title: Cytosolic calcium, oxygen consumption and the intracellular pH of stimulated neutrophils.
abstract: The cytoplasmic pH undergoes a biphasic change when neutrophils are activated. The role of Ca2+ in initiating these changes was investigated. No correlation was found between the increased cytosolic [Ca2+] and the stimulation of the Na+/H+ antiport. Similarly, the cytoplasmic acidification elicited by activation in Na+-free media was found to be unrelated to [Ca2+]. Reversal of Na+/H+ exchange was also ruled out as the source of the acidification. Data using a variety of soluble activators indicate that metabolic acid generation is largely responsible for the observed drop in cytoplasmic pH.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cell Biology, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada.
authors.forename: P E
authors.initials: PE
authors.lastname: Nasmith
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Grinstein
mesh_terms: D016718:Arachidonic Acid; D001095:Arachidonic Acids / Q000494:pharmacology; D000001:Calcimycin / Q000494:pharmacology; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D002469:Cell Separation; D003208:Concanavalin A / Q000494:pharmacology; D003593:Cytoplasm / Q000378:metabolism*; D004072:Digitonin / Q000494:pharmacology; D006801:Humans; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007975:Leukotriene B4 / Q000494:pharmacology; D009240:N-Formylmethionine Leucyl-Phenylalanine / Q000494:pharmacology; D009504:Neutrophils / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D010101:Oxygen Consumption / Q000187:drug effects; D010972:Platelet Activating Factor / Q000494:pharmacology; D011522:Protons; D012964:Sodium / Q000378:metabolism; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D001095:Arachidonic Acids; D010972:Platelet Activating Factor; D011522:Protons; D003208:Concanavalin A; D007975:Leukotriene B4; D016718:Arachidonic Acid; D000001:Calcimycin; D009240:N-Formylmethionine Leucyl-Phenylalanine; D012964:Sodium; D004072:Digitonin; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate; D002118:Calcium