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Calcium activity in response to nAChR ligands in murine bone marrow granulocytes with different Gr‐1 expression
Author(s) -
Serov Dmitriy,
Tikhonova Irina,
Safronova Valentina,
Astashev Maksim
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
cell biology international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.932
H-Index - 77
eISSN - 1095-8355
pISSN - 1065-6995
DOI - 10.1002/cbin.11593
Subject(s) - bone marrow , nicotine , immunology , nicotinic agonist , calcium , endocrinology , inflammation , pharmacology , receptor , granulocyte , medicine , chemistry , biology
Polymorphonuclear neutrophilic granulocytes (PMNs) are the largest proportion of leukocytes in adult human blood that perform numerous functions, including phagocytosis, degranulation, generation of reactive oxygen species, and NETosis. Excessive neutrophil activity associates with hyperinflammation and tissue damage during pathologies such as inflammatory bowel disease, diabetes mellitus, tuberculosis, and coronavirus disease 2019. Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) can modulate immune cells, including neutrophils, functions, therefore, nAChR ligands are considered as the potent agents for therapy of inflammation. Earlier it was shown, that about 30% of PMNs from the acute inflammatory site responded to nicotine by calcium spikes. In this study, we studied the generation of calcium spikes in murine granulocytes with different maturity level (evaluated by Gr‐1 expression) isolated from bone marrow in response to ligands of nAChRs in control and under chronic nicotine consumption. It was found that nearly 20%–25% cells in the granulocyte population responded to nicotine or selective antagonists of different type of nAChRs (α‐cobratoxin, GIC, and Vc1.1). We demonstrated that in the control group Ca 2+ ‐mobilizing activity was regulated through α7 and α9α10 nAChRs in immature granulocytes (Gr‐1 int ), whereas in mature granulocytes (Gr‐1 hi ) it was regulated through α7, α3β2, and α9‐contained nAChRs. Sensitivity of PMNs to nicotine depended on their maturity level after chronic nicotine consumption. Gr‐1 int cells responded to nicotine through α7 and α9‐contained nAChRs, while Gr‐1 hi did not respond to nicotine. Thus, calcium response to nAChR ligands in bone marrow PMNs depends on their maturity level.