title: Activation-associated alterations in neutrophil pyridine nucleotide levels: a potential regulatory role for calcium and calmodulin.
abstract: The concentration of NADP + NADPH in resting human neutrophils has been measured to be 24.0 +/- 2.7 X 10(-18) mol/cell. Upon activation with opsonized zymosan A, phorbol myristic acetate or N-formylmethionyl-leucylphenylalanine, neutrophil NADP + NADPH pools increase to 80.5, 84.0, and 54.0 X 10(-18) mol/cell, respectively. These increases in pyridine nucleotide concentration are blocked by the addition of the calcium antagonist 8-(N,N-dimethylamino)-octyl-3,4,5-trimethoxybenzoate hydrochloride, while calcium ionophore A23187, in the presence of calcium, will trigger the increase in the absence of other stimuli. Calmodulin antagonists trifluoperazine and N-(6-aminohexyl)-5-chloro-1-naphthalene sulfonamide also inhibit stimulus-induced increases in the NADP + NADPH pool. These studies are interpreted as suggesting a role for calcium and calmodulin, and possibly protein kinase C in the regulation of pyridine nucleotide concentration in the activated neutrophil.
authors.forename: T B
authors.initials: TB
authors.lastname: Sparkman
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Johns
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Engerson
authors.forename: H P
authors.initials: HP
authors.lastname: Jones
mesh_terms: D000001:Calcimycin / Q000494:pharmacology; D002118:Calcium / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism*; D002147:Calmodulin / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008297:Male; D009249:NADP / Q000378:metabolism*; D009504:Neutrophils / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D011493:Protein Kinase C; D011494:Protein Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D013481:Superoxides / Q000378:metabolism; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D002147:Calmodulin; D013481:Superoxides; D000001:Calcimycin; D009249:NADP; D011494:Protein Kinases; D011493:Protein Kinase C; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate; D002118:Calcium