title: Intracellular Ca2+ mobilization in immature and more mature U937 induced to differentiate by dimethyl sulfoxide or phorbol myristate acetate.
abstract: Intracellular Ca2+ mobilization in U937 cells was studied. Stimulation of immature U937 cells with leukotriene B4 (LTB4) increased intracellular Ca2+ levels, whereas stimulation with N-formyl-methionyl-leucyl-phenylalanine (fMLP) failed to increase intracellular Ca2+ levels. U937 cells cultured with 1.5% dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) for 4 days (DMSO-U937 cells) responded to LTB4 and possessed the ability to respond to fMLP. U937 cells cultured with 1 ng/ml phorbol myristate acetate (PMA) for 4 days (PMA-U937 cells) lost the ability to respond to LTB4, although they responded to fMLP. Treatment of DMSO-U937 cells with 100 ng/ml PMA for 3 min suppressed intracellular Ca2+ increase induced by LTB4 and fMLP. The fMLP-induced Ca2+ rise in PMA-U937 cells was not suppressed by a further treatment with 100 ng/ml PMA. DMSO-U937 cells responded to inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (IP3), indicating that IP3 functions as a messenger of intracellular Ca2+ mobilization from endoplasmic reticulum in U937. The magnitude and duration of the rise in Ca2+ induced by IP3 in DMSO-U937 cells treated with 100 ng/ml PMA for 3 min were similar to those of the controls. When DMSO-U937 cells were Ca2+-depleted, addition of Ca2+ resulted in a transient overshoot of Ca2+ influx. However, the transient overshoot was not observed, when PMA-U937 cells were tested. These results indicate that Ca2+ efflux in PMA-U937 cells is increased by an activated exit pump, which may be directly or indirectly related to the functional state of PMA-U937 cells.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Hiroshima University School of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sakano
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fujie
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hamasaki
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Harada
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Taniguchi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ueda
mesh_terms: D002118:Calcium / Q000502:physiology*; D002454:Cell Differentiation; D002460:Cell Line; D003593:Cytoplasm / Q000502:physiology; D004121:Dimethyl Sulfoxide / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006801:Humans; D007975:Leukotriene B4 / Q000494:pharmacology; D008264:Macrophages / Q000166:cytology / Q000502:physiology*; D009240:N-Formylmethionine Leucyl-Phenylalanine / Q000494:pharmacology; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D007975:Leukotriene B4; D009240:N-Formylmethionine Leucyl-Phenylalanine; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate; D002118:Calcium; D004121:Dimethyl Sulfoxide