title: Effect of cytochalasins on cytosolic-free calcium concentration and phosphoinositide metabolism in leukocytes.
abstract: Cytochalasins are routinely used to stimulate a variety of functions in eukaryotic cells even though their precise mode of action remains to be elucidated. In the present work we used the fluorescent Ca2+ indicator quin2 to study the effect of various cytochalasins, cytochalasins A, B, C, D, E (CA, CB, CC, CD, CE) and dihydrocytochalasin B (dhCB) on the intracellular Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]i) in various types of leukocytes, viz, neutrophils and lymphocytes. In human neutrophils, cytochalasins increase [Ca2+]i mainly by releasing Ca2+ from membrane-bound, intracellular stores. Thus, in order to readily appreciate the effect of cytochalasins on [Ca2+ )i, these cells must be loaded with low intracellular quin2 concentrations. On the other hand, in peripheral blood lymphocytes, splenocytes and thymocytes, the increase in [Ca2+]i is predominantly due to an increased Ca2+ influx from the extracellular medium. In addition, we found that in neutrophils these drugs prolong the increase in [Ca2+]i induced by chemotactic peptides, probably by increasing the cell permeability to Ca2+. Finally, in thymocytes, cytochalasins potentiate the production of inositol phosphates induced by the polyclonal mitogen concanavalin A (conA).
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D003572:Cytochalasins / Q000494:pharmacology*; D003600:Cytosol / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D007295:Inositol Phosphates / Q000378:metabolism; D007700:Kinetics; D008214:Lymphocytes / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D051379:Mice; D009504:Neutrophils / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D010716:Phosphatidylinositols / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship
chemical_list: D003572:Cytochalasins; D007295:Inositol Phosphates; D010716:Phosphatidylinositols; D002118:Calcium