title: A cytosolic calcium transient is not necessary for degranulation or oxidative burst in immune complex-stimulated neutrophils.
abstract: Receptor-mediated activation of neutrophils (PMN) initiates possibly interdependent events, including a rapid transient increase in [Ca2+]i, implicated as a second messenger. To investigate whether this transient is required for eventual degranulation, PMN were incubated with an intracellular Ca2+ chelator (BAPTA), then exposed to chemotactic peptide [N-formyl-methionyl-leucyl-phenylalanine (fMLP)l with or without cytochalasin B (CB) or to high-valency immune complexes (HIC); delta[Ca2+]i, delta(pH)i, oxidative burst, and elastase release were then evaluated (plus or minus EGTA 15 s before stimulation) after 2 and 15 min incubation in 0.9 mM Ca2+. With either fMLP plus CB or HIC stimulation, BAPTA-treated cells were unable to achieve a Ca2+ transient with a 2-min incubation, whereas a 15-min incubation allowed the BAPTA-treated cells to recover a portion of the delta[Ca2+]i. Even though BAPTA-treated cells were unable to mount a delta[Ca2+]i at 2 min, HIC-stimulated BAPTA-treated cells were able to elicit an oxidative burst (33% of control) and degranulation (67% of control). Therefore, we conclude that delta[Ca2+]i modulates but is not required for oxidative burst or degranulation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, Boston University School of Medicine, Massachusetts 02118, USA.
authors.forename: K F
authors.initials: KF
authors.lastname: Seetoo
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Schonhorn
authors.forename: A T
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: Gewirtz
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: McMenamin
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Delva
authors.forename: E R
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: Simons
mesh_terms: D000936:Antigen-Antibody Complex; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D015550:Cell Degranulation; D003571:Cytochalasin B / Q000494:pharmacology; D003600:Cytosol / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D019272:Leukocyte Elastase / Q000378:metabolism; D009240:N-Formylmethionine Leucyl-Phenylalanine / Q000494:pharmacology; D009504:Neutrophils / Q000502:physiology*; D044042:Receptors, Formyl Peptide; D017452:Receptors, IgG / Q000502:physiology; D011971:Receptors, Immunologic / Q000502:physiology; D018000:Receptors, Peptide / Q000502:physiology; D016897:Respiratory Burst; D015398:Signal Transduction
chemical_list: D000936:Antigen-Antibody Complex; D044042:Receptors, Formyl Peptide; D017452:Receptors, IgG; D011971:Receptors, Immunologic; D018000:Receptors, Peptide; D003571:Cytochalasin B; D009240:N-Formylmethionine Leucyl-Phenylalanine; D019272:Leukocyte Elastase; D002118:Calcium