title: Role of different Ca2+ sources in the superoxide production of human neutrophil granulocytes.
abstract: The role of different Ca2+ sources in the activation of the NADPH oxidase was investigated in human neutrophil granulocytes. Selective depletion of the stimulus-responsive intracellular Ca2+ -pool and the consequent opening of the store-dependent Ca2+ channel of the plasma membrane was achieved with thapsigargin, an inhibitor of microsomal Ca2+ -ATPase. Low concentration (10-100 nM) of thapsigargin did not induce any O2*- -production, indicating that elevation of [Ca2+]ic to similar level and probably via similar route as following stimulation of chemotactic receptors, by itself is not sufficient to activate the NADPH oxidase. In significantly higher concentration (1-10 microM) thapsigargin did induce O2*- -generation but this effect was not the result of elevation of [Ca2+]ic. In the absence of external Ca2+ a gradual decrease of the responsive Ca2+ pool was accompanied by a gradual decrease of the rate and duration of the respiratory response stimulated by formyl-methionyl-leucyl-phenylalanin. Maximal extent of receptor-initiated O2*- -production could only be obtained when the intracellular [Ca2+] was higher than the resting level. Under this condition Ca2+ originating from intracellular or external source was equally effective in supporting the biological response.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology, Semmelweis Medical University, Budapest, Hungary.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Geiszt
authors.forename: J B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Szeberényi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Káldi
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ligeti
mesh_terms: D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000494:pharmacology; D015220:Calcium Channels / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D000252:Calcium-Transporting ATPases / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D004789:Enzyme Activation / Q000187:drug effects; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D006801:Humans; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D017136:Ion Transport / Q000187:drug effects; D009240:N-Formylmethionine Leucyl-Phenylalanine / Q000494:pharmacology; D019255:NADPH Oxidases / Q000378:metabolism; D009504:Neutrophils / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D013481:Superoxides / Q000378:metabolism*; D019284:Thapsigargin / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D015220:Calcium Channels; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D013481:Superoxides; D009240:N-Formylmethionine Leucyl-Phenylalanine; D019284:Thapsigargin; D019255:NADPH Oxidases; D000252:Calcium-Transporting ATPases; D002118:Calcium