title: Transduction by leukotriene B4 receptors of increases in cytosolic calcium in human polymorphonuclear leukocytes.
abstract: The uptake of Quin-2 by human polymorphonuclear (PMN) leukocytes permitted accurate fluorimetric quantification of the cytosolic concentration of intracellular calcium [( Ca+2]in), without altering the expression of the two subsets of leukotriene B4 (LTB4) receptors, as assessed by the binding of [3H]LTB4. Chemotactic concentrations of LTB4 elicited a rapid increase in [Ca+2]in, which reached a peak within 0.6 to 1 min and then decayed back to baseline levels by 6 to 10 min. The maximal increase and the half-maximal increase in [Ca+2]in were achieved by LTB4 at mean concentrations of 5 X 10(-10) M and 2 X 10(-10) M, respectively, where the binding of LTB4 to high-affinity receptors predominates. A rank order of potency of LTB4 greater than 5(S),12(S)-6-trans-LTB4 greater than 12(S)-LTB4 was established for the elicitation of increases in [Ca+2]in, which reflects the binding of the isomers to low-affinity receptors. PMN leukocytes were preincubated with 10(-8) M LTB4 to induce chemotactic deactivation, which eliminates the expression of high-affinity receptors without altering the expression of the low-affinity receptors for LTB4. LTB4 elicited an increase in [Ca+2]in in the deactivated PMN leukocytes with an EC50 of 3 X 10(-8) M, which is similar to the Kd for LTB4 binding to the low-affinity receptors. Two lines of cultured human leukemic cells, IM-9 and HL-60, did not bind LTB4 specifically and did not show any change in [Ca+2]in upon the addition of 3 X 10(-8) M LTB4. The HL-60 human promyelocytic leukemia cell line was induced to differentiate in 1% dimethyl sulfoxide to leukocytes with more mature myelocytic characteristics. Differentiated HL-60 cells expressed an average of 54,000 low-affinity receptors for LTB4 per cell with an average dissociation constant of 7.3 X 10(-8) M and concurrently developed the capacity to respond to LTB4 with an increase in [Ca+2]in. The binding of LTB4 to either high-affinity or low-affinity receptors appears to be sufficient to initiate an increase in [Ca+2]in in human PMN leukocytes and differentiated HL-60 cells. The specificity of LTB4 receptors in transducing maximum increases in [Ca+2]in is determined by the subset of receptors that predominate as a result of the concentration of LTB4 and the state of the responding cells.
authors.forename: D W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Goldman
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Gifford
authors.forename: D M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Olson
authors.forename: E J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Goetzl
mesh_terms: D000634:Aminoquinolines / Q000494:pharmacology; D001665:Binding Sites / Q000187:drug effects; D002118:Calcium / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D003600:Cytosol / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D007424:Intracellular Fluid / Q000378:metabolism; D007975:Leukotriene B4 / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology; D009504:Neutrophils / Q000378:metabolism*; D011971:Receptors, Immunologic / Q000032:analysis / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D018102:Receptors, Leukotriene B4
chemical_list: D000634:Aminoquinolines; D011971:Receptors, Immunologic; D018102:Receptors, Leukotriene B4; D007975:Leukotriene B4; C035738:Quin2-acetoxymethyl ester; D002118:Calcium