title: Use of cytochalasin B to distinguish between early and late events in neutrophil activation.
abstract: Cytochalasin B greatly enhances secretion of beta-glucuronidase and generation of superoxide on stimulation of rabbit peritoneal neutrophils with the soluble chemotactic factor N-formylmethionylleucylphenylalanine (f-Met-Leu-Phe). There are smaller changes due to cytochalasin B on binding of f-Met-Leu-[(3)H]-Phe, stimulation of phosphatidylinositol turnover and the stimulated increase in the permeability of the cell membrane to Ca(2+). These latter changes are probably artefactual and arise as secondary consequences of cell stimulation. Our observations support the notion that changes in Ca(2+) permeability of membranes and stimulation of phosphatidylinositol turnover reflect early stages in the sequence of events initiated by f-Met-Leu-Phe binding to its receptor and which lead to cell activation phenomena such as secretion and superoxide production.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000378:metabolism; D002630:Chemotactic Factors / Q000494:pharmacology; D003571:Cytochalasin B / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005966:Glucuronidase / Q000378:metabolism; D009239:N-Formylmethionine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology; D009240:N-Formylmethionine Leucyl-Phenylalanine; D009504:Neutrophils / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D009842:Oligopeptides / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology; D010716:Phosphatidylinositols / Q000378:metabolism; D011817:Rabbits; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface / Q000378:metabolism; D044042:Receptors, Formyl Peptide; D013481:Superoxides / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D002630:Chemotactic Factors; D009842:Oligopeptides; D010716:Phosphatidylinositols; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface; D044042:Receptors, Formyl Peptide; D013481:Superoxides; D003571:Cytochalasin B; D009239:N-Formylmethionine; D009240:N-Formylmethionine Leucyl-Phenylalanine; D005966:Glucuronidase; D002118:Calcium