMP and Bt2cAMP differentially modulate neutrophil activation, that (II) NO-containing compounds partially mimic the effects of Bt2cGMP on exocytosis and that (III) cGMP plays an inhibitory role in fMet-Leu-Phe- and a stimulatory role in C5a-induced beta-glucuronidase release.
authors.affiliation: Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik, Abteilung für Allgemeine Medizin, Universitätsklinikum Steglitz, Berlin, Federal Republic of Germany.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Wenzel-Seifert
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ervens
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Seifert
mesh_terms: D015056:1-Methyl-3-isobutylxanthine / Q000494:pharmacology; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism; D002449:Cell Aggregation / Q000187:drug effects; D015936:Complement C5a / Q000494:pharmacology; D003486:Cyanides / Q000494:pharmacology; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006152:Cyclic GMP / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005089:Exocytosis / Q000187:drug effects*; D005966:Glucuronidase / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008751:Methylene Blue / Q000494:pharmacology; D009240:N-Formylmethionine Leucyl-Phenylalanine / Q000494:pharmacology; D009504:Neutrophils / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000201:enzymology; D009599:Nitroprusside / Q000494:pharmacology; D009609:Nitrous Oxide / Q000494:pharmacology*; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D003486:Cyanides; D009599:Nitroprusside; D009240:N-Formylmethionine Leucyl-Phenylalanine; D015936:Complement C5a; D000242:Cyclic AMP; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase; D005966:Glucuronidase; D006152:Cyclic GMP; D009609:Nitrous Oxide; D002118:Calcium; D008751:Methylene Blue; D015056:1-Methyl-3-isobutylxanthine