title: Potentiation by tumour necrosis factor-alpha of calcium signals induced by bradykinin and carbachol in human tracheal smooth muscle cells.
abstract: The effect of tumour necrosis factor-alpha (TNF alpha) on the increase in cytosolic free calcium ([Ca2+])i induced by carbachol and bradykinin (BK) was investigated in human tracheal smooth muscle cells in culture (TSMC). BK (10(-12)-10(-9) M) and carbachol (10(-7)-10(-3) M) produced a concentration-dependent increase in [Ca2+]i (pD2 = 10.73 +/- 0.05 and 5.57 +/- 0.03 respectively). The increase in [Ca2+]i was significantly enhanced for both agonists in TNF alpha-treated cells (10 ng ml-1 for 24 h). However, pD2 values were not modified (10.78 +/- 0.03 and 5.62 +/- 0.04 for BK and carbachol, respectively) suggesting that no change in the apparent receptor affinity occurred. Thus, TNF alpha induced-alterations in Ca2+ homeostasis in human TSMC may be a key mechanism underlying airway hyperreactivity.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Neuroimmunopharmacologie, INSERM CJF 91-05, Université Louis Pasteur Strasbourg I, Illkirch, France.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Amrani
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Martinet
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bronner
mesh_terms: D001920:Bradykinin / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000502:physiology; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D002217:Carbachol / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D006801:Humans; D009130:Muscle, Smooth / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D015290:Second Messenger Systems / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D014132:Trachea / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha; D002217:Carbachol; D001920:Bradykinin; D002118:Calcium