title: Utility of staurosporine in uncovering differences in the signal transduction pathways for superoxide production in neutrophils.
abstract: Neutrophils exhibit an intense phosphorylation of a 47 kDa protein and release large quantities of superoxide (O2-) upon stimulation with phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA) or fMet-Leu-Phe (fMLP). Antagonists of protein kinases (e.g., 200 microM 1-(5-isoquinolinylsulfonyl)-2-methylpiperazine (H-7); 15 nM staurosporine) inhibited these phenomena when the stimulus was PMA (Badwey, J.A. et al. (1989) J. Biol. Chem. 264, 14947-14953). In this paper, we now report that while neutrophils treated with 15 nM staurosporine and PMA release little O2-, cells in the presence of these compounds can be stimulated to release near normal quantities of O2- by the subsequent addition of fMLP. Surprisingly, staurosporine (15 nM) reduced the incorporation of 32P into the 47 kDa protein in fMLP stimulated cells at least as effectively as H-7, yet, while the staurosporine treated cells released substantial amounts of O2-, the cells treated with H-7 did not. These data suggest that a stimulatory pathway exists in neutrophils that contains a protein kinase 'distinct' from that which is activated when PMA is the stimulus and that this pathway may enable the O2- producing system to become functional with little or no phosphorylation of the 47 kDa protein. They further suggest that the steps which are sensitive to H-7 in the signal-transduction pathways utilized by PMA and fMLP may be different.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy, Ohio State University, Columbus.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Robinson
authors.forename: P G
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: Heyworth
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Badwey
mesh_terms: D019307:1-(5-Isoquinolinesulfonyl)-2-Methylpiperazine; D000470:Alkaloids / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D004075:Diglycerides / Q000494:pharmacology; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007546:Isoquinolines / Q000494:pharmacology; D008956:Models, Chemical; D008970:Molecular Weight; D009240:N-Formylmethionine Leucyl-Phenylalanine / Q000494:pharmacology; D009504:Neutrophils / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D010529:Peritoneal Cavity / Q000166:cytology; D010750:Phosphoproteins / Q000378:metabolism; D010766:Phosphorylation / Q000187:drug effects; D010879:Piperazines / Q000494:pharmacology; D011493:Protein Kinase C / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors*; D047428:Protein Kinase Inhibitors; D011494:Protein Kinases / Q000502:physiology; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000187:drug effects*; D019311:Staurosporine; D013449:Sulfonamides; D013481:Superoxides / Q000378:metabolism*; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D000470:Alkaloids; D004075:Diglycerides; D007546:Isoquinolines; D010750:Phosphoproteins; D010879:Piperazines; D047428:Protein Kinase Inhibitors; D013449:Sulfonamides; C044295:1,2-dioctanoylglycerol; D013481:Superoxides; D009240:N-Formylmethionine Leucyl-Phenylalanine; D019307:1-(5-Isoquinolinesulfonyl)-2-Methylpiperazine; C043204:N-(2-guanidinoethyl)-5-isoquinolinesulfonamide; D011494:Protein Kinases; D011493:Protein Kinase C; D019311:Staurosporine; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate