title: A role for calcium and protein kinase C in agonist-stimulated adhesion of human neutrophils.
abstract: Stimulated adherence of human neutrophils to plastic and changes in cytosolic free Ca2+ concn. [( Ca2+]i) were measured in the same cell preparations. [Ca2+]i-activation curves were constructed to compare the relation between [Ca2+]i and adhesion in response to ionomycin and formylmethionyl-leucyl-phenylalanine (FMLP). This showed that FMLP-stimulated adhesion required less increase in [Ca2+]i than did ionomycin's effect, a result suggesting that an additional stimulatory component might be involved in the response to FMLP. Protein kinase C activation was a possibility, and activation of protein kinase C with a phorbol ester (PMA) was found to stimulate adhesion with no change in [Ca2+]i. A low concentration of PMA was found to synergize with ionomycin to stimulate a greater adhesion response than with each alone, and the [Ca2+]i-activation curve for ionomycin in the presence of PMA was shifted towards that for FMLP. Thus, synergy between [Ca2+]i and protein kinase C (each of which is sufficient alone) probably explains the stimulatory effects of FMLP on adhesion of neutrophils.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cellular Pharmacology, Smith, Kline & French Research Ltd., Welwyn, Herts, U.K.
authors.forename: M P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Davies
authors.forename: T J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Hallam
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Merritt
mesh_terms: D001572:Benzofurans; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D002448:Cell Adhesion / Q000187:drug effects; D004533:Egtazic Acid / Q000494:pharmacology; D004789:Enzyme Activation / Q000187:drug effects; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; D016257:Fura-2; D006801:Humans; D015759:Ionomycin / Q000494:pharmacology; D009240:N-Formylmethionine Leucyl-Phenylalanine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D009504:Neutrophils / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D011493:Protein Kinase C / Q000378:metabolism*; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D001572:Benzofurans; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; D004533:Egtazic Acid; D015759:Ionomycin; D009240:N-Formylmethionine Leucyl-Phenylalanine; D011493:Protein Kinase C; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate; D002118:Calcium; D016257:Fura-2