A comparison of the effects of soluble stimuli on free cytoplasmic and membrane bound calcium in human neutrophils |
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Authors: | E Schell-Frederick |
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Institution: | Medizinische Universitätsklinik (Haus 11a), (Director: Prof. Dr. R. Gross), Josef Stelzmann Str. 9, 5000 Köln 41, Federal Republic of Germany |
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Abstract: | Calcium dynamics in human neutrophils have been studied using Quin 2 fluorescence as a measure of free cytoplasmic calcium and chlortetracycline fluorescence as an indicator of membrane-bound calcium. The results show that 1) FMLP-induced increased cytoplasmic calcium likely comes from at least two different pools. Calcium is released from one only after a high affinity receptor interaction and from the second also after a lower affinity interaction. The initial increment in cytosolic calcium does not appear to originate in the pool(s) reflected by CTC fluorescence. 2) Cytochalasin B strikingly alters the FMLP effect on membrane associated calcium, inducing a marked “recovery” phase which could be a reflection of fusion of granule membranes with the plasma membrane. 3) PMA, at concentrations inducing extensive specific granule release (≤ 10 ng/ml) has no measurable direct effect on membrane-bound or cytosolic calcium. However, PMA inhibits a subsequent CTC fluorescence response to FMLP and following the ionophore, A23187, it induces a clear decrease in cytosolic calcium. These indirect effects may be explained in terms of PMA's activation of protein kinase C. |
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