The subcellular pattern of cytosolic free Ca2+ ([Ca2+]i) changes in human polymorphonuclear neutrophils (PMNs) was studied using imaging of fura-2 fluorescence (time resolution 12.5 ratios/s) to determine whether PMNs could obtain directional information from the [Ca2+]i signal. [Ca2+]i changes were observed during initial adherence, the subsequent chemotactic movement, and the phagocytosis of opsonized yeast particles. Initial adherence was followed by a rapid increase in [Ca2+]i (from 90 +/- 10 to 290 +/- 40 nmol/L in 6.5 +/- 2.5 seconds; +/- SEM, n = 10), apparently homogeneously distributed over the entire cytoplasm, which preceded the spreading of the PMNs. [Ca2+]i increases after the contact of the PMNs with yeast particles were of lower mean amplitude; [Ca2+]i increased simultaneously throughout the cytosol. In the absence of extracellular Ca2+, multiple phagocytotic events could proceed normally without a mandatory [Ca2+]i transient. In PMNs polarized on phagocytosis, gradients in [Ca2+]i could be observed. [Ca2+]i was more elevated in the periphagosomal area than in the remaining parts. Taken together, these data show that [Ca2+]i waves do not provide the neutrophil with directional information during chemotaxis and phagocytosis. Sustained small inhomogeneity of [Ca2+]i levels are consistent with a proposed redistribution of releasable Ca2+ stores on phagocytosis.
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April 15, 1995
Intracellular pattern of cytosolic Ca2+ changes during adhesion and multiple phagocytosis in human neutrophils. Dynamics of intracellular Ca2+ stores
JM Theler,
JM Theler
Division de Biochimie Clinique, Centre Medical Universitaire, Geneva, Switzerland.
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DP Lew,
DP Lew
Division de Biochimie Clinique, Centre Medical Universitaire, Geneva, Switzerland.
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ME Jaconi,
ME Jaconi
Division de Biochimie Clinique, Centre Medical Universitaire, Geneva, Switzerland.
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KH Krause,
KH Krause
Division de Biochimie Clinique, Centre Medical Universitaire, Geneva, Switzerland.
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CB Wollheim,
CB Wollheim
Division de Biochimie Clinique, Centre Medical Universitaire, Geneva, Switzerland.
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W Schlegel
W Schlegel
Division de Biochimie Clinique, Centre Medical Universitaire, Geneva, Switzerland.
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Blood (1995) 85 (8): 2194–2201.
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JM Theler, DP Lew, ME Jaconi, KH Krause, CB Wollheim, W Schlegel; Intracellular pattern of cytosolic Ca2+ changes during adhesion and multiple phagocytosis in human neutrophils. Dynamics of intracellular Ca2+ stores. Blood 1995; 85 (8): 2194–2201. doi: https://doi.org/10.1182/blood.V85.8.2194.bloodjournal8582194
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