title: Intracellular calcium levels correlate with speed and persistent forward motion in migrating neutrophils.
abstract: The relationship between cytosolic free calcium concentration ([Ca2+]i) and human neutrophil motility was studied by video microscopy. Neutrophils stimulated by a uniform concentration of an N-formylated peptide chemoattractant (f-Met-Leu-Phe) were tracked during chemokinetic migration on albumin, fibronectin, and vitronectin. [Ca2+]i buffering with quin2 resulted in significant decreases in mean speed on albumin. To further characterize the relationship between [Ca2+]i changes and motility we carried out a cross-correlation analysis of [Ca2+]i with several motility parameters. Cross-correlations between [Ca2+]i and each cell's speed, angle changes, turn strength, and persistent forward motion revealed (i) a positive correlation between [Ca2+]i and cell speed (p < 0.05), (ii) no significant correlation between turns and calcium spikes, and (iii) the occurrence of turns during periods of low speed. Significant negative correlations between [Ca2+]i and angle change were noted on the high adhesion substrates vitronectin and fibronectin but not on the low adhesion substrate albumin. These data imply that there is a general temporal relationship between [Ca2+]i, speed, and persistent motion. However, the correlations are not sufficiently strong to imply that changes in [Ca2+]i are required proximal signals for velocity changes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York 10032, USA.
authors.forename: J T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Mandeville
authors.forename: R N
authors.initials: RN
authors.lastname: Ghosh
authors.forename: F R
authors.initials: FR
authors.lastname: Maxfield
mesh_terms: D055592:Biophysical Phenomena; D001703:Biophysics; D002021:Buffers; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D002465:Cell Movement / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D002634:Chemotaxis, Leukocyte / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D003600:Cytosol / Q000378:metabolism; D016257:Fura-2; D006801:Humans; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007424:Intracellular Fluid / Q000378:metabolism; D009240:N-Formylmethionine Leucyl-Phenylalanine / Q000494:pharmacology; D009504:Neutrophils / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D002021:Buffers; D009240:N-Formylmethionine Leucyl-Phenylalanine; D002118:Calcium; D016257:Fura-2