PMID- 16630555 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20060622 LR - 20131121 IS - 0006-291X (Print) IS - 0006-291X (Linking) VI - 344 IP - 2 DP - 2006 Jun 2 TI - Simultaneous measurement of superoxide generation and intracellular Ca2+ concentration reveals the effect of extracellular Ca2+ on rapid and transient contents of superoxide generation in differentiated THP-1 cells. PG - 571-80 AB - We invented a simultaneous measuring instrument of fluorescence and chemiluminescence, realizing the analysis of chronological correlation between change in intracellular Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]i) and superoxide generation. A human monocytic cell line, THP-1, differentiated to be neutrophil-like cells generated superoxide with increase in intracellular Ca2+ concentration when stimulated with formyl-methionyl-leucyl-phenylalanine (fMLP) whereas PMA, phorbol ester-stimulated superoxide response occurred without change in [Ca2+]i. The cells treated with TMB-8, an intracellular Ca2+ antagonist, generated superoxide rapidly as well as transiently with transient [Ca2+]i elevation after stimulation with fMLP, whereas EGTA-treated cells generated superoxide slowly as well as persistently with transient [Ca2+]i elevation after the stimulation. These results suggest that the rapid and transient contents of superoxide generation are specific for Ca2+ influx from the extracellular domain. Verapamil, voltage-dependent Ca2+ channel blocker, dose-dependently inhibited fMLP-stimulated extracellular Ca2+ influx and superoxide generation without affecting PMA-stimulated superoxide generation. Other channel blockers tested, nifedipine and diltiazem, similarly inhibited these fMLP-stimulated responses. Numerical analysis of the values of the response curves elucidated that TMB-8 or the channel blocker reveals or eliminates the same contents of superoxide generation by the antagonism of intracellular Ca2+ release or extracellular Ca2+ influx, respectively. Taking these results together, the characteristic extracellular Ca2+ influx essential for superoxide generation was first revealed by the simultaneous measurement of superoxide generation and change in [Ca2+]i. FAU - Ishibashi, Kaname AU - Ishibashi K AD - Laboratory of Molecular Biophotonics, 5000 Hirakuchi, Hamamatsu 434-8555, Japan. kaname.ishibashi@ims.jti.co.jp FAU - Okazaki, Shigetoshi AU - Okazaki S FAU - Hiramatsu, Mitsuo AU - Hiramatsu M LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20060310 PL - United States TA - Biochem Biophys Res Commun JT - Biochemical and biophysical research communications JID - 0372516 RN - 11062-77-4 (Superoxides) RN - SY7Q814VUP (Calcium) SB - IM MH - Calcium/*metabolism MH - Calcium Signaling/*physiology MH - Cell Culture Techniques/methods MH - Cell Differentiation MH - Cell Line MH - Extracellular Fluid MH - Humans MH - Intracellular Fluid/*metabolism MH - Kinetics MH - Metabolic Clearance Rate MH - Monocytes/drug effects/*metabolism MH - Superoxides/*metabolism EDAT- 2006/04/25 09:00 MHDA- 2006/06/23 09:00 CRDT- 2006/04/25 09:00 PHST- 2006/02/19 00:00 [received] PHST- 2006/02/21 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2006/04/25 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2006/06/23 09:00 [medline] PHST- 2006/04/25 09:00 [entrez] AID - S0006-291X(06)00424-4 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.bbrc.2006.02.173 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2006 Jun 2;344(2):571-80. doi: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2006.02.173. Epub 2006 Mar 10.