title: Mechanisms underlying ATP-induced Ca2+ mobilization in human neutrophils.
abstract: The effect of ATP on Ca2+ mobilization in human neutrophils was examined by using fura-2 as a Ca2+ indicator. ATP (0.1-100 microM) caused a significant [Ca2+]i increase in a concentration-dependent manner. The [Ca2+]i signal comprised an initial rise followed by a plateau. Removal of external Ca2+ diminished the peak value of the [Ca2+]i signal. In Ca2+-free medium, pretreatment with an endoplasmic reticulum Ca2+ pump inhibitor, thapsigargin, prevented ATP from releasing Ca2+. In contrast, thapsigargin still increased [Ca2+], after pretreatment with 10 microM ATP. These results indicate that 10 microM ATP released Ca2+ mainly from thapsigargin-sensitive stores. Adding 3 mM Ca2+ induced a concentration-dependent increase in [Ca2+]i after pretreatment with ATP or thapsigargin in Ca2+-free medium, suggesting ATP induced Ca2+ influx via capacitative Ca2+ entry. ATP (10 microM)-induced Ca2+ release was abolished by inhibiting phospholipase C with 2 microM U73122, indicating that inositol-1,4,5-trisphosphate (IP3) mediates ATP-induced Ca2+ release. Conversely, ATP-induced [Ca2+]i increase was abolished by activating protein kinase C (PKC) with 10 nM phorbol myristate acetate (PMA), but was not altered by inhibiting PKC with 2 microM GF 109203X. This implies ATP-induced [Ca2+]i increase is a PMA-linked event. Together, the results suggest ATP increases [Ca2+]i in human neutrophils by releasing Ca2+ from IP3-coupled, thapsigargin-sensitive Ca2+ stores, and inducing Ca2+ influx via the process of capacitative Ca2+ entry. The ATP-induced Ca2+ signal is a PMA-linked event.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan.
authors.forename: L W
authors.initials: LW
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: C R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Jan
mesh_terms: D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002118:Calcium / Q000097:blood*; D006801:Humans; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D009504:Neutrophils / Q000502:physiology*; D011493:Protein Kinase C / Q000097:blood; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate / Q000494:pharmacology; D019284:Thapsigargin / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D019284:Thapsigargin; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate; D011493:Protein Kinase C; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate; D002118:Calcium