title: Mineral fiber-induced leukocyte activation: the role of intra- and extracellular calcium.
abstract: The role of intra- and extracellular calcium in the activation of human polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMNL) to produce reactive oxygen metabolites (ROM) were studied by using soluble, formyl-methionyl-leucyl-phenylalanine (fMLP) or phorbol myristate acetate (PMA), or particulate stimuli, quartz or chrysotile. A calcium channel inhibitor, verapamil, attenuated only quartz-induced elevation of free intracellular calcium ([Ca2+]i) and ROM production. Likewise, ethyleneglycol-bis (aminoethyl ether) tetraacetic acid (EGTA) attenuated quartz-, chrysotile- and fMLP-induced elevation of [Ca2+]i and ROM production. It also inhibited PMA-induced ROM production. A calcium ionophore, A23187 amplified ROM production by all of these stimuli. These results suggest that both intra- and extra-cellular calcium are required for the full activation of respiratory burst by soluble and particulate stimuli in human PMNL.
authors.affiliation: National Public Health Institute, Department of Toxicology, Kuopio, Finland.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ruotsalainen
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Naarala
authors.forename: K M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Savolainen
mesh_terms: D017632:Asbestos, Serpentine / Q000633:toxicity*; D000001:Calcimycin / Q000494:pharmacology; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D002470:Cell Survival; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004533:Egtazic Acid / Q000494:pharmacology; D016257:Fura-2 / Q000737:chemistry; D006801:Humans; D008163:Luminescent Measurements; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation / Q000187:drug effects*; D009240:N-Formylmethionine Leucyl-Phenylalanine / Q000494:pharmacology; D009504:Neutrophils / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D011791:Quartz / Q000633:toxicity*; D017382:Reactive Oxygen Species / Q000378:metabolism; D016897:Respiratory Burst / Q000187:drug effects; D013050:Spectrometry, Fluorescence; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate / Q000494:pharmacology; D014700:Verapamil / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D017632:Asbestos, Serpentine; D017382:Reactive Oxygen Species; D011791:Quartz; D000001:Calcimycin; D004533:Egtazic Acid; D009240:N-Formylmethionine Leucyl-Phenylalanine; D014700:Verapamil; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate; D002118:Calcium; D016257:Fura-2