title: The glucose concentration modulates N-formyl-methionyl-leucyl-phenylalanine (fMet-Leu-Phe)-stimulated chemokinesis in normal human neutrophils.
abstract: The effects of glucose concentration on the chemokinetic effects of the chemotactic peptide N-formyl-methionyl-leucyl-phenylalanine (fMet-Leu-Phe) was evaluated for normal human neutrophils using a direct microscopic assay. fMet-Leu-Phe increased the rate of locomotion in the absence of glucose, but the chemokinetic effect of fMet-Leu-Phe was most potent at 5 mM glucose and not further changed at 15 mM glucose. The chemokinetic effects of fMet-Leu-Phe and glucose were essentially the same in blood clot-isolated and gradient-isolated neutrophils. However, in gradient-isolated neutrophils, the rate of locomotion under different experimental conditions was strictly negatively correlated to the fraction of non-locomoting cells and the degree of adhesion to the substratum. These results indicate that the chemokinetic effects of fMet-Leu-Phe are regulated by the glucose concentration by inducing locomotor activity in otherwise non-locomoting cells and by improving adhesion to the substratum.
authors.affiliation: Department of Histology and Cell Biology, Umeå University, Sweden. per-arne.oldenborg@histocel.umu.se
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Oldenborg
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sehlin
mesh_terms: D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000378:metabolism*; D002448:Cell Adhesion / Q000187:drug effects; D002633:Chemotaxis / Q000187:drug effects*; D005947:Glucose / Q000494:pharmacology; D006801:Humans; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D009240:N-Formylmethionine Leucyl-Phenylalanine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D009504:Neutrophils / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose; D009240:N-Formylmethionine Leucyl-Phenylalanine; D005947:Glucose