title: Extracellular ATP itself elicits superoxide generation in guinea pig peritoneal macrophages.
abstract: Extracellular ATP itself elicited the generation of superoxide (O2-) in guinea pig peritoneal macrophages associated with an increase in cytosolic calcium ([Ca2+]i). The ATP-induced O2- generation was completely inhibited by pretreatment with pertussis toxin (PT) accompanied by the suppression of [Ca2+]i mobilization. Pre-exposure to a small amount of phorbol myristate acetate (PMA) primed the ATP-induced generation of O2- without a change of [Ca2+]i. The results suggest that ATP-induced O2- generation is mediated by [Ca2+]i mobilization and by PT-sensitive G protein.
authors.affiliation: Second Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Fukuoka University, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nakanishi
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Takihara
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Minoru
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yagawa
mesh_terms: D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism; D003600:Cytosol / Q000378:metabolism; D004533:Egtazic Acid / Q000494:pharmacology; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D008264:Macrophages / Q000378:metabolism*; D010529:Peritoneal Cavity / Q000166:cytology; D037342:Pertussis Toxin; D013481:Superoxides / Q000378:metabolism*; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate / Q000494:pharmacology; D010566:Virulence Factors, Bordetella / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D010566:Virulence Factors, Bordetella; D013481:Superoxides; D004533:Egtazic Acid; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate; D037342:Pertussis Toxin; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate; D002118:Calcium