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Staurosporine clamps cytosolic free Ca2+ concentrations of human neutrophils.


ABSTRACT: The present studies indicate that 50 nM-10 microM-staurosporine increased cytosolic free Ca2+ concentrations ([Ca2+]i) of fura-2-loaded neutrophils in a non-linear manner. The rise in [Ca2+]i was rapid, reaching a plateau (e.g. to 0.4 microM with 1 microM-staurosporine) within 30 s, and was maintained for more than 20 min. Pretreating cells with pertussis toxin had no effect on this reaction. The elevation of [Ca2+]i was insensitive to extracellular Ca2+ concentrations and was due entirely to mobilization of intracellular Ca2+ stores. Mn(2+)-quench studies confirmed the absence of Ca2+ influx. No Ca2+ efflux occurred in staurosporine-treated cells. In combination studies, staurosporine potentiated Ca2+ influx induced by N-formylmethionyl-leucyl-phenylalanine (FMLP) and did not block Ca2+ efflux associated with peptide stimulation of neutrophils. Studies with permeabilized cells showed that staurosporine did not directly release intracellular Ca2+ stores, nor did it affect the sequestration of Ca2+ by a Ca2+/ATPase pump. A radioligand-binding assay failed to detect changes in the level of inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate in neutrophils incubated with less than or equal to 1 microM-staurosporine, but in cells treated with 10 microM-staurosporine the assay recorded a transient increase in this second messenger similar to that induced by FMLP. Finally, lysozyme, but not beta-glucuronidase, was released from staurosporine-treated cells. The present results suggest that staurosporine increased [Ca2+]i by indirectly mobilizing internal Ca2+ stores. Staurosporine suppression of Ca2+ efflux and generation of a persistent signal may account for the maintained elevation of [Ca2+]i.

SUBMITTER: Wong K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1131063 | biostudies-other | 1992 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other

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