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Calcium ionophore A23187 enhances human neutrophil superoxide release, stimulated by phorbol dibutyrate, by converting phorbol ester receptors from a low‐ to high‐affinity state
Author(s) -
French J.K.,
Hurst N.P.,
Zaiewski P.D.,
Valente L.,
Forbes I.J.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
febs letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.593
H-Index - 257
eISSN - 1873-3468
pISSN - 0014-5793
DOI - 10.1016/0014-5793(87)81353-4
Subject(s) - superoxide , egta , ionophore , chemistry , phorbol , calcium , receptor , endocrinology , medicine , protein kinase c , neutrophile , biochemistry , biology , signal transduction , enzyme , in vitro , organic chemistry
The calcium ionophore A23187 acted synergistically with phorbol dibutyrate (PDBu) to stimulate human neutrophil superoxide production. A23187 shortened the lag period and markedly increased the initial rate of neutrophil superoxide production induced by suboptimal concentrations of PDBu. l μM A23187 reduced the EC 50 value for superoxide release from 56 to 8 nM PDBu. This effect of A23187 was correlated with enhanced binding of [ 3 H]PDBu to its receptor and a reduction in the dissociation constant ( K d ) from 27 to 10 nM, without altering the apparent total number of phorbol dibutyrate receptors. These actions of A23187 were abolished in the presence of EGTA or TMB‐8, confirming a dependence on Ca 2+ .