title: Intracellular calcium redistribution and its relationship to fMet-Leu-Phe, leukotriene B4, and phorbol ester induced rabbit neutrophil degranulation.
abstract: The addition of low concentrations (less than 10(-7) M) of the calcium ionophore A23187 to rabbit neutrophils releases the intracellular pool of calcium previously shown in radioactive steady-state and chlortetracycline fluorescence studies to be mobilized by chemotactic factors. A23187 at these concentrations elicits no functional responses from these cells. However, A23187, added before chemotactic factors such as fMet-Leu-Phe and leukotriene B4, inhibits the ability of the latter stimuli to induce, in the presence of cytochalasin B, an exocytotic release of the neutrophil's cytoplasmic granules. These results imply that the chemotactic-factor-induced release of intracellular calcium is a necessary event for the optimal activation of the neutrophils. Phorbol ester-induced neutrophil degranulation on the other hand is unaffected by exposure to A23187, thereby completely dissociating its mechanism of action from rises in cytoplasmic free calcium.
authors.forename: P H
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Naccache
authors.forename: T F
authors.initials: TF
authors.lastname: Molski
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Borgeat
authors.forename: R I
authors.initials: RI
authors.lastname: Sha'afi
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001826:Body Fluids / Q000378:metabolism*; D000001:Calcimycin / Q000494:pharmacology; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D002630:Chemotactic Factors / Q000494:pharmacology; D003594:Cytoplasmic Granules / Q000187:drug effects*; D007424:Intracellular Fluid / Q000378:metabolism*; D007975:Leukotriene B4 / Q000494:pharmacology*; D009240:N-Formylmethionine Leucyl-Phenylalanine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D009504:Neutrophils / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D010529:Peritoneal Cavity / Q000166:cytology; D010703:Phorbol Esters / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010704:Phorbols / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011817:Rabbits; D014018:Tissue Distribution
chemical_list: D002630:Chemotactic Factors; D010703:Phorbol Esters; D010704:Phorbols; D007975:Leukotriene B4; D000001:Calcimycin; D009240:N-Formylmethionine Leucyl-Phenylalanine; D002118:Calcium