title: Role of cytosolic free calcium and phospholipase C in leukotriene-B4-stimulated secretion in human neutrophils. Comparison with the chemotactic peptide formyl-methionyl-leucyl-phenylalanine.
abstract: Various leukotriene analogues were tested for their capacity to raise the cytosolic free calcium concentration, [Ca2+]i, and to stimulate exocytosis in human neutrophils. Their order of potency for both parameters was LTB4 greater than the stereochemical isomer of LTB4, (5S, 12S)-LTB4 much much greater than the sulphidopeptides LTD4, LTC4. The correlation between [Ca2+]i and secretion indicates that an increase of [Ca2+]i above a threshold level of about 300 nM is necessary for stimulating secretion with LTB4. This threshold is about an order of magnitude higher than that required for the chemotactic peptide formyl-methionyl-leucyl-phenylalanine (fMet-Leu-Phe). The increase in [Ca2+]i elicited by LTB4 was unaffected by increasing cellular cAMP, while secretion was completely inhibited. These results indicate, that similar to fMet-Leu-Phe, leukotrienes generate other signals in addition to [Ca2+]i elevations. Contrary to previous claims, leukotrienes stimulate polyphosphoinositide hydrolysis, as indicated by the increase in [3H]inositol trisphosphate, InsP3, observed upon stimulation of myo[3H]inositol-labelled neutrophils with LTB4 or (5S, 12S)-LTB4. The two InsP3 isomers [Ins(1,4,5)P3 and Ins(1,3,4P3] were separated by high-pressure liquid chromatographed and, as reported for other cell types, the formation of Ins(1,4,5)P3 precedes that of Ins(1,3,4)P3. Maximal stimulatory doses of LTB4 or (5S, 12S)-LTB4 produce about 50% the amount of InsP3 generated by equimolar concentrations of fMet-Leu-Phe. The present observations suggest that, though the transmembrane signalling systems activated by LTB4 and fMet-Leu-Phe are the same, the different efficacy of these two agonists at stimulating neutrophil functions is due, at least in part, to a different degree of activation of phospholipase C.
mesh_terms: D002118:Calcium / Q000502:physiology*; D005576:Colforsin / Q000494:pharmacology; D003600:Cytosol / Q000201:enzymology / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007295:Inositol Phosphates / Q000032:analysis; D007975:Leukotriene B4 / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008247:Lysosomes / Q000201:enzymology; D009240:N-Formylmethionine Leucyl-Phenylalanine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D009504:Neutrophils / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D013806:Theophylline / Q000494:pharmacology; D010738:Type C Phospholipases / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D007295:Inositol Phosphates; D005576:Colforsin; D007975:Leukotriene B4; D009240:N-Formylmethionine Leucyl-Phenylalanine; D013806:Theophylline; D010738:Type C Phospholipases; D002118:Calcium