title: ATP-induced calcium mobilization in human neutrophils.
abstract: Extracellular ATP at 10 microM increased the concentration of cytoplasmic free Ca2+ ( [Ca2+]i) 3-fold in human neutrophils. The [Ca2+]i was measured by fura-2 fluorescence. The effect was rapid but transient: [Ca2+]i reached a maximum within 10 s and then returned to its resting value after 2-3 min. The rise in [Ca2+]i elicited by ATP was unaffected by the removal of extracellular Ca2+, indicating that the primary source of Ca2+ is from intracellular stores. In contrast to ATP, neither ADP nor AMP, at concentrations as high as 100 microM, caused any detectable changes in [Ca2+]i. Among other nucleotide triphosphates tested, UTP was as effective as ATP in causing a transient rise in [Ca2+]i, and prevented a subsequent response to ATP. Similarly, ATP prevented a subsequent response to UTP but the second response could be obtained when the initially added ATP was removed by the addition of hexokinase. Phorbol myristate acetate, the activator of Ca2+, phospholipid-dependent protein kinase, completely inhibited the ATP-induced increases in [Ca2+]i without affecting the basal [Ca2+]i level. The results suggest that extracellular ATP stimulates human neutrophils by causing the release of calcium from intracellular storage pools by mechanisms which can be inhibited by phorbol myristate acetate.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, Kyushu University School of Medicine, Fukuoka, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kuroki
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Takeshige
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Minakami
mesh_terms: D000244:Adenosine Diphosphate / Q000494:pharmacology; D000249:Adenosine Monophosphate / Q000494:pharmacology; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001572:Benzofurans; D002118:Calcium / Q000097:blood*; D004533:Egtazic Acid / Q000494:pharmacology; D004987:Ethers / Q000494:pharmacology; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; D016257:Fura-2; D006801:Humans; D007424:Intracellular Fluid / Q000378:metabolism; D015759:Ionomycin; D007700:Kinetics; D009504:Neutrophils / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D013050:Spectrometry, Fluorescence; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate / Q000494:pharmacology; D014544:Uridine Triphosphate / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D001572:Benzofurans; D004987:Ethers; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; D000249:Adenosine Monophosphate; D004533:Egtazic Acid; D015759:Ionomycin; D000244:Adenosine Diphosphate; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate; D002118:Calcium; D016257:Fura-2; D014544:Uridine Triphosphate