title: Modulation of platelet-activating factor (PAF) synthesis and release from human polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMN): role of extracellular Ca2+.
abstract: Extracellular Ca2+ regulated the synthesis and release of platelet-activating factor (PAF) from human polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMN) stimulated with N'-formyl-methionyl-leucyl-phenylalanine (FMLP) in the presence of cytochalasin B. Maximum PAF synthesis and release required the presence of 0.14 mM Ca2+ whereas 1.4 mM Ca2+ was necessary for maximum lysosomal enzyme secretion. The synthesis of PAF occurred within 2.5 min after PMN stimulation in the presence of 1.4 mM Ca2+; however, PAF release did not occur until 5 min after stimulation. Peak PAF release occurred by 7.5 min but accounted for only 30-40% of the total amount of PAF synthesized, the remainder being retained on or within the PMN. Stimulation of PMN in the presence of 0.01 M EDTA or EGTA decreased PAF synthesis and release by greater than 95%. In the absence of extracellular Ca2+, stimulated PMN synthesized PAF in amounts that were 10-30% of maximum, but there was no release of the newly synthesized PAF. At Ca2+ concentrations greater than 0.01 mM, there was a dose-dependent (up to 0.14 mM) increase in PAF synthesis that was associated with the initiation and concomitant increase in the amount of PAF released. These data suggest the presence of a PAF synthesis-release coupling mechanism in which the extracellular Ca2+-dependent release of PAF stimulates additional PAF synthesis.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002118:Calcium / Q000502:physiology*; D004492:Edetic Acid / Q000494:pharmacology; D004533:Egtazic Acid / Q000494:pharmacology; D005246:Feedback; D006801:Humans; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007700:Kinetics; D009240:N-Formylmethionine Leucyl-Phenylalanine / Q000494:pharmacology; D009504:Neutrophils / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D010972:Platelet Activating Factor / Q000096:biosynthesis*
chemical_list: D010972:Platelet Activating Factor; D004533:Egtazic Acid; D009240:N-Formylmethionine Leucyl-Phenylalanine; D004492:Edetic Acid; D002118:Calcium